How do Zhuang people spend the Spring Festival?

As we all know, China is a country with a large population and a big culture. There are 56 ethnic groups in China, and each ethnic group has its o

How do Zhuang people spend the Spring Festival?

As we all know, China is a country with a large population and a big culture. There are 56 ethnic groups in China, and each ethnic group has its own unique national culture. These national cultures merged and collided with each other, forming China culture. Now, let me introduce you. Welcome to reading.

Introduction of Zhuang nationality's Spring Festival custom

The Spring Festival of Zhuang nationality lasts for three days from New Year's Eve to the first and second days of the first month, but the third to fifth days are still considered as the Spring Festival period. This is the biggest festival of the Zhuang nationality in a year. Generally, preparations begin on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. Every household engages in hygiene, sewing clothes and trousers, buying new year's goods, putting up couplets, making cakes, killing pigs, making zongzi, setting off firecrackers and wearing special clothes. The Spring Festival is also a time for reunion. Anyone who works outside will usually go home for a reunion dinner before the 30 th of the year.

During the Spring Festival, in addition to visiting relatives and friends, young men and women often participate in cultural and sports activities, such as singing duet, playing top, dancing, ball games and performances. On New Year's Eve, people kill chickens and ducks, steam braised pork, powder lean meat, cook barbecued pork and so on. In the eight-course dinner, "white chopped chicken" is indispensable. Families with elderly people will stew pig's trotters and whole chickens. A lot of rice should be cooked and saved for the next day, which symbolizes wealth. On New Year's Eve, every household should keep the New Year's Eve until midnight when chickens crow and firecrackers are set off to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year.

The custom of celebrating the Spring Festival in Zhuang nationality: the first day and the second day of junior high school

All tourists must eat zongzi. Zongzi of Zhuang nationality is a noble food. There are big and small zongzi, the big one is one or two Jin, the small one is two or three Liang, and there is another kind called "Feng Mo" * * * Extra-large zongzi * *, one or two Jin. The main raw material of zongzi is glutinous rice, but it should have stuffing. The stuffing is peeled mung beans and semi-fat pig skin mixed with sauce, which is placed in the heart of Zongzi. After cooking, its taste is necessary.

The Spring Festival custom of Zhuang nationality: Gyro Festival

In places where Zhuang people live in compact communities in Guangxi, a famous sports activity-Gyro Festival is held every year. The time lasts for more than half a month from two or three days before New Year's Eve to the 16th day of the first month. Gyroscope, called "Le Jiang" in Zhuang language, is big and small, light and heavy. Some are as big as Hetian pomelo and weigh about a catty, some are as small as goose eggs, and some are 232. You must choose good quality hardwood to make a gyro. Its "head" should be smooth.

When you "hit", use two or three feet of hemp rope to wrap it around several times until you feel fit, then hold the end of the hemp rope with the ring finger and little finger of your right hand and spin it to the ground quickly, and the gyro will "whir". A good quality coat, coupled with clever rotation technology, will take seven or eight minutes to fall off. It is even more lively to top the competition, and the winner is honored as the "top king". It is said that it has been more than 300 years since the rise of gyro play.

The custom of Zhuang people celebrating the Spring Festival: Dragon Festival

Longduan Festival is a traditional festival of Zhuang people in Funing County, wenshan city, Yunnan Province and its vicinity. "Longduan" is a Zhuang language, which means * * * to drive the dam. It is a transliteration of Zhuang language, meaning to meet in a wide and flat place. According to legend, this festival has a history of more than 700 years. It was originally to commemorate the deeds of 1052 April uprising against the national hero Nong of the Song Dynasty.

Longduan Festival has developed into a traditional festival of Zhuang, Yao, Miao, Yi and Han nationalities in Funing County and its surrounding areas. People exchange materials and celebrate together. According to legend, in the Northern Song Dynasty, the peasants led the masses to rise up and win one after another, establishing "Nantian" and calling themselves "South King", conquering Nanning, breaking Qinzhou and beating Guangzhou. Later, the insurgents lost and retreated to Funing. In order to quell the peasant uprising and weaken the strength of the rebel army, the rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty dismissed the Zhuang nationality to Guizhou and other places. Before parting, people are * * *, sad to say goodbye and tell the villagers to come back for reunion next year.

