Folk customs in Tunjiao town

Tunjiao Town, Xingren County is a multi-ethnic settlement, with a distance of 15km from the county seat. There are Han, Miao, Buyi, Hui, Yi, Gelao and other ethnic groups living in it. The minority population accounts for 69.3% of the total population of the town, of which the Miao population accounts for about 36% of the total population of the town. Miao compatriots have worked and multiplied on this fertile soil for generations, and have a profound historical and cultural heritage and rich national and folk traditional cultural resources, forming a rich and colorful national and folk culture. Among them, the Miao culture represented by the "August 8th" Miao custom, Miao marriage custom, Miao embroidery, Miao handicraft and Miao bench dance is even more colorful in the national and folk traditional culture.

The plot of the "August 8th" Miao people's wind is a traditional "festival to make up for the new" of Miao compatriots. Every year on the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, Miao compatriots will bring their own harvested grain, chickens, ducks, Baba and so on. In the spacious place, and in the stockade, people of all ages, relatives and friends will gather together to toast, sing and dance, talk about the past, discuss the present, wish each other a bumper harvest and all the best. Let's have a family reunion dinner together, and * * * come together to "report new things" and share the joy of harvest. Since 2003, the Party Committee and government of Tunjiao Town have fully realized that it is not only an objective requirement, but also an important measure to inherit and carry forward national culture, build cultural brands and develop rural tourism in a minority area with profound cultural background and rich cultural atmosphere.

In order to inherit and carry forward the traditional cultural festival "August 8th" of Miao compatriots, since April 2004, the party committee and government of this town have always regarded organizing "August 8th" as an important work content, and made great efforts to excavate the ancient and quaint national culture. First, increase the construction of cultural infrastructure. Invest 1.38 million yuan to build carp national square, carp village gate, embroidery tie factory, carp avenue, sightseeing trail, wind and rain pavilion, Fairy Bridge, waterwheel, etc. The second is to increase support for the development of national culture. Establish the Miao Culture Development Association in Liyu Village, focusing on excavating, sorting out and enriching the Miao culture; Third, vigorously support four farmhouse music with national characteristics. Introduce Miao food culture to the outside world, increase farmers' income and promote the development of rural tourism; Four, the town successfully held three consecutive Guizhou? Xingren? The plot of carp "August 8" seedling wind. Introduced the rich and colorful national culture of Miao compatriots to the outside world, which played a great role in the inheritance and protection of national culture.