March 3 rd-eat five-color glutinous rice
Five-color glutinous rice
"March 3rd" is a traditional national festival of Buyi people. Every household should collect money and grain, and buy meat for dinner with soju. This is actually a mass rally in the whole village.
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After dinner, the villagers sat in the old place, listening to Zhai Lao's announcement of the Regulations on Negotiating Lang. In the past, the rules for negotiating lang formulated by villages borrowed the sound and meaning of Chinese characters, carved the provisions on stone tablets and stood in the villages, so that everyone was familiar with them and obeyed them. The Regulations on Negotiating Lang is of positive significance for maintaining the peace and public property of village communities and enhancing people's unity, which is similar to the current rural rules and regulations. On the night of March 3, every household will eat five-color glutinous rice.
April 8-Eat black glutinous rice
black glutinous rice
April 8th is the day when Miao people remember their ancestors and heroes on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month.
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On this day, they sang and danced to express their admiration and respect for their ancestors and heroes. Guiyang, Huishui and Longli are places to celebrate April 8. The legendary "April 8" of Buyi nationality is the birthday of "Niu Wang", so this is
This day is designated as "Ox King's Day". Buyi people in Libo area make black glutinous rice on this day to worship the "king of cattle" and let the cattle rest for a day; Buyi people in Luodian, Ceheng, Anlong and Zhenfeng also bathe cows with maple leaves.
June 6th-Cooking wine and eating meat
Chicken (as food)
June 6th is a traditional festival of Buyi people. In some places, the date of the festival may be moved to June 16 or June 26, depending on the agricultural situation.
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When the festival comes, every family should also pay for food, wine and meat for dinner. This morning, parents took their children to the fields to kill cocks, which meant expecting a bumper harvest in autumn. At the same time, they take this opportunity to tell their children the common sense of agricultural production, teach them field management techniques, and cultivate their love for productive labor from an early age. In addition, young Buyi men and women sing duet in the concert hall at their agreed places during the day and continue to sing duet in Buyi villages at night to express their love for each other.
Tea White Song Diet Soup Pot
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Tea White Song Festival is one of the major festivals of Buyi people. This festival originated from Buyi folk stories.
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According to legend, a pair of young Buyi men and women, Chalang and Baimei, have established sincere love in their labor. The greedy rich man snatched the clever bridled eyebrow and killed the simple and kind Chalang. Bridled with grief and indignation, he set fire to the rich man's compound and jumped into the fire to double suicide. For centuries, the 21st day of June in the lunar calendar has become the "Tea White" festival of Buyi people. On this day every year, young Buyi men and women from the border areas of Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan gather in a place called Chabai in Xingyi City from all directions, drinking folk songs, blowing konoha leaves and playing Qin Yue competition songs, with a view to finding the right person at the concert.
Gelao people eat new day-eat new rice.
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"Eating New Festival" is a traditional festival of Gelao people in all parts of Guizhou, which is mostly held on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, and in a few areas it is held on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month.
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There is a myth among the Gelao people in Guizhou that the seeds of grain were planted by dogs in the sky and their ancestors. Because the ancestors were detained by the gods, dogs had to quietly bring the seeds of grain to the world with their tails between their legs. Since then, humans have begun to plant grain seeds. "Eating New Festival" is a festival characterized by offering sacrifices to ancestors and natural gods. It is mainly through praying and entertaining the gods to achieve the desire of praying for good weather and good harvests.
Dongsama Festival-Eating Fish and Playing with Camellia oleifera
tea-oil tree
The time for sacrificing Sama is generally before spring ploughing (first month or February of the lunar calendar) or after autumn harvest (September or October of the lunar calendar).
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Sacrificial ceremonies of Dong people include maternal worship, ancestor worship and hero worship. "Sa" is the ancestor mother widely worshipped by Dong people, which means mother-in-law and daughter. Fish is the most important sacrifice, followed by camellia oleifera, which is the most famous food in Dong village and also the favorite food of women. Women happily play with camellia oleifera in front of the altar and sing songs from Saskatchewan.
Bridge festival-eggs and duck eggs
Red egg
Jingqiao Festival is one of the main festivals of Miao nationality, which is held on February 2 of the lunar calendar every year.
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On Jingqiao Festival, Miao people follow the fashion to build bridges and roads; It is also a fashion to send married girls who are not sitting at home to their in-laws to settle down. At the same time, every household has to cook dozens of eggs and duck eggs, dye them in various colors as gifts to send guests off, and some also use net bags to hold five-color eggs for children to play with.
Celebrate Maojie-fish, meat, wine and rice
fish meat
Shui people's water-saving language is called "borrowing wool", also known as "Oriental Valentine's Day" and "Song Festival". It is held on Xinmao Day in October of the lunar calendar (equivalent to June of the lunar calendar).
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Shui people think that Mao Festival is related to the prosperity of adults and people and animals, so they are afraid of the day when Ding Mao will set fire to it.
Torch Festival-Bao palm seed hits Baba. "
wrap zongzi
Torch Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of Yi people. The fourth day of the fourth lunar month is the Little Torch Festival. June 24th is the great Torch Festival.
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On this day, all villages will slaughter cattle and eat them separately; Every household should pack brown rice, make a bowl of rice and entertain guests with gifts. On the night of the festival, Yi people, men and women, old and young, dressed in costumes, held torches high, like a dragon circling the village, and then held a symbolic ceremony at the edge of the field to eliminate pests in the farmland. At the same time, we also lit bonfires, held parties and held competitions.
Duanjie-fish wrapped in leeks
Fish wrapped in leeks
Duanjie is the biggest festival of the Shui people. Every year from the end of August to the beginning of October in the lunar calendar, "Rihai" is the "end of the day".
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Different regions take turns to celebrate festivals on different days. On the day of the festival, relatives and friends from four townships and eight villages all went to Duan stockade to drink to celebrate the harvest. Duan Jie wrestling, bullfighting, toasting and other activities. During the day, Shui people will gather at Duanpo to hold horse racing, beating bronze drums, playing lusheng and other activities.
Pangu king festival-glutinous rice
polished glutinous rice
King Pangu Festival of Yao nationality, also known as Danu Festival, Zunniang Festival and Yao Year, is the most solemn festival of Yao nationality.
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Every year in Pangu, on the 29th day of the fifth lunar month, Yao people will kill pigs and cook glutinous rice to commemorate Maitreya, the ancestor god who created everything in the world. The whole family will get together, and relatives and friends will visit each other, play lusheng and sing and dance to celebrate.
Eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival.
zongzi
The Dragon Boat Festival is from May 24th to 27th of the lunar calendar every year. At this time, thousands of people gathered in costumes by the river to participate in the sacrificial activities before the dragon boat set off.
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At the beginning of the competition, dozens of dragon boats broke through the waves, gongs and drums on both sides of the strait roared, salutes rang, and the audience shouted earth-shattering. On the shore, there are activities such as singing and dancing Lusheng. In the evening, young men and women get together to sing and pour out their true feelings.
Bian Xiao still remembers that when I was young, in the long summer, my mother would cook eggs for us. Later it was the red egg mentioned above. At that time, I was still at school, and my roommate would bring red eggs. I am very touched.