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What are the cultural customs of Leishan Miao people eating New Year's Eve? Why is it also called Marang Festival?

Leishan Miao people have a special festival called? Eat a new festival? . This festival is mainly aimed at some unmarried young men and women, and it can also be called a large blind date festival. During the festival, the market and bullfighting are the most important holiday features. There is no fixed date for this festival. It is mainly a festival for Miao people to celebrate the harvest. Young men and women will also be invited to watch the bullfight together. And men will also show themselves to win the hearts of girls. Therefore, this new food festival is also called Marang Festival.

1. A harvest festival has a history of more than 3,000 years, and the Miao people have always maintained this tradition. The origin of this festival is to celebrate the hard-won food at that time. Up to now, it is to celebrate the annual harvest and thank myself for working hard for a year. I also want to make myself work harder in the coming year. For young men and women, this is also a festival to harvest love. The woman put on a beautiful dress embroidered by herself. And men play lusheng. The best man who plays Lusheng is often loved by women.

Second, a reunion festival is not fixed, but is held on the day when early rice is ripe. On the festival day, all the people get together. The villagers first picked fresh ears of rice and hung them up. Then people should sacrifice to the Valley God and ancestors first. After that, everyone sat down and began to eat in turn according to their seniority. The dishes will be mainly made of rice. On holidays, everyone will dance Lusheng dance together and then watch the bullfight together.

Eating new year's goods is the Miao people's gratitude for the grain and keeping a grateful heart for the place where they live. On this day, everyone is singing and dancing, harvesting their own food and their own love. For young men and women, that day is an opportunity for them to boldly pursue their loved ones. People in this world, only food and love can not live up to.