The Spring Festival in Guizhou is the festival with the most national characteristics.

Brief introduction of famous ethnic festivals in southeastern Guizhou

Miao nian festival

After harvesting millet, it will be held on the morning (dragon), morning (rabbit) or morning (ox) day in September, October or November of the lunar calendar. In the first few days after the Year of Miao, every household should clean the house and actively prepare new year's goods, such as making rice cakes, brewing rice wine, making tofu and bean sprouts, and generally killing pigs or buying pork. Wealthy families have to make sausages and blood tofu, sew new clothes for their families and so on. On Miao New Year's Eve, the whole family will have dinner at home, and they won't open the door until midnight to set off firecrackers to welcome dragons into the house. At dawn, every household is presided over by the elders at home to worship their ancestors. After breakfast, young and middle-aged men go to their neighbors' homes to pay New Year greetings, which are called "donfniangx" in Miao language to express their congratulations on a happy New Year. On the second day of the lunar new year, there are some taboos at home, such as: don't go out to fetch water, don't go up the mountain to cut wood and grass; Don't sweep the floor; Women do not do needlework; In some areas, women do not cook and are replaced by men; Men don't go out to pick up shit or anything. Men and women in Miao village usually get married in Miao year. From the fourth day. Some elderly men and women also visit relatives and friends with wine, meat and glutinous rice cakes. , or are busy receiving guests at home; Some young men and women either dance in blowing sheng in their respective villages, or dance in bronze drums for bullfighting; Or the young man went to other villages to "tour", where men and women sang and poured out their love. Before and after the activity, it took about 9 days to end. This is the most solemn festival of Miao people.

The Miao Festival in Leishan County is the biggest in southeastern Guizhou. Over the years, Leishan Miao Year has become a bronze business card of Leishan, forming a cultural brand in Guizhou and even the whole country. During the festival, Leishan County 1.6 million people dressed in festive costumes, singing and dancing, were very lively and beaming. The year of Miao mainly focuses on the tenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. Visitors can arrive at Kaili Bus Terminal in 40 minutes, and they can choose to eat and live in Leishan County or return to Kaili.

the Spring Festival; Chinese New Year

This is a traditional festival celebrated by the Han nationality and other ethnic minorities on the first day of the first lunar month. In Qiandongnan Miao nationality, the Spring Festival is called "sissy" and the traditional "sissy" coexist, and it is celebrated with other ethnic groups, especially those Miao nationality areas that do not celebrate the Year of Miao nationality, but are not as grand as the Year of Miao nationality. Miao people who know Chinese characters also paste couplets and door gods, and the rest are the same as Miao years. Some people choose to marry men and women during the Spring Festival.

The Spring Festival activities in Qiandongnan Prefecture are held from the first day to the fifteenth day, and the time, place and content of the activities in Danzhai and Leishan are different. Leishan is held in Yongle, Gongtong, Taojiang and Kaitun from the first day to the third day, during which there will be activities such as riding bronze drums, playing lusheng, horse racing, bullfighting and traveling, while Danzhai is held in Paidiao and Kaitun from the first day to the seventeenth day. Li Ping's story-fighting and Taijiang's dragon-flapping activities have their own characteristics. Visitors can take a bus from Kaili bus station to the corresponding county and then transfer to arrive, the whole journey takes 40 minutes. Visitors can choose to eat special farm food in the farmhouse, live in the farmhouse, or go back to the county to eat and live. In the county, they can taste Miao sour soup series (sour soup fish, sour soup beef, sour soup trotters, etc. ), spicy series, farmer series and other specialties.

Eating New Year's Day

Every year in June and July of the lunar calendar, when rice is heading in the field, every household in Miao village celebrates the "Eating New Year's Day" on the fifth day (some in the afternoon or morning). At that time, every household would cook glutinous rice, a bowl of fish and a bowl of meat. And put them on the ground (some on the table), pick 7-9 rice buds from their own rice fields and put them on the edge of the glutinous rice bowl, then burn incense and paper. The elders will pinch a little fish and glutinous rice and throw them on the ground, drop a few drops of wine to show their respect and pray for a bumper harvest, and then tear off the picked rice buds and hang two on them. The next day, men, women and children in each village put on new clothes to watch the Lusheng party, participate in Lusheng dance and participate in Lusheng dance. Some pull horses in the racetrack, and some take buffaloes to the bullring for bullfighting. This festival usually lasts for two days.

The New Year Festival is mainly concentrated in Kaili, Leishan, Shibing, Taijiang, Jianhe and other counties and cities. The Kaili area was held in Jiuzhai, Wu Di, Wanshui, Wengxiang, Kaihuai, Binhai and other places in Kaili, during which there were activities such as playing Lusheng, bullfighting, horse racing and tourism. Leishan is held on the 10th day of the year, and the locations are Lianhua, Qiaogang and Gao Yan in Leishan. During this period, there were activities such as dancing bronze drums, dancing lusheng, bullfighting and traveling. Stone cakes are held in China and Canada (three days), Xin Ping and Xincheng, and there are activities such as bullfighting, horse racing, blowing sheng, singing and traveling. Visitors can transfer from Kaili and arrive by bus in the corresponding counties and cities. The time spent during this period is 40 minutes in Kaili, 0.5 hours in Leishan/KLOC-0 and 2 hours in Shibing. Visitors can choose to eat special farm food in the farmhouse, live in the farmhouse, or go back to the county to eat and live. In the county, they can taste Miao sour soup series (sour soup fish, sour soup beef, sour soup trotters, etc. ), spicy series and farmers series.

Lusheng Festival

It is popular in Zhou Xi area at the junction of Kaili, Majiang and Danzhai counties in Guizhou. Festivals vary from place to place, usually in the first month, February or March of the lunar calendar; Individual regional elections will be held in July. Mainly to worship ancestors and celebrate the harvest. Generally speaking, a ceremony will be held before the festival. The venerable old man in the village presided over ancestor worship. At the same time, every family worships their ancestors in their own homes. Then, the girls in each village dressed up and put on silver flowers and ornaments. Boys bring their own Lusheng, and they come to Lusheng venue from all directions. Young people in each village form a circle, and blowing sheng dances for four or five days. The atmosphere is very warm, it is a kind of singing and dancing.

Lusheng Festival in Qiandongnan Prefecture can be roughly divided into Miao Lusheng Festival and Dong Lusheng Festival, in which Miao Lusheng Festival is held in Kaili, Majiang, Leishan and Ping Huang, and Dong Lusheng Festival is represented by Congjiang and Liping, and lasts all year round. Miao people mainly pay attention to the first month, while Dong people celebrate August 15th. Activities include dancing Lusheng, bullfighting, horse racing, stepping on bronze drums, playing Lusheng, Dong people's duet and Lusheng. Kaili, Majiang, Leishan and Ping Huang can all change trains in Kaili, and the time is 0.5 hour, 40 minutes, 1 hour and 1.5 hour respectively. Ping Huang can also change trains from Huangping Airport. Visitors can choose to eat special farm dishes in the farmhouse, live in a farmhouse, or go back to the county to eat and live. In the county, they can taste the Miao sour soup fish series.

Dragon Boat Festival

This is a traditional festival for Miao people to race on the water. It is popular on both sides of Qingshui River at the junction of Taijiang and Shibing counties in Guizhou, and on both sides of Bala River in Taijiang, which flows into this river. The Miao language in eastern Guizhou is called "qab Niang x vongx". There are sixty or seventy Miao villages, such as Pingzhai and Liaodong, each of which has one or two dragon boats for rowing competitions. Every year, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, or from the 24th to 27th, Miao people living on both sides of the strait hold grand dragon boat races in turn. Dragon boat races are also popular in Fenghuang, Luxi, Jishou, Baojing and Huayuan in Xiangxi, Hunan Province, which are divided into men's teams, women's teams and mixed teams. The scene is very lively. Although the Dragon Boat Festival of Miao nationality is a festival with dragon boat race as its main content, it is also a festival for ethnic minorities' culture and entertainment, young men and women socializing, middle-aged and elderly people visiting relatives and friends, and talking about the year and production. Visitors can choose to change trains in Kaili, arrive at Taijiang in 30 minutes, and arrive at 1.5 hours. They can participate in and watch dragon boat races, duck races, shooting, drumming, horse racing, traveling and so on.

April 8(th)

The eighth day of the fourth lunar month is a traditional festival for Miao people in Guiyang, Ping Huang, Songtao and Xiangxi, Hunan. During the festival, Miao compatriots will steam rice with flowers and gather in a fixed place, blowing sheng, to dance or sing love songs.

April 8th is especially popular in huangping county, Tianzhu, Sansui and Rongjiang counties in southeastern Guizhou. On the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, they will hold various activities, such as horse racing in Ping Huang, playing lusheng, shooting birds and offering sacrifices to ancestors, Tianzhu gathering and singing, Sansui worshiping the ox king and bodhisattva, and cooking black rice in Rongjiang. Convenient traffic conditions also provide a good tourist environment for tourists. At present, it takes 1.5 hours from Kaili, where the state capital is located, to Ping Huang (Yu Kai Expressway opened at the end of June 20 15, and it can reach Ping Huang in 20 minutes after opening), Tianzhu takes 2 hours, Sansui takes 1 hour and Rongjiang takes 3 hours. In the evening, tourists can eat and live in the county and taste the Miao sour soup series.

Drum tread

It is popular in Miao areas of Kaili, Danzhai and Leishan counties in Guizhou. On the first pig farm day in the second month of the lunar calendar, young Miao men and women automatically gathered in the local singing field to step on drums. This drum is made of solid nanmu hollowed out and stretched at both ends of cowhide. At that time, a venerable old man will move the nanmu drum and drum stand placed in his house into the drum field and beat the drum hard. People will dance when they hear the sound, and young people will take the opportunity to choose a spouse. Old people also put on new clothes and sang old songs around nanmu drums. After the dance, the girls took out their own hand-woven ribbons and presented them to Nanmu Drum to show their gratitude. People sang heartily and didn't leave the drum field until dark. Finally, the drum master carried the nanmu drum home and put it upstairs. Fish is also used to worship Nanmu Drum during festivals.

Jianhe will be held on the sixth day of the first lunar month, Kaili will be held on the first day of the second lunar month, and Danzhai will be held for three days when the first pig farm starts in the second lunar month. During the period, there will be activities such as knocking on wooden drums, stepping on bronze drums, playing lusheng, stepping on wooden drums, fighting, bullfighting and traveling. The scene is very lively. Take the Shanghai-Kunming Expressway from Kaili for 40 minutes to Jianhe and Kaiyang Expressway for 40 minutes.

Climbing node

The main activities are held in Leishan, Taijiang, Danzhai, Kaili and other counties and cities in March and noon of the lunar calendar, and the activities are held in Chongban Xizhai, Leishan Xinlian, Niujiaopo, Wucha Road, Songbian Village, Mantianxing and Dongshan Pinglangde in Kaili. It is held in Leidapo, Longchang, Majiang, from the eighth day to the tenth day of the fourth lunar month. The censer mountain climbing festival at the end of June is even more lively. Climb high and shout, and four voices echo. There will be mountaineering, duet, bullfighting, horse racing, Lusheng jumping, tourism, mountain fighting, horse racing and other activities. It takes 1 hour from Kaili to Banxizhai, 40 minutes to Leishan and 30 minutes to Majiang. After the activity, visitors can visit Kaili National Customs Garden, Yungu Pastoral Eco-agricultural Tourism Complex, Kaili Bull Fighting City Tourism Complex, Si Xia Ancient Town Tourism Scenic Area, Leishan Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village, Leigong Mountain Original Ecological Miao Culture Tourism Area, Mahjong Blueberry Eco-tourism Area, eat and live in farmhouse music, or choose characteristic hotel and its dishes.

Youfang Festival

"Youfang", also known as "Youfang", is a form of social interaction and entertainment for young Miao men and women in counties and cities such as Kaili, Leishan, Taijiang and Jianhe. Miao boys and girls often make friends, find partners or pour out their love through such activities. In order to choose a satisfactory life partner, some young men often have to travel over mountains and mountains and travel in villages of dozens, dozens or even hundreds of miles. Tourism is generally carried out in the slack season (such as the end of autumn harvest to the next year before transplanting rice seedlings) and traditional festivals (such as Miao Year, Eating New Year's Goods Festival, Lusheng Festival, Bullfighting Festival, Mountaineering Festival, Drum Turning Festival, Spring Festival, Duige Festival, etc.). ) and rush. In Miao village, there are generally fixed "patrol field", "patrol slope" or "patrol evaluation". These places are either under the trees near the front and back bridges of the stockade or on the gentle grass slopes around the village. In order to participate in the tour, the girls are all dressed up, wearing silver ornaments, inserting some flowers, wearing silver collars around their necks and silver bracelets on their hands. They use this to show their wealth and talent, show their beautiful appearance and posture, and attract the love of young people. After the event, visitors can visit Kaili National Customs Garden, Yungu Pastoral Eco-agricultural Tourism Complex, Kaili Bull Fighting City Tourism Complex and Si Xia Ancient Town Tourism Scenic Area. In the evening, tourists can eat and live in the urban area and enjoy Miao sour soup series (sour soup fish, sour soup beef, sour soup trotters, etc. ), spicy series, peasant series and other specialties, and enjoy ethnic characteristic hotel.

Sisterhood day

The traditional Miao festival "Sister Festival", also known as "Sister Festival", is a unique social festival gathering for Miao youth in the middle reaches of Qingshui River. Some villages celebrate on February 15 of the lunar calendar, while others celebrate on March 15 of the lunar calendar. The Shidong area in Taijiang is the most distinctive. On holidays, every household should prepare a lot of "sister rice" mixed with red, yellow, white, black and green glutinous rice to visit guests and friends. During the day, rivers, roadsides, beaches and grasslands are crowded with people. At night, on the beach and grassland by the river, high-pitched flying songs, rich and simple Daqu and love songs are intertwined and spread far away in the quiet night. Every spring, Miao women there hold "Sister Festival" and "Sister Meal". On the morning of the festival, the girls in the stockade will go to the fields to catch fish and prepare a "sister meal". No matter where they go fishing, they will be welcomed. After the "sister meal", the women each took colorful glutinous rice prepared in advance and went to the oil mill to find a young man to sing a song. If a young man wants to eat glutinous rice, he must win a duet. Besides singing, women can participate in all kinds of entertainment activities at will. Married girls will also go back to their parents' homes for Sister's Day. It takes 30 minutes from Kaili to Taijiang.

Drum festival

It is an important ancestor worship activity of Miao people, and it is held once every 13 years. Each session lasts for three years. "Tibetan Festival" is the most distinctive festival that can best reflect the Miao national culture. It has a distinct national traditional cultural connotation and shows the Miao people's life values. Remembering ancestors, respecting the old and loving the young, living in harmony, being thrifty, and being rich and healthy are the prayer themes of the Drum and Tibetan Festival. The Miao Drum and Tibetan Festival is an encyclopedia to study the history and culture of the Miao nationality, which is of great value. On May 20th, 2006, this folk custom was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. The Leishan Drum and Tibetan Festival has attracted many domestic and foreign tourists. During the festival, Leishan County is very lively, with convenient transportation and beautiful environment, which makes tourists linger. It takes 40 minutes to get there from Kaili. Visitors can choose to experience farm food, taste farm rice wine, stay in a farm inn and experience farm life, or experience Miao specialty food in the county town, characteristic hotel.

