The Spring Festival of Ethnic Minorities Kirgiz Nationality - When the first month of the year appears, the Kirgiz people celebrate the "Noroz" festival, which is very similar to the Spring Festival of the Han people.

During the festival, each family prepares rich meals according to their own ability and treats each other to celebrate.

On the night of the festival, when the herds come back from the pasture, a fire made of Achnatherum splendens is lit in front of each yurt. People jump over it first, and then the animals jump over it, which indicates that disaster will be solved and difficulties will be solved in the new year.

Both humans and animals are prosperous here.

Buyi people - at the end of the twelfth lunar month, every household smokes meat, stuffs sausages, roasts wine, makes glutinous rice cakes, rice crackers, and sews new clothes and handkerchiefs.

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, maltose and other fruits are given to the Kitchen God.

Ask your husband to write couplets and post door gods and New Year pictures.

On the evening of the 30th, the whole family, young and old, sit around the fire. First, they offer sacrifices to their ancestors, then they bless each other and have a reunion dinner.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, we put up lanterns at home, light them together at night, and hang them at the door.

After the first day of the Lunar New Year, people began to visit each other to pay New Year greetings.

Young men and women meet together to "play the show" and express their love through singing; or they gather together to dance "flower bag" to the accompaniment of suona, yueqin, dongxiao, sisters' flute, bronze drum and other musical instruments.

In some areas, the New Year is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month, and the "Little New Year" is celebrated on the 30th day of the first lunar month.

Tujia people - starting from two days before the first day of the first lunar month, the first day is called the big year and the second day is the small year.

On New Year's Eve, each family lights a firewood, and everyone sits around listening to the old man telling stories and staying up until dawn.

During the festival, "red yeast fish" is eaten to symbolize wealth and abundance, and a large pot of stewed vegetables is also called a combination dish.

On the third day of the lunar new year, a "hand-waving dance" party was held, with as many as 10,000 participants.

In addition, there are dragon lantern performances, lion dances, lantern festivals, dramas, martial arts and other activities.

Zhuang nationality - from the 30th day of the lunar year to the second day of the first lunar month, three days.

Anyone who works outside the home must go home before thirty.

On New Year's Eve, every family kills chickens and ducks, steams pork belly, powdered meat, and makes barbecued pork.

There are eight dishes for dinner, including "white chopped chicken" and stewed whole chicken.

Every family has to stay up until midnight and set off firecrackers before going to bed.

On the first and second day of the first lunar month, all guests must eat rice dumplings. The rice dumplings are filled with peeled mung beans and half-fat but not lean meat mixed with sauce.

Most men and women sing antiphonal songs at this time, or play dreidel, dance, play ball games, or act.

The Dulong people, who live in Gongshan County, Nujiang River, Yunnan, mark the first heavy snowfall between November 12th each year as the beginning of the year. Since there is no fixed time, the day is chosen by the clan leader, usually 3 to 5 days.

During the festival, every household invites each other, has friendly exchanges, and holds entertainment activities at the same time.

The Hani people celebrate New Year twice a year.

One is October Festival and the other is June Festival.

The Hani calendar begins with October, which is the "New Year".

On New Year's Day, people visit relatives and friends, seek marriage and get engaged.

During the "June New Year Festival", animals are sacrificed to worship ancestors, and cultural and sports activities such as swinging, wrestling, and singing folk songs are carried out.

Kaduo people (a branch of the Hani ethnic group)—the Kaduo people in Xinping County, Yunnan Province, celebrate the New Year on the sixth day of the first lunar month.

Legend has it that in ancient times, brave Caddo youths went out to fight in order to resist foreign invasion. Before leaving, they left a message that the day they returned home, their new life would begin.

After the war, due to the long journey, they did not return home until the sixth day of the New Year.

People in my hometown designate this day as the beginning of the new year.

During the New Year, they kill pigs and sheep and dance to celebrate.

The Pumi ethnic group - there are many Pumi ethnic groups in the northwestern Yunnan plateau. The sixth day of the twelfth lunar month is the first day of the year. On New Year's Eve, each village will set off three cannons and blow conch shells.

Then the family gets together and eats sticky rice.

Lemo people (the name of the Bai people) - mainly live in Bijiang County, Yunnan Province. They have their own methods of calculating the seasons, and the dates of the Spring Festival are also different.

For example, when peach blossoms bloom, it is called March, and when lacquer leaves grow about five inches, it is called May. According to this calculation, there are thirteen months in a year, and March is called March Festival, which is equivalent to the Spring Festival of the Han people.

The Jino people - the Jino people in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province call June in the Gregorian calendar the New Year's Day. The singers take turns singing to each other, and if they lose, they leave a piece of turban to sing to each other the next year.

Every night during the New Year, the elderly and women enjoy wine and food while dancing the drum dance. Young men and women take this opportunity to fall in love and find their lovers.

Gelao people - the third day of March in the lunar calendar every year is the Spring Festival for the Gelao people.

Because they live in places with cooler temperatures, spring does not begin until March when vegetation begins to sprout.

At this time when spring plowing is about to be busy, everyone gathers together to celebrate the New Year and pray together to the ancestors and mountain gods for blessings, everything will go well and the harvest will be plentiful.

And because Qingming Festival is often celebrated around the beginning of March, so the two festivals are celebrated together, so this day is designated as the Gelao Year, which is also the Spring Festival.

Yao Nationality - The Half-Moon Festival of the seventh lunar month every year is the most solemn festival for the Yao people - the Spring Festival. On the eve of the Half-Moon Festival, every household is very busy, and the sound of horns and laughter are everywhere inside and outside the village.

Han people - on the first day of the Lunar New Year, people do not sweep the floor, pour water outside, go through the back door, beat or scold their children, and wish each other good luck, wealth, and all the best in the new year.

Manchu people - when the New Year is approaching, every family cleans the courtyard and puts up window grilles, couplets and blessing characters.

On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, every family erected a lantern pole more than six meters high. From the first to the sixteenth day of the lunar month, red lanterns were hung up every day.

When making dumplings on New Year's Eve, it is better to make dumplings with more pleats. On the New Year's Eve, dumplings are cooked, and some are stuffed with copper coins. Those who eat them will have good luck.

We have to pray twice during the Spring Festival, once on the eve of the New Year to bid farewell to the old year, and again on the New Year’s Day to welcome the New Year.

Competitions such as horse jumping and camel jumping will be held before the Spring Festival.