Alpine Festival: Autumn wind sends cool and sacrifices to the harvest year (a traditional festival in China)

There are many festivals of Gaoshan nationality. However, because Gaoshan society is a society where soul worship and sacrifice prevail. The soul is considered to be full of everything in the universe. From the vast sky, the sun, the moon and the stars, the clouds and the clouds, the thunder and lightning, to the vast land, mountains and rivers, lakes and seas, birds and animals, insects, snakes and fish, there are mysterious souls. Therefore, most of their traditional festivals have a strong religious color, and they basically appear in the form of sacrificial ceremonies. Such as land reclamation, sowing, weeding, harvest festival, five-year sacrifice, ancestor sacrifice, fishing and hunting sacrifice, dwarf sacrifice, boat sacrifice, flying fish sacrifice and so on. Among them, the Harvest Festival is a national festival of Gaoshan people except Yamei.

Harvest Festival, also known as Harvest Festival, Harvest Festival, Harvest Festival, etc. , equivalent to the Spring Festival of the Han nationality, is the biggest festival of Gaoshan nationality. The festival lasts for 6- 10 days in the autumn harvest season from July to August of the lunar calendar every year. Because the living environment of each branch is different from the crops planted, the maturity, harvest period and holiday period determined by it are also different. The same feature is that at the beginning or end of each harvest stage (harvesting, tasting new products, warehousing, etc.). ), to hold the corresponding sacrifice ceremony, mainly to pray for ancestors, pray for a bumper harvest of crops, and wish a bumper harvest of crops and prosperity of people and animals in the coming year. After the ceremony, there are dinners, songs and dances, games and bonfires. People raise glasses, drink together, sing and dance, and immerse themselves in the festival's joy and joy.