The 15 major festivals of the Han Chinese people:

The Spring Festival, the Shangyuan Festival (Lantern Festival), the Flower Morning Festival (Flower God Festival), the Shangsi Festival (Daughter's Festival), the Cold Food Festival, the Qingming Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Tanabata Festival, the Mid-Yuan Festival (Ghost Festival), the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chungyang Festival, the Winter Solstice Festival, the Lahai Festival, the Zao Festival (Small New Year's Day), and New Year's Eve

The Traditional Chinese Festivals of the Han People Nearly 50

●First month

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First day of the month: Spring Festival (on the first day of the month, the first day of the month, the first day of the month, the first day of the month, the first day of the month, the first day of the month, the first day of the month, the first day of the month, the first day of the year)

The first day of the month, the first seven days of the month: the Day of the People

The first eight days of the month: the Day of the Valley

The first nine days of the month: the Day of the Heavenly Sun

The first nine days of the month: the Day of the Earth

First 10: Earth Day Festival

Fifteenth: Lantern Festival (Shangyuan Festival, Lantern Festival)

Twentieth: Heavenly Wear Festival

Twenty-fifth: Fill the Chest Festival

Hi Day: first month of the year

●February

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First day of the lunar year: Zhonghe Festival (the birthday of the sun)

First two days of the lunar year: Chunlong Festival (Dragon's Head Festival, Dragon Head Festival, Land Meeting, Chunshe Day/one of the two social days of Chun and Autumn)

Twelfth: Flower Dynasty Festival (Festival of the God of Flowers, Birthday of the God of Hundred Flowers)

Fifteenth: Butterfly Puffing Party

Nineteenth: Birthday of the Goddess of Mercy

Vernal Equinox Festival (falls on the day of the vernal equinox)

●March

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Early 3rd: Shangsi Festival (Daughter's Day)

Cold Food Festival (105 days after the winter solstice and 1 or 2 days before the Ching Ming Festival)

Ching Ming Festival (on Ching Ming Day)

●April

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Early 8th: Buddha Bathing Festival (on the birth of Siddhartha Gautama)

Risshakavati (Summer Rising) Festival (on Summer Rising Day)<

18: Bixia Yuanjun Festival

●May

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Early 5th: Duanwu Festival (Duanjie, Duanwu, Duanyang, Chongwu, Pujie, Tianzhong Festival)

13: Yu Festival (Guan Gong's Knife Sharpening Day)

20: Parting of the Dragons Festival

Summer Solstice Festival (Chaojiao, which occurs on the day of the summer solstice)

●June

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Early 6th: Tian Kuang Festival (June 6, Sun Bug Festival, Bug King Festival, and Returning to Mother's House Festival)

Nineteenth: Goddess of Mercy Meeting

Twenty-fourth: Lotus Viewing Festival (Lotus Flower Sangha Day)

●July

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Early 7th: Tanabata Festival (Beggar's Day)

Fourteenth: Autumn Purification Day

Fifteenth: Mid-Yuan Festival (Bon, Ghost, and Melon)

Twenty-ninth: Earth Burial Day

●August

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Early 1st: Tensho Day (Heavenly Physician's Day)

Fifteenth: Mid-Autumn Festival

●September

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Early 9th: Chung Yeung Festival

Nineteenth: Guanyin Festival

●October

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Early 1st: Cold Clothes Festival (Festival of the Empowerment of Clothes and Festival of the Underworld)

(The table was compiled at the end of the year, so this is the starting point)

15: Xiayuan Festival (Xiayuan Suiguan Festival)

●November

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Winter Solstice Festival (on the day of the winter solstice)

●Lunar New Year

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Early seventh day of the lunar month: Nuo Exorcism Day

Early eighth day of the lunar month: Lapa Festival

Twenty-three: Zaosi (small year)

New Year's Eve

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New Year's Eve custom originated from when it is difficult to study, but it is generally believed to have originated in the Yin and Shang period of the year the end of the year to sacrifice to the gods and ancestors activities. The first month (January) of the lunar calendar is the beginning of the year, and the first or middle part of the first month, which in most cases coincides with the beginning of spring (in a few cases, the first spring is in the second half of the lunar month), is now named the Spring Festival; the finalization of the exact time of the festival is believed to be related to the fact that this time of year has the least impact on agricultural work. The last day of the year in the lunar calendar (30th day of the month, 29th day of the month), known as the "Lunar New Year's Eve", New Year's Eve night family reunion to eat New Year's Eve (the last meal of the year in the lunar calendar), New Year's Eve after the meal there is a New Year's Eve (to keep the New Year's Eve) and the custom of handing out New Year's Eve money, that is, from the last day of the previous year of the lunar calendar, to keep the first day of the coming year, therefore, to the This festival is also known as the New Year's Eve.

