Festivals and customs of the Dong people

What are the traditional festivals of the Dong people? First, the New Year's Day

On the night of New Year's Eve, they drink a bowl of thin rice to show that the wind and the rain are good, and the grains are plentiful. There is also a "water scooping" custom: the girls scoop water, to scoop to the well water white bubbles as the most auspicious.

In the New Year, the Dong compatriots are practicing "playing the same year". This activity is similar to the Han Chinese "reunion". When the team of "playing the same year" reaches a place, the women there will form a queue, sing to each other in the form of a variety of questions, the other side to quickly answer, like the movie "Liu Sanjie" in the same song, a song and a very interesting.

Second, Flower Cannon Festival

The annual Flower Cannon Festival of Dong nationality is held on different dates in different places. For Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, it is held on the third day of the first month (lunar calendar, the same below), Meilin is held on the second day of February, Fulu is held on the third day of March, while Linxi is held on the 26th day of October. Firecrackers are divided into the first, second and third cannons, packages of cannons are tied with an iron ring symbolizing happiness, outside the red and green thread wrapped. The gunpowder cannon is used as the impulse when it is set off, and the iron ring is rushed up into the air. When the iron ring fell, people will take the iron ring as the target, swarming scramble, called "grab the flower gun". Popular legend has it that whoever snatches the firecrackers, who in this year will be prosperous, happy and healthy. Therefore, when grabbing the firecrackers, everyone is brave, everyone competes for the first, aiming to get the firecrackers, for the village to win the honor. There is no time limit to grab the firecrackers, and whoever can hand over the firecrackers to the commanding station first is considered the winner. At the end of the competition, all kinds of amusement activities began. The lusheng team races lusheng on the lusheng field; the old people fight under the trees and talk about family matters; young girls and boys take this opportunity to sing and talk about love. The Dong family cottage, everywhere overflowing with joyful festive atmosphere.

Third, Catch the Society

The Dong family has the habit of catching the society. Instead of the village, the society is held in the field, such as grazing paddocks or field dams, which are used as the society field. Every year, on the day of the social day, men, women and children rush to the social field from all directions. Children watch the fun, adults buy things and exchange agricultural products. Girls and youngsters wear new clothes. The girls wear all kinds of silver jewelry, put on embroidered waistbands and braided belts, carry embroidered purses with sour fish, sour meat and glutinous rice in them, and in groups of three to five, with smiling faces, they invite their descendants*** for lunch on the social field. The latter, in turn, buys candies and gives them to the girls. Those who knew each other for the first time sang songs to each other, and those who had been dating each other for a long time renewed their love and agreed on a time for the next meeting. In the evening, the latter also invited the girl to the walled village guests to eat social meal. After the meal, young men and women into the song hall song. Nowadays, the society has become a festival for young men and women to interact with each other, and the society has become a place for love.

Fourth, the bullfighting festival

Every year in February and August of the lunar calendar on the Ohio. The Dong people like bullfighting, each village has kept a "buffalo king" for the competition. "King Bull" circle built near the drum tower, clean and ventilated, known as the "Cow Palace". The buffalo king is served by a person who cuts grass and carries water and mixes ingredients, and is often supplied with food such as honey, lard and rice wine. "Cow King" is a large and robust body, body roll melon flow oil, horns thick sharp, like open steel fork.

Before the festival, young people blow the reed-sheng to other villages to "send about" to invite rivals. After the "send about", they will go to the "cow Palace" before playing the reed-sheng, worship 3 days, for the cow "heart". Once the festival arrives, the crowd gathers around the bullfighting arena, and the competing "bull king" starts to "step on the field" to the accompaniment of the lusheng: young people hold up the "horse sign" with the "bull king" written on it. The youths hold the "horse license plate" with "bull king" written on it and walk forward with their heads held high and their chests held out, "bull" full of vigor. After the "horse" followed by a wooden "weapon" holding the guard and drum band. "Bull King" horns set with a bright iron set, head draped in red satin, back pack "double dragon grab treasure" bull king tower, tower inserted with 4 ingots of flags and two long pheasant plume, like the ancient general. The bull's neck is hung with a string of copper bells, hanging in front of the chest, sounding loud. After the "stampede", the bull king retires. Three iron cannon blast, the official bullfighting began. Cowherd to light two fires were thrown to the front of their own "bull king", while releasing the reins in the hands of the two bulls rushed to the other side, the masses knocking gongs and shouting in support. The colorful flags of the losing side should be allowed to be "snatched" by the girls of the winning side. The winning "bull king" red and colorful, re-entry to receive cheers. If the fight is hard to distinguish, we must use the brown rope to pull the cow's hind legs, shake hands and make peace. A few days later, the winning girl to return the losing side of the colorful flag, the losing side of the young man hosted a banquet, accompanied by singing "big song", and gifts "redemption flag". Which cottage "bull king" can win, is the honor of the whole cottage, so after the bullfighting mass song and dance drinking feast to celebrate. In recent years, the Dong "cow king" in Guizhou Province, but also to some big cities to perform jousting, so that this special entertainment culture more famous.

