What national festival is Huashan Festival?

Huashan Festival is a traditional festival of Miao nationality. Huashan Festival, also known as "stepping on the mountain of flowers" and "jumping flowers", is popular in southern Sichuan and southeastern Yunnan in the central and western regions. Festivals vary from place to place and are usually held in the first month of the lunar calendar or the beginning of May. During the festival, Miao people gather in traditional jumping hurdles in costumes. Young men and women danced around the flower pole in the center of the venue, and held competitions such as pole climbing, horse racing, archery, singing, dancing, beauty pageant and embroidery. The number has already reached hundreds of thousands.

Xingwen County in Sichuan is adjacent to Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces, where Miao compatriots are concentrated. People come across provinces to participate, often reaching tens of thousands. The scale is grand and the people are beaming. The Huashan Festival held in Pingbian Miao Autonomous County is also very large, and Miao compatriots from Wenshan, Maguan, Hekou and Mengzi are competing to participate.

Festival ceremony:

During the Huashan Festival, in addition to holding various entertainment activities such as Lusheng dance, bullfighting and performance competitions, we should also pay attention to the generation division. Young people are generally not allowed to sing love songs in front of the elderly; You can only choose your own generation to sing, and the younger generation can't sing with the elders. Besides Huashan Festival, Miao people also celebrate Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

Besides keeping in line with the local ethnic groups, the most special Miao festival is the "Flower Picking Mountain" held at the beginning of January or May every year. Huashan organizers should choose a flat land outside the village in advance, and erect a wooden pole called a flower pole at the place where the Huashan Festival will be held about ten days before the festival.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Huashan Festival