What are the special festivals or customs in Taiwan Province Province?

The celebrations in Taiwan Province Province can be divided into China traditional festivals, local folk celebrations and aboriginal festivals. Traditional festivals Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are three traditional festivals. Generally, besides worshipping ancestors, solve riddles on the lanterns and eating Yuanxiao jiaozi, the most lively activities are "welcoming lanterns" and "lighting sky lanterns"! In addition, the "salt water bee cannon" in Tainan is also the highlight of the Lantern Festival.

Local folk celebrations:

There are more than 870 Mazu Tempel in Taiwan Province Province. On Mazu's birthday in March of the lunar calendar, temples in Taiwan Province, such as Langong Palace in Dajia Town, Taichung County, Tianhou Palace in Lugang County, Chaotian Palace in Beigang, Yunlin County, Fengtian Palace in Xingang, Chiayi County and Datian Hougong in Tainan City, will expand activities such as offering sacrifices, burning incense and paying homage, especially Mazu in Langong Palace in Dajia Town, Taichung County.

Burning the King Boat Festival is one of the famous folk festivals along the southwest coast of Taiwan Province Province. Originally, it was to send the God of plague to sea, but now it has evolved into an activity to pray for peace and happiness. It is held every three years. The Donggang Burning King Boat was held in the Donglong Palace in Donggang Town, Pingtung County in September of the lunar calendar, and the Xigang Burning King Boat was held in Qing 'an Temple in Xigang Township, Tainan County in mid-April of the lunar calendar.

Harvest Festival is the biggest activity of Ami people, which is held in July and August every year. The common ceremonies of Harvest Festival include adult sacrifice, welcome dance, harvest dance, farming dance, fishing festival and so on. The whole process includes three stages: welcoming spirit, feasting spirit and sending spirit. Ear-beating Festival is the most important festival of Bunun nationality in a year, which is held from late April to early May every year.

Mayan priests are the most sacred festivals of Zou tribe. In the early years, it was held according to the situation of fighting and hunting. Now it is clearly determined that it will be held by Dabang and Tefuye in turn on February 15 of each year in the national calendar, and it will be fixed in the men's gathering club (Kuba).

The short spirit festival is the most important traditional festival of Xia Sai people. A small festival every two years, 10 a big festival. It was held around the harvest of crops in 10, and lasted for 4 days and 3 nights. The whole short spirit festival is divided into several main ceremonies, such as talking about the spirit, welcoming the spirit, meeting the spirit, entertaining the spirit, sending the spirit, etc. Among them, welcoming the spirit is the most sacred, and only native people can participate (ordinary tourists can only participate in the two ceremonies of welcoming the spirit and entertaining the spirit).

The "monkey sacrifice" and "big hunting sacrifice" in the years of Bainan nationality are collectively called "annual sacrifice"; In recent years, villages will hold "joint annual festivals" in turn, and continue to carry forward the characteristics of North and South people. North South is the most combative ethnic group among the aborigines in Taiwan Province Province, and the "Monkey Year and Horse Month" held in late June of 65438+February every year is regarded as the most distinctive festival in North South.