Customs and characteristics of Achang traditional festivals

The festival customs of Achang nationality are: snail lying festival, torch festival, Huijie festival, water splashing festival, going in and out of depressions and so on.

Woluojie 1

Every year on the fourth day of the first lunar month, Achang people in Lianghe area get together and dance around the snail table. The snail platform is about 1 meter high and 4 meters square. There are two archways about 6 meters high in the middle, and a huge full-string wooden bow and arrow stands at the top. During the festival, traditional sports activities will be held, such as knife dancing, stick fighting, boxing, duets and spring lanterns.

2. Torch Festival

Achang people celebrate the Torch Festival, which is held on June 25th of the lunar calendar in Yunlong, Cao Jian. Its main content is to worship the God of Grains and pray for a bumper harvest. The Achang Torch Festival in Lianghe and Husa areas is held on June 24th of the lunar calendar.

3. Street festivals

Huijie is a traditional gathering of Achang people, which is held in the middle of September of the lunar calendar every year. At first, it was a religious gathering, and later it gradually evolved into a national festival.

4. Water-splashing Festival

Achang people also celebrate the Songkran Festival, during which young people have the opportunity to get to know each other. The number of people attending the dinner party should be the same. The young man wants to steal the girl's chicken head without being discovered by others. If found, he should be fined. After drinking, the young man should give the money to the girl so that she won't notice.

5. Enter a state of depression

Entering the depression means that Achang believers sit in the Buddhist temple from June to September every year, listen to the scriptures and live in the Buddhist temple, during which they cannot get married.

6. Get out of depression

Getting out of depression means ending Buddhist temple life, returning to normal life and holding a grand rally.