Do you know what is the grandest festival of the Miao people in China's ethnic minorities?

Miao Nian (苗年), the first year of the Miao calendar, or nongx yangx in English, or "neng yang" in Miao, is the grandest traditional festival of the Miao people. The Hmong year is not the same in all regions, from September to the first month of the lunar calendar.

During the festival, people go to each other's villages, visit friends and relatives, and participate in the "jumping Lusheng" activities. Each village has (or a few villages **** have) generations of reed flute field, the village "jumping Lusheng" date in order to arrange, generally a three-day. Festivals are also stepping on drums, suona, horsefighting, bullfighting, "Youyin", singing, climbing pole and so on.

Expanded information:

Miao year has a bullfighting custom, the Miao people, an ancient farming nation. Long with the cattle with the plow labor, cattle is the most intimate and most loyal partners, but also the Miao compatriots plowing the good helper, the cattle have a deep emotion to worship related.

In the Miao village can be seen, the village door are generally hung with horns of the bull's head, the Miao family shrine under a pair of horns connected to meet the guests toasting more than the use of horns cup is a testament to the bull's horns have evolved into a symbol of the Miao culture totem.

Bullfighting is not simply a traditional recreational project that the Miao people enjoy, but has a deeper meaning in which it promotes the continuous optimization of breeds, so that the cattle grow taller and fatter, and better farming life.

In the Year of the Miao, there is a custom called lusheng stepping on the hall, usually held in the village lusheng hall, men blowing women stepping on, men and women are participating. First, the small reed-sheng player blew a short sheng music, and then the large and small sheng players play together, the girls are wearing bird clothes, silver jewelry, silver flower crown dance, silver Pei's brittle and with the delicate sheng song.

Lusheng is the Miao people especially loved musical instruments, there are Miao people where there is lusheng, is one of the representatives of the Miao culture, Miao village, as long as there are lively activities, the lusheng will come out, festive music accompanied by the Miao girls cheerful dance is a beautiful landscape in the Miao village.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Year of the Miao