Do minorities celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Minorities also celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a major festival for all Chinese people. Not only do the Han Chinese celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also more than 20 ethnic minorities such as the Dong, Miao, Zhuang, Dai, Li, Manchu, Korean, and Gaoshan, but the festival customs are different.

1, Zhuang ?

The Zhuang people on the 15th day of the 8th month, in addition to enjoying the moon and eating mooncakes, an important customary activity is the "haunted brother child", because the organizers and participants are women, haunted by the object of male, so called "haunted brother child", in fact, it is a song.

2, She

Every year on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, the She people regard this day as a good day to visit friends and relatives, and accompany the guests to sing and is a unique custom of the She people. The Mid-Autumn Song Festival is not only to accompany the guests to sing, but also to focus on the county town to go to the song. When singing, men and women stand on one side, women also like to squeeze together, not to participate in the singing of women, but also to squeeze together with the singers, in order to strengthen the momentum.

3, Li

Li people call the Mid-Autumn Festival "August Meeting" or "Tuning Festival". At that time, the towns held songs and dances, each village by a "sound head" (i.e., the leader) led by young men and women to participate. When all the participants arrive, they give each other mooncakes, scented cakes, colorful fans and undershirts, and form groups. At night, they gather around the fire, roast game, drink rice wine, and engage in a grand sing-along, where unmarried youths take the opportunity to look for their future partners.

4, Miao

Every Mid-Autumn Festival night, the Miao family reunion, to the forest clearing singing and dancing, held "jumping moon" activities. The young men and women in the "jumping moon", looking for each other's sweethearts, reveal their feelings of love and admiration.

5, Yao

Yao in the Mid-Autumn Festival held "Fire Dog Dance Festival", the dance of the fire dog is intended to drive away evil spirits. On this day, the girls bow to the ancestors, and then dance, young men in the side of the firecrackers. After the girls have had enough fun, men and women begin to sing songs. According to local custom, a girl must participate in the fire dog dance more than three times before she can get married.

While the customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival of various nationalities are many and different in form, they are all based on people's infinite love of life and aspirations, and all have the good wishes of "wishing for a long time, thousands of miles of **** Canyuanjuan".

Mid-Autumn Festival Customs Abroad

1, Vietnam

Mid-Autumn Festival is also a festival for Vietnamese children. On that night, children listen to the legend of A Qui, go to see the lion dance, and some even get their father to buy them a lion for the lion dance to play with their friends. Vietnamese children also carry carp lanterns on Mid-Autumn Festival night, a symbol of growing up and "jumping the dragon door".

2, Japan

The traditional Japanese Mid-Autumn Festival is known as the fifteenth night, also known as the Mid-Autumn Moon, Taro Moon. Japanese people eat rice dumplings, called "Tsukimi Dumplings", while enjoying the moon. Since this is the harvesting season for various crops, various celebrations are held to show appreciation for the bounty of nature. Japanese people also enjoy the moon, which is called "Tsukimi," and display Tsukimi dumplings, manzanitas, and taro in their houses.

The above references? People's Daily Online - Ethnic minorities celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival