Guiyang's food, folklore and customs Guiyang is an area inhabited by ethnic minorities, and ethnic festivals are rich in content and distinctive. The Miao's "April 8", the Buyi's "March 3", "June 6", "jumping field" and other ethnic festivals are a great opportunity for young men and women of ethnic minorities to find the woman of their dreams. These festivals provide an excellent opportunity for young men and women of ethnic minorities to find the person of their choice.　During national festivals, rallies and agricultural seasons, rural villages should carry out performances of opera, dancing Lusheng dance, song contests, horse races, bullfighting and other interesting and characteristic traditional cultural and sports activities of ethnic folk. And the countryside village on the national interest of the strong wedding customs, wine rules, funerals, will also make the tourists eye-opening. If you are lucky enough to participate in these ethnic festivals, you will certainly feel the rich flavor of ethnic minorities.　June 6 June 6 is an important traditional festival of the Buyi people in Guiyang. Every year on the sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, thousands of Buyi people in Guiyang City and neighboring counties gather on the banks of the scenic Huaxi River to celebrate the festival through dense forests, around flowers, on boats, blowing wooden leaves and singing songs. Men and women take the opportunity to express their love to their lovers.　June 6" origin, there is such a legend: a long time ago, a beautiful Buyei girl embroidered a blossom embroidery, incense floating long days of green mountains and beautiful water map. When the devil king saw this treasure, he came to rob it. The girl and the folks fought for seven days and seven nights, ultimately because of the power disparity, the sixth of June this day, see the treasure map is going to fall into the hands of the Devil King, the girl in a hurry, the map will be thrown into the air, the treasure map that is transformed into a flower creek green mountains and beautiful water, the Devil King was killed by the gas into a pile of rocks, sank to the bottom of the flower creek river. Since then, in order to commemorate the beautiful mountains and rivers of Huaxi Buyei girl, every year on the sixth day of the sixth month, people gathered in the Huaxi River, singing and dancing, in order to pay tribute, over time, it formed the province famous "June 6" Song Festival.　April 8 "April 8" is a traditional festival of Miao, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Zhuang, Yi, Tujia, Gelao and other ethnic minorities in Guizhou, Xiangxi and Guibei. The content of the festival varies from place to place, among them, the most grand scale, the most grand scene, the most far-reaching impact, when the first push Guiyang City, Miao "April 8" celebrations.　Every year on the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, Guiyang City and neighboring counties of the Miao people are dressed in national dress, gathered in Guiyang City Center fountain area. They play the reed-sheng, xiao flute, sing songs, dance the Miao dance, celebrate their traditional festival. There are many legends about the origin of "April 8", mainly for the memorial "April 8" buried in the fountain area of the ancient Miao heroes, passed down from generation to generation, into custom.　Today, Guiyang's "April 8" has become Guiyang and its neighboring Miao, Buyei, Dong, Zhuang, water, Gelao, Han and other nationalities **** with the carnival of the festival, become a display of traditional ethnic culture ceremony. Young men and women of ethnic minorities also take this opportunity to find their sweethearts through their heartfelt dances and songs.　Lusheng dance Lusheng, is an ancient bamboo and wood reed instrument, large more than a zhang, small less than a foot, the number of tubes more than 10 tubes, less than a single Lusheng dance tube, double tube, the most commonly used is the 6-tube, the tone can be majestic and low, can also be crisp and high-pitched. In the long history of the development of the Miao culture, the Miao people not only take the reed-sheng as the representative of the nation, but also melted it into the dance, music, water, Buyi, Yao, Yi and other ethnic dances, the reed-sheng dance is also very popular.　The Lusheng Dance has one hundred songs and more than one hundred dance steps, of which the most commonly used are more than 10 kinds. These steps are fast-paced, rough and warm. Lusheng Dance is performed by men blowing and women dancing, or men and women blowing and dancing by themselves, and some of the dance steps have absorbed the martial arts movements of the Miao ethnic group and the difficult acrobatic movements, which are very popular among the people. The Lusheng Dance has become an indispensable activity for festivals in Guizhou.　Bullfighting The bullfighting in the rural areas outside of Guiyang is not like the bullfighting between people and bulls in Spain, but is an agricultural recreational activity in which the bulls fight with the bulls.　The bullfighting takes place between June and August of the lunar calendar, after the rice planting and before the harvest, mainly in the townships of Gaopo and Mengguan. Locally, the big bull that is going to participate in the fight is called "Balang", and in order to wish Balang a victory, friends and relatives from the village and outside the village have to invite the master of Balang to drink wine, which is called "Drinking Balang Wine", and is meant to be a strong performance.　