V. Sowing Festival

The Dong people who live on the border of Hunan, Guizhou, and Guizhou, hold a traditional sowing festival on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar.

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What festivals are unique to the Dong nationality? 1, Dong New Year

The New Year is determined according to the Dong calendar. It is usually the end of October or the beginning of November in the lunar calendar. Nowadays, most of the Dong people don't celebrate this year. Only some places still have the Dong New Year. These places have two kinds of New Year every year. The Dong New Year is called the Small Year. The Spring Festival is the big year. Dong villages around the 72 villages of Rongjiang celebrate the Dong New Year at the beginning of November on the lunar calendar. In October, the front and back of the houses are cleaned, pigs and cows are killed and patties are pounded in preparation for the New Year. From the first to the fifth day of November, large-scale activities such as song-stepping, lusheng dancing and bullfighting are held. In some places, the festival of family names is also called the New Year of the Dong, and the date of the festival of family names varies from family name to family name. But generally for the eleventh month of the lunar calendar.

2, Dawuliang Song Festival

Also known as Dawuliang Song Festival. Every year, 18 days before the beginning of summer, Xiangqian-Guizhou three provinces (regions) border of the Dong, as well as Miao Yao and other young people gathered in Hunan Channel Dong Autonomous County on the Dawu Liang, held an annual song, the number of participants is less than a few thousand, more tens of thousands of people. This song will be the rise of a pair of lovers to commemorate the tragic death of hate.

3, Flower Cannon Festival

The annual Flower Cannon Festival of Dong nationality is held on different dates in different places. Take Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, it is the third day of the first month (lunar calendar, the same below), Meilin is the second day of the second month, Fulu is the third day of the third month, while Linxi is the 26th day of the 10th month. The firecrackers are divided into the first, second and third cannons, and the package cannons are tied with an iron ring symbolizing happiness, and wrapped with red and green threads on the outside. The gunpowder cannon is used as the impulse when it is set off, and the iron ring is rushed up into the air. When the iron ring fell down, people will take the iron ring as the target, swarming scramble, called "grab the flower gun".

4, Dong Bullfighting Festival

Every year, the Dong people love bullfighting, and every year, the festival is held in February and August of the lunar calendar. The Dong people love bullfighting, and every village keeps a "buffalo king" for the competition. "King Bull" circle built near the drum tower, clean and ventilated, known as the "Cow Palace". The buffalo king is served by a person who cuts grass and carries water and mixes ingredients, and is often supplied with food such as honey, lard and rice wine. "Cow King" is a large and robust body, body roll melon flow oil, horns thick sharp, like open steel fork.

5, Girl's Day

Ethnic minorities in Hunan-Guizhou-Guizhou border, to celebrate the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, "Girl's Day". It is rumored that this custom comes from the Yang surname of the Dong ethnic group. Every year on this day, married girls must return to their mother's home to celebrate the festival with their own sisters and aunts. At that time, the sisters sing, laugh and **** together to make a kind of festival food - wu rice patties. When they go back to their in-laws, but also with a lot of rice patties, to give to friends and relatives to eat, or to compensate for the "Girls' Day" the day of the lads of loneliness. April 8 to eat Wu rice (also called black rice) is an ancient very old custom, said to be in honor of the Dong heroine Yang Bamei. The black rice is made of a kind of leaf with black sap impregnated with water, dyeing black the "glutinous rice" which is the specialty of the Dong area, and then steamed and boiled.

