Zhuang Nationality The Zhuang Nationality's Spring Festival lasts from the 30th to the first and second day of the first lunar month, and lasts for three days.
On New Year's Eve, every family kills chickens and ducks, and steams pork belly, powdered meat, barbecued pork, etc.
Rice is steamed a lot on New Year's Eve, symbolizing wealth.
There must be boiled chicken on the dinner table, and for families with elderly people, stewed pig's feet and whole chicken are also required.
Zongzi is an indispensable food for the Zhuang people during the Spring Festival, but they are not eaten on the 30th night.
The Zhuang people's rice dumplings are a noble food. The big ones are one or two years old, while the small ones are only two or three taels.
In addition, there is also "Feng Mo", which means extra large rice dumplings, weighing one to twenty kilograms.
The rice dumplings are delicious.
On the first and second day of the first lunar month, there are guests who want to eat rice dumplings.
During the Spring Festival, cultural and sports activities such as antiphonal singing, top playing, dancing, and ball games are held.
Tibetan New Year According to Tibetan scholars, in ancient times, Tibet did not celebrate the New Year at the turn of winter and spring, but celebrated the New Year in the summer. "The wheat is ripe for the beginning of the year." "Under the snow-capped mountains, the wheat is yellow, and the happy New Year is here." Now.
In the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, there is a tradition of celebrating the "Wangguo" festival before the autumn harvest.
People wear ancient costumes, ride horses, pray in circles along the harvested barley fields, shoot arrows on horseback, and dance and revel around the bonfire to entertain themselves and the local patron saint.
According to legend, these are all remnants of the June New Year in ancient Tibet.
There are also those who celebrate the New Year on the first day of October in the Tibetan calendar, "the wheat harvest is the beginning of the year".
The Gongbu (Ningchi) area, 400 kilometers east of Lhasa and surrounded by snow-capped mountains and primeval forests, still celebrates the New Year on the first day of the tenth lunar month in the Tibetan calendar, and is called "Gongbulosa".
Tibetan history records that the Gongbu area has a very long history. Long before the establishment of the Tubo Dynasty, Tibet's primitive religion Bon was very popular here.
Celebrating the New Year in the tenth month of the Tibetan calendar originated from those ancient times.
Around the 13th century AD, when the Sakya dynasty ruled Tibet, Tibetans celebrated the New Year in the first month of the Tibetan calendar.
However, farmers often celebrate the New Year in advance on the first day of December, which is called "Solanglosa" (Farmers' New Year).
Because in the first month of the Tibetan calendar, spring has begun and preparations for farming are busy, so farmers have no intention of celebrating the New Year.
In the New Year, you must wear the most beautiful clothes and the most precious jewelry. Even people with poor economic conditions must prepare a New Year's robe or one or two rough decorations. In Tibetan, it is called "Saju", which means new clothing.
. These are of course due to the beauty-loving nature of the Tibetan people, but there is also a saying that the God King Xin Zhe Qujie wants to observe the lives of the world through the bronze mirror. If everyone is dressed beautifully, he will be happy and give some favors to the world.
On the third day of the first lunar month, people from Lhasa walked out of the noisy and lively markets and came to Baoping Mountain in the east and west.
On Yaowang Mountain in the suburbs, people put up prayer flags and hang colorful banners to worship the mountain gods and water gods. On the fifth day of the first lunar month in the Tibetan calendar, farmers in the suburbs of Lhasa will hold a grand plow-opening ceremony.
She is even more beautifully dressed, with a butter pattern on her forehead, red flags and colorful feathers on her horns, colorful satin draped over her shoulders, the satin studded with shells and turquoise, and colorful ribbons tied around her tail, which can be described as "flowering".
The Mongolian people have always admired the color white, so they call the first month of the lunar calendar the "White Moon" and the New Year's Day the "White Festival". The preparations for the Mongolian New Year begin on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month.
In addition to cleaning, bathing and decorating the yurt, people also need to wear new clothes, wear red tassels and new saddles on their horses, and offer "hand-meat" to their relatives and friends on New Year's Eve.
Family reunion. In the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, they first toast to the elders and then toast to their peers. Relatives and friends give each other khatas to wish them good luck in the new year. The Bai people of the Bai ethnic group must start paying homage to each other and giving gifts to each other on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
After midnight, young men and women rush to carry water to show their hard work. In the morning, the whole family drinks sugar water soaked with rice flowers to wish that the day will be sweeter than honey. After breakfast, the children are led by adults to perform dragon lanterns and dance to their elders.
Lion hunting and whipping are indispensable activities for the festival. The Buyi people prepare cakes, rice wine and other festival foods before New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, when the rooster crows, the girls rush to the river to carry water.
The first load of water means that she is the most diligent and happiest. On New Year's Eve, the Korean family stays up all night. The ancient music of gaya and flutes brings people into the new year. During the festival, men, women and children sing and dance to their heart's content.
Competitions such as springboard pressing and tug-of-war are held. A traditional celebration gathering is held on the night of the 15th day of the first lunar month. Several selected elderly people board the "Moon Watching Frame" to see the bright moon first, which means that their children and grandchildren will be healthy, progress and everything will be better.
As you wish. Then, everyone gathered around the lit "Moon Watching Frame" and danced to the music of long drums, flutes and suonas. The Spring Festival is called "Anie" in the Daur language of the Daur people. On the morning of New Year's Eve, every family sweeps the courtyard.
In front of the gate, a tall pile of debris and livestock manure is piled up. After the pile is lit in the evening, light smoke fills the air, and a festive atmosphere surrounds the place. Old people throw large pieces of meat, steamed buns, dumplings and other food into the pile.
A fire is made to wish people and animals good health and a good harvest. In the evening, the whole family eats meat and performs various activities to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. People put incense on the snow on the west side of the house and bow to the west to commemorate their ancestors.