The national and regional characteristics of each country in the world (including national dress festival culture and customs, etc.)

These are the ethnic minorities of China:

The Yi

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

Flower Arrangement/Dancing Festival: February 8, customs: collecting azalea flowers and arranging them in places, and young men and women dressed up to perform the "left-footed dance"

Mi Zhi Festival: February 8, customs: offering dragon trees, picnics

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Mi Zhi Festival: early February 8, custom: sacrificing to the dragon tree, picnic

Dragon Festival: early February 8, custom: dancing with Lusheng

Saiyi Festival: March 28, custom: clothing race

March Meeting: March 28, custom: market, dancing

Bai

March Street: March 14-16, custom: exchange of materials, Horse races, dragon boat races, songs and dances

On the Three Spirits: April 23-25, customs: circumambulation of mountains, ancestor worship, jumping on the whip, octagonal drum dance

Torch Festival: June 25, customs: exorcism, praying for good harvests

Benzhu Festival: date varies, customs: offerings to the "Benzhu", Chanting and singing, burning incense and kowtowing, singing and dancing, fun and games, etc.

Shi Baoshan Song Festival: three days in late July and early August, custom: playing and singing love songs of the Bai ethnic group

Miao ethnic group

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

Naxi ethnic group

Mirahui/Stick Hui: May 15, custom: horse races, agricultural tools and trade fairs

Naxi ethnic group

Mirahui/Stick Hui: May 15, custom: horse racing, agricultural tools, etc. Trade fairs

Sacrifice to the sky: festival period is not certain, custom: praying for abundance, eliminating disasters and removing evils

Mule and Horse Conference: March July, custom: livestock trading

Sanduo Festival: February 8, custom: horse racing, jumping "Alili", picnic

July meeting: mid-July, custom: Livestock trading, singing songs

Mosuo

Moso

Pilgrimage Festival: July 25, customs: worship of the goddess, singing and dancing, archery, making friends with the Asha

Jingpo

Meimou Zongsong: January 15, customs: dancing Wenbang

Tibetan

Tibetan

Buddhism Day: April 1-4

Jumping God Puja: New Year's Eve, custom: jumping God program

Tibetan

Moso

Buddhism Festival: Tibetan calendar New Year's Eve, Customs: Jumping God Program

Horse Race: The fifth day of the fifth month of the Tibetan calendar, Customs: Pitching tents, picnics, banquets, horse races

Coming of Age Day: The 25th day of the tenth month of the Tibetan calendar

Duanyang Festival: The fifth day of the fifth month of the Tibetan calendar, Customs: Horse races, pot-shoaling dances, stringed dance, picnics

Seden Festival: End of the sixth month of the Tibetan calendar, Customs: Sunning of the Great Buddha, Tibetan Opera Dance, Passing through the Rinca

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Niuwang Festival: April 8, customs: eating Niuwang Ba, giving food to cows, songs and dances

Dai

Splashing Water Festival, customs: songs and dances, dragon boat races, splashing water, and releasing rises

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

Send the Dragon Festival: January in the Gregorian calendar, custom: sending sacrifices to the Dragon God

Hani

Zalisuo: January 1, customs: sunbathing Buddha, jumping in Tibetan opera, crossing the Lin Ka. p>Zalizuo: January 1, customs: ancestor worship, singing, swinging, feasting

Amatu: February dragon day, customs: mountain worship, ancestor worship, sacrifice to the community forests, etc.

New Rice Festival: the first two dragon days in August, customs: tasting the new, sacrificing to the heavens, sacrificing to the relatives of Dien

Bitsuzazha: June, customs: singing, dancing, sacrificing to the sky god

October year: October, customs: ancestor worship, through the street feast

Hani

The year of October: October, customs: ancestor worship, through the streets of the feast Customs: Ancestor worship, Tongjie feast

Girls' Day: February 2, Customs: Picnic, singing and dancing

Mothers' Day: the first cattle day in March, Customs: Mother worship, singing songs of thinking of mothers

Strong people

Longduan Festival: March, Customs: Exchange of materials, young men and women singing songs, socializing

Su people

Knife and Rod Festival: February 8, Customs: Going up the knife hill, jumping on the knife hill, dancing on the knife pole

Bitter Zaza Festival: February 8, Customs: Going up the knife hill, jumping on the knife pole, dancing on the knife pole. Customs: going to the knife mountain, jumping ga

Singing Festival: Lunar New Year or the first half of the first month, customs: singing, bathing

Bath House Festival: Spring Festival, customs: bathing, friendship

Hui

Eid al-Fitr Festival: the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, customs: worship, gift of "oil incense," and so on

Gurbon Festival: December, customs: exchange of materials, young men and women, socialization

Su Gulbang Festival: the first day of the second lunar month, custom: worship, slaughtering cows and sheep, etc.