The opening day of the "Stomping Ground" is a wonderful prologue to the fierce battle of the bulls. After the sound of iron cannons, the Barang cattle head tied red cloth, back draped in a bed sheet given to the owner by friends and relatives, surrounded by the crowd around the field. Because of the same to step on the field of many village people and cattle, suona high, firecrackers shake the sky, making the atmosphere extremely warm, the scene is extremely spectacular. Then a village old man speech, and then take down the gifts on the back of the bull, the stampede is over.　Bullfighting officially began before the two cattle owner to agree, and then only hooves and horns crash, each make a great move, if the two cattle strength difference, soon to be seen weak fell to the ground, or fled; if the two cattle are equal, it is difficult to distinguish between winners and losers, until panting, foaming at the mouth. At this time there is a cow veteran on the field, with ropes and bamboo poles and other things to pull away from the two cows, to prevent casualties.　Bullfighting arena is generally selected around the middle of a gentle slope is a flat place, easy to watch the sea of people.　Lantern Show Lanterns are a kind of singing and dancing recreational activities organized by Guizhou folk. On the night of the 15th day of the first month, colored lanterns are hung and this activity is carried out. Folk called "play lanterns", "singing lanterns", "jump lanterns" or "lanterns". Folk New Year's custom of the folk proverb called "thirty nights of fire, fifteen nights of lights".　The lanterns were introduced to Guizhou around the beginning of the Ming Dynasty by soldiers from Jiangnan and the Central Plains who stayed in Guizhou to guard and cultivate the land. By the Qing Dynasty, lanterns had become very popular in Guizhou. During the Republic of China, lanterns were popularized in most of the villages and towns in Guizhou.　Guizhou lanterns include two art forms: lantern songs and dances and lantern plays. The lantern songs and dances (commonly known as "ground lanterns", "gongs and drums" or "gongs and drums") are simple and short, without a whole dramatic plot, and mainly express certain feelings or explain certain things. During the performance, the actors and actresses hold fans and handkerchiefs in their hands and sing and dance, combining song and dance. Sometimes, it is necessary to insert rhyming white (commonly known as "La Bai"), duet singing, round singing, singing, chorus and so on.　Guiyang Famous Dishes Chicken with Chili Chicken Chicken with Chili Chicken is cooked with local chicken as the main ingredient and patty cake peppers pounded by Guiyang Huaxi chili peppers as the auxiliary ingredient, which has a strong aroma and spicy flavor, red color and glutinous taste, and it is one of the must-have reunion dishes for Guiyang people during New Year's Eve.　 It is one of the city's traditional famous dishes.　Green Rock Tofu Green Rock Tofu This dish is a famous dish in Guiyang, which is made of local specialty green rock tofu as the main ingredient, with green peppers and other auxiliary materials. It is characterized by smoothness and fragrance.　Kung Pao Chicken Kung Pao Chicken is made of pure rooster meat and patty-cake chili peppers. This dish is a traditional Guizhou cuisine, red but not spicy, spicy but not fierce, spicy flavor, smooth and crispy meat. According to legend, the founder of this dish Ding Baozhen, Guizhou Zhijin people, Xianfeng bachelor's degree, awarded the title of Gongbao, successive governors of Shandong, Sichuan Governor, gourmet, smart since childhood, prefer spicy chicken, often to hometown of this dish banquets for guests, and has been passed down to the present day. 1918, studying in Japan, former secretary-general of Guiyang City CPPCC, Waseda University, Zhao Huimin, had the Kung Pao Chicken to Japan, y praised by the Japanese people.　Scholar's Feet Scholar's Feet is also known as "Qingyan Marinated Pig's Feet". According to the record, on April 2, 1886, Zhao Yijiong, the scholar of Qingyan, who won the first prize in the examination of Guangxu Cishu year, used to go to the night market of Qingyan Beimen Street to eat pig's feet when he was young. The hometown people for the memory of this historical celebrity, said brined pig's feet for the scholar's hooves. Nowadays, "Touring Qingyan Ancient Town and tasting the beautiful hooves of Qingyan" has become a local tourism and cultural phenomenon. The dish is reddish-brown in color, the skin is full and moist, fat but not greasy, and the taste is mellow.　Pickled Pepper Tendon Pickled Pepper Tendon is made from the inner tendon of large pork spine (locally known as back willow meat) with pickled peppers as the main ingredient. The color is bright red, sour and spicy, smooth and tender. This is a special dish prepared by Guiyang's unique method of selecting ingredients.　Eight Treasures Turtle Eight Treasures Turtle This dish is evolved from the original Guizhou famous dish Eight Treasures Baby Fish, which is made of turtle as the main ingredient, with golden hooks, scallop and other auxiliary ingredients. The soup is fresh, flavorful and nutritious.　