What are the traditional festivals of the Dong nationality? What are the festivals of the Dong nationality? Song Festival of the Dong nationality

What are the festivals of the Dong nationality? There is also a custom of "scooping water": the girls grab the water and scoop it until the water in the well bubbles up, which is the most auspicious.

In the New Year, the Dong compatriots are practicing "playing the same year". This activity is similar to the Han Chinese "reunion". When the team of "playing the same year" reaches a place, the women there will form a queue, sing to each other in the form of a variety of questions, the other side to quickly answer, like the movie "Liu Sanjie" in the same song, a song and a very interesting.

Second, Flower Cannon Festival

The annual Flower Cannon Festival of Dong nationality is held on different dates in different places. For Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, it is held on the third day of the first month (lunar calendar, the same below), Meilin is held on the second day of February, Fulu is held on the third day of March, while Linxi is held on the 26th day of October. Firecrackers are divided into the first, second and third cannons, packages of cannons are tied with an iron ring symbolizing happiness, outside the red and green thread wrapped. The gunpowder cannon is used as the impulse when it is set off, and the iron ring is rushed up into the air. When the iron ring fell, people will take the iron ring as the target, swarming scramble, called "grab the flower gun". Popular legend has it that whoever snatches the firecrackers, who in this year will be prosperous, happy and healthy. Therefore, when grabbing the firecrackers, everyone is brave, everyone competes for the first, aiming to get the firecrackers, for the village to win the honor. There is no time limit to grab the firecrackers, and whoever can hand over the firecrackers to the commanding station first is considered the winner. At the end of the competition, all kinds of amusement activities began. The lusheng team races lusheng on the lusheng field; the old people fight under the trees and talk about family matters; young girls and boys take this opportunity to sing and talk about love. The Dong family cottage, everywhere overflowing with joyful festive atmosphere.

Third, Catch the Society

The Dong family has the habit of catching the society. Instead of the village, the society is held in the field, such as grazing paddocks or field dams, which are used as the society field. Every year, on the day of the social day, men, women and children rush to the social field from all directions. Children watch the fun, adults buy things and exchange agricultural products. Girls and youngsters wear new clothes. The girls wear all kinds of silver jewelry, put on embroidered waistbands and braided belts, carry embroidered purses with sour fish, sour meat and glutinous rice in them, and in groups of three to five, with smiling faces, they invite their descendants*** for lunch on the social field. The latter, in turn, buys candies and gives them to the girls. Those who knew each other for the first time sang songs to each other, and those who had been dating each other for a long time renewed their love and agreed on a time for the next meeting. In the evening, the latter also invited the girl to the walled village guests to eat social meal. After the meal, young men and women into the song hall song. Nowadays, the society has become a festival for young men and women to interact with each other, and the society has become a place for love.

Fourth, the bullfighting festival

Every year in February and August of the lunar calendar on the Ohio. The Dong people like bullfighting, each village has kept a "buffalo king" for the competition. "King Bull" circle built near the drum tower, clean and ventilated, known as the "Cow Palace". The buffalo king is served by a person who cuts grass and carries water and mixes ingredients, and is often supplied with food such as honey, lard and rice wine. "Cow King" is a large and robust body, body roll melon flow oil, horns thick sharp, like open steel fork.

Before the festival, young people blow the reed-sheng to other villages to "send about" to invite rivals. After the "send about", they will go to the "cow Palace" before playing the reed-sheng, worship 3 days, for the cow "heart". Once the festival arrives, the crowd gathers around the bullfighting arena, and the competing "bull king" starts to "step on the field" to the accompaniment of the lusheng: young people hold up the "horse sign" with the "bull king" written on it. The youths hold the "horse license plate" with "bull king" written on it and walk forward with their heads held high and their chests held out, "bull" full of vigor. After the "horse" followed by a wooden "weapon" holding the guard and drum band. "Bull King" horns set with a bright iron set, head draped in red satin, back pack "double dragon grab treasure" bull king tower, tower inserted with four flags and two long pheasant plume, like the ancient general. Cow neck hangs a string of copper bells, hanging in front of the chest, loud sound. At the end of the "stampede", the bull king retires. Three iron cannon blast, the official bullfighting began. Cowherd to light two fires were thrown to the front of their own "bull king", while releasing the reins in the hands of the two bulls rushed to the other side, the masses knocking gongs and shouting in support. The colorful flag of the losing side should be allowed to be "snatched away" by the girls of the winning side. The winning "bull king" red and colorful, re-entry to receive cheers. If the fight is hard to distinguish, we must use the brown rope to pull the cow's hind legs, shake hands and make peace. A few days later, the winning girl to return the losing side of the colorful flag, the losing side of the young man hosted a banquet, accompanied by singing "big song", and gifts "redemption flag". Which cottage "bull king" can win, is the honor of the whole cottage, so after the bullfighting mass song and dance drinking feast to celebrate. In recent years, the Dong "cow king" in Guizhou Province, but also to some big cities to perform jousting, so that this special entertainment culture more famous.