Lahu

Hulu Festival: the first day of the tenth lunar month, custom: dancing with Lusheng, exchange of materials, etc.

Extension of Scavenging Festival: the first day of the first lunar month, custom: catching new water, dancing with Lusheng and hunting

Sacrifice to the Sun God: the day of the first lunar month, custom: honoring the God and praying for a good year

Wa

La Mu Drum Festival: the first day of the first lunar month, custom: worship, giving "oil incense", etc.

Yao

Panwang Festival: May 29, custom: ancestor worship, singing and dancing

Pumi

Transmigration Festival: May 5, custom: transmigration, singing, dancing and firing of gunpowder

Achang

Waijie: September 15, custom: playing with the green dragon, white elephants, dancing the Elephant Foot Drum Dance

Wa

Wai Street: September 15, custom: playing with the blue dragon, white elephants, dancing the Elephant Foot Drum Dance

Kinuo

Da Sacrifice: March, customs: drum dance, bamboo pole dance, playing the gyro

Shui ethnic group

Duan Festival: late August to early October, customs: copper drum dance, singing songs to look for couples

Dulong

Kaqiowo: the month of Lunar New Year, customs: plagiarizing oxen, sacrificing to the heavens, jumping in pots and pots, and inviting each other to be guests

Ai We

Yeqiuzha: June, customs: swinging, dancing, gathering

Nu

Flower Festival: March 15, customs: collecting flowers, sacrificing to fairies

Nu year: Lunar New Year: Lunar New Year, customs: archery, hitting the stone target, songbuk (guessing and singing), swinging, dancing, and so on[3].

Customs of New Year's Day in various countries:

A new year always brings good wishes to people. On this day of getting rid of the old and welcoming the new, people all over the world welcome the New Year in their original and unique ways.

Britain: The day before New Year's Day, every family must have wine in the bottle and meat in the cupboard. The British believe that if there is no meat and wine left over, they will be poor in the coming year. In addition, the British are also popular New Year's "well water" custom, people are fighting to be the first to go to the water, that the first water for the happy people, hit the water is auspicious water. British late at night on New Year's Eve, often with cakes and wine out to visit, they do not knock on the door, they walked straight into the home of friends and relatives. According to British custom, after the thousandth night of New Year's Eve, the person who steps into the house with the first foot heralds the luck of the new year. If the first guest is a dark-haired man, or a happy, happy and wealthy person, the host will be lucky all year round. If the first guest is a woman with light yellow hair, or a sad, poor, unfortunate person, the host will have bad luck in the new year, and will encounter difficulties and disasters. New Year's Eve in the home of friends and family guests, before talking to the fireplace before the fire, to rattle the fire, wish the host "open the door to good luck. In some areas of the British Midlands, New Year's morning out, regardless of acquaintances or strangers, will send each other copper, they believe that this, not only the other side of a year of fortune, but also will bring their own luck.

India: India's New Year's Day is known as "crying New Year's Day", "fasting New Year's Day". On the first day of the New Year, no one is allowed to be angry with anyone, let alone lose their temper. In some places, not only do not celebrate the New Year, but also hugged each other and cried. They believe that once New Year's Day begins, the years will pass easily - life is short - and they express their lamentation by crying. In some areas, people welcome the new year by fasting for a day and a night, from the early hours of New Year's Day until midnight.

MONGOLIA: With the arrival of the new year, elderly Mongolians dress up as shepherds, wearing plush leather jackets, a leather cap and a whip in their hands, which they keep snapping in the air as a blessing to ward off evil spirits.

Brazil: Brazilians on New Year's Day, held high torches, swarming mountain climbing. People scramble to find the golden birch fruit that symbolizes happiness. Only those who defy the odds can find this rare fruit. They call it the "search for happiness". In Brazil, there is a unique custom in the countryside -- that is, to pull each other's ears, people meet on New Year's Day, must pull each other's ears, to express blessings.

