What are the festivals of ethnic minorities?

Festivals of ethnic minorities include: Nadam of Mongolian, Torch Festival of Yi, Water-splashing Festival of Dai, Dragon Boat Festival of Zhuang and Tianzang Festival of Manchu.

1, Manchu Tim Cang Festival

Tiancang Festival, also known as Cangcang Festival, is a characteristic festival of Manchu people, and it is also a festival symbolizing the bumper harvest of grains. On the 25th day of the first month, Manchu people will steam cakes in the shape of ingots, bags, pots and chickens, and also carry and fill warehouses, paint warehouses, clean courtyards, prohibit lending, light lamps to worship gods and pay homage to warehouse officials.

2. Nadam of Mongols

Mongolian means "game" or "entertainment". Originally refers to the Mongolian traditional "men's triathlon" wrestling, horse racing and archery. With the development of the times, it has gradually evolved into a grand celebration and material exchange activity that includes various cultural and entertainment contents today.

3. Yi Torch Festival

The Torch Festival on June 24th of the lunar calendar is the most grand, grand and ethnic festival in Chuxiong and Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Torch Festival was also called Chinese Valentine's Day in ancient times.

During the Torch Festival, big torches made of dried pine nuts and pine nuts were erected in every village, and small torches were erected in front of every door to light them at night. The village is brightly lit, and young men and women play and dance around the village fire all night. During the festival, there are horse racing, bullfighting, archery, wrestling, tug-of-war, swinging and other recreational activities, and commodity fairs are held.

4. Dai people's water-splashing festival

Songkran Festival is the biggest festival of Dai people, and it is also the festival with the greatest influence and the largest number of participants among all ethnic groups in Yunnan. Specific festival activities include splashing water, grabbing swings, dragon boat racing, bathing Buddha, chanting, singing Zhangha, performing peacock dance and dancing with white elephants.

5. Dragon Boat Festival of Zhuang nationality

The "Dragon Sacrifice Festival" of Zhuang nationality is one of the important festivals of Maguan Zhuang nationality, which is usually held from the first day to the third day of the second lunar month. On the first day of the second lunar month, all Zhuang villages offer sacrifices to the Dragon God, which is commonly known as "covering the land" and "gaining the land" by Zhuang people.

In the early morning of the first day of February, a male elder of every household went to Longshan outside the village to hold a sacrifice and asked the dragon god to protect farming. After the collective sacrifice, each household was given a portion of pork, and a new platform was set up outside the door to worship again. But when the elders sacrifice outside the door, the rest of the family will close the door and wait. Only when the elders sacrifice can they go back to the house to prepare meals.

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