Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - Which ethnic groups celebrate what festivals?

Which ethnic groups celebrate what festivals?

1, Hezhe nationality-River Lantern Festival. Lantern Festival is a traditional folk festival of Hezhe nationality. Hezhe people, who have been fishing for generations, set off river lanterns every July 15 of the lunar calendar to offer sacrifices to the river gods, in order to pray for a safe harvest for the people.

2. Daur-Black and Grey Day. The 16th day of the first month is "Black Ash Day". On this day, people smear each other's faces, thinking that the darker they smear, the more auspicious the new year will be.

3. Dongxiang nationality-Eid al-Fitr. Also known as "Eid al-Fitr", it is a traditional festival of Dongxiang nationality. According to Islam, September is the month of fasting in the Islamic calendar. The beginning and last day of this month are based on the new moon, and the second day after the expiration of fasting is a festival. Therefore, it is both a national festival and a religious festival.

4. Qiang New Year Festival. The first day of October in the lunar calendar is the New Year of the Qiang people. New Year's Eve is also called "Harvest Wine". On New Year's Day, people in the whole village go to "Linshen" to make a wish and burn cedarwood incense to pay homage to their ancestors and gods. Whenever there are holidays, weddings, funerals, sacrifices, parties, entertaining guests or changing jobs, besides sumptuous meals, wine is also essential.

5, Jingpo people-the song of the brain. It is a traditional festival for Jingpo people to drive away evil and promote good and wish good luck and happiness. It is usually held after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and lasts for 2-3 days. According to the legend of Jingpo nationality, it is a large-scale song and dance activity in which the sun in the sky gathers everything on the ground and spreads from rhinoceros to human beings, and later becomes the biggest festival of Jingpo nationality.

6. Lahu-Lahu Year. The most solemn festival of the Lahu people is the Lahu Year. It is said that the Lahu brothers came out of the gourd. On the first day of the lunar new year, Lahu men, women and children should wash their hands with gourd water to wash away the poverty of the past year and usher in a bumper harvest in the new year.