V. Sowing Festival

The Dong people who live on the border of Hunan, Guizhou, and Guizhou, hold a traditional sowing festival on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar.

As people's hobbies are different, the content and mode of activities of each village are also different. Some cottages in ...... >>

Request a "Dong Mid-Autumn Festival Customs" On the Mid-Autumn Festival night of the Dong nationality, there is an interesting custom of "stealing moon vegetables".

It is said that in ancient times, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the fairies in the moon palace would descend to the lower world, and they would sprinkle manna all over the earth. The nectar of the fairies is selfless, so people this night can **** with the enjoyment of sprinkled with manna fruits and vegetables. The Dong family to this custom, named "steal the moon vegetable".

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the Dong girls with umbrellas, choose their own beloved after the garden beds, to pick vegetables, and will not be seen as "stealing". They also intentionally shouted: "Hey! Your melon and vegetables were I ripped away, you to my home to eat oil tea! Originally, they are using the moon palace fairy to pass the red thread. If they can pick a melon that grows in pairs, it means they can have happy love. Therefore, the bean curd that grows in pairs became the object of their picking. Sister-in-laws also go to other gardens this night to "steal the moon vegetable", but they hope to pick the fattest melon or a handful of fresh green beans, because this symbolizes the child's fat, hairy head of the health (the harmonic of hairy beans, referring to the child). The young men also have the custom of "stealing moon vegetables" because they also hope that the moon fairies will give them happiness. However, they can only cook them in the field and eat them, not take them home. "Stealing moon vegetables" makes the Mid-Autumn Festival night in Dong village add infinite joy and magical color.

Important Festivals of the Dong Tribe The festivals of the Dong Tribe are more common in the Spring Festival, the festival of sacrificing the cow god (on the eighth day of the fourth month or on the sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar), and the festival of eating new food (in the seventh month of the lunar calendar). In some areas, the Year of the Dong is also celebrated in October or November. Due to the interaction between ethnic groups, the Dong also have festivals such as Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Chongyang Festival. Among them, the Dong New Year festival is called Xingnian (行年). Eating Social Rice (on the day of the Spring Festival in February) The Dong have the custom of eating social rice, but do not organize any activities. Fresh and tender artemisia (Artemisia annua, Artemisia annua) from the fields, streams and slopes are collected at home, washed and chopped, rubbed out the bitter water, roasted and dried, and mixed with wild garlic (onion), ground rice vegetables, dried preserved beans and preserved meat and other auxiliary materials, steamed or stewed with glutinous rice (can be mixed with part of the sticky rice, but need to be boiled half-cooked and then mixed with glutinous rice), which has a unique flavor, and the function of preventing and removing the plague, and promoting the health.

