What national festivals do Bai people have? List of annual festivals in Dali

Dali is the main settlement of Bai nationality, and most festivals have strong Bai customs. I choose to travel to the local area to watch the excitement during the festival, so I recommend you to attend the Shi Baoshan Song Festival, where there is real excitement to see. Other festivals, except for the crowds, are crowded in front of us.

Jizushan assembly time: from the first day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Jizushan is located 30 kilometers northwest of Binchuan County. According to legend, the great disciple of Sakyamuni once gave lectures here, so Jizu Mountain became a popular place for Buddhists to worship in past dynasties. Every year from the first day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there is a mountain people's congress. People of all ethnic groups in Dali Prefecture and surrounding areas have gone to the Mountain Club to pray for the country's prosperity and people's safety and enjoy the scenery of Jizu Mountain. During the pilgrimage to the mountains, tourists and worshippers come in an endless stream every day, singing and laughing everywhere. Very lively. Mountain people all go to JinXiang of JiZu Mountain to watch the sunrise, especially in the early morning of the 15th day of the first month. In addition, during the festival, ethnic cultural activities are rich, such as dragon and lion dancing, hunting, horse racing, singing, lantern playing and solve riddles on the lanterns, which are unique.

Gegenhui time: Gegenhui time is held on the fifth day of the first lunar month every year in Santasi, Dali. The kudzu club mainly trades kudzu and visits the scenery of Santasi. At the same time, there will be various snacks for people to enjoy and various small commodities for sale. Time of Weibaoshan Song Festival: The time of Weibaoshan Song Festival is from the first day to the fifteenth day of the second lunar month every year. At that time, people of all ethnic groups in Weishan and surrounding cities and counties such as Dali, Eryuan, Midu, Nanjian, Yangbi, Fengqing and Yunxian will wear their own national costumes to attend the meeting in Weibaoshan. Weishan folk cave classics society plays quaint cave classics music in various halls. Vendors from all over the world set up stalls in Weibaoshan, dealing in food, mountain products, local products and small commodities. Meet the needs of people facing the mountains.

Among them, on February 13- 14 of the lunar calendar, the Weibaoshan Song Concert was held in the Huihe Building, Weibaoshan. Yi people around the cottage will wear gorgeous national costumes, bring money and other musical instruments to gather in the singing field and hold singing activities in a circle. At first, the villagers watched songs and dances, and later joined the chorus, but there were several laps. Today's Weibaoshan mountain products Fair is also a mass entertainment and singing activity and a grand national singing competition.

March Street Time: March 15th to 21st of the lunar calendar. March Street of Bai Nationality in Dali is a traditional grand event in Dali, with a history of 1000 years. Known as Guanyin City or Guanyin Club in ancient times, it has been designated as the national festival of March Street in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture by Dali government. March Street is the biggest traditional festival of Bai people. It is not only a grand meeting of material and cultural exchanges among ethnic groups, but also the center of various cultural and sports performances such as horse racing, Yunnan opera and lanterns. Very lively. March Street is held at the foot of Cangshan Mountain in western Dali. During the festival, the surrounding ethnic minorities come to Dali to exchange materials and hold cultural and sports activities, and hundreds of thousands of people celebrate the festival every day. In the traditional March Street, mules, horses, mountain products, medicinal materials and tea are the bulk materials.

Bai people want to sing and dance, while Yi, Bai, Hui and Tibetan people want to race horses and sing. Today, March Street has also become the largest trade fair in western Yunnan, involving not only material transactions in more than 20 provinces and cities, but also an important gathering for cultural and artistic exchanges, investment attraction and technical cooperation among all ethnic groups in Dali. At the same time, traditional cultural and sports activities such as horse racing, singing, dragon boat racing and folk songs and dances were held at the meeting, which attracted a large number of tourists from home and abroad. Butterfly Club Time: The butterfly club time is April 15th of the lunar calendar every year. Legend has it that this is a folk festival to commemorate the loyal love between Xia Lang and us.

Time before and after the Three Spirits: From April 23rd to 25th of the lunar calendar, the Three Spirits is the largest traditional festival of the Bai people in Dali, also known as the Mountain God or praying for rain. This is a grand gathering of Bai people around Erhai Lake in Dali for spring song and dance before busy farming. Every year from April 23rd to 25th of the lunar calendar, Bai people from Dali, Eryuan, Binchuan, Weishan and other places, regardless of sex, come to Cangshan and Erhai in droves from all directions, singing and dancing, and marching all night to pray.

There is also a special saying that Bai people travel three souls: three days north, four days south and five days home. This means that the festival activities around the Three Spirits will last for three days: on the 23rd day of the festival, people will gather in Shengyuan Temple at the foot of Wutai Mountain in Cangshan to pray and sing; On the 24th, people crossed Xizhou Town and came to the village near Erhai Lake in the south. That night, they celebrated the game song in the main temple of the local village. On the 25th, people walked along Erhai Lake to Ma Jiuyi main temple east of Chongsheng Temple in Dali, where they prayed and celebrated, and then went home, and the festival ended.

Torch Festival: Torch Festival is a traditional national festival celebrated by many ethnic minorities in southwest China. It lasts from June 24th to June 25th in the lunar calendar, among which the festivals of Yi and Bai are the grandest. Dali Bai people celebrate June 24th and Yi people celebrate June 25th. On this day, teachers in each village set up a big fire handle, inserted buckets and colorful flags of all sizes on it, which read auspicious words such as bumper harvest, peaceful country and people, good weather, and hung torches, pears, bonuses and other fruits and buns. Before dark, every household should help the old and bring the young around the fire to ensure safety.