Introduction of Yao traditional festivals

1, April 8. "April is a grand traditional festival for the Miao people, and popular areas have different meanings. Guiyang and other places are to commemorate Yanu, the ancestor hero who died in the battlefield. On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, Miao people in several counties near Guiyang put on their costumes and came to the fountain in Guiyang. Blowing sheng played the flute, talked and sang in memory of this legendary hero.

2. jump flower festival. "jump flower festival" is a traditional festival with strong national interest in Miao areas, which is mainly a festival for young Miao men and women to make friends, courtship and mass social entertainment. "Jumping flowers" is also called "jumping on the moon", "stepping on the flower mountain" and "tying the mountain". There is no uniform date around, but most of them are in the first month of the lunar calendar or spring.

3. Wang Pan Festival: Wang Pan Festival, also known as "Being King of Wang Pan", "Returning King of Wang Pan" and "Jumping King of Wang Pan", is a grand traditional festival for Pan Yao to commemorate its ancestor "Wang Pan". Before 1980s, it was held regularly or irregularly in the off-season from autumn to Spring Festival. In A.D. 1984, the Yao people in China celebrated Wang Pan Festival on October 16th of the lunar calendar.