What festivals and folk customs are there in Guizhou?

Guizhou is a gathering place of ethnic minorities, with many festivals and rich activities, which also attracts many foreign tourists to experience the local customs. The following small series will introduce you to the folk festivals in Guizhou in March and April.

Lusheng Festival in Gannan Township, Zhou Zhou

Time: January

Lusheng Festival of Miao nationality in Gannan, Zhou is one of the biggest festivals of Miao nationality in southeastern Guizhou. It mainly displays Zhou Xi Miao costumes and representative Lusheng dance culture. The main activities are getting up at night, Lusheng dancing and singing Miao love songs. In addition, there will be bullfighting, cockfighting or horse racing. The scene is also spectacular.

Sister Day in Taiwan Province Province

This is a very traditional Miao festival, which is still very representative and influential in Taijiang generation. On this day every year, young men and women will wear clothes that can only be worn on festivals, and then invite their lovers to sing, eat sister meals, dance reeds and wooden drums and give each other tokens. This is also known as the oldest Oriental Valentine's Day.

Time: March of the lunar calendar

Zhaoxing Grain Rain Festival

Grain Rain Festival is a very important festival for the Dong people. Every year in Grain Rain Festival, the Dong people also have important superstar activities. Dong dialect calls it "long and tender", which means "eat black rice and sow rice seeds". This is a festival to promote farming culture and love. At this time, people can be seen asking for black rice in the streets and alleys, and everyone's face is covered with flowers.

Time: March of the lunar calendar (Grain Rain)

Buyi March 3 rd

Buyi festivals are generally named after time. March 3rd is March 3rd, which is a festival for Buyi people to worship their ancestors. A bit like our Tomb-Sweeping Day, it lasts about 30 days before and after the festival. During the festival, manicure will make colorful flowers and rice to worship the gods and ancestors of the country. 20 14 was included in the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects on March 3rd. If you want to experience some of this festival, the best place to experience it is the Buyi areas in southwest Guizhou and south Guizhou, such as Ceheng, Wangmo and Nanlong Buyi ancient villages.

Time: the third day of the third lunar month.

April 8 of Miao nationality

The eighth day of April is a Miao festival in Guiyang, also called Yanu Festival. This is to commemorate the national hero Yanu. Now this festival has fully demonstrated the local Miao culture. The best experience on April 8th was in Gaopo Miao Township, Huaxi District, Guiyang. Here is a popular one.

The custom of playing cards back with Yin relatives has also become a card-back seedling. Therefore, on April 8, the Miao people in Gaopo Township dressed up and held ethnic activities such as shooting back cards, which was very lively.

Time: April 8.