Huangcun Hetang Village, Baihe Town, Hengxian County belongs to Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. In addition to national statutory holidays, there are also Zhuang-specific holidays, as follows: The most influential, largest and grandest festival in Nanning is premiered by Nanning International Folk Song
Art Festival, and other traditional folk festivals are mostly calculated according to the lunar calendar, with one to several each month.
National festivals also have their own special meanings and celebration methods in Nanning; there are also many festival activities that can only be seen locally (such as: climbing poles, having fun, throwing hydrangeas, winter swimming in Yongjiang River,
Polishing the autumn, jumping up and down to grab glutinous rice cakes, going up the mountain of swords and under the sea of ??fire, lions climbing up the golden mountain, playing football on stilts, racing dragon boats, dancing with sneakers, and grabbing fireworks).
Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival: held from the end of October to early November every year. Venue: Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center in Nanning City. Event introduction: Since 1993, Guangxi has held it every year in the capital Nanning on the basis of the "March 3" Song Festival.
The "Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival" invites domestic and foreign artists and people from all walks of life to meet in Nanning, compete on the same stage, and have heart-to-heart exchanges. It has become one of the most prestigious events in Nanning and even Guangxi.
During the festival, the Nanning International Food Festival, China-ASEAN Expo, various large-scale theatrical performances, fashion shows, investment promotion conferences and other activities are also held.
The most anticipated art performance is the large-scale Guangxi folk song and dance "Beautiful Zhuang Brocade", which tells the beautiful and touching legends and long and splendid national culture of the Zhuang people with beautiful dances, loud folk songs, melodious soundtracks and novel shapes.
It is the trump card of Nanning folk song performance.
Transportation: From the intersection of Minzu Avenue and Zhuxi Road, you can take buses No. 8, 12, 23, 205 and 215.
List of traditional festivals: January: Spring Festival, Binyang Paolong Festival.
February: Spring Society Festival.
On the second day of February, farmers in the outskirts of the county kill chickens and ducks to celebrate the festival and pray for good weather, abundant harvests, and safety for the whole village.
March: Zhuang Folk Song Festival.
(March 3 Song Fair) April: Ciba Festival and Ox Soul Festival.
May: Dragon Boat Festival.
(The fifth day of May) People use reed leaves to wrap glutinous rice into rice dumplings, called cold rice dumplings.
There is also a dragon boat race held in Yongjiang River, with men and women competing against each other. There are a lot of spectators, and the winner is rewarded with a roast pig.
June: New Festival.
(The sixth day of June) Every household in the countryside uses new rice to make rice noodles and cook rice, which is called "eating new food".
There is also a clothes drying festival called "June 6th, Sunshine Red and Green". It is a hot day, and people turn over their winter clothes to dry them for collection.
July: Hungry Ghost