What are the traditional festivals of Miao nationality? On April 8, Miao nationality, Miao nationality flowers.

Popular in Miao areas of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou and Rongshui Miao Autonomous County in Guangxi. The dates of the Year of Miao vary from place to place, but they are all held after the millet is harvested, that is, on the day of Chen (Dragon), Mao (Rabbit) or Ugly (Bull) 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. On Miao New Year's Eve, the whole family will have a New Year's Eve 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 pay New Year greetings to their neighbors, which is called "Duiyang" in Miao language to express congratulations on a happy New Year.

2. Spring Festival

This is a traditional festival celebrated by the Han nationality and other ethnic minorities on the first day of the first lunar month. In the Miao nationality in the southeast of Guizhou, the Spring Festival is called the "Han Year", and the traditional "Miao Year" coexists. Some people choose to marry men and women during the Spring Festival. The Miao people in Xiangxi celebrated the Spring Festival and held a grand "Cattle Farm" activity. Miao people in Rongshui county, Guangxi celebrate the Spring Festival and hold Lusheng dance, with tens of thousands of people every year.

3. April 8.

The eighth day of the fourth lunar month is a traditional festival for Miao people in Guiyang, Ping Huang, Songtao and Xiangxi, Hunan. This festival is to commemorate the Miao hero Yayi. During the festival, Miao compatriots will steam rice with flowers and gather in a fixed place, blowing sheng, to dance or sing love songs. Now, the Miao people in Beijing also celebrate April 8.

4. 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". 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.

5. Eat New Year's Day

Mainly popular in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou and Rongshui Miao Autonomous County of Guangxi. 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 first day (some in the afternoon or morning), and the festival lasts for two days.

6. 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.

7. Catch the Mid-Autumn Festival

Popular in Hunan Xiangxi, Guizhou Huatao and other Miao areas, it is held every year on the day of beginning of autumn for one day. For the annual Lunar New Year "beginning of autumn", young men and women gather in villages and Shan Ye to sing and dance and seek partners.

8. 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.

9. Step on the drum

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.

10 Mountain Climbing Festival

Miao mountaineering festival, also known as "climbing festival", has been formed for thousands of years. Every year, the "Horse Day" in late March of the lunar calendar (the date was recorded by the Chinese zodiac in ancient times) is held on March 19th of the lunar calendar.