New year's day:
Qiang people have their own festivals to celebrate China New Year. The festivals of the Qiang people, also known as "off-year", have indefinite time, which falls on the first day of 10 and the 28th day of 12. The first day of October is the cow's birthday. The pig was killed by a stick. Pigs' fur is burned and cut to worship ancestors and gods. Qiang people will have New Year's Eve dinner, drink bumper harvest wine and eat three-pronged steamed dumplings made of naked oats. The stuffing is made of bacon and tofu. Some cottages use flour to make small steamed buns in the shape of cows, horses, chickens and sheep, and drink God before ancestor worship. The banquet will last for 5 to 7 days. Qiang people spent a year in Sanqi Township. The next day, relatives and neighbors drank and sang wine songs and told each other about their feelings of parting. Later, young people went to work in Chengdu Plain and didn't come back until after the Spring Festival.
There are at least five kinds of dishes on New Year's Eve, many of which are 16, and the total can't be 10. Most of them are bacon, bacon and game. Dry rice is the staple food, so we should keep all kinds of food and pray for a bumper harvest in the coming year. At the same time, we should leave some delicious food for cats and dogs, and observe what dogs eat first and what is the most expensive in the coming year. After the group, all the men and women in the village got together to dance "Pot Village". At first, they sang and danced around the "pot village" in their respective homes. Later, it was carried into the stockade on a large scale until dawn. On New Year's Eve, one person will pour water and rice for his ancestors, and another person will go to the cowshed to observe the direction of the bull's head and prepare for the trip on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
Eat sour soup noodles on the first morning of every month. Because this group eats a lot of meat a year, it can be adjusted. On this day, I didn't move a knife or carry water, but I didn't go out for the New Year. I am very happy all day. When eating, every household will eat rice and dry rice, and will also prepare a lot of meat wine and sip wine. Men prefer white wine and women prefer mead.
The tour will be held on the 5th of this month. From the second day to the fourth day of this month, people agreed on the direction of "marching" according to the head direction of each cow. On this day, everyone takes wine, meat, steamed bread, three incense sticks and a pair of candles to Pingba to burn incense, light wax, worship the heavens and barbecue, just like a picnic. People who don't travel will hold shooting competitions for bear-shaped or fish-shaped steamed buns. The omen of shooting is auspicious. After filming, drink, eat meat and eat steamed bread. During the Spring Festival, the whole family will go to the roof to provide wine, meat and rice to their ancestors.
The fifteenth day of the first month is an important year;
This is similar to the customs of the Han nationality. According to Beichuan County Records, "On the solstice of winter, the whole family slaughtered pigs and sheep to make steamed bread, and drinkers drank from each other. This is a big day. " This may be the Qiang people's own traditional festival.
Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Qiang people are also celebrated. Eating zongzi, moon cakes and glutinous rice cakes is the same as that of Han people.