Dragon Boat Festival is an important festival for Tibetans? Why do Zhuang people also have dragon festivals?

In fact, many ethnic groups celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, which is not only the most important festival for Tibetans, such as Zhuang, Lhasa, Hani and Yi. Due to different geographical distribution, the date of the Dragon Boat Festival varies from place to place, but it is generally distributed in February, March and June. At the same time, the Dragon Boat Festival is also divided into big sacrifices and small sacrifices. Cattle will be slaughtered during the big sacrifice and pigs will be slaughtered during the small sacrifice.

First, the Dragon Boat Festival of the Zhuang nationality, also known as Hehe, is the most solemn traditional festival of the Zhuang nationality. The Dragon Boat Festival of Zhuang nationality is usually held at the beginning of February every year. Before the Dragon Boat Festival, the old people in the village will get together to discuss the Dragon Boat Festival and raise funds. Then on the festival day, the old man will lead some young people to kill pigs and chickens under the banyan tree next to the stockade and prepare some sacrifices. Banyan tree is also called dragon tree by Zhuang nationality, which is specially used for sacrifice. If there are no banyan trees, you can also choose black bark trees or ham trees, which must be leafy trees in the village.

Second, the story of the Dragon Boat Festival is said that there was a race called Amon in ancient times. Every year from February to February, many wild animals will come out of the grass. These wild animals eat all the crops in the field and even attack people and livestock. As a result, the Ammonites left their hometown and were displaced. One year, a clever Dai man came up with an idea. He asked the Ammonites to weave some cages and then spilled the blood of chickens and ducks in them. Every February, these cages are hung or inserted in the fields. At night, wild animals come out to see bloody cages and dare not go near crops and villages.

Third, the customs and habits of all ethnic groups are similar. Many ethnic groups have the Dragon Boat Festival. Their initial purpose is generally to fight against nature, and then sum up a set of survival processes. Dragon Boat Festival is the most important festival for ethnic minorities. On this day, they killed chickens and cows to celebrate the next bumper harvest.