From the solar calendar, the Spring Festival swims from January 21 to February 20. Lichun falls on Feb. 4 or Feb. 5.

Small year and big year

In folklore, especially in rural areas, there is a custom of celebrating small year and big year.

On Xiao Nian, the 23rd (or 24th) day of the Lunar month of the Chinese lunar calendar (see note on the discussion page), the Zao Wang Wang is sent to heaven (the enshrined Zao Wang painting is cremated) to report to the Jade Emperor on the performance of the family he is a part of, over the past year. In order for the Zao Wang to say good things, sugar melons are offered and sugar paste is put on his mouth when he is sent off, so that he will go to heaven and say good things. To welcome Zao Wang back on New Year's Eve, a new Zao Wang painting (depicting Master Zao Wang and his wife Zao Wang's milk) is invited (bought) and offered in the kitchen. On both sides of the painting, a couplet is usually posted: "Good things are said in heaven, and peace is guaranteed in the lower world". The banner reads: "The head of the family.

The New Year begins on the last day of the Lunar New Year and is generally considered to last until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, but there is also the saying that the New Year is the year before the first month of the year.

Holiday Dates

The legal holiday for the Spring Festival on the mainland is the first three days of the first month of the lunar calendar (1st to 3rd). However, in many places (especially non-state-owned organizations), work does not begin until the eighth day of the first month.

China's neighboring countries that have been influenced by Chinese culture, such as South Korea, use the Korean word "Seollal ? " (Korean for "new year"), a legal holiday; Vietnam, called "New Year's Day", the legal time of this holiday and China's legal time is the same, is also the first to the third. Although the countries do not have the same name, but the custom is similar.

New Year's Customs

La Ba: The eighth day of the eighth month of the Lunar Calendar is a traditional Han Chinese holiday that signals the coming of the "Jubilee of the Year". Traditionally, Laha congee is drunk and Laha garlic is made on this day. See also Laha Festival

Sacrificing the stove, that is, sending the king of the stove to heaven on New Year's Day

Sweeping the dust,

Posting Spring Festival couplets and New Year's paintings,

Inviting the gods, worshipping the gods and sending the gods to heaven,

Burning incense and burning candles,

Hanging lanterns with candles in them, and the candle flames fluttering around, which is a beautiful sight to behold. If you put a light bulb in the lantern, it will be much less beautiful.

Worshipping ancestors,

Beating on gongs and drums,

New Year's Eve dinner, observing the New Year's Eve,

Launching firecrackers,

Worshipping the New Year's Eve,

Paying New Year's money,

Pedaling on stilts, dancing with dragon-dragons and lanterns,

Reunion of the whole family. Those who go out to study and work are going home to reunite with their parents and celebrate the New Year together.

The Legend of Nian

Legend has it that in ancient China, there was a monster called Nian, which had a long tentacled head and was ferocious. It lived deep under the sea for many years, and only climbed ashore on New Year's Eve to devour livestock and hurt people. Therefore, every New Year's Eve, the people of villages and hamlets fled to the mountains to avoid the harm of the beast.

This New Year's Eve, Peach Blossom Village, people are supporting the old and young to take refuge in the mountains, from the village came a begging old man, see his hand on crutches, arm with a bag bag, silver beard flowing, eyes like a star. Folks have sealed the windows and locked the door, some packing, some cattle and sheep, everywhere people shouting and horse neighing, a scene of panic in a hurry. At this time, who still have the heart to care for the old man begging. Only the east end of the village, an old woman gave the old man some food, and advised him to quickly go to the mountains to avoid the "New Year" beast, the old man stroked his beard and laughed: "Granny, if you let me stay at home for a night, I must be 'New Year' beasts away". The old woman looked closely, see his hair, hale and hearty, extraordinary. But she still continued to persuade, begging the old man smiled but did not say. The old woman had no choice but to leave her home behind and take refuge in the mountains.

