What are the traditional Hezhe festivals, customs and activities?

What are the traditional festivals of Hezhe nationality?

Wurigong Festival

Uygur Festival is a new festival of Hezhe

What are the traditional Hezhe festivals, customs and activities?

What are the traditional festivals of Hezhe nationality?

Wurigong Festival

Uygur Festival is a new festival of Hezhe nationality, which was born in 1985. "Five-day Palace" refers to entertainment or cultural and sports meetings, which are held every two years, usually in May and June of the lunar calendar, for three days. The content of the festival is rich and colorful, besides various national sports competitions, there are also the most lively mass dinners and banquets.

Hezhe Spring Festival

The Hezhe Spring Festival is the happiest New Year's Eve of Hezhe nationality in a year. During the Hezhe Spring Festival, Hezhe people mean "Foeshikes", which means New Year's Eve. People wear animal skins embroidered with beautiful patterns, geometric patterns and lace such as flowers and birds on hats, collars, cuffs, trouser legs, aprons and uppers. On New Year's Day, people usually hold a "fire banquet", or make a cake with a kind of wild fruit "thick plum" and stuff it with fish, animal meat and other foods. Kill live fish or grilled fish strips, and entertain distinguished guests with this kind of "Tallaha".

Everyone is very busy, cooking New Year's Eve, cutting window grilles and putting up lanterns. On the first day, girls, women and children put on new clothes embroidered with clouds and went to visit relatives and friends. The hospitable Hezhe people gave a banquet to entertain the guests. There are hot and sour "stomping" (raw fish), crisp "fried fish hair" and transparent bright red salmon seeds, which are very delicious.

A respected folk poet (Imakan) presented his best wishes for the Spring Festival with poems. The old people toasted him, listened to his stories and had a good time. Women "touch" and throw bones. Teenagers are obsessed with skiing, skating, shooting grass targets, crossing grass and other competitions. There are songs and laughter everywhere.

River lantern festival

Lantern Festival is a traditional folk festival of Hezhe nationality. Every year on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, Hezhe people, who have been fishing for generations, will set off river lanterns on this day to offer sacrifices to the river gods, praying for the safety of their people and a bumper harvest. Raohe County, as one of the main settlements of Hezhe nationality, with the enthusiastic encouragement and concrete support of the local government, established Hezhe nationality research society, which laid a solid foundation for the excavation, collation, inheritance and development of Hezhe nationality's traditional culture. At the same time, Hezhe people's songs and dances, religions, traditional skills and food culture have also been vigorously promoted.

Deer God Festival

Deer Festival originated from the worship of the tiger god by Hezhe people in their early years, and the harvest of prey was pinned on the blessing of the tiger god, gradually forming a wind festival with national characteristics. On September 9th every year, Hezhe people celebrate Deer God Festival. The purpose is to worship the tiger god, celebrate the success of hunting and congratulate the tribal people on their prosperity. Because the whole village dances with shamans when offering sacrifices to tigers, it is also called Deer God Festival.

On this day, the whole village went out, lit a bonfire, put wine and meat on it, sang and danced, and danced the deer god to sacrifice to the tiger god. As soon as the Deer God Festival arrives, the shamans in the village will put on costumes and play drums. All the men, women and children in the village are singing and dancing to the drums.

Highway jumping festival

Hezhe traditional religious festivals. On the third day of March every year, Hezhe people will gather all the fallen people, invite shamans to jump into the gods and beg the gods to bless the whole family for one year. The so-called road god is called "Uszhuye" in Hezhe language, which means "pray for God's blessing and make people prosperous".

Hezhe people jump on the road gods under the leadership of shaman on March 3 every year to ward off evil spirits and protect the village from disasters. Also known as "jumping the Taiping God". The specific date of the law is decided by the shaman.

On the day of the sacrifice, after the third morning, the shaman offered sacrifices to God at home and invited him. Everyone sprayed some water on the shaman, and several young people raised their wands and statues and came out with the shaman beating drums, singing and dancing. Shamans sing and dance at the same time. Sometimes they go into people's houses and pray for their blessings. When you arrive at their home, you should toast the shaman, or cut the spring tree into silk and soak it in water to show your respect for the gods. Some people take this opportunity to make a wish. Very lively.

Shaman and the so-called "god team" returned to the shaman's home, and those who were willing sent sacrifices, wine and so on. After the shaman dismounted, the dancers who were good at singing and dancing tied their waist bells, played today's drums and sang and danced. When the pork was cooked, the shaman put on his magic clothes again and continued dancing. Finally, everyone drank and ate meat to their heart's content.