There are many ethnic minorities in Guizhou, and the difference between ethnic minorities and general traditional festivals will also be reflected in festivals. I think in Kaili, Guizhou, the local ethnic minorities don't celebrate the Spring Festival. They only celebrate their own Miao and Dong years, which are generally much earlier than the Spring Festival. At that time, Bian Xiao still remembered that many students in his class said they wanted to go home and the family was going to have a holiday! There will definitely be food during the holiday. Follow Bian Xiao to see the words and food in Guizhou festivals.

March 3 rd-eat five-color glutinous rice

Five-color glutinous rice

"March 3rd" is a traditional national festival of Buyi people. Every household has to collect money and food, cook wine and buy meat for dinner. This is actually a mass rally in the whole village.

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After dinner, the villagers sat in their usual places and listened to Zhai Lao's announcement of the "Regulations on Deliberating Lang". In the past, the rules of procedure formulated by the village borrowed the sound and meaning of Chinese characters, carved the provisions on stone tablets and stood in the village for everyone to know and abide by. The "Regulations on Deliberating Ministers" is of positive significance for maintaining village peace and public property and enhancing people's unity, which is similar to the current rural regulations and people's agreements. On the evening of March 3, every household will eat five-color glutinous rice.

April 8-Eat black glutinous rice

black glutinous rice

April 8 is the day when the Miao people remember their ancestors and heroes on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month.

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On this day, they sang and danced to express their admiration and respect for their ancestors and heroes. Guiyang, Huishui, Longli and other places are places to celebrate April 8. The legendary "April 8" of the Buyi people is the birthday of the "Niu Wang", so this is

This day is designated as "Ox King's Day". On this day, the Buyi people in Libo area make black glutinous rice to worship the "king of cattle" and let the cattle rest for a day; Buyi people in Luodian, Ceheng, Anlong and Zhenfeng also bathe cows with maple leaves.

June 6th-Cooking wine and eating meat

Chicken (as food)

June 6th is a traditional festival of Buyi people. In some places, the date of the festival may be moved to June 16 or June 26 according to the agricultural situation.

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When the festival comes, every household should also pay for food, cooking wine and buying meat for dinner. On this morning, parents lead their children to kill cocks in the fields, which means expecting a bumper harvest in autumn. At the same time, they take this opportunity to tell children the common sense of agricultural production, teach field management techniques, and cultivate their love for productive labor from an early age. In addition, young Buyi men and women sing duets in concert halls at their designated places during the day and continue to sing duets in Buyi villages at night to express their love for each other.

"Tea White" Song Diet Soup Pot

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Chabai Song Festival is one of the major festivals of Buyi people. This festival originated from Buyi folk stories.

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According to legend, a pair of young Buyi men and women, Chalang and Baimei, have established sincere love in their labor. The greedy rich man snatched the clever bridled eyebrow and killed the simple and kind Chalang. Bridled with grief and indignation, he set fire to the rich man's compound and jumped into the fire to double suicide. For centuries, June 21st of the lunar calendar has become the "Chabai" festival of Buyi people. On this day every year, young Buyi men and women from the border areas of Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan gather in a place called Chabai in Xingyi City from all directions, drinking folk songs, playing konoha and playing Qin Yue competition songs, in order to find the right person at the concert.

Gelao people eat new festival-eat new rice.

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"Eating New Festival" is a traditional festival of Gelao people in all parts of Guizhou. Most of them are held on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, and a few areas are held on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month.

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There is a myth among the Gelao people in Guizhou that the seeds of grain were planted by dogs in the sky and their ancestors. Because the ancestors were detained by the gods, dogs had no choice but to quietly bring the seeds of grain to the world with their tails. Since then, humans have begun to plant grain seeds. "Eating New Festival" is a festival characterized by offering sacrifices to ancestors and natural gods. It is mainly through praying and entertaining gods to realize the desire of praying for good weather and good harvests.

Dongsa Festival-Eating Fish and Playing with Camellia oleifera

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The time to worship the Samoan is generally before spring ploughing (first month or February of the lunar calendar) or after autumn harvest (September or October of the lunar calendar).

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Sacrificial ceremonies of Dong people include maternal worship, ancestor worship and hero worship. "Sa" is the ancestor mother generally worshipped by Dong people, which means mother-in-law and female. The most important sacrifice is fish, followed by camellia oleifera, which is the most famous food in Dong village and the favorite food of women. Women happily sang songs from Saskatchewan and played with oil tea in front of the altar.

Bridge festival-eggs and duck eggs

Red egg

Jinqiao Festival is one of the main festivals of Miao nationality, which is held every year on the second day of the second lunar month.

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On Jingqiao Festival, Miao people build bridges and roads on this day; It is also fashionable to send married girls who are not at home to their husbands' homes to settle down. At the same time, every household has to boil dozens of eggs and duck eggs, and dye them in various colors as a gift to send guests away. Some also use net bags to pack five-color eggs for children to play with.

Celebrate Maojie-fish, meat, wine and rice

fish meat

The water-saving language of the aquarium is called "borrowing Mao", also called "Oriental Valentine's Day" and "Song Festival". It is held on Xinmao Day in October of the lunar calendar (equivalent to June of the lunar calendar).

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Shui people believe that Maojie is related to the prosperity of adults and people and animals, so they are afraid of the day when Ding Mao sets fire.

Torch Festival-Bao palm seed and Ba Ba.

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Torch Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of Yi people. The fourth day of the fourth lunar month is the Little Torch Festival. June 24th is Torch Festival.

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On this day, all villages and villages will slaughter cattle and eat them separately; Every household should pack brown rice, make a bowl of rice and entertain guests with gifts. On the night of the festival, Yi people, men, women and children dressed in costumes, held torches high, and circled the village like a dragon, and then held a symbolic ceremony to kill insects in farmland by the field. At the same time, we also lit bonfires and held parties and competitions.

Duanjie-fish wrapped in leeks

Fish wrapped in leeks

Duanjie is the biggest festival among the Shui people. Every year from the end of August to the beginning of October in the lunar calendar, "Rihai" is the day of "ending".

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Different regions take turns to celebrate festivals on different days. On the day of the festival, relatives and friends from four townships and eight villages all went to Duan stockade to drink to celebrate the harvest. There are activities such as wrestling, bullfighting and toasting at the end of the festival. During the day, the Shui people will gather at Duanpo to hold horse racing, beating bronze drums and playing lusheng.

Pangu king festival-glutinous rice

polished glutinous rice

King Pangu Festival of Yao nationality, also known as Danu Festival, Zunniang Festival and Yao Year, is the most solemn festival of Yao nationality.

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In Pangu, every year on the 29th day of the fifth lunar month, the Yao people will kill pigs and cook glutinous rice to commemorate Miruotuo, the ancestor god who created everything in the world. The whole family will get together, and relatives and friends will visit each other, play lusheng, dance and sing to celebrate.

Eat zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival.

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Dragon Boat Festival is from May 24th to 27th of the lunar calendar every year. At this time, thousands of people gathered in costumes by the river to participate in the sacrificial activities before the dragon boat left.

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At the beginning of the competition, dozens of dragon boats broke through the waves, gongs and drums on both sides of the strait roared and salutes rang, and the audience shouted earth-shattering. On the shore, there are activities such as singing and dancing lusheng. In the evening, young men and women get together to sing and pour out their true feelings.

Bian Xiao still remembers that when I was young, in the long summer, my mother would cook eggs for us. Later, it was the red egg mentioned above. I was still at school at that time, and my roommate would bring red eggs. I am very touched.