In the middle of the night, the "New Year" beast broke into the village. It found that the atmosphere in the village was different from that of previous years: the old lady's house at the east end of the village had a big red paper on the door, and the candles in the house were burning brightly. The beast shivered and gave a strange cry. Nian" stared angrily at the old lady's house for a moment, and then pounced on her with a wild cry. Near the door, the courtyard suddenly came "bang bang pop" sound, "year" shuddered, no longer dare to come forward. It turns out that Nian is afraid of the color red, fire and explosions. At this time, the door of the mother-in-law's house was wide open, only to see an old man wearing a red robe in the yard, laughing. Nian" was so frightened that he fled.

The next day was the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, and the people who had returned from their refuge were very surprised to see that the village was safe and sound. It was only then that the old woman realized what she was doing, and rushed to the townspeople to tell them about the old man's promise. Villagers flocked to the old lady's home, only to see the old lady's home with red paper on the door, a pile of unburned bamboo in the yard is still in the "snap" blast, a few red candles inside the house is still glowing ......; ecstatic villagers to celebrate the arrival of good luck, have to change the new clothes! Wear new hats, to friends and relatives to say hello. This incident soon spread in the surrounding villages, people know the way to drive away the "New Year" beast.

From then on, every year on New Year's Eve, every family puts up red couplets and sets off firecrackers; every household keeps the candles burning brightly and keeps watch for the new year. Early in the morning on the first day, but also to go to friends and relatives to say goodbye. This custom has become more and more widespread, and has become the grandest traditional festival of Chinese folklore, "New Year".

The first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, also known as the lunar year, commonly known as "New Year", "New Year". This is one of the grandest and most lively traditional festivals in China. The Spring Festival has a long history, which originated in the Yin Shang period at the end of the year to sacrifice to the gods and ancestors.

The Spring Festival is here, meaning that spring will come, the recovery of grass and trees renewed, a new round of sowing and harvest season will begin. People have just passed through a long winter of ice and snow, grass and trees withered, and have long been looking forward to the day of spring, when the new Spring Festival is coming, naturally, full of joy and singing and dancing to meet this festival.

Over the centuries, people make the New Year celebrations have become very colorful, every year from the 23rd day of the lunar month to the 30th, the folk called this period of time "Spring Day", also known as the "dust day", in the Spring Festival before the dust to engage in sanitation, is a traditional habit of our people. Our people have traditional habits.

Then it is the family to prepare for the New Year's goods, about ten days before the festival, people began to busy purchasing items, New Year's goods, including chickens, ducks, fish and meat, tea, wine, oil and soy sauce, North and South fried goods, sugar bait and fruits, to buy enough, but also to prepare for some of the New Year's Eve when visiting friends and relatives when the gift, the children to add a new coat and a new hat, ready to wear on New Year's Day.

Prior to the festival in the residence of the door to paste the red paper and yellow letters of the New Year message, that is, written in red paper Spring Festival couplets. Inside the house posted brightly colored auspicious New Year's paintings, clever girls cut out beautiful window flowers pasted on the windows, hanging red lanterns or sticking the word "Fu" and the God of Fortune, the God of the Door, etc., the word "Fu" can also be posted upside down, passers-by read the word "Fu" upside down, that is, the blessing of the arrival of the festival, all of these activities are to add enough to the festivities of the atmosphere of festivities.

Another name for the Spring Festival is the New Year. In past legends, Nian was an imaginary animal that brought bad luck to people. When the year came. Trees wither and no grass grows; once the year passes, everything grows and flowers are everywhere. How can the year pass? Need to bombard with firecrackers , so there is the custom of burning firecrackers, which is actually another way of baking a lively scene.

The Spring Festival is a happy and peaceful holiday, but also the reunion of loved ones, children away from home in the Spring Festival to go home to celebrate. The night before the New Year's Eve, is the old year's Lunar New Year's Eve, also known as New Year's Eve, also known as the reunion night, in this time of transition between the old and the new, the New Year's Eve is one of the most important annual activities, New Year's Eve night, the whole family stay up to keep watch together, get together to drink soundly, *** enjoy the joy of family, the northern region in the New Year's Eve to eat dumplings, dumplings, dumplings is the first way and the face, and the word is the together; dumplings and dumplings and cross the resonance of the together and cross the meaning, but also take more years to meet! The dumplings have the meaning of "getting together" and "turning over the year". In the south, it is customary to eat New Year's cake on New Year's Day. The sweet and sticky rice cake symbolizes the sweetness of life in the new year and the high quality of life.

