April 8 is the traditional festival of which nation?

April 8th is a traditional festival for Miao, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Zhuang, Yi, Tujia and Gelao people. The content of April 8 varies from place to place, mainly related to farming. For China, the eighth day of the fourth lunar month is the birthday of Buddha Sakyamuni and also the birthday of cattle. In the old society, there was a custom of worshipping Buddha and praying for blessings and treating cows as "guests".

The eighth day of the fourth lunar month is also a traditional Miao festival. Legend has it that in ancient times, there was an "Yayi" Miao leader with both wisdom and courage who led the Miao people to fight against the cruel rulers. After the uprising, the insurgents won successively and arrived in Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places. On April 8, the following year, Yayi died unfortunately near the existing fountain in Guiyang. In order to commemorate this national hero, remember the achievements of Yayi and carry forward the spirit of national heroism, the Miao people hold a series of grand commemorative activities on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month every year.

On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, Miao people put on silver ornaments and new clothes, and gathered from the top of the mountain, the mountainside and Pingba to the meeting place on the eighth day of April. On this day, there will be Nuo opera, going up the knife ladder, going down the fire, dancing lions, playing flower drums, singing competitions, playing suona, playing konoha, playing autumn cricket and asking for help.

In recent years, with the in-depth development of reform and opening up, commemorative activities have added new contents such as economic and trade negotiations, artistic and cultural discussions, and tourism. Today's traditional Miao festival on April 8th has become a comprehensive activity for the Miao people to show their national culture, strengthen national unity, attract investment, promote economic development and build spiritual civilization, attracting more and more scholars, tourists and businessmen. The activities are also increasing year by year.