What festivals and customs are there in Xinjiang?

1, a traditional festival in Xinjiang-Sowing Festival

In the eyes of local Tajiks, Sowing Festival is a very important festival, usually held on the first day of spring sowing every year. Every sowing day, a respected old man in the village will lead the whole village to scatter wheat to the crowd and the earth to show the official start of spring sowing. There is also the custom of splashing water on this festival. On this day, if there are guests at home, women will put a few pots of clean water outside the door. When guests go out, they will throw water on them. The more they splash, the more they show respect for their guests. Don't be afraid of getting wet for new friends. You can enjoy the local customs as much as you like. Tajiks mainly live in Kashgar, mostly in Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, and some in the high areas of shache, Zepu, Baicheng and Pishan counties at the foot of Karakorum Mountain.

2. Xinjiang traditional festival-Westward Migration Festival

Commonly known as "Migration Festival" and "the 18th day of the fourth lunar month", it is a traditional festival of Xibo nationality in Xinjiang. During the Qianlong period, more than 4,000 Xibe officers and soldiers and their families moved from Shengjing (Shenyang) at that time to settle in Yili, Xinjiang. Therefore, on the migration day-April 18 of the lunar calendar, Xibo people in Xinjiang will arch stoves, kill pigs and eat sorghum rice to celebrate. This festival is not only a family banquet for every family, but also a historical feat to commemorate the Xibe ancestors' westward migration and a way to remember their lost compatriots. Xibe people mainly live in Wuzhuluniu Village, Chabuchar Xibe Autonomous County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, which is the only Xibe Autonomous County in China and the largest Xibe Autonomous County in China.

3. Most houses of Uighurs in Xinjiang are quadrangles. It is generally forbidden to open the door facing west. The house is square, the front porch is deep, and the yard is clean with flowers, grapes and fruit trees. Indoor heatable adobe sleeping platform is built, tapestries are hung on the walls, niches are opened, and various flower patterns are decorated.

4. Traditional costumes of Xinjiang Uighurs. Men, women and children are wearing four-eyed flower hats. Men generally like to wear double-breasted "robes" with embroidered blouses inside. Women like dresses, black double-breasted vests, earrings, hand tin, rings, necklaces and other decorations, while girls wear braids. Nowadays, urban residents are generally dressed in fashion.