Pakistan: on New Year's Day, Pakistani people run out of the door with red powder in each hand, see friends and relatives, said the new happy, they will be coated with red powder on each other's foreheads, in order to celebrate the New Year's good luck.

Afghanistan: residents in the northern region of Afghanistan, every New Year's Day will be held in a fierce goat race to celebrate. Two teams of riders compete for the prey, and the race is both intense and festive.

Argentina: Argentines believe that water is the most sacred. On New Year's Day every year, families of young and old in groups to the river to wash "New Year's bath" to wash away all the dirt on the body.

Mexico: Mexico, some areas of the people in the New Year is prohibited to laugh, they are a year *** divided into 18 months, 20 days a month, the last 5 days of the year are not allowed to laugh.

Bulgaria: New Year's Day meal, who sneezes who is allowed to bring happiness to the whole family, the head of the family will be the first sheep, cows or foals promised to him, in order to wish him to bring happiness to the whole family.

Paraguay: The Paraguayans have designated the last five days of the year as "Cold Food Days". During these five days, the heads of state, down to the ordinary people, can not move fireworks, only eat cold food, until New Year's Day, can not make a fire to cook, to celebrate the festivities.

Scotland: Scottish people on New Year's Eve, households will put some money in front of the door, unguarded, thieves and beggars in the evening, saw also not move a bit. Because of local customs, the eve of the New Year, the first money outside the door, the next day, the New Year's Eve, early in the morning when you open the door, you will see the door with money, to take its "wealth at first sight," the meaning of.

Spain: Spaniards in the new year and the eve of all family members are gathered together to celebrate with music and games. Midnight comes, twelve o'clock clock clock just started to ring the first ring, everyone will compete to eat grapes. If a person can eat 12 grapes according to the bell, he or she symbolizes that everything will go well in every month of the New Year. On New Year's Day, it is most taboo for children to curse, fight and cry, as these phenomena are considered bad omens. Therefore, on New Year's Day, adults always try to meet all the requirements of children. At the same time, this day people must carry a gold or copper coin to show good luck.

Belgium: In Belgium, on the morning of New Year's Day, the first thing to do in the countryside is to pay tribute to the animals. People walk up to the cows, horses, sheep, dogs, cats and other animals, fancifully to these living beings through: "Happy New Year!"

Turkey: In Turkey, on New Year's Eve, everyone takes a bath and puts on new clothes, which they believe will remove the bad luck of the past year and welcome the new year and good luck in the coming year.

Argentina: New Year's Day, families have to go to the river for the "New Year's Bath". Before entering the water, the first collection of flowers scattered on the surface of the river, and then, everyone jumped into the water with a smile to enjoy the bath, while using the petals to rub the body, in this country, the water is regarded as "holy" things.

Cuba: the night before New Year's Day, each person to prepare a bowl of water, heard the New Year's bell, everyone quickly splashed the water to the street, meaning "in addition to the New Year"

Colombia: the eve of the New Year's Day, the streets are made of very large puppets -- "the old year"

Colombia: New Year's Day eve, the streets are made of very large puppets. "old year", and announced the "last words of the old year", "last words" of the content of the funny and interesting, to win people happy, at midnight will be "puppets "

Japan's last words of the old year were announced, and the content of the last words was funny and interesting to make people happy, and the puppet was blown up at midnight, and people sang and danced and celebrated with each other in the sound of the explosion that crushed the old year puppet.

Japan: Japanese people in the early morning of New Year's Day, the family went out to meet the rising sun, and then go to the shrine to worship, or to each other to friends and relatives to say hello. They call New Year's Day "Shoichi". On this day, they have a rich breakfast of sugar carrots, buckwheat noodles, and soba noodles, and drink Tusu wine. After that, they eat vegetarian food for three days to show piety and pray for good luck in the coming year.

Thailand: Thailand's traditional New Year, that is, "Songkran" ("Songkran" is the translation of the Sanskrit language), also known as the "Water Festival", the festival, people sprinkle each other with water. During the festival, people sprinkle water on each other and wish their elders a long and healthy life and their friends and relatives a lucky New Year with smiles on their faces. Unmarried young men and women use water to express their love for each other. Thai people on the first day of the new year in the window sill, the door put a pot of water, pray for the new year, the wind and rain.

