Guiyang local conditions and customs

Guiyang is a inhabited area of ethnic minorities, and ethnic festivals in various places are rich in content and have their own characteristics. The Miao people's "April 8th", the Buyi people's "March 3rd", "June 6th" and "jumping in the field" and other national festivals provide excellent opportunities for young men and women of ethnic minorities to find the right person. In national festivals, gatherings and slack seasons, rural areas should carry out interesting and distinctive traditional folk cultural and sports activities, such as performing local operas, dancing lusheng, singing competitions, horse racing and bullfighting. The marriage customs, wine regulations, funerals and other things with strong national interest in that village will also open the eyes of tourists. If you are lucky enough to participate in these ethnic festivals, you will definitely feel the rich ethnic customs. June 6th is an important traditional festival of Buyi people in Guiyang. Every year, on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, thousands of Buyi people from Guiyang and surrounding counties and cities will gather at the scenic Huaxi River, wear dense forests, walk around flowers, take cruise ships, blow leaves, sing folk songs and celebrate the festival. Men and women seize the opportunity to express their love to the right person. There is a legend about the origin of "June 6th": A long time ago, a beautiful Buyi girl embroidered a beautiful picture with beautiful mountains, beautiful flowers, full moon and long fragrance. When the demon king saw this treasure map, he felt guilty and came to rob it. The girl and the villagers struggled for seven days and nights, and finally, because of the disparity in strength, on the sixth day of June, the treasure map was about to fall into the hands of the devil. The girl used her quick wits and threw the map into the air. The treasure map turned into a beautiful mountain in Huaxi, and the devil turned into a pile of stones in a rage and sank to the bottom of Huaxi River. Since then, in order to commemorate the Buyi girl who created the beautiful mountains and rivers in Huaxi, people will gather on the bank of Huaxi every year on the sixth day of June to sing and dance to show their respect. Over time, a well-known "June 6th" song meeting was formed inside and outside the province. April 8th "April 8th" is a traditional festival for ethnic minorities such as Miao, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Zhuang, Yi, Tujia and Gelao in Guizhou, Xiangxi and northern Guangxi. The content of festivals varies from place to place. Among them, the one with the largest scale, the most grand scene and the most far-reaching influence should be the first to promote the "April 8" celebration of the Miao nationality in Guiyang. Every year on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, the Miao people in Guiyang and its surrounding counties wear national costumes and gather in the fountain area in the center of Guiyang. They play lusheng and flute, sing folk songs and dance Miao people to celebrate their traditional festivals. There are many legends about the origin of "April 8", mainly for the ancient Miao heroes buried in today's fountain on April 8, which have been passed down from generation to generation and become a custom. Today, "April 8th" in Guiyang has become a carnival festival for Miao, Buyi, Dong, Zhuang, Shui, Gelao, Han and other ethnic groups in Guiyang and its surrounding areas, and a grand ceremony to display national traditional culture. Young men and women of ethnic minorities also take this opportunity to find suitable people through their affectionate dancing and singing. 3. Lusheng Dance Lusheng is an ancient bamboo and wood reed instrument, which is more than ten feet in size and less than one foot in size. The number of pipes is 10, ranging from single pipe to double pipe, with 6 pipes being the most commonly used. Its timbre can be rich and deep, and it can also be crisp and high-pitched. In the long history of Miao culture development, Miao people not only regard Lusheng as the representative of their own nation, but also integrate it into dance, music, water, Buyi, Yao, Yi and other national dances, and Lusheng dance is also very popular. Lusheng Dance has hundreds of songs and 100 dance steps, among which 10 is the most commonly used. These steps are lively, rough and enthusiastic. Lusheng dance is a dance in which men blow and women dance, or men and women blow and dance by themselves. Some dance steps absorb the Miao martial arts movements and difficult acrobatic movements, which are deeply loved by people. Lusheng dance has become an essential activity in Guizhou festivals. 2. Bullfighting Championship The bullfighting in rural areas in the suburbs of Guiyang is not a struggle between people and cows like Spain, but a leisure activity between cows. The time of bullfighting is between June and August of the lunar calendar after transplanting and before harvesting, and the main locations are Gaopo and Mengguan Township. The local people call the coming bull "Balang". In order to wish Balang victory, relatives and friends in this village and other villages should invite Balang's master to drink, which is called "drinking Balang wine" and is intended to be heroic. The "stepping on the field" on the opening day is a wonderful prelude to the fierce battle between cattle. After the gunfire, Balang walked around the field with red cloth and sheets given to his master by relatives and friends, surrounded by everyone. Because there are a lot of stockade people and cows going down to the fields together, the suona is loud and the firecrackers are loud, which makes the atmosphere extremely warm and the scene extremely spectacular. Then a village elder made a speech, then took the gift off the cow's back and ended the stampede. Before the bullfight officially begins, it is necessary to obtain the consent of the two owners, and then the hoof will fly and hit the corner. If the strength of two cows is very different, the weak will soon fall to the ground or run away. The two cows were neck and neck until they were panting and foaming at the mouth. At this time, the experienced cattle manager came to power and pulled the two cows apart with ropes and bamboo poles to prevent casualties. The bullring is generally chosen in a place with gentle slopes around and flat ground in the middle, which is convenient for people to wait and see. Lantern Festival Lantern Festival is a folk entertainment activity in Guizhou, and it is a kind of song and dance. On the fifteenth night of the first month, lanterns are hung and such activities are carried out. Folk call it "playing with lanterns", "singing lanterns", "jumping lanterns" or "lanterns". The folk proverb of Chinese New Year is called "the fire of thirty nights, the lamp of fifteen nights". Lanterns were introduced to Guizhou by soldiers from Jiangnan and Zhongyuan in the early Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, lanterns became very popular in Guizhou. During the Republic of China, lanterns spread to most rural market towns in Guizhou. Guizhou Lantern Festival includes lantern dance and lantern play. Lantern dance (commonly known as "ground lantern", "gong and drum lantern" or "gong and drum turn") is relatively simple and short, and there is no whole plot festival, mainly to express some feelings or explain something. When performing, the actor should hold a fan and handkerchief in one hand, and sing and dance at the same time. Sometimes it is necessary to insert rhyme white (commonly known as "pulling white"), duet, rotation, chorus, chorus and so on.