To the first rooster crows, or the New Year's bells ringing, the street firecrackers, loud and clear, the family is full of joy, the new year began, men and women, young and old, dressed in festive attire, the first to the elders of the family New Year's Eve to wish longevity, the festival there are to the children of the New Year's Eve money to eat New Year's Eve dinner, the second and third began to go to see friends and relatives, to see friends, to pay respects to each other, congratulations on blessings, say some Congratulations to the new happy, Congratulations on the new year, congratulations, congratulations, good New Year and other words, ancestor worship and other activities.

The warm atmosphere of the festival is not only overflowing in every household, but also full of streets and alleys, some places on the market there are lions, dragon lanterns, fireworks, swim in the flower market, temple and other customs. During this period of lanterns all over the city, the streets are full of tourists, lively, unprecedented, straight to the first month of the 15th Lantern Festival, the Spring Festival is really the end.

The Spring Festival is the most important festival of the Han Chinese people, but the Manchu, Mongolia, Yao, Zhuang, white, mountain, Hezhe, Hani, Daur, Dong, Li and a dozen other ethnic minorities also have the custom of the Spring Festival, but the form of the festival is more of their own national characteristics, more flavorful.

The origin of the Spring Festival and the legend

The Spring Festival and the concept of the year, the original meaning from the agricultural, the ancient people of the growth cycle of the grain known as the "year", "Shuowen - Wo Department": "year, the grain is ripe also:. In the Xia and Shang dynasties produced the Xia calendar, the cycle of the moon for the month, a year divided into twelve months, each month to not see the moon for the day for the first day of the first month of the first day of the ZiZhou known as the first of the year, that is, the beginning of a year, also known as the year, the year of the name is from the Zhou Dynasty, to the Western Han Dynasty to formally fixed, and has been continued until today. But the first day of the first month in ancient times was known as "New Year's Day", until the victory of China's modern Xinhai Revolution, the Nanjing Provisional Government in order to comply with the lunar calendar and facilitate statistics, the provisions of the summer calendar in the civilian population, in the government agencies, factories, mines, schools and organizations in the implementation of the Gregorian calendar to the Gregorian calendar for the first of the first day of the new year for the New Year's Day, the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year.

Traditionally, the Spring Festival refers to the period from the Lunar New Year festival on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, or the Zaos Festival on the twenty-third day of the Lunar New Year, until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month as the climax. In the Spring Festival this traditional holiday period, China's Han Chinese and most ethnic minorities have to hold a variety of celebrations, most of these activities to worship God and Buddha, ancestors, in addition to the old and the new, to welcome Jubilee to receive the blessing, praying for a good year as the main content. Activities in the form of colorful, with a strong ethnic characteristics.

The Spring Festival originated in China's primitive society, "Waxing Sacrifice". It is said that at the end of the day, people kill pigs to sacrifice to God, praying for the coming year, the wind and the rain, the grain harvest. People painted their faces with vermilion sand, decorated with bird wings and sang and danced. As for the name "Spring Festival", it was first mentioned in "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty - Yang Zhen": "There was no snow in winter, and no rain in Spring Festival, so the bureaucrats were anxious."

September 27, 1949, the founding of New China, in the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, adopted the use of the world's common calendar calendar, the first day of the first month of the Gregorian calendar as New Year's Day, commonly known as the solar year; the first day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar is usually in the spring before and after the start of the first day of the Lunar Calendar, and therefore the first day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar as "Spring Festival

The first day of the first month of the lunar calendar is usually around the beginning of spring, so the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar is designated as the "Spring Festival", commonly known as the lunar year.

One of the legends of the Spring Festival: the year of the year

The year of the year, that is, in the last night of the old year, do not sleep, stay up to meet the arrival of the new year's custom, also known as the New Year's Eve year-observation, commonly known as the "year of the year". Explore the origins of this custom, in folklore is an interesting story:

The ancient times, there is a ferocious beast, scattered in the mountains and dense forests, people called them "year". It is hideous, ferocious nature, specializing in eating birds and beasts, scales and insects, a day to change a flavor, from knocking insects have been eaten to the living, so that people talk about the "year" color change. Later, people slowly grasp the "year" of the activities of the law, it is every three hundred and sixty-five days scurrying to the crowd of places to taste a mouthful of food, and the time of the infestation are in the dark, and so on, until the rooster breaks dawn, they will return to the mountains and forests to go.