Germany: Germans in the New Year's Day, every family should be set up a fir tree and horizontal tree, the leaves of the tree tied full of silk flowers, said the flowers like brocade, spring full of people. They are in the midnight of New Year's Eve New Year's Day before the moment, climbed to the chair, the bell rang, they jumped out of the chair, and will be a heavy object thrown behind the chair back, to show that throw off the scourge of the New Year, jump into the New Year. In the German countryside is also circulating a New Year's custom - "climb a tree race", to show that step by step.

Egypt: Egyptians take the day of the Nile River as the beginning of the new year, called "New Year's Day". In some parts of Egypt, on New Year's Day, grains of crops such as soybeans, lentils, alfalfa and wheat, as well as small shoots of green plants, are offered to symbolize abundance. The more you offer to the gods, the more harvests you'll have in the New Year.

North Korea: Like China, North Korea also has the custom of sticking window flowers and peach symbols on New Year's Day to pray for heaven's blessing, drive away ghosts and monsters and bestow happiness. At dawn on New Year's Day, people stuffed some banknotes into pre-tied scarecrows and threw them to the crossroads, indicating that they sent away the evil and greeted the lucky and fortunate stars. At dusk, people burn the hair of the whole family that has fallen off during the year, wishing the family peace in all seasons. During the new year, the north korean people in addition to enjoy to wine and food, but also must do a kind of glutinous rice with pine nuts, chestnut powder, date paste and honey, steamed into a similar with our country's eight treasures of sweet rice to eat, in order to herald the family prosperous days as sweet as honey.

Singapore: Lunar New Year's Eve, the children have the habit of observing the New Year's Eve until midnight to be parents to worship the gods and ancestors after the end of the activities can go to bed, the next day early in the morning is to get up early, happy from the elders to take the "red packet" (the New Year's Eve money) to see the dragon dance, lion dance team along the street, men and women dressed in festive costumes, bring gifts to visit relatives and friends. Men, women and children dressed in festive costumes, bring gifts to visit friends and relatives, everyone's face is filled with a festive atmosphere. On New Year's Day, people love to eat sweet rice cakes made of fried glutinous rice and brown sugar.

Italy: New Year's Eve in Italy is a night of revelry, when the night begins to fall, thousands of people flock to the streets, lighting firecrackers and fireworks, and even firing live ammunition. Men and women dance until midnight. Families pack up their old belongings and smash anything that can be broken in the house, throwing old pots, bottles and jars out the door to show that they are rid of bad luck and worries, which is their traditional way of saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new one.

Iran: The Islamic calendar is practiced in Iran, and its seasons and months are not fixed. In Iran, to celebrate the New Year is to celebrate the arrival of spring, often in late March of the calendar, New Year's Day to be celebrated for a week. People flock to the streets to build "bonfires" - "night fire", and then the whole family in turn from the night fire jumping around, indicating that the burning away of "bad luck "and usher in the light to drive away evil spirits and diseases, and happiness lasts forever. New Year's Eve to eat "seven dishes", the name of each dish should start with the letter "S", to show good luck. From the first to the third day of the New Year, people visit friends and relatives to wish each other a happy Spring Festival. On the last day of the New Year, the whole family goes on a trek to avoid evil.

France: Celebrate the New Year with wine, people start to drink from New Year's Eve until January 3 to end. The French believe that the weather on New Year's Day is a sign of the new year. Early in the morning on New Year's Day, they go out on the street to look at the wind to divine: blowing the south wind, the omen of wind and rain, the year will be safe and hot; blowing the west wind, there is a fishing and milking the harvest; blowing the east wind, the fruit will be high yield; blowing the north wind, it is a bad year.

Switzerland: Swiss people have the habit of fitness on New Year's Day, some of them go in groups to climb the mountain, standing on the top of the mountain in the face of the snow and ice, singing loudly about the good life; some in the mountains along the long snowy road skiing, as if looking for the road to happiness; some stilt-walking competitions, men and women, old and young people, and wishing each other good health. To fitness to meet the arrival of the new year.

Greece: On New Year's Day, every family will make a big cake with a silver coin inside. The host cuts the cake into pieces and distributes them to family members or visiting friends and relatives. Whoever eats the piece of cake with the silver coin becomes the luckiest person in the New Year and everyone congratulates him.

Romania: On the eve of New Year's Day, people erected tall Christmas trees and set up a stage in the square. Citizens burned fireworks while singing and dancing. Rural people pull wooden plows decorated with all kinds of colorful flowers to celebrate the New Year.