Composition of traditional festivals in rural areas of Guangxi

There are many festivals in Zhuang nationality, almost every month. Among them, the Spring Festival, "March 3rd" and "July 14th" are the most important festivals of Zhuang nationality. Zhuang nationality in festivals

First, the Spring Festival of Zhuang nationality

The Spring Festival of Zhuang nationality lasts for ***3 days from New Year's Eve to the first and second days of the first month, but the fourth and fifth days are still considered as the Spring Festival period. This is the biggest festival of the year. Generally, preparations begin on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. Every household is engaged in cleaning, sewing clothes and trousers, buying new year's goods, putting up couplets, making cakes, killing pigs and making zongzi. The Spring Festival is also a time for reunion. Anyone who works outside will usually go home for a reunion dinner before the 30 th of the year. During the Spring Festival, in addition to visiting relatives and friends, young men and women often participate in cultural and sports activities, such as singing duet, playing top, dancing, ball games and performances. On New Year's Eve, people kill chickens and ducks, steam braised pork, powder lean meat, cook barbecued pork and so on. In the eight-course dinner, "white chopped chicken" is indispensable. Families with elderly people will stew pig's trotters and whole chickens. Rice needs to be cooked a lot and saved for the next day, which symbolizes wealth.

On New Year's Eve, every household should keep the New Year's Eve until midnight when chickens crow and firecrackers are set off to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. In the past, some places called setting off firecrackers "recruiting cattle essence" (Zhuang language called "Ou Hunhuai"), which means that cattle essence is still scattered in the ground, and cattle essence is recruited back. At the beginning of the new year, cows should work hard and serve their families again. At the beginning of "recruiting cattle", some people beat gongs and drums, played flutes and flutes, and the whole village was filled with a happy atmosphere.

Second, the first day of the first month, the second day.

All tourists must eat zongzi. Zongzi of Zhuang nationality is a noble food. There are big and small zongzi, the big one is one or two Jin, the small one is two or three Liang, and there is another kind called "Feng Mo" (extra-large zongzi), one or two Jin. The main raw material of zongzi is glutinous rice, but it should have stuffing. The stuffing is peeled mung beans and semi-fat pig skin mixed with sauce, which is placed in the heart of Zongzi. After cooking, its taste is necessary.

Third, the gyro part.

In places where Zhuang people live in compact communities in Guangxi, a famous sports activity-Gyro Festival is held every year. The time lasts for more than half a month from two or three days before New Year's Eve to the 16th day of the first month. Gyroscope, called "Le Jiang" in Zhuang language, is big and small, light and heavy. Some are as big as Hetian pomelo and weigh about a catty, some are as small as goose eggs, and some are 232. To make a gyro, you must choose good quality hardwood. Its head should be smooth. When you "hit", use two or three feet of hemp rope to wrap it around several times until you feel fit, then hold the end of the hemp rope with the ring finger and little finger of your right hand and spin it to the ground quickly, and the gyro will "whir". A good quality coat, coupled with clever rotation technology, will take seven or eight minutes to fall off. It is even more lively to top the competition, and the winner is honored as the "top king". It is said that it has been more than 300 years since the rise of gyro play.

Fourth, Dragon Festival.

Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival for the Zhuang people in Funing County, Yunnan Province and Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture nearby. "Long Duan" (Zhuang language, meaning to drive the dam) is a transliteration of Zhuang language, which means to meet in a wide and flat place. According to legend, this festival has a history of more than 700 years. It was originally to commemorate the deeds of 1052, the national hero Nong (Zhuang) who rebelled against the Song Dynasty in April. Now, Longduan Street has developed into a traditional festival for people of Zhuang, Yao, Miao, Yi and Han nationalities in Funing County and its surrounding areas to exchange materials and celebrate together. According to legend, in the Northern Song Dynasty, in order to resist the cruel oppression and exploitation of feudal rulers, farmers led the Zhuang people in Guangxi to rise up and win one after another, established the "Nantian" and claimed to be the "Southern King", and conquered Nanning, Qinzhou and Guangzhou, which had great influence. Later, the insurgents lost and retreated to Funing. In order to quell the peasant uprising and weaken the rebel forces, the rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty dismissed the Zhuang people to Guizhou and other places. Before leaving, the Zhuang people gathered in succession, saying goodbye and urging the villagers to reunite again next year. Since then, every year in the third month of the lunar calendar, Zhuang people who have been living in other places will go home to reunite with their relatives and friends. With the passage of time, the "dragon section" festival was formed. The Dragon Boat Festival begins on March 25th of the lunar calendar and lasts for three days. As the host village before the festival, pigs and cows were slaughtered, a stage was set up on the dam, and accommodation arrangements for receiving guests were made. At that time, the girls will wear collarless cardigans, batik skirts with silver rows and embroidered lace patterns at the corners, gorgeous chest bags and embroidered shoes, and all the flowers will be beautiful. Brave young people meet girls and sing and dance until sunset. Those who are still interested can continue to sing with the girl into the village.

Five, eat festival

Chili Festival is a special festival for Zhuang people in Longzhou County and Pingxiang City of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. "Eating" means "celebrating" in Zhuang language. Zhuang people have a tradition of celebrating the Spring Festival. However, on the occasion of the Spring Festival of 1894, French invaders invaded our border. In order to attack the invaders, young people went to the battlefield to kill the enemy bravely and defend their homeland. On the thirtieth day of the first month, the soldiers who went to war returned home in triumph. The villagers killed chickens and slaughtered sheep, made glutinous rice cakes, entertained them warmly, celebrated victory and made up for the Spring Festival. Since then, eating knots have gradually formed. During the festival, people dance lions, play dragon lanterns, sing and dance, which is very lively.

Sixth, Bai Ya Festival.

Zhuang people in Zhenning and Suowu areas of Guangxi kill one cow, one pig, two chickens and forty-eight fish on Rabbit Day every April, and go to the mountain to offer wine to Zhuang women (legend has it that Nong's mother). On that day, men, women and children were present, and the etiquette was very grand. According to legend, Bai Ya is the leader of a Zhuang village. She led the Zhuang people to fight against the officers and men and was killed after failure. They buried her at the top of a high mountain and called it Bai Ya Mountain. Every year, on the day of Bai Ya's death, the Zhuang people kill cows and pigs to commemorate her. This annual commemoration has never stopped, and over time, it has formed a festival-Bai Ya Festival.