Fireworks Festival Traditional Festival Fireworks Festival is a traditional festival of Dong, Zhuang and Mulao ethnic groups. Different places have different festivals, including the third day of the first month, the fifteenth day of the first month, the second day of February, the fifteenth day of February and the third day of March. The Fulu Fireworks Festival in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County is the most lively. The main activity is to set off fireworks in villages.
Fireworks are small iron rings wrapped in red cloth (or red silk), placed on the top of iron cannons, and then lit and set off. Fireworks landed, and the scheduled personnel struggled for it, and the fireworks were sent to the designated place. Grabbing fireworks means that Geely is happy, and can get rewards such as pigs, sheep, red eggs, wine and mirrors. Fireworks are divided into two cannons, two cannons and three cannons, and some places have four or five cannons. Fireworks snatching is limited to men, and teams are often formed in units of one family and one village, or teams can be formed freely across villages.
Fireworks grabbing was originally a folk religious ritual custom, but now it has developed into a mass cultural and sports activity, and has been included in the national traditional sports competition for ethnic minorities. Fireworks grabbing is the most important activity in Fulu on March 3, and it has a history of one hundred years as a small town. March 3rd, also known as Shangsi Festival, is the first fourth day of the third month of the lunar calendar, so it is also called Si Yuan. Dong people will set off fireworks on this day, so it is also called the Fireworks Festival. Setting off fireworks on March 3rd is a traditional festival of Dong people. Its origin should be Dong people's entertainment carnival, which is popular in the border areas of Guangxi and Guizhou where Dong people live together.
Gun-grabbing teams are organized according to traditional rules, and teams are registered in villages or units. The number of participants is 10-20, and the number of participants is equal. The auspicious moment has arrived, and the players are jumping and rubbing their hands on the field, ready to fight. A cannon shot sent red and green striped iron rings soaring into the sky. Everyone's eyes are fixed on the sky, and the hoop is about to fall. Agile players are competing for it. This is a contest between strength and wisdom.
The main content of the fireworks festival is to grab fireworks. Fireworks are made of an iron pipe with a fire in it. Put a colored iron ring with a diameter of 4 cm and wrapped with silk thread at the muzzle. After a simple ceremony, the fireworks were ordered to be lit. With a loud noise, the hoop flew high into the air, and the players from both sides scrambled for it. Crowding, grabbing, protecting, blocking and passing are allowed on the court, but there can be no actions that hurt people. The one who can put the hoop on the podium wins. Fireworks usually have three shots at a time, but there are also more than five shots. The old people think that the first gun is blessed, the second gun is promoted to a higher position and the third gun is prosperous. So both sides will try their best to grab every shot.
Fireworks Festival is one of the most lively festivals in Dong township. Every festival, people of all ethnic groups in Fiona Fang come to participate, and any village can organize gun teams. It is said that fireworks have a history of hundreds of years. Legend has it that a long time ago, a Dong girl killed a water snake by the river and saved a small fish. One day, the girl went to the river to wash clothes and saw the daughter of the Dragon King playing on the water, so she came forward to thank the girl for saving her life. Since then, the daughter of the Dragon King has often come to the world for entertainment. When the Dragon King knew about it, he locked her up. Dong's family gathered by the river to present flowers in memory of the Dragon Lady. Over time, it evolved into a fireworks festival.