Calculating the date of the "New Year" rampage, the people will be this terrible night as a pass to brake, called "New Year's Pass", and came up with a whole set of New Year's Pass approach: every night, every family is ahead of time to do a good job of dinner, extinguish the fire! Net stove, and then all the chicken coop cattle pen tethered to the front and back doors of the mansion are sealed, hiding in the house to eat "New Year's Eve dinner", because this dinner has the meaning of bad luck and uncertainty, so organized very sumptuous, in addition to the whole family to eat together to express the harmony and reunion, but also have to be in the meal before the sacrifice to the ancestors, praying for the blessing of the gods of the ancestors, and the gods of the ancestors, and the gods of the ancestors. Peacefully through the night, after dinner, no one dares to sleep, sitting together in a crowded chatting courage. Gradually formed the habit of New Year's Eve to stay up and keep the New Year's Eve.

The custom of keeping the New Year's Eve rose in the North and South Dynasties, and many literati in the Liang Dynasty had poems about keeping the New Year's Eve. "One night is even a double year, and the fifth night is divided into two years." People light up candles or oil lamps and keep vigil all night, symbolizing that all evil plagues and diseases are driven away, and looking forward to an auspicious new year. This custom has been passed down to this day.

Customs and traditions of various ethnic groups

The Han Chinese - the first day of the New Year, people do not sweep the floor, do not splash water, do not go out the back door, do not scold the children, and congratulate each other on the New Year's auspiciousness and prosperity, all the best.

Manchu - when the New Year's Day is approaching, every family cleans the courtyard and puts up window grills, couplets and lucky charms. On the thirtieth day of the Lunar New Year, families erected six-meter-high lantern poles, from the first day of the year to the sixteenth, every day red lights hanging high. New Year's Eve package dumplings, pay attention to the pleats more good, son of the time to cook dumplings, some of the inner side of the package on the copper, those who ate good luck. The Spring Festival to worship twice, once on the night of the New Year's Eve, for the resignation of the old year; the first day of the year to worship again, to welcome the New Year. Before the Spring Festival will also be held before the horse jumping camel jumping competitions. On the 15th day of the first month, there is a lantern festival.

Korean people -- every family puts up spring couplets, cooks various kinds of sumptuous meals, eats "eight treasures rice", and on New Year's Eve, the whole family observes the New Year's Eve all night long, plays the Gayageum and blows the Dongxiao. At dawn on the first day of the year, people put on their festive costumes to pay homage to their elders. During the festival, men, women, and children sing and dance, press the springboard, and tug of war. On the night of the 15th day of the first month, a traditional celebration is held, in which a few elderly people are elected to climb onto a wooden "moon watch frame" and sing and dance to long drums, dongxiao and suona.

Oroqen - New Year's Eve, the whole family sits around, **** into the dinner. Tasting mountain treasures, drinking wine and eating New Year's dinner. Young people salute and bow to the elders of the family and close relatives. At midnight, people hold birch bark boxes or iron boxes and circle the stables several times to pray for the prosperity of the six animals. On the first day of the year, people wear new clothes and pay respect to each other. Young men and women get together to dance in a circle. There are hunting dance, "red fruit" dance, "black bear fighting" dance.

The Hezhen people--New Year's Eve, everyone is busy cooking the New Year's Eve dinner, cutting the windows and gluing the lanterns. On the first day of the New Year, girls, women and children put on new clothes embroidered with cloud borders and go to friends and relatives to pay New Year's greetings, and treat the guests with a "fish feast". The feast includes raw fish with a hot and sour taste, fried fish with a crispy flavor, and salmon roe. Folk poets present poems and tell stories. Women play the games of "touching the blind" and "throwing bones". Young people compete in skiing, skating, shooting at straw targets and pitching straw balls.

Mongolians - five nights to eat dumplings, firecrackers and the same as the Han. In addition, New Year's Eve to eat "hand meat", to show that the whole family reunion. On the first day of late morning, the elders to the elders of the "farewell wine", and then young men and women across the pike horse, riding string yurt, first to the elders kowtow to wish, followed by drinking and dancing, and then string package of men and women also take advantage of this opportunity to Ting line horse racing.

Naxi - the first month of spring people visit each other to friends and relatives, taking turns to be guests, young and middle-aged men to organize lanterns, and competitions with other villages. Cities and villages are organized lantern fair Lantern Festival program is the performance of the national story: such as "Ah Nu Mei Jokes", "the old man put deer", "social theater night pearl", "lion rolling embroidered ball", "phoenix dance" and so on.

