What are the customs and habits of Gaoshan people during the Spring Festival?

During the Spring Festival, people of Gaoshan ethnic group wear gorgeous national costumes and gather in groups at the edge of the village to drink and enjoy songs and dances accompanied by musical instruments. Some villages also hold harpoon competitions and carry out sports activities such as basket lifting and pole ball.

On New Year's Eve, the whole Gaoshan family sits around a round table and eats hot pot, which is called "surrounding the stove". Women who usually don't drink should also take a symbolic sip of wine to show good luck. Vegetables eaten around the stove need not be cut with a knife. After washing, you should cook by roots to show that you wish your parents a long life.

If someone at home goes out, you should also leave a seat empty and put this person's clothes on the empty seat to show that the whole family misses him. The most representative foods of Gaoshan banquet guests are cakes and bazan made of various glutinous rice. It can be used not only as a holiday snack, but also as a sacrifice. And cooked glutinous rice to entertain guests.

Extended data:

Important festivals of Gaoshan nationality include: sowing sacrifices to Atayal nationality (spring sowing ended in late March), peace sacrifices (Bunun nationality, the fourth day of April), ancestor sacrifices of "Ali" (Pingpu nationality, September 16th) and harvest festivals (Zou nationality, Dai nationality, Dawu nationality, etc.). August 15th) and bamboo pole sacrifice (paiwan, October 15th).

Most of the traditional festivals of Gaoshan nationality have a strong religious color and basically appear in the form of sacrificial ceremonies. Such as land reclamation, sowing, weeding, harvest festival, five-year sacrifice, ancestor sacrifice, fishing and hunting sacrifice, dwarf sacrifice, boat sacrifice, flying fish sacrifice and so on. Among them, the Harvest Festival is a national festival of Gaoshan people except Yamei. During the festival, in addition to song and dance banquets, sports competitions, cultural exhibitions and entertainment activities were also added.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Gaoshan nationality

Baidu Encyclopedia-Minority Spring Festival

Baidu Encyclopedia-Spring Festival Customs