Miao people used to believe in animism, worship nature and worship their ancestors. Drum Festival is the biggest ritual activity of Miao people. Generally, a small sacrifice lasts for seven years and a big sacrifice lasts for thirteen years. It is held on the second day of October to November in the lunar calendar. At that time, a roe deer will be killed and a Lusheng dance will be performed to commemorate the ancestors. Invite friends and relatives to get together during meals to enhance feelings and family harmony. Miao people have a long history of music and dance, and Lusheng dance, which is deeply loved by the masses, is highly skilled. Miao people's arts and crafts, such as flower picking, embroidery, brocade, batik and jewelry making, are colorful and enjoy a high reputation in the world. Miao people have many festivals, such as Miao Year, April 8th, Dragon Boat Festival.
Traditional customs of Miao nationality:
1, New Year Festival
Spring Festival is the "Spring Festival" of Miao people, also called "Hakka Year". During the Chinese New Year, every family kills pigs and sheep and bakes wine to celebrate the harvest. I hope the weather will be fine and the crops will be bumper in the coming year. According to the custom, Miao people express their wishes and hopes for the New Year by singing duets. Early in the morning, compatriots of all ethnic groups from five townships and four towns in the border areas of Guizhou, Hunan and Chongqing rushed from all directions to the foot of Tianxingpo at the junction of the three provinces and cities to express their joy in welcoming the New Year with songs. I also want to sing "Song of Spring", the lyrics are full of spring, looking forward to spring, cherishing spring, hugging spring and so on.
2. Step on Huashan Festival
Walking on Huashan Mountain is a traditional Miao festival. Miao people in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other provinces are popular in the first month, February or April and May of the lunar calendar, which stems from the courtship activities of young men and women. During the festival, young men and women sing, dance lusheng and courtship; Old farmers came to Huatian to exchange production experience, teach production technology and wish crops a bumper harvest. Miao people living in mountainous areas will also fight bullfights during festivals. The Miao people in Pingbian County also held competitions such as lion jumping and flower pole climbing.
3.4.8
Miao traditional festival, it is said that this festival began in the Ming Dynasty. On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, Miao people gathered around the fountain in Guiyang City in costumes. blowing sheng played the flute and sang songs to commemorate and mourn this legendary ancient era.
4. Hero Yanu.
In addition, April 8 is also a festival of Buyi people, some people call it "Ox King Festival", others call it "Shepherd Festival" or "Seedling Opening Festival". On this day, people and cows will eat "Niuwangba" or glutinous rice and take a day off to show their comfort to cows.
5. Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival is a Miao festival popular in Xiangxi, Qiandongnan Shidong and Songtao. Most festivals are held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. In addition to dragon boat racing, there are horse racing, bullfighting, drumming and other activities.
6. Sisterhood Day
In Camus Village near Qingshui River in eastern Guizhou, the "Sister Festival" of Miao families is held from March 15 to 18 every year. During festivals, Miao people traditionally eat "sister meals". This kind of rice is steamed by dyeing glutinous rice with colorful flowers and leaves collected by girls on the mountain. There are also lively bullfighting scenes and "tourism" activities in the festival.
7. Grasp Miaotian
This is a traditional Miao festival. Popular in Xuyong and Gu Lin. It is held twice a year on February 13 and July 3 of the lunar calendar. According to legend, the origin of Miaochang was formed by the Miao people after an uprising failed. The government won't let them be together. People secretly contacted each other in the name of playing Lusheng on the dam, and later it gradually evolved into a fixed festival.
8. Gift Festival
Popular in Dongxia, xuyong county. It is held on the fifth day of the second lunar month every year. At that time, dozens of young men and women in Fiona Fang. If both parties like it, they can give each other belts as engagement gifts. Those who repent afterwards can claim back their belts and dissolve the relationship.
Extended data
Miao, an ancient nation, is scattered all over the world, mainly in Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Qiong and other provinces in China, as well as Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and other countries and regions in Southeast Asia.
According to historical documents and oral materials of Miao people, Miao ancestors first lived in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and their ancestors were Chiyou. They moved to Jianghan Plain in the "Three Miao" era, and then gradually moved south and west to the southwest mountainous area and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau due to war and other reasons. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, some Miao people migrated to Southeast Asian countries, and in modern times they migrated from these places to Europe and America.
Miao people have their own language, and Miao language belongs to the branch of Miao Yao language family of Sino-Tibetan language family, which is divided into three dialects: Xiangxi, Qiandong and Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan. Due to the long-term contact between Miao and Han, some Miao people are fluent in and use Chinese. Miao people's religious beliefs are mainly nature worship and ancestor worship.
In the census of China in 20 10, the total population of Miao people in China was 9,426,007, ranking fourth among ethnic minorities.
reference data
Baidu encyclopedia-Miao nationality
Baidu Encyclopedia-Miao Festival
Baidu encyclopedia-Miao style