The Spring Festival Customs of Dong People Dong Nian (New Year of Dong People) Introduction Traditional festival of Dong people. It is popular in the area of Jiuzhai District, Jinping County, Guizhou. It is held on the 30th day of the 11th month of the lunar calendar every year. According to local legend, a long time ago, there was a highly respected head of the clan, because he refused to pay tribute to ***, *** brought people to surround the village. In order to protect the dignity of the nation and the safety of the villagers, the head of the clan came forward and was confiscated by *** to garrison the border. Later, the head of the clan was allowed to return home from the border, when it was the 30th day of the 11th month of the lunar calendar. The local people played the reed-sheng, pipa, gongs and drums to visit the head of the clan. Later, this day became the Year of the Dong. During the festival, in addition to playing patties, each family also killed pigs and sheep to celebrate. On the night of the New Year, people eat mainly meat and avoid vegetables. More rice is cooked than usual to show that "there is more than enough left to eat". Before dinner, the old people in the shrine and the "ancestors corner" set up offerings, burning incense and paper to sacrifice to the ancestors, inviting the ancestors to New Year's Eve, and the whole family developed and happy. Then the whole family feasts. Married girls and their relatives and friends also come to congratulate them on the Dong New Year. The main entertainment on the day of the festival is bullfighting, and in the evening the winner is invited to a banquet by firing cannons. Young men and women look for their partners by playing the mountain, singing songs and dancing Lusheng. Dong opera is also performed. These festivities continue until the Spring Festival. Influenced by Han Chinese, Dong people in different places also celebrate Spring Festival, and it is very grand. At the end of the lunar year, the villages of Dong are full of joyful scenes, and every family is busy in making New Year's poop, brewing New Year's wine, killing New Year's pig, posting Spring Festival couplets and cleaning. The "Spring Festival" of Dong nationality is also commonly called "New Year" as that of Han nationality, and there is a difference between big and small New Years, but it is not exactly the same as the small New Year of Han nationality, which is held on December 23 of the lunar calendar, and it is said that it is to honor the god of Zao. Dong people on the 29th day of the 12th lunar month for the New Year, also known as "Gouma year", is a festival in honor of Gouma, which means that all generations of the ancestors of the sisters married, the New Year is almost over when they return home to visit their relatives and reunion. On this day, besides the New Year's food, the Dong family also honors the aunt with a few poi sandwiched with sour meat as "New Year's Day", and sacrifices with sweet wine to pay tribute to the aunt. It is said that some aunts do not know how to drink soju, so they drink sweet wine, which reflects the traditional virtue of respecting the women of the Dong family. The Spring Festival activities of the Dong people in different regions have the same content and local characteristics. The Sanjiang Dong celebrate the Lunar New Year on the 30th day of the Lunar Calendar, slaughtering pigs, chickens and ducks on New Year's Eve to worship their ancestors, and cooking fish in sour soup to sacrifice to the king of Moyi. On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, they offer roasted and sour meat to their ancestors. In addition to sour meat, the Yang Dong in the Tongle area also offer sweet wine to their ancestors on the first day of the lunar calendar, and go to the temple of Dharma Niangniang (Sathang, Holy Mother's Shrine) to offer sacrifices, while the Dong in the area of Dongdong in the Tongle area set off firecrackers to expel the "wild ghosts". The Wu ethnic group in the area of Mafan do not set up shrines for their ancestors. On New Year's Eve, they kill pigs and geese, first go to the Yang Gong Shrine in Feishan Temple, then to the Land Temple and the "Sattan", and finally burn incense by the fireplace and set up a table for dinner, and in front of the table, they say a few words inviting their ancestors to join them for the New Year's Eve. After the second day of the Lunar New Year, friends and relatives invite each other to eat tea or drink, play Lusheng on the walled village, sing Dong opera, and have a "month also" group excursion. Rongjiang Dong people call "Spring Festival" "Danian", the biggest festival of the year. From mid-December of the lunar calendar, they start making New Year's pies, brewing wine and cleaning. People who feed their cows have to prepare enough food for their cows. On the 27th and 28th day of the 12th lunar month, pigs are killed, and on the 30th day of the 12th lunar month, spring scrolls and door gods are put up. Young men give gifts to their fiancées, and grooms welcome their brides back to spend the festivities (because of the custom of Dong brides not to leave their husbands' homes). On New Year's Eve, every family burns incense and lights candles, and sets up offerings to honor their ancestors. At zero hour on the first day of the Lunar New Year, cannons are fired to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. On the morning of the first day of the year, tea is offered to the ancestors, which is said to be the "fasting time" of the ancestors, and meat and wine are offered in the evening. Do not pour water and garbage outside the house on that day, indicating that the whole year Caixi not go out. The first day of the meal are eaten the day before, meaning the leftovers from the previous year, in order to show that there is more than enough for every year. The night of New Year's Eve and the first day of the whole day do not invite guests. On the second day, women in the village go to the Satsang to worship "Satsutang" and pray for blessings, brothers invite their married sisters back for dinner, and friends and relatives can also invite each other. After the third day of the festival, the village starts to play dragons and lions, perform Dong opera, "Doye", "singing and sitting on the moon", Lusheng meeting, singing songs, etc., the festival is full of joyful atmosphere until the 15th day of the first month, when the dragons are sent down to the sea, and the festival comes to an end. □ Dong New Year is popular in Rongjiang, Tongdao, Sanjiang and other places. It is about honoring ancestors and sacrificing for farming. According to legend, the ancestors of the Dong people came from a long way away and used to hunt, then they learned how to open up the land and planted the fields, engaged in farming and got a good harvest, and then celebrated the event after the fall, and since then it has been passed down from generation to generation as the Year of the Dong. There are also rumors that Yang's ancestor was a general, because he was sent on an expedition, worried about not being able to return home before the Spring Festival reunion, the family discussed,...... >>

