What special Mongolian customs can you experience during the Spring Festival in Inner Mongolia?

Sacrifice ancestors, pay New Year greetings, offer sacrifices to fire, eat milk and leather, etc.

First, ancestor worship

On New Year's Eve in Mongolia, as we said, the difference is that people will gather from house to house and sing and dance until dawn. People who don't participate in singing and dancing don't sleep, but pray for happiness and good luck.

Second, New Year greetings

Mongolian New Year greetings are no different from those of Han nationality, but on this day, people will wear their own national costumes to show solemnity and add atmosphere to the festival. The younger generation will pay New Year greetings in the order from the oldest to the youngest, propose a toast to the elders, and the elders will give back some gifts or lucky money. On this day, people will also prepare Hada at home, and those who come to pay New Year greetings will extend their sincere thanks, accept their blessings and send their own.

Third, sacrifice with fire.

Mongolian sacrifices use fire, just like roasting miscellaneous diseases. People will build a huge bonfire, sing and dance around it, throw something they want to throw away into the fire, which means taking away unlucky things and roasting their feet with a bonfire, which means that life is getting better and better.

Fourth, food.

Different from the Han nationality, Mongolians will prepare a lot of dairy products during the Spring Festival, such as boiling a pot of hot milk tea in the morning and eating milk skins and beans when chatting. Conditional families will also dry beef jerky in advance, and people will gulp down wine and eat meat.

In fact, at present, Mongolians have absorbed many cultures of the Han nationality while retaining their own culture. For example, on New Year's Eve, families will watch the Spring Festival Gala, and the reunion dinner will become jiaozi. In short, every nation has its own way to celebrate festivals, each with its own characteristics, but what remains unchanged is that people's faces are filled with smiles. If there is an opportunity, you can choose to spend the Spring Festival in Inner Mongolia and really feel the atmosphere of a festival.