What are the customs of Spring Festival in Ningxia?

The Spring Festival customs in northern, central and southern Ningxia have their own characteristics, and their distribution and inheritance are also different. The degree of urbanization in the northern region is high, and some traditional Chinese New Year customs gradually fade out of people's sight, but there are also some Chinese New Year customs, such as traveling, going on the road, flying kites and other activities.

Relatively speaking, in the central part of Ningxia, the customs of the Spring Festival have been completely preserved, such as offering sacrifices to stoves, filling wax, collecting paper, sitting on the ground on New Year's Eve, welcoming XiShen, typing, setting fire to the Shehuo village in Gao Tai, making buckwheat noodles and lanterns on the Lantern Festival, and changing dragon clothes on February 2.

Zhongwei's unique anterograde custom: the eighth day of the first month of each year is the day when the stars descend to earth. On the seventh or eighth day of the first month, Zhongwei will hold a ceremony in the temple to pray for good luck, peace and good luck. In the south, there is also the "river lantern" of the Spring Festival custom, especially Longde County, which is a typical representative of the mountain customs.

Playing social fire is an essential activity in Ningxia during the Spring Festival. In some areas of Ningxia, social fires are very distinctive. For example, Gaotai Mashe Fire in Longde County is listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list, and Sui and Tang Yangko in Enhe Town of Zhongning County is listed in the autonomous region-level intangible cultural heritage list. These social fires are rich in content, including gongs, drums, dragon dances, lion dances, dry boats, stilts, money whips, bamboo horses and operas. , and contains a strong cultural connotation.