What are the Mongolian festivals?

Mongolian herdsmen and hunters worship fire, because their ancestors believed in shamanism with natural attributes and the concept of the spirit of all things, and thought that fire was created when heaven and earth were separated, so they honored the "Ward Kara Khan Eh" (the mother of the goddess of fire) even more. The fire festival is divided into annual festival and monthly festival. Annual festival held on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, under the auspices of the elders will be butter, white wine, beef and mutton and other offerings into the fire, thanks to the God of Fire's blessings, praying for the next year, livestock and prosperity, a good harvest, good luck. Monthly festival is often held on the first and second day of each month. In addition, there are a lot of taboos about the fire to reflect the Mongolian respect for the fire, such as not to the fire splash water, can not use a knife, stick in the fire pounding, can not be spit into the fire, and so on.

Sacrificing Ovoo sacrifices Ovoo is the Mongolians since ancient times handed down religious customs, held in the annual water and grass season. Ovoo is the meaning of stone pile. That is, in the open ground, beautiful scenery, high in the mountains, with stone pile a round solid tower, the top of the standing tied with scripture cloth or livestock hair horns of the long pole.

On that occasion, cooked beef and mutton are offered, the host delivers a prayer, and men, women, and children worship and pray for good weather and the safety of people and animals. After the ceremony, often held horse racing, archery, wrestling and other athletic activities. Ovoo festival is the Mongolians to commemorate the birthplace of the Ergun mountains and forests and formed, expressed their attachment to their ancestral land and unlimited reverence for their ancestors. This most important ritual when practicing shamanism has evolved into an annual festival.

The Mongols, a traditional nomadic people found mainly in East Asia, are one of China's ethnic minorities and the main ethnic group of Mongolia. In addition, the Mongols are also found in Russia and other Asian and European countries, and the Ewenki and the Turks are sometimes considered to be branches of the Mongols.

The Mongols originated from the east bank of the Wangjian River (now the Ergun River) in ancient times, and at the beginning of the 13th century, the Mongols, led by Genghis Khan, united all the tribes of the Mongol region and gradually formed a new ethnic ****similarity.

The Mongolian people lived in the grassland, and took animal husbandry as their livelihood. They lived a nomadic life "living by the water and grass", and although this way of life has been weakened in the modern world, it is still regarded as the symbol of the Mongols.

The Mongols are more advanced in science and culture, and music and dance are relatively prominent in the arts.

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Baidu Encyclopedia entry ? Mongoloid