Customs of the New Year of the Dong Tribe 5 points Introduction to the New Year of the Dong

Traditional festival of the Dong tribe. It is popular in the area of Jiuzhai District, Jinping County, Guizhou. It is held on the 30th day of the 11th month of the lunar calendar every year. According to local legend, a long time ago, there was a highly respected head of the clan, because he refused to pay tribute to ***, *** took people to surround the village. In order to protect the dignity of the nation and the safety of the villagers, the head of the clan stood up to be *** Mutual Army garrisoned the border. Later the head of the clan was allowed to return home from the border, when it was the 30th day of the 11th month of the lunar calendar. The local people played reed-sheng, pipa, gongs and drums to visit the head of the clan. Later, this day became the Year of the Dong. During the festival, in addition to playing patties, each family also killed pigs and sheep to celebrate. On the night of the New Year, people eat mainly meat and avoid vegetables. More rice is cooked than usual to show that "there is more than enough left to eat". Before dinner, the old people in the shrine and the "ancestors corner" set up offerings, burning incense and paper to sacrifice to the ancestors, inviting the ancestors to New Year's Eve, and the whole family developed and happy. Then the whole family feasts. Married girls and their relatives and friends also come to congratulate them on the Dong New Year. The main entertainment on the day of the festival is bullfighting, and in the evening the winner is invited to a banquet by firing cannons. Young men and women look for their partners by playing the mountain, singing songs and dancing Lusheng. Dong opera is also performed. These festivities continue until the Spring Festival.

Spring Festival

Influenced by the Han Chinese, the Dong people around the world also celebrate the Spring Festival, and very grand. At the end of the lunar year

, the villages of Dong are full of joyful scenes, and every family is busy with making New Year's rice, brewing New Year's wine,

killing New Year's pig, posting spring couplets and cleaning. The "Spring Festival" of the Dong people, like the Han people, is also commonly

called "New Year", there is a big and small New Year, but it is not exactly the same as the small year of the Han people, the Han people

small year is the twenty-third day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, which is said to be in honor of the God of the Stove. The 29th day of the 12th lunar month

of the Dong ethnic minority is the small year, also known as the "aunt year", is a festival in honor of the aunt, which means

the sisters of all generations of ancestors married, the end of the New Year when they return home to visit their families and reunion. On this day, besides the food for the New Year, the Dong family also honors the aunt with a few poi sandwiched with sour meat as "to celebrate

the New Year", and offer sweet wine to pay tribute to the aunt. It is said that some aunts and mothers do not know how to drink soju, and so they drink sweet

wine, which reflects that the Dong family has the traditional virtue of respecting the women.

The Spring Festival activities of the Dong people in different regions have the same content and local characteristics.

The Dong people of Sanjiang celebrate the Chinese New Year on the 30th day of the lunar calendar, and on New Year's Eve, they slaughter pigs, chickens and ducks to worship their ancestors,

and they also offer fish cooked in sour soup to the king of Moyi. On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, they offer roasted and sour meat to their ancestors. On the first day of the year, the Yangs in the Tongle

area not only use sour meat, but also offer sweet wine to their ancestors, and go to the Dharma Niangniang Temple

(Sattang, the Holy Mother Shrine) to worship, and the Dongs in the Tongle Dudong area set off firecrackers to expel the "wild

ghosts". The Wu ethnic group in the area of Mafan does not have a shrine to their ancestors. On New Year's Eve, they kill a pig and a goose,

and first worship the Yang Gongzhi of the Feishan Temple, then worship the Land Temple and the "Satan", and finally burn incense and set up a table for dinner by the fire pit, saying a few words before the table to invite their ancestors to join them in celebrating a great year.

