What are the traditional festivals of the Tujia people?

The traditional festivals of the Tujia people include the New Year's Eve, the Lantern Festival, the Society Day, the Flower Morning Festival, and the Cold Food Festival, etc., and the most distinctive one is the New Year's Eve, which is held one day earlier than the Han Chinese New Year, and is therefore called the New Year's Eve. During the Catch of the New Year, every Tujia family kills a pig, and at the same time makes mung bean flour, rice wine and smack wine. Traditional Festivals of the Tujia People

There are many traditional festivals of the Tujia people, such as the New Year's Eve, the Lantern Festival, the Day of the Society, the Flower Morning Festival, the Cold Food Festival, the Ching Ming Festival, the Cow King's Festival, and the Dragon Boat Festival, the Xiangwang Festival, the Beggar's Festival, the Daughters' Meeting, the Half-Moon Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Cold Clothes Festival, etc. The Tujia people are very proud of the fact that they are the first to celebrate the New Year.

The Tujia people attach great importance to traditional festivals, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year basically every month there are traditional festivals, and the Tujia people have many traditional festivals, the most distinctive feature of the New Year's Eve, and at present, only part of the region to retain this custom.

The Tujia people celebrate the New Year, also known as the "Year of the Fading Clothes", on the twenty-ninth day of the Lunar New Year, and on the twenty-eighth day of the Lunar New Year, which is one day earlier than that of the Han Chinese people, and is therefore called the "New Year of the Fading Clothes". During the New Year, every Tujia family will kill a pig and make mung bean noodles, cook rice wine or smack wine.