What are the traditional festivals and customs of Guangxi? Let’s take a look at the editor’s sharing!

1. Spring Festival time: the first day of the first lunar month Introduction: The Spring Festival is the biggest festival of the year in Nanning. Starting from 10:00 on the first day of the lunar month, every family sets off firecrackers to say farewell to the old and welcome the new.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, relatives and friends bring gifts to visit each other to "wishes the New Year", and on the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, lanterns are held on the night.

Temple fairs and "fireworks grabbing" were held in rural areas in the suburbs of sixteen counties.

According to the unique customs of the Zhuang family, activities such as carrying new water, drinking smart water, lion dance, chicken dance, and spring ox dance are also carried out.

Before dawn on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhuang housewives have already gone to the river to fetch fresh water for the family.

When carrying new water, they also pick up a few stones that look like domestic animals and take them home, and imitate the sounds of domestic animals along the way.

When they return home, they put these stones into pig pens and cattle pens to pray for the prosperity of the six animals.

Then, use the new water to make New Year’s tea for the whole family to drink.

The girls of the Zhuang family want to drink smart water, that is, before drawing new water, they compete to drink the clear water given to everyone by the "smart sister-in-law" recognized in the village. They believe that this will make them smarter, and the girls to be married will take this opportunity.

May you find your right husband in the new year.

2. Lantern Festival time: the fifteenth day of the first lunar month Introduction: In the minority areas of northwest and southwest Guangxi, the custom of competing with lanterns during the Lantern Festival is popular. On the night of the Lantern Festival, people put out their own lanterns to compete and compete.

Do it best and most skillfully.

People not only compete with each other in lantern competition, but also compete with the moon for brightness. Various lanterns are hung on trees or placed on the ground, forming a colorful night scene.

These lamps are usually inserted on grapefruit, which has the meaning of warding off evil spirits, or incense is used instead of fire. That is, countless incense sticks are inserted on the grapefruit to form dots of light. When the lamp or incense is naturally extinguished, it indicates the 15-day Spring Festival.

It ended successfully and the new year began.

In Shanglin, Jingxi and other places in Guangxi, there is also the custom of eating fried dumplings (also called fried dumplings or fried dumplings in some places).

On the day of Bobai, every family will kill chickens and burn "finished lanterns" paper to offer sacrifices to the gods and ancestors.

That night, people go to the outdoor vegetable fields and pick a few bags of other people's vegetables to take home. This is called "stealing green vegetables", which means a good "omen".

In addition to stealing green hemp in Shahe, Dungu and other places, some people also roll on the ground growing green hemp, thinking it can cure low back pain.

3. The time when the dragon raises its head: the second day of the second lunar month. Introduction: The most famous event on February 2 is when the dragon raises its head to grab fireworks.

The Fireworks Festival is a traditional festival popular among the Dong, Zhuang, Miao, Mulao and other ethnic minorities in Sanjiang, Longsheng, Rongshui and Hunan Province in Guangxi. The festival dates vary from place to place, ranging from the third day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth day of the fifth lunar month.

Second day of February and so on.

The Fulu Fireworks Festival in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County is the most lively, and the main activity is to grab fireworks.

On the day when the fireworks are set off, nearby villages organize teams to grab the fireworks. Each team has more than ten or twenty people.

The fireworks are small iron hoops decorated with red and green velvet threads. They are placed on the top of the cannon. After the cannon goes off, the hoop falls from the air. The contestants scramble to grab the fireworks. The winner is the one who grabs the fireworks and delivers them to the designated location.

The famous one is the Fireworks Festival in Rongshui Dongtou Township, which is held every two years and always falls on February 2nd.

4. Tomb-sweeping Festival time: around April 5 in the Gregorian calendar Introduction: Hengzhou villagers take willow leaves and snails soaked in water to wash their eyes during the Tomb-Sweeping Day, which is said to make the eyes bright; after sweeping the tombs in Xingren County, white paper is used as a long streamer to hang

At the head of the tomb, it is called "marking the tomb", also called "hanging green"; when sweeping the tomb in Kaiyang County, the chief priest on the new year will prepare wine and food for the sacrifice. After the sacrifice, relatives and friends will have a feast nearby, which is called "picnic"; Wuzhou villagers

Most of the villagers go to sweep the tombs on the day of Qingming Festival and the following days. Only a small number of villagers sweep the tombs in the days before Qingming Festival.

The Zhuang family loves five-color glutinous rice very much and regards it as a symbol of good luck and good harvests.

On the third day of the third lunar month or the Qingming Festival every year, the Zhuang family usually makes five-color glutinous rice to worship their ancestors and entertain relatives and friends.

When a child is one month old and a housewarming celebration, five-color glutinous rice will be cooked and distributed to the neighbors to express respect.

Zhuang people love maple leaves and believe that maple leaves can "dispel evil spirits and expel ghosts" and bring good luck and peace to people.

5. Dragon Boat Festival Time: The fifth day of the fifth lunar month Introduction: When people in Guangxi celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, the traditional customs inherited to commemorate Qu Yuan include dragon boat racing, eating rice dumplings, and preparing sweet wine for sacrifices.

Before the legend of Qu Yuan was widely circulated, the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival followed the taboos on evil days, focusing on health care and avoiding epidemics. Health care and avoiding epidemics were mainly reflected in hanging moxa leaves and calamus, wearing sachets to avoid evil, and washing.

Take a traditional Chinese medicine bath and drink herbal wine and realgar wine.

6. Mid-Autumn Festival Time: The 15th day of the eighth lunar month Introduction: In Nanning, Guangxi, people not only prepare a sumptuous reunion banquet for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also invite friends to enjoy the moon outdoors in the evening.

Watching lanterns is the highlight. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the various lantern displays in the park make people forget to leave.

According to the Mid-Autumn Festival custom of the Dong people in Guangxi, in the evening, the well-prepared Lusheng Song and Dance Troupe goes to a nearby village to compete in singing. The songs are melodious and the dances are dancing. The crowd seems to be rippling in the water-like moonlight, which is called "Moon Movement".

The Dong people have a custom of "singing songs to propose marriage".