Huashan Festival is a traditional festival of Miao nationality in northeast and south Yunnan, which originated from courtship activities of young men and women and is held every year from the third day to the seventh day of the first lunar month.
In Manas Mountain, Yongshan County, Yunnan Province, Yunnan Province, Guizhou Province and Sichuan Province are adjacent, and Miao compatriots are relatively concentrated. People come across provinces to participate, often reaching tens of thousands. The scale is grand and the people are beaming. The Huashan Festival held in Pingbian Miao Autonomous County is also very large, and Miao compatriots from Wenshan, Maguan, Hekou and Mengzi are competing to participate.
The traditional horse racing in Huashan Festival does not need to ride a saddle, but only needs to spread a piece of cloth on the back of the horse, mainly focusing on the riding skills, the cooperation between man and horse, and the various steps of horse running.
Cultural characteristics of Huashan Festival
The customs of Huashan Festival are mainly displayed through the procedures of erecting poles, offering poles and collecting poles, and the sacrificial words in each link are the reappearance of folk culture. Folk song duet and Lusheng dance are one of the important contents of Huashan Festival, but the host and teacher Lusheng did not finish singing and playing the Song of Huashan Origin.
Other forms of songs and Lusheng tunes can't be sung and played at will. Every singer must sing "The Song of Huashan Origin" as his first song in Huashan. This strict and necessary procedure seems simple, but it reflects the remarkable custom of Huashan Festival. Compared with modern dance movements, the steps of Lusheng dance have a primitive and rough feeling.
Lusheng dance imitates some natural phenomena and production and life movements, expresses respect for nature and ancestors, and achieves the purpose of entertaining, educating and educating people. Activities during the Huashan Festival should be carried out according to certain customs.