After the first two days of the year, family members and friends will be able to celebrate with each other, and they can also celebrate the New Year together. After the second day, friends and relatives invited each other to eat oil tea or drink, walled playing Lusheng,

singing Dong opera, for the "month also" collective excursions.

The Rongjiang Dong people call the Spring Festival "Danian", the biggest festival of the year.

From mid-December of the lunar calendar, people start to make New Year's pies, brew wine, and clean the house. People who feed their cows have to

prepare enough food for their cows. On the 27th and 28th day of the 12th lunar month, the pigs are killed, and on the 30th day of the 12th lunar month, the Spring Festival couplets and door gods are put up. Boys give gifts to their fiancées, and the bridegroom welcomes the bride back

to **** for the festive season (because of the custom of the Dong brides not to leave their husbands' homes). On New Year's Eve, every family burns

incense and candles, and sets up offerings to honor the ancestors. At zero hour on the first day of the New Year, firecrackers are fired to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. The first

morning with tea to offer ancestors, legend has it that this is the ancestors of the "Lent", the evening before the offering of wine

meat. The day does not pour water and garbage outside the house, which means that the wealth of the whole year does not go out. The first day of the meal

are eaten the day before the good, meaning that the rest of the previous year, to show that the annual surplus. New Year's Eve night

and the first day of the day do not invite guests. On the second day of the month, the women of the village go to the Sattang to pray for blessings,

and the brothers invite their married sisters to come back for dinner, as well as friends and relatives to invite each other.

After the third day of the Lunar New Year, the village began to play dragons and lions, perform Dong opera, "Doye", "Songs of the Moon", "Ludong", singing songs, etc., and the festival is full of joyful atmosphere until the 15th day of the first month, when the dragons are sent down to the sea, and the festival is over.

The festival ends on the 15th day of the first month when the dragon is sent to the sea.

□ Dong New Year

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What are the traditional festivals of Miao and Dong The Dong and Miao are very close to each other in dress

The Dong men's dress is mostly made of greenish-black bright cloth - a kind of fabric dyed with natural fuel indigo, wrapped around the head, and the trouser legs are wrapped around the binding legs, and the Dong in the north are not much different from the Han

The Dong in the north are not much different from the Han.

The hairstyle of Dong women is a partial bun, which is on the left side--this is a big difference from Miao, the bun of Miao is coiled on the top of the head and the back of the head

Some of the silver ornaments of Dong are close to those of Miao, but there is a big difference, Dong have silver hats, but no silver horns, and there are decorations similar to those of Han women

Dong women have silver ornaments, which are similar to those of Han women

The silver ornaments of Dong are similar to those of Han women

Dong women have silver caps, but no silver horns. p>

Dong women have skirt and pants, the skirt is pleated skirt, similar to Miao, but the blouse of Dong dress has the legacy of Tang Dynasty, it is open lapel to show the breast, but some branches are also similar to Miao dress, in the area of developed transportation, the dress of Dong is Han Chinese dress

The festival customs of each ethnic group Baidu Encyclopedia of Ethnic Festivals Article

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National Festivals

[Edit this paragraph] Introduction to Festivals

China is a unified multi-ethnic country. Among the 55 ethnic minorities, there are so many festivals that it is hard to count. Ethnic festivals are days formed by an ethnic group in the course of long-term historical development, which have certain significance and are to be celebrated or ritualized on that day. The many festivals that characterize each ethnic group in China can be broadly divided into six areas: New Year's festivals, production festivals, youth festivals, commemorative festivals, customary festivals and religious festivals. These festivals, which are closely related to the change of seasons in the natural world, praying for a good harvest, honoring heroes, talking about love, traditional customs, religious beliefs, etc., are the living fossils of ethnic history, the concentrated manifestation of ethnic lifestyles, and the vivid demonstration of traditional ethnic culture. Although the festivals of various nationalities vary greatly in date, content, significance and ways of celebrating, they are all characterized by the same features of stability, mass, nationality and inheritance***. Many national festivals have hundreds of years of history, and some have even experienced thousands of years, becoming a cultural phenomenon y rooted in the Chinese land, but also need to be further excavated cultural treasure trove. [1]

