My Dong Nationality-National Day Spring Festival

? Dong is a minority in China, and its national language is Dong, which belongs to the Dong Shui branch of the Zhuang Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. The ancestors of the Dong nationality were called "Thousand Hands" in the documents before the pre-Qin period, and it is generally believed that the Dong nationality developed from a branch of ancient Baiyue. Agriculture is the mainstay of the Dong people, and rice cultivation is the mainstay of agriculture. Rice planting has a long history, and forestry, agriculture and forestry production have reached a fairly high level. There are many basins called "bazi" in Wanshan Congling in Dong nationality area. Dong people are mainly distributed in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture and Tongren Prefecture of Guizhou Province, xinhuang dong autonomous county, Huitong County, Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County and Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County of Hunan Province, Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Longsheng Ethnic Autonomous County, Rongshui Miao Autonomous County and Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hubei Province. ? Next, it is about the Dong folk festival "Spring Festival". ? Spring Festival is one of the four traditional festivals in China. Lunar New Year, the traditional "New Year" festival, evolved from the sacrificial activities at the beginning of ancient times and is the most grand traditional festival of the Chinese nation. The date is set on the first day of the first lunar month every year. During the Spring Festival, various celebrations will be held. Most of these activities are mainly about offering sacrifices to gods and buddhas, paying homage to ancestors, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, and praying for the new. The forms of activities are rich and colorful, with strong national characteristics. Next, I will introduce the unique customs of the Dong nationality in Liping during the Spring Festival. Before the Chinese New Year, our first activity was' killing pigs'. During the Spring Festival, pigs were specially raised at home. On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, pigs are killed for the Chinese New Year, and the rest is given to relatives who don't have pigs at home. Others cook bacon and sausages. People who call for help to kill pigs are not particular. Friends, relatives and villagers can call for help. The first thing to kill a pig is to hit the pig with a stick, and the pig is almost knocked unconscious. Just cut the pig's neck with a knife according to the pig, and put the blood flowing down in a basin, which can be eaten as red blood. If the pig is killed, it will be burned with pig hair. The second activity is' offering sacrifices to the father-in-law', asking the elders at home to' be male elders' and taking the younger generation at home to offer sacrifices to the father-in-law, praying for good weather, safety and all the best. Sacrifice needs to prepare pork, rice wine, glutinous rice, firecrackers, paper money and incense and bring them to the land father's hut for sacrifice. Burn incense first, and then take out pork, rice wine and glutinous rice to the land father. After bowing down and praying, the filming is over. The third activity is' New Year's Eve', also called New Year's Eve and reunion dinner. On this day, everyone is busy, even the children are busy. On the day when you can't work on the first day of school, you must prepare for the New Year. Food and water should be prepared these days, and the sanitation inside and outside the house should be cleaned. Don't take a bath just to clean yourself up, you should wash away all the unpleasant bad luck for a year. Men will go to the Drum Tower to prepare firewood for the Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival, the old people and men in the village go to the Drum Tower to make a fire, and there are also women. Most of them are women who come to our village, and women in their own village are very devoted to the Drum Tower. Drum Tower is the architectural feature of Dong nationality, which contains rich national characteristics. And because all the people who went out arrived home on this day, they all came back for reunion and the family had a happy meal together, so' Thirty Nights' is also called the reunion dinner. There are many kinds of dishes for the reunion dinner, but there must be fish, because fish means more than a year, and colorful dishes have beautiful meanings. Eating vegetables alone can make you full, and a year's hard work is worth it on this day. After dinner, watch the vigil in the Spring Festival Evening, 12 set off firecrackers and fireworks to welcome the arrival of the New Year. The fourth activity is Chinese New Year. All the preparations are to welcome this day. First of all, the gun should be fired at 6 o'clock to welcome the beginning of the new year. On this day, the children got up early and prepared to receive red envelopes for the New Year. They just get up and want to eat oranges. After eating oranges, they must put on new clothes and shoes for breakfast. After breakfast, they can go for the New Year. Every household opens its doors to welcome the children, and there are Dong fruits made by itself on the table for people who come to visit the New Year. At 8 o'clock, men will bring their own candy and Dong fruit to the Drum Tower to worship. At this time, women will wear Dong clothes at home and prepare to go to the Drum Tower to "step on the hall" for the New Year. Drum tower is generally a place where men go. Women seldom go to the Drum Tower unless there are important things to do or other times during the Spring Festival. When women get dressed, they come to the Drum Tower to sing Dong songs, and men play Lusheng in the Drum Tower. When you sing Dong songs, you should form a big circle and hold hands. After singing, go home and prepare today's lunch. You can't pour the water for washing vegetables. You can't pour it in the big basin until tomorrow. You can't wash the dishes after dinner. Because I can't work, sweep the floor, wash dishes and wash clothes on the first day of junior high school. Before eating, you can start eating. There is a performance in the evening, so let's watch the program and communicate together. On the one hand, Chinese New Year also promotes the emotional exchange among villagers. A day has passed, but the Chinese New Year is not over yet. Generally, it will not be counted until after the third grade. The fifth activity is to go to grandma's house to pay New Year's greetings. On this day, everyone will go to grandma's house to pay New Year's greetings, so the second day is also very lively. Some people come outside to pay New Year greetings. When they visit the New Year, they should bring their Dong fruits and rice cakes to grandma's close relatives. When they go to pay a New Year call, they should wear Dong people's clothes to pay a New Year call. The sixth activity, Moon Day, is that one village invites another village to sing and play Lusheng in their village. This is the most anticipated activity in the Spring Festival. "Mid-Autumn Festival" has promoted the communication between villages, the emotional communication between ethnic groups and cultural exchanges. Mid-Autumn Festival usually lasts more than three days, and then another village invites us to their village. Mid-Autumn Festival is the most lively activity in China New Year. Let the communication between young people be closer and more familiar. The general process is to play lusheng first, and then sing Dong songs. After the shooting, we will have dinner together. After dinner, we will invite guests. It is also possible to pull a family or a few young people, boys. With the permission of elders, boys and girls can chat, and adults will play Lusheng singing opera, watch a play and have a "Moon Festival" in Gu Lou, and boys and girls can chat with each other in the sedan chair next to the stockade. These are the things and activities we will do in the new year. These activities are what the Dong people in Liping County need to do and carry out during the Spring Festival. They are full of ethnic characteristics and rich in ethnic activities, including many cultural characteristics of the Dong people.