Cow Sacrifice Festival is the festival of which ethnic groups Cow Sacrifice Festival Brief Introduction

1. The Cow Sacrifice Festival is a traditional festival of the Buyi, Miao and Gelao ethnic groups in Anshun.

2. On the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, it is said to be the "birthday of the cow". To make mochi, so that people also share the cow's happy day. In the countryside, with rice patties to feed cattle, at the same time with brown sugar and old wine to mix chicken blood to the cattle to eat. The reason for this is that after this day, spring plowing will begin, and the oxen will have to work hard and be busy, so it is important to replenish their bodies first, so that they will not be ineffective in their work.

3, in fact, this custom is not only in Zhejiang, but also in Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Anhui and other places, too, and even in China's ethnic minorities of the Gelao, the Tujia, Manchu, Zhuang have such a custom, only they call "honoring the cow festival", "cow king festival It's just that they call it "Cow Festival", "Cow King Festival", "Cow Sacrifice Festival" and other different names. Therefore, it is also called Cow King Festival and Cattleman's Festival. In Qianxi region, it is also known as "Open Rice Planting Festival", "Open Rice Planting Gate" and "Cow Sacrifice Festival", which are traditional festivals of Anshun Buyi, Miao and Gelao ethnic groups. It is a festival commemorating the plowing ox, which is called "Ox King Festival" in some places, "Shepherd's Festival" in the area of Zhenning Biantan Mountain, and "Open Rice Planting Festival" in the areas of Anlong and Xingyi. The "Cow Birthday" reflects the Chinese agrarian economy and society, the cow (labor) worship and veneration, but also reflects the people's desire for a good harvest and the desire.