Stories of traditional festivals of ethnic minorities

Old Apu, the son of God, was jealous of the happy life on earth, and sent an old God to the earth, asking him to burn the earth into a sea of fire. God will come to this world and see a man carrying a big child, but the child is leading him. He felt strange. After careful questioning, I realized that the child he was pregnant with was a nephew and the child he brought was a son. Because his elder sister-in-law is dead, this man thinks he should take good care of his nephew.

God will be deeply moved by the virtue of human beings, thinking that people are so kind that they can't bear to hurt them, so he told that person that God burned the world and asked him to tell people to light torches at the door in advance on June 25 to avoid disaster. So thousands of families lit torches on this night.

The gods thought that people had already been buried in the fire, so they fell into a deep sleep and never woke up. Later, Naxi people designated this day as Torch Festival.

2. Defamation Festival

On the 16th day of the first month, people get up early in the morning and eat "Leto Le Bida" in the morning. Young people flocked, Holding the prepared "Ku Du Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku Ku, ku, ku, ku, ku, ku, ku, ku, ku, those who haven't got up yet, also lifted the quilt and wiped it completely dark.

Xibe people generally respect the elderly. On this day, if you meet an old man, you must pay New Year greetings first, and then kneel on one leg. Only with the permission of the old man can he symbolically rub a little black on his knees, or the old man himself shows respect.

According to the custom, whoever doesn't smear his face on this day is unlucky this year. According to folklore, the purpose of the smear festival is to ask Gu Shen to avoid the smut of crops and ensure a bumper harvest. Xibo people turned this activity into a festival symbolizing the bumper harvest of grain.

3. Water-splashing Festival

Dai people in Xishuangbanna and Dehong also call this festival "Shang Han" and "Shang Jian". Both names are derived from Sanskrit, meaning turnover, change and transfer, which means that the sun runs around the zodiac and begins to transition to the New Year. The celebration lasts for three to seven days.

The first day is called "Netmold" (meaning death). People think this day is unlucky, so they don't wash their hair, cut their hair or work. Let's catch the pendulum, race the dragon boat and raise the height.

The next day it was called "net brain" (smelly meaning), which was considered unclean. You should take a bath, wash your hair, get a haircut, change clothes, wash Buddha statues and pagodas, hold performances at night, set off fireworks and lanterns, and send away all diseases, disasters, filth and cleanliness in one year to enter the new year.

In the Dai calendar, these two days are considered as "empty days", not counting the old year or the new year. The third day is the first day of the New Year, and it is called "Overlord Horse", which means spirit and the beginning of a year.

Step 4 play the white elephant

White elephant shooting: It is an entertaining sports activity of Achang nationality. It takes a certain amount of physical strength to shoot white elephants, so this activity is regarded as a sport among Achang people. Before shooting the white elephant, you should first make a wooden shelf out of wood, then weave the elephant head and body with bamboo sticks, mount a layer of white paper on it, and then make the elephant nose out of white cloth.

The whole white elephant is as big as the real one. Moreover, in the belly of the white elephant, there are various organs and ropes, which are specially manipulated by elephant players. When shooting a white elephant, four people should hide in the elephant's belly and carry the elephant, and the other person should manipulate the rope and pulley of the elephant's nose inside.

5. Zalet

It is held on the first Dragon Day in October of the lunar calendar and ends in the Year of the Monkey, lasting for 5 days. Hani people believe in primitive religion, and Zalaite Festival is mainly for offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors. China New Year begins on the first dragon day in October of the summer calendar and lasts for five or six days to half a month. During the festival, pigs and sheep are slaughtered, glutinous rice is steamed to worship heaven and earth and ancestors, and guests from neighboring villages and ethnic groups are entertained.

People dress up, visit relatives and friends, ask for relatives and get engaged, and married girls also go back to their parents' homes to celebrate the New Year with wine and meat. Recreational activities such as swinging, wrestling, playing top, singing and dancing during the day. In the evening, a bonfire was lit on the lawn near the village, and every family moved the table, put on wine, meat, Baba and fruit, and held a banquet for each other, which was full of friendship and joy.

Extended data:

The traditional festivals in Mongolia mainly include the Lunar New Year, and the Mongolian language is "Chagan Saren", that is, Bai Yue. Mongolian New Year Festival, also called "White Festival" or "Bai Yue", is closely related to the whiteness of milk. In addition, there are Nadam, Horse Milk Festival and so on.

The Spring Festival is an important festival, which is called "Baiyue-Chagansa" in Mongolian, and it is the same day as the Tibetan New Year. It used to be called "Herdsmen's Day" in Mongolia, and it was only celebrated in pastoral areas. The presidium of Mongolian Great Hural decided that the Spring Festival would be a national holiday.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-National Festival