Tibetans - New Year's Eve, held a grand "Jumping God will", people wearing masks singing and dancing, to show that the old to welcome the new, to get rid of the evil blessings.

Yi - Spring Festival rally jumping "A fine jumping moon", some villages on the first day of the year to fetch water for cooking are undertaken by men, so that the women rest, in order to and on their hard work a year of condolences.

Miao - the Spring Festival called "Hakka year", every family kills pigs and goats, baked wine to beat the poi to celebrate the harvest in the hope that the next year of wind and rain, a good harvest. They also sing the "Spring Festival Song," with lyrics to the effect that they are thinking of spring, looking forward to spring, cherishing spring, and salvaging spring.

Bai people - Bai people from New Year's Eve began to worship each other, gifts. New Year's Eve Vigil. After midnight, young men and women compete to be the first to pick water to show their diligence. Early in the morning, the whole family drinks sugar water soaked with rice flowers to bless the sweet days. People either go on a tour of places of interest in groups, or play dragon lanterns, lion dances, and beat the whip of the king.

Strong people - the night of the New Year's Eve, the family fire on the fire pit to light a fire, never go out, called "welcome the new fire". Folk customary package dumplings over the Spring Festival. During the festival also organized a rich and colorful national cultural and sports activities to celebrate, singing "Caicha", lion and dragon dance, jumping and playing flat dance, gong, playing gyro, ball games, local theater and so on.

Jing - the first day of the incense and candles to take to the well to burn worship, called "buy new water", Tibetan women on the first day of the day before dawn from the river back to the "auspicious water". Think the first day of the new water can bring the gospel and good luck, can keep a year of good luck.

The Dongxiang people - like to play earth battles during the Spring Festival to show their love for the land that nurtures them.

The Qiang people - each family should make all kinds of fried flour calves, lambs, chickens and other offerings to ancestors and the gods of the sky, New Year's Day to drink smack wine, everyone sitting around the altar, by the eldest sang the "open altar words", and then about two feet long wheat pipe from left to right, in order to smack drink.

Ewenki -- the first day of the first month, pay homage to each other, especially to their elders and relatives must go kowtow to pay homage on the first day. On the night of the first day of the new year, men and women gather in a larger house to have fun, usually called by the elderly for this entertainment party, the women start to dance or sing first, and then everyone dances regardless of gender.

The Daur ethnic group - the first day of the first month, dawn, women prepare breakfast, men burn incense to worship the gods of heaven and earth, praying for the gods and God's grace to give peace and plenty of years, after worshiping the gods, to the elders of the toast kowtow to accept the old man's benediction. After eating dumplings and putting on new clothes, close relatives of men and women gather together, led by the eldest old man, according to the seniority of various recreational activities.

The Hani ethnic group - on New Year's Eve, women are busy making patties, and young men go up the mountain to cut bamboo and build swing sets. Both men and women, young and old, enjoy swinging in the Spring Festival.

Buyi people - on New Year's Eve, the whole family sits around the fire and watches the New Year's Eve all night long. At dawn on the first day of the New Year, the girls will scramble to the river to pick water, who is the first to pick back to the water, who is the most diligent and happy people, but also as a harbinger of a good year.

Yao people - during the festival, people get together to watch the interesting and chic "plowing play". One person pretends to be a cow, one person pretends to be a plowman, one person pretends to be a farmer expanding a hoe, and the three dance and sing to celebrate a good agricultural harvest; young men and women gather on the lawn around the village to play the reed-sheng, the moon zither, and sing mountain songs to find their sweethearts.

Jingpo people - the Spring Festival held "target shooting" competition. On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, people gather on the field, the girls hang their embroidered purses on the top of the bamboo poles, the shooter shoots at the thin line hanging purses counted as sharpshooters, the girls will award the sharpshooter a bowl of sweet rice wine.

Lahu -- Every year, from the first to the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, it is the Lahu festival in Yunnan (the Spring Festival in Lahu). On New Year's Eve, every family will make glutinous rice poi symbolizing the sun, the moon and the stars to sacrifice the sun, the moon and the stars, hoping for good weather and a good harvest in the new year. From the first to the fourth days of the year, young men and women scramble to the spring to welcome the new water, which symbolizes purity and happiness, in order to be the first to get it. At the same time, bring gifts to villages and villages, visit friends and relatives.