Brief introduction of Miao nationality on April 8

In addition to the traditional festivals in China, people of all ethnic groups have their own unique festivals. Today, we introduce a unique Miao festival, April 8. It is reported that this is a traditional festival of Miao people in Qing Ji, which falls on April 8th of the lunar calendar every year.

On April 8, Miao people in Guiyang, Longli and Huishui gathered around the fountain in Guiyang to hold a celebration.

People's clothing is the best symbol of the Miao nationality on April 8. Men wear blue cloth on their heads, double-breasted or right-handed shirts and trousers embroidered with trousers. Women wear embroidered silver clothes, which are covered with silver ornaments such as silver bubbles, silver bells and silver melon seeds; There is a pleated skirt only about a foot long, with leggings on its legs. They play lions, dance dragon lanterns, practice martial arts, play lusheng, sing lanterns and are beaming.

Beautiful girls danced lusheng around the young man who played lusheng. Some young men played lusheng, while spinning fast, and stood on their heads with small steps, making many difficult moves, which caused the audience to burst into cheers. There are all kinds of entertainment activities from morning till night. When is the bright moon? Miao youths play the flute and the piano, or blowing sheng dances or sings folk songs, and they are full of interest for a long time.

Tens of thousands of Miao compatriots dressed in costumes performed traditional folk cultural and sports programs such as playing Miao drums, singing folk songs, climbing knives and ladders, walking on stilts and grabbing ducks. The scene is extremely spectacular. April 8th is a traditional Miao festival, and 20 1 1 was selected as the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage. It can also be seen that Miao people attach importance to this festival.