Dragon lantern festival

On the night of the first month of the lunar calendar, the streets of Kelou Township are full of gongs and drums, firecrackers are ringing, red lanterns and dragon lantern parades complement each other, and the festival is full of joy and peace everywhere. Thousands of villagers participated in and watched the traditional folk custom of dragon lantern dance, and enjoyed the first "national cultural feast" in year of the snake in the New Year. The "Dragon Dance Team" walked through the streets and lanes, and there were a sea of people along the way, which was very lively. Every household has carefully prepared firecrackers and candy to welcome the arrival of the dragon dance team, which indicates the happiness and auspiciousness of the New Year. The Dragon Lantern Festival in Cengong Shuiwei, Tianma and Longtian is unique. It attracts many tourists from the fourth to the fifteenth night of the first month. During this period, visitors can see activities such as dragon dancing and welcoming the Spring Festival. It takes 1.2 hours to arrive from Kaili. Cengong has beautiful scenery, rich ethnic customs, many cultural relics and rich tourism resources. There are Long'ao River Scenic Spot, a provincial-level scenic spot known as "paradise on earth", Luojiatang Tujia-style tourist village with beautiful scenery and rich folk customs, and the famous cave in the Ten Thousand Buddha Corridor in Pingzhuang. In addition, there are many famous natural and cultural landscapes, such as Yangsi Temple in Longtian, Zhumulin in Xujiawan, Zhaogu Manor Site in Zhongmu, Guanyin Pavilion in the county town, Yu Palace, Courtyard Tian ancient buildings and so on.

Lushenghui

Lusheng Festival is the most common and grand traditional festival in Miao areas, and it is a festival with Lusheng stepping on the hall and competing Lusheng as its main activities. Lusheng Festival is generally named after Poe Society (such as Shisanpo and Gulongpo). The time of Lusheng Festival varies from place to place, because some come from auspicious days in ancient times, some come from celebrating harvest, and some come from myths and legends. Generally speaking, a ceremony will be held before the festival. The venerable old man in the village presided over ancestor worship. At the same time, all families worship their ancestors themselves. Then all the girls in the villages dressed up and put on silver flowers and ornaments. Both young men and Lusheng players brought their own Lusheng, and they came to Lusheng venue from all directions. Young men and women in each village form a circle and blowing sheng dances for four or five days. The atmosphere is very warm, and it is a fusion song. During the first month, Lusheng parties will be held in towns and villages such as Kaili, Zhenyuan, Majiang and Leishan. During the period, there will be activities such as dancing lusheng, stepping on bronze drums, horse racing, bullfighting, singing and horse racing. It takes 2 hours from Kaili to Zhenyuan 1.2 hours, 30 minutes to Majiang and 40 minutes to Leishan. After the activity, visitors can eat and live in the farmhouse and experience the life of the farmhouse.

Play with dragon lanterns

Mainly popular in towns and villages of Shibin, it is one of the most lively traditional festival cultural activities during the Spring Festival in Shibin. The ninth day of the first month is the Dragon Lantern Festival. All the dragon lanterns parade in the street on this day, showing all the dragons in the street. On the 13th and 14th of the first month, the most grand scene was the whole county, with people coming and going. The city is full of firecrackers, gongs and drums, flaming trees and silver flowers, and the custom of frying dragons. In addition to playing dragon lanterns, there are stilts, garlands, colorful flags, waist drums, lusheng, yangko and song and dance teams, as well as stepping on dragon boats, playing mussels, playing lions, tying stories, carrying archways, flowers and fish. Shibin is rich in tourism resources, including top ten Chinese fir in Wuyang River Scenic Area, Yuntai Mountain, a world natural heritage, and Heichong Scenic Area, as well as specialty products such as Radix Pseudostellariae and Kudingcha. It takes 1.5 hours from Kaili to Shibing.

The 3rd Party Festival

Damon is a good place. As long as you work hard and don't worry about food and clothing, the ancestors of Dong Dimeng Dong Village, who live here, cut down trees to build houses, reclaim land and live and work in peace and contentment, and the population is prosperous, which soon grows to 1300 households. There are many people and a large village, so it is not convenient to go to work far away. After deliberation, the elders in the village decided to live separately. In this way, 700 households were allocated to Mao Gong, 200 households were allocated to Ladong, 100 households were allocated to Lota, and 300 households remained in Dimon. Separated branches miss their homeland and often go back to Dimon to worship their ancestors, but the time is not uniform, so they can only meet and reunite with people in Dimon, and it is difficult to meet people from other villages. After discussion, it was decided that the 11th to 15th day of the first lunar month would be the day for villages to reunite with Damon. Over time, this festival was formed. It takes 3 hours from Kaili to Liping County, and it takes 1.5 hours to transfer from the county to Dimeng Village. During the festival, there will be activities such as offering sacrifices, stepping on karaoke bars and bullfighting. Visitors can choose to eat and live in the farmhouse, return to the county the next day, and visit Liping Zhaoxing Dong Village, Liping Conference Site, Tiansheng Bridge and other scenic spots.

