Traditional festivals and customs of various ethnic groups

First, the custom of Dong people bathing orchids.

On the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, Dong women living in Guizhou and Hunan go up the mountain to collect herbs and go home to cook fragrant soup to wash their bodies and hair. After washing, the housewife went to the bamboo house and wrapped the zongzi respectfully. Adult men are forbidden to go upstairs when Bao Zongba is employed.

On holidays, every household presents straw wine in front of the ancestral tablet and zongba on the ancestral tablet. The woman wrapped the child's head with straw leaves and drew the word "Wang" on her forehead with realgar wine.

Indoor and outdoor, spray with water boiled with pepper and pueraria lobata to make realgar garlic oil and sprinkle it on the dishes to be eaten. Dong people living along the river and lake have the custom of boating and dragon boat racing, while those living in mountainous areas have the habit of digging grass up the mountain.

Second, the Tibetan custom of picking flowers.

Tibetans living in Wenxian County, Gansu Province celebrate the "Flower Picking Festival" on the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the "Daughter's Day". On the day before the Dragon Boat Festival every year, the young women in the village, accompanied by their brothers and sisters, go up the mountain to pick flowers, make a fire on the mountain at night, and everyone sings and dances around.

On the morning of Dragon Boat Festival, they made garlands of flowers and put them on their heads to go home. Relatives gathered in front of the village and fired guns to welcome them back. They gave flowers to the villagers and then sang and danced on the threshing floor. After the song and dance stopped, the villagers entertained the flower picking girls with a string of the most beautiful meals, thanking them for bringing happiness and auspiciousness to themselves and the Dragon Boat Festival.

Thirdly, the bathing custom of Yao nationality.

In areas inhabited by Yao people, on the fifth day of May, men, women and children go to the river to take a cold bath, or take a bath in the morning with herbs dug from the mountains. They think it can prevent diseases and prolong life. In addition, Yao people also have the custom of offering flowers to the king on the Dragon Boat Festival to protect the five grains. Spray realgar wine to prevent insects and snakes; Eat sticky rice handles and hang mugwort leaves on the door.

Fourth, the custom of the Korean Games.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, Koreans hold many sports competitions, mainly swinging and wrestling. Now football, volleyball, table tennis and track and field events have been added, making the Dragon Boat Festival sports more abundant. In terms of diet, there is the custom of making Ai Gao, steamed Gao and adzuki bean buns, and there is also the custom of drinking Pu wine or muddy wine (rice wine) first to ward off evil spirits.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Daur custom of offering sacrifices to temples

During the Dragon Boat Festival, Daur people in each village collectively pooled their money to buy a pig sacrifice temple. First, some pork is cooked and offered to the temple. After that, everyone ate hand-picked pork together and distributed the remaining raw meat to all households. Organizers take turns hosting each year by household. The owner has the right to enjoy pig's head, water, etc.

In addition, at the dawn of the Dragon Boat Festival, people go to the suburban mountains to pick mugs and put them on the windowsill and cabinets at home. People also plug their ears with mugs, thinking that this can repel insects and prevent them from being bitten for a year. Wear flowers for children and hang paper gourds indoors. There is a custom of eating "leek zygote" on this day.

Six, Maonan disease prevention customs

Maonan people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival and put ginger slices in zongzi, believing that eating them can prevent diseases. On the Dragon Boat Festival, realgar was mixed with wine, saying that it could prevent all diseases, and this medicinal liquor was put on the forehead of children, thinking that they would not "catch a cold" in the future.

This wine is realgar wine, but it is not exposed to the sun. On this day, we will dig herbs to clean our bodies, saying that it can prevent diseases; On the Dragon Boat Festival, fragrant Buddha leaves are hung on the door, thinking that all diseases can't go to the house. All customs are related to disease prevention and fitness.

Seven, Turkey archery custom.

Dragon Boat Festival is a festival for the Turks to hold archery competitions. The archer's bow is a horn bow, the arrow is a wooden chain, and the tail of the arrow has feathers. The game is determined by the number of times you hit the target. At the end of the competition, female singers from the whole village gathered at the entrance of the village, stopped the archers' horseheads and sang "Flowers" to see them off. The archers also thanked them with the song "Flowers".

Eight, Miao Dragon Boat Festival customs

Miao people in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Songtao Miao Autonomous County and Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou Province celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival. During the festival, in addition to dragon boat racing like Han people, there are also horse racing, bullfighting, drumming, "tourism" and other entertainment activities.

Young men and women sang and danced with the accompaniment of lusheng, suona, bamboo flute, mang tube, Qin Yue and konoha. On this day, the married girl will go back to her parents' home to visit relatives with chickens, ducks and Zongba. During the whole festival, Miao people drink, sing and dance all night. In addition to dragon boat racing, there are horse racing, bullfighting and killing pigs and chickens. People drink mellow glutinous rice wine, warmly entertain distant guests and wish people a happy birthday.

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