Traditional festivals of ethnic minorities in China

Traditional festivals of ethnic minorities include Mongolian White Festival, Dai Water-splashing Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Hounan Festival on March 3rd.

1, the Mongolian white festival is the Mongolian "Spring Festival". It is equivalent to the Spring Festival of the Han nationality. Legend has it that it is related to the whiteness of milk, which means wishing good luck. Every family eats handmade meat, including jiaozi and pancakes. On the morning of the first day, the younger generation will offer sacrifices to their elders, propose milk tea and propose a toast.

2. Dai Water-splashing Festival, also known as "Buddha-washing Festival", people get up early in the morning, bathe in the Buddha, and then start celebrating for several days. In the meantime, everyone sprinkled purified water on each other and prayed to wash away the troubles of the past year. Songkran Festival is the New Year of the Dai people, which is equivalent to the middle of April in the Gregorian calendar and generally lasts for 3 to 7 days.

The Dragon Boat Festival on March 3rd is a traditional festival of the Shui people. During the festival, people like to dance bronze drums and lusheng dances and cook colorful rice. Both men and women like to drink white wine and sweet wine. In addition to the traditional festivals celebrated by the Shui people like the surrounding Han people, the main festivals of this nation include the Dragon Boat Festival on March 3 (also called the Festival of Sacrificing Heaven) and the Festival of Sacrificing Forests on June 6 and June 24.

Hounan Festival is an annual grand festival of Bulang people, which is held on the seventh day after Tomb-Sweeping Day in March of the lunar calendar, that is, from April of Gregorian calendar 13 to April of 15. The main activity in the festival is to splash water on each other to welcome the sun. Now, the content of Songkan Festival has changed a lot compared with the past. In addition to traditional activities, entertainment performances and sports competitions have been added.