[Edit paragraph] The origin of the festival

Ethnic festivals are mostly out of folklore stories, the people of various ethnic minorities to commemorate the people and events in the story, resulting in their own festivals. [2]

[edit paragraph] Customs

Yi

Torch Festival: June 24-25, customs: lighting torches, wrestling, bullfighting, singing and dancing

Flower Arrangement / Song Festival: the eighth day of the month of February, customs: collection of azalea flowers inserted in the place, young men and women dressed up to dance the "left-footed dance"

Mi Festival: the first eight months of February, customs: collection of azalea flowers inserted in the place, young men and women in full costume to dance "left-footed dance. "

Mizhi Festival: February 8, custom: sacrifice dragon tree, picnic

Dragon Festival: February 8, custom: dance Lusheng

Saiyi Festival: March 28, custom: Saiyi

March will: March 28, custom: catching up with the market, dance

White

March Street: March March Street: March 14 to 16, customs: exchange of materials, horse racing, dragon boat racing, singing and dancing

Around the three spirits: April 23-25, customs: around the mountain, ancestor worship, jumping whip, octagonal drum dance

Torch Festival: June 25, customs: exorcism and pray for good luck, praying for a bumper harvest

The Lord of the Festival: the date is not the same, customs: worship "Lord", chanting and singing

The Lord of the Festival: the Lord, the Lord, and the Lord, and the Lord, and the Lord, and the Lord, and the Lord. "

Shibaoshan Song Festival: three days at the end of July and the beginning of August, custom: playing and singing the love songs of the Bai ethnic group

Miao

Huashan Festival: January 3, custom: singing songs, dancing with Lusheng, climbing the flower poles

Naxi

Mirakai / Bangbang: May 15, custom: horse racing, dancing with Lusheng, climbing the flower poles

Naxi

Mirakai / Bangbang: May 15, custom: horse racing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing and dancing. The 15th, custom: horse racing, agricultural tools fair

The festival: the festival period is not certain, custom: praying for abundance, eliminate disasters and evil

Mule and horse assembly: March July, custom: livestock trading

Sandaosi Festival: the eighth day of February, custom: horse racing, jumping "A Li Li", picnic

The July meeting: the middle of July, custom: dancing Lusheng dance, climbing the flower pole

Naxi

Mira will / stick will: May The festival is held in the middle of July. Customs: trading of large animals, singing

Mosuo

The festival of pilgrimage to the mountains: July 25. Customs: worshipping the goddess, singing and dancing, archery, and making friends with the Asha

Jingpo

Meiben Zongsong: January 15. Customs: jumping and dancing in the Wembang dance

Tibetan

The day of the attainment of Buddhahood: April 1-4

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Jockey Club: the fifth day of May, custom: pitching tents, picnics, banquets, horse races

Pilgrimage: October 25

Duangyang Festival: the fifth day of May, custom: horse races, potshang dance, stringed dance, picnics

Snowdon Festival: the end of June and the beginning of July of the Tibetan calendar, custom: the sunshine of the Buddha, jump Tibetan opera

The Buyei

Cow King Festival: April 8, customs: eating cow king poop, give the cow scattered food, singing and dancing

Dai

Song and Dance, Dragon Boat Race, Water Splashing, Rising

Flower Picking Festival, Customs: picking flowers and offering them to the Buddha

Dragon Sending Festival: January in the Gregorian calendar, Customs: sending sacrifices to the dragon god

Zalizuo: January 1, customs: ancestor worship, singing, swinging, feasts

Amatu: February Dragon Day, customs: sacrifice to the mountain, ancestor worship, sacrifice to the community forest, etc.

New Rice Festival: the first two Dragon Day in August, customs: tasting the new, sacrifices to the sky, sacrifices to the relatives of Dian Dian

Bitter Zaza: June, customs: singing, dancing, sacrifices to the sky god

October Year: October, custom: ancestor worship, Tongjie feast

Girl's Day: February 2, custom: picnic, singing and dancing

Mother's Day: the first day of the bull in March, custom: mother sacrifice, sing songs of thinking of the mother

Zhuang

Longduan Festival: March, custom: exchange of materials, young men and women sing songs, social

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