Since then, every year in the third month of the lunar calendar, Zhuang people who have been living in other places will go home to reunite with their relatives and friends. With the passage of time, the "dragon section" festival was formed. The Dragon Boat Festival begins on March 25th of the lunar calendar and lasts for three days. As the host village before the festival, pigs and cows were slaughtered, a stage was set up on the dam, and accommodation arrangements for receiving guests were made. At that time, the girls will wear collarless cardigans, batik skirts with silver rows and embroidered lace patterns at the corners, gorgeous chest bags and embroidered shoes, and all the flowers will be beautiful. Brave young people meet girls and sing and dance until sunset. Those who are still interested can continue to sing with the girl into the village.

The custom of Zhuang people celebrating the Spring Festival: Eating Festival.

Chili Festival is a unique festival of Zhuang people in Longzhou County and Pingxiang City, Guangxi. "Eating" means "celebrating" in Zhuang language. Zhuang people have a tradition of celebrating the Spring Festival. However, on the occasion of the Spring Festival of 1894, French invaders invaded our border. In order to attack the invaders, young and middle-aged people went to the battlefield to kill the enemy bravely and defend their homeland.

On the thirtieth day of the first month, the soldiers who went to war returned home in triumph. The villagers killed chickens and slaughtered sheep, made glutinous rice cakes, entertained them warmly, celebrated victory and made up for the Spring Festival. Since then, eating knots have gradually formed. During the festival, people dance lions, play dragon lanterns, sing and dance, which is very lively.

The custom of Zhuang people celebrating the Spring Festival: Bai Ya Festival

The Zhuang people in Zhenning and Suowu, Aibao Town, Funing County, Yunnan Province, kill Niu Yi, a pig, two chickens and forty-eight fish every April, and go to Bai Ya Mountain to offer a drink to the Zhuang woman Bai Ya, who is said to be Nong's mother.

On that day, men, women and children were present, and the etiquette was very grand. According to legend, Bai Ya is the leader of a Zhuang village. She led the Zhuang people to fight against the officers and men and was killed after failure. They buried her at the top of a high mountain and called it Bai Ya Mountain. Every year, on the day of Bai Ya's death, the Zhuang people kill cows and pigs to commemorate her. This annual commemoration has never stopped, and over time, it has formed a festival-Bai Ya Festival.

Zhuang nationality's Spring Festival custom: prime of life

The prime of life is called "Jiang Yi" in Zhuang language, and the Spring Festival is called "Jiang Kun", which is also a festival of the Han nationality. In the prime of life, December of the lunar calendar is the beginning of the year, and the end of November is New Year's Eve. It used to be called "long friendship", which means it is called * * * regardless of the month. On that day, the whole village raised funds to buy pigs, and some villages took turns to feed pigs specially by households, and * * * slaughtered the worshippers and prayed for a bumper harvest.

According to legend, in ancient times, people killed people and gave their lives to the society. Then pigs were replaced by them. The king shed of the club is usually located under a big tree near the village. When the festival was held, it was presided over by Mo Gong. Women and men who are pregnant are not allowed to participate. Killing pigs in front of the shed to worship, collective worship solemn. No laughing, no wearing white and colorful clothes. Otherwise, the harvest will be bad that year, and there will be animals and animals. After the sacrifice, the cooked pork will be evenly distributed to each household, and each person will get a bunch of pork, which will be taken home as the main offering of "collecting the soul" to worship the ancestors. From new year's eve to the third day, that is, before respecting the earth god, outsiders are strictly forbidden to go in and out. During the 10 days of Chinese New Year, the village beat gongs and drums, played the flute and played the piano, and reveled.

Friends and relatives exchange visits to congratulate each other, and young people play around mountains and villages, singing and laughing. Some even sent New Year gifts to their brothers. Nearby Miao, Dong, Yao, Han and other ethnic groups came to visit one after another, and some even fired guns, beat drums and congratulated blowing sheng. There is an atmosphere of national unity everywhere.