Fish in Sour Soup Fish in Sour Soup Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a cottage in the Miao Mountains of Qiandongnan, and the old man (the elected leader) was old and fat, and it was very hard to climb up and down the slopes. Once, the daughter-in-law cooked rice, accidentally put some more water, so the excess hot rice soup in an earthen jar. Four or five days later, the rice soup after fermentation became clear and transparent, and slightly sour, used to cook fish, the taste of fresh and unusual, Zhai old family ate a lot of food, since then the daughter-in-law will often use this sour rice soup to cook fish, in the long run, Zhai old gradually feel lighter and healthier, no longer struggling to climb up and down the hill. This thing soon spread throughout the Miao Mountains cottage, families competing to follow suit, "sour soup fish" thus spread. This dish was introduced to Guiyang from Qiandongnan, and rapidly developed and flourished in Guiyang, becoming famous at home and abroad. Its production method is: choose fresh fish as the main material, with the specialty of Qian Dong Nan Miao Ling sour soup simmered and made. Folk usually use the hot pot form of cooking and eating, with other fresh vegetables to make it more nutritious. Characteristics: fresh fish and tender meat, beautiful color, hot and sour, clear soup and beautiful taste, with special effects such as appetizing summer heat, refreshing and nourishing the skin.　Ethnic Crafts Embroidery and flower picking are the two wonders blooming in the garden of traditional ethnic crafts in Guiyang. Batik Products Ethnic crafts - Guizhou batik contains the artistic charm of ethnic culture, they are favored by friends at home and abroad, as are the rugged and simple Nuo masks and other boutique products of ethnic culture.　Guiyang snacks Guiyang's flavorful snacks, really mouth-watering. Only the local traditional snacks on more than 100 kinds of flavor. No matter day and night, Guiyang streets and lanes of snack stalls scattered, some restaurants and hotels will have a characteristic part of the snacks included in the feast, there are also special snacks feast can be tasted. Guiyang's most famous snacks are: love tofu fruit, Lei family tofu round, cake rice, "silk dolls", lotus leaf patties, Wu family dumplings, Hu flavor barbecue, Huaxi Wangji beef noodle, Cheng intestines Want intestines Want noodles, Qingzhen Auntie Liu yellow poi, Qingzhen Hot Soup Silk Dolls Qingzhen Liangshuijing bacon, snack plaza notorious stinky tofu, snack soup series, people play lo mei first, people play lo mei first, the first family of snack soup, the town's hot soup, the town's cold water wells, bacon, snack square notoriety stinky tofu, the first series of snack soup The first family, people theater lo mei, snack plaza white eat skewers carbonara raw consumption, Riverside Park vegetarian spring rolls, taro poi, Cao wild vegetables Museum wild vegetables series, Qingyan tofu, Qingyan Huang family rose sugar. ============================== Guiyang wedding customs and traditions 1, marriage proposal. The man has to hire a middleman, or matchmaker, to go to the woman's home to propose marriage. 2, the eight characters. If the parents of both parties agree, the middleman will exchange the eight characters of their sons and daughters with each other. Then, each of them will find a gentleman to combine the eight characters to see if their destinies are compatible. (This step varies from person to person, some do not believe in, can be directly skipped) 3, burn incense. That is, again by the intermediary to send a message, discuss some such as the bride price to give how much, how much to give the dowry and the parents of both sides of the marriage to burden things. General once can be discussed properly, there are both parents do not agree, that will trouble the intermediary to run a few more times. 4, parents meet. The intermediary to unify the views of both parents can meet. At this time to meet a can recognize recognize, two can be on some of the details of unity or exchange of views, such as where to invite guests, estimated to invite how many guests, etc. 5, set the time. Traditional will find a lucky day, modern weekend is good. 6, treat. Start spreading invitation stickers all over. Relatives to parents, your friends and colleagues to your own please. This is a labor of love. If whoever and your relationship with the general you think too much trouble without inviting, can be careful, Guizhou people die love face, you invited him, he pain in the money; you do not invite him, he felt that you look down on him. Then you will be waiting for people before and after the mouth broken chanting death you it. Generally speaking, as long as you have bragged and chatted and remembered your name, you are invited. You invited to come or not is his business, you do not invite is your fault. So the guest list should be carefully considered. When you set the list to invite guests, it is best to take a list to go, who invited on the hook. Not invited to remember to come back again. 7, registration. This is simple, remember to bring the two identity cards to the Civil Affairs Bureau to take pictures and fill out the form to receive a license, not a penny to spend, not many people also very quickly. Must remember to bring the boy himself to go, not on behalf of. The Civil Affairs Bureau has a special marriage registry, it is easy to find, usually next door to the divorce registry. Divorce have to pay some money, meaning that the marriage, but have to be careful divorce! 8, well, are here basically nothing, just wear a good new man dressed in a good wedding day passionate performance. Wish you happiness. Be careful to haunt the new room of the dead friends, are some people eat people not bone guys!