What are the traditional festivals of China's ethnic minorities

The traditional festivals of China's ethnic minorities include: the Dai Water Festival, the Mongolian Naadam Conference, the March 3 Song Festival, the Sibe Maghreb Festival, and the Daughter's Festival.

1, the Dai Water Festival

The Dai Water Festival is also known as the "Bathing Buddha Festival", the Dai language known as "Sangkan Bi Mai" (meaning New Year), Xishuangbanna Dehong region of the Dai also called this festival "Shang Han" and "Shang key", two names are derived from the Sanskrit language, meaning turnover, change and transfer, refers to the sun has been in the twelve houses of the zodiac run a week to the beginning of the transition to a new year.

The Water Splashing Festival is generally held in the middle of June in the Dai calendar (that is, about ten days before and after the Qingming Festival in the lunar calendar), and is one of the grandest traditional festivals in Xishuangbanna. Its content includes folk activities, artistic performances, economic and trade exchanges and other categories, specific festivals and activities are splashing water, catching pendulums, dragon boat racing, bathing Buddha, chanting, Zhangha singing and peacock dance, white elephant dance performances and so on.

2, the Mongolian Naadam Assembly

Annual July and August livestock season held in the "Naadam" conference, is the Mongolian people's annual grand festival. "Naadam", the Mongolian language is the meaning of entertainment or games. In the "Naadam" conference, there are thrilling horse racing, wrestling, appreciated archery, competitive chess, and beautiful and touching songs and dances.

Before the General Assembly, men, women and children riding in cars and horses, wearing festive dress, despite the long distance, from all directions to participate in the competition and viewing. Colorful flags fluttering, people happy horse neighing, usually quiet grassland, suddenly turned into a bustling colorful city.

3, March 3rd Song Festival

March 3rd is not only the traditional song festival of the Zhuang, but also a traditional festival of the Han, Yao, Dong, Miao and other ethnic minorities in Guangxi. During the festival, there are performances such as traditional dragon and lion show, Lusheng Stomping Hall, Dong Song, Liujia Mountain Song, Caixiang, Gui Opera, Dong Township Movie, Dong Opera, traditional dress-up storytelling, and bonfire Doye Party.

In addition, there will be tea tasting by thousands of people, cockfighting, birdfighting and other performances as well as exhibitions of strange stones, ethnic costumes, commodity fairs and food exhibitions such as Dong fragrant oil tea. The Yao compatriots in Gao Lin Village, a Yao village in Fangcheng District, Guangxi, a border area across the river from Vietnam, organize grand activities on March 3 every year.

4, Siberian Muhai Festival

Muhai Festival, is a festival of the Siberian people in Xinjiang. Every year on the morning of the 16th day of the first month of the lunar calendar, people smear each other's faces with black, in order to pray to the god of the grains not to spread the black spikes disease to the earth, to ensure a good harvest of wheat, blessing the people with peace.

5, Daughter's Day

The Tanabata, also known as the Daughter's Day, is a traditional festival in China, in addition to the Daughter's Day, which is popular in the Guangyuan area of Sichuan Province. In the evening of this day, the women wear needle begging, praying for blessings and longevity activities, worship seven sisters, the ceremony is pious and grand, display of flowers and fruits, female red, all kinds of furniture, utensils are exquisite small, favorite.