Qiang people have their own festivals and celebrate the Spring Festival of Han people. The annual festival of the Qiang people, also known as "off-year", has an indefinite time, which falls on the first day of October in the lunar calendar and the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. The first day of October is the cow's birthday. The pig was killed by a stick and its hair was burned off. After being cut open, it was sacrificed to ancestors and gods. During the Chinese New Year, the Qiang people will hold a family banquet, drink harvest wine and eat three-pronged steamed dumplings made of oatmeal, and 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 the gods to worship their ancestors first. Feasts and songs and dances will last for five to seven days. The Qiang people in Sanqi Township celebrated the New Year, and the next day, relatives and neighbors all drank wine, sang wine songs and told each other their feelings of parting. Later, young adults went to work in Chengdu Plain and didn't come back until after the Spring Festival.

On New Year's Eve, there must be at least five kinds of dishes, ranging from 16, and the total should not be 10. Most of them are bacon, braised pork and game. The staple food is rice dry rice, and all kinds of food should be kept, praying for a bumper harvest in the coming year. At the same time, leave some delicious food for cats and dogs, and pay attention to what dogs eat first, which indicates which things are the most expensive in the coming year. After the Communist Youth League, all the men and women in the village got together to dance "Pot Village". It turned out that they danced around the "pot village" in their respective homes. Later, it was switched to the stockade on a large scale and jumped until dawn. In the middle of the New Year's Eve, we should splash water and wash rice for our ancestors. On the fifth day of the New Year's Eve, we should go to the cowshed to observe the direction of the cow's head and prepare for a trip.

Eat sour soup noodles on the first morning. Because Tuannian ate a lot of meat, it can be adjusted. On this day, we don't move knives, carry water, pay New Year's greetings, and don't rush to the door. We had a good time all day. For dinner, every household should eat rice for free, prepare a lot of meat wine and drink some wine. Men like white wine and women like mead.

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Tourism activities are held on the fifth day. From the second day to the fourth day, people agreed on the direction of "travel" according to the direction of each bull head. On this day, a man, represented by various families, brought wine, meat, steamed bread, three incense sticks and a pair of candles to Pingba to burn incense, light wax, worship the heavens and barbecue, like a picnic. People who don't travel hold shooting competitions with bear-shaped or roe-shaped steamed bread as the target. Shooting is a good sign for Geely. After the fight, 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.