the Lantern Festival

Lantern Festival is a traditional Miao festival, but this festival is not an independent festival, but an important part of the traditional Miao New Year Festival just like New Year's Eve. On the fifteenth day of the first month every year, Miao villages in Rongshui Mountain area celebrate the Lantern Festival. The local Miao people call this festival "Nujiu Bamboo Stick", which means Nu people eat and celebrate the festival. "Lao" means Ciba, and "Zhu Zhu Chasing" means May 15th, which means that Miao people eat Ciba together on the 15th of the first month. Miao people eat Ciba twice a year, once on New Year's Eve, which is called "worshipping the Lord", and "worshipping the Lord" refers to New Year's Eve. Eating Ciba on New Year's Eve symbolizes reunion and beauty. Eating Ciba on the fifteenth day of the first month symbolizes the beginning of a year's work, and the whole family is about to break up and embark on a new journey after celebrating the Miao festival together. If "worshiping the Lord" means reunion, then "worshiping the Lord" means parting, which is the sustenance and expectation of the Miao people for the new year. The Lantern Festival in Taijiang and Jianhe in Miao areas is especially grand. During the event, activities such as playing dragon lanterns, bullfighting and dancing lusheng will also be held. It takes 30 minutes from Kaili to Taijiang and 40 minutes to Jianhe. Visitors can visit the cultural tourism complex of Shidong Temple in Taijiang, soak in hot springs in Jianhe, and choose local characteristic hotel and restaurants for food and accommodation.

Sacrifice "grandma"

Zhaitou Village and Kouzhai Village, Guzhou Town, Rongjiang County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province jointly held a ceremony to pay homage to Sama, the ancestor of the Dong people, and celebrate the traditional Sama Festival of the Dong people. Sama Festival is an ancient traditional festival of Dong people. Sama is a transliteration of Dong language, in which Sama is grandmother, Sama is elder and Sama is great-grandmother. According to legend, in the matriarchal clan society, there was a brave and combative female leader of the Dong nationality who made many contributions in resisting foreign invasion, but unfortunately died heroically in the battle with enemies several times her own. Dong people respect her very much, regard her as a god who can bring peace and auspiciousness, and respectfully call her "Sama".

Every year, Dong villages offer sacrifices to Sama from the first month to the second month of the lunar calendar or after the autumn. Some villages offer sacrifices separately, while others offer sacrifices jointly. This year, Kouzhai Village invited Zhaitou Village to offer sacrifices together. On the same day, the Dong compatriots in the two villages dressed in costumes and with wormwood in their heads went to Sama Temple to offer incense and tea to Sama. The old man who opened the way and the old man who symbolized Sama walked around the village with a half-open black umbrella, and then sang Ge Ye hand in hand in Yeping, praising Sama and praying that Sama would bless the whole village with peace, good weather and abundant crops. During the activity, there are also activities such as offering sacrifices, playing the Lusheng, singing "Ge Ye" and praising "Grandma". Visitors can arrive at Rongjiang in 2.5 hours from Kaili to experience the customs of Dong festivals. Visitors can also visit Rongjiang Sanbao Dong Village and Maoren River Scenic Area.

Bullfighting festival

Miao people love bullfighting and fight with buffalo, not for fun, but to show the characteristics of Miao family's respect, love and worship for cows in the way of bullfighting. Miao family experienced superior aesthetic feeling in their love for strong, powerful and fierce bullfighting. Under this emotional effect, the cattle worshipped by Miao family realized the optimal breeding evolution of bullfighting through continuous feeding. Basically, every gathering festival has bullfighting activities, and there is a unique bullfighting festival after the autumn harvest every year. There are several kinds of bullfighting, one is bullfighting. This kind of cattle is more vigorous, plowing in farming time and fighting in festivals; One is professional bullfighting, which is selected according to various conditions. Usually not cultivated, owned by a stockade or a family, raised by selected experts with rich experience in raising cattle, and dragged to participate in festivals. Bullfighting in Miao areas is particularly popular in Kaili, Jianhe and Tianzhu. Kaili will be held from July 14 to 16, Tang Kai and Shao Kai will be held on the 23rd, Tianzhu Water Cave and Shidong will be held on September 10 and 10, respectively, and Jianhe will be held on February 2nd. During the bullfighting, there will be bullfighting, singing competitions and other activities. Visitors can reach Tianzhu in 1.5 hours in 40 minutes from Kaili and Jianhe. After the activity, they can feel the local Miao culture and catering.

Dong people like bullfighting for fun, mostly in spring and autumn. Although the two cows were at war, the etiquette of the Dong villages in the north and south was different, which left the remains of the ancient struggle. The Dong People's Bull Running Festival is a traditional festival for Dong people. Dong people like bullfighting, and every village has a fighting "Buffalo King". The "Running Bull Festival" is held on the "Hai" day in February or August of the lunar calendar every year. Before the festival, make an appointment with your opponent to prepare for the bullfight. On the morning of the festival, the iron cannon rang three times, and the "Bull King" entered the bullring with the sound of gongs and drums and Lusheng musical instruments. At this time, each team, holding melons and moon axes and various flags, surrounded the paddock for three weeks, which is called "entering the field" or "stepping on the field". Then, each team holds its own "ox king" and torches, ready to fight. As soon as the iron cannon rang, they threw the torch forward, and the two cows involved in the fight rose from the hooves at both ends, rushed up and tied into a ball. The crowd outside cheered, and the atmosphere was tense and warm, which was very spectacular. The Dong people's Bull Running Festival is particularly popular in Congjiang and Liping, from September to the twelfth lunar month every year. There will be bullfighting and singing big songs during the activity. It takes 3 hours from Kaili to Congjiang and 4 hours to Liping. After the activity, visitors can also visit Dong villages such as Huang Xiao and Luanli in Congjiang, Basha Miao cultural tourism scenic spot and Zhaoxing Dong village in Liping.

Wrestling festival

Dong wrestling is popular in Sizhai, Hangdong, Zhagao, Huanggang, Xiangdong, Zengchong, Zhama and other places in Rongjiang, Shuangjiang Township, Liping County. It is a traditional sports activity integrating martial arts and entertainment. Every year, grand wrestling festivals are held in Hangdong and Sizhai on February 15 and March 15 of the lunar calendar. Hundreds of Dong men, women and children get together in Fiona Fang, except for grand wrestling competitions during the day. It takes 4 hours from Kaili to Liping, accompanied by other recreational activities such as bird shooting, Lusheng competition and bullfighting.

Sishibazhai Gehui

Forty-eight Zhai Song Festival is a national festival where Dong and Miao people get together to play with mountains, sing songs, make friends and fall in love. It is mainly distributed in Tianzhu County, Guizhou Province, followed by Jinping County, Guizhou Province and Jingzhou County, Hunan Province. This festival is named after forty-eight Dong and Miao villages (70% in Tianzhu, Guizhou) that originally spread between Guizhou and Hunan provinces. Forty-eight villages are the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage. It has a history of thousands of years since its formation. They can speak Miao, Dong, Sour Soup and Chinese at the same time, and the songs will be rich in content. In the long-term exchange activities of national folk songs, the Forty-eight Village Song Club has formed different singing characteristics according to the location of the activities, including riverside tune, Gaopo tune, Qingshan tune and Ali tune. The time span is from May 15 to mid-August of the lunar calendar every year. It takes 1.5 hours from Kaili to Tianzhu. After the Song Festival, tourists can eat and live in local farmhouses, or visit Tianzhu Sanxingyan, Jinfengshan Temple, Sanmentang Dong Village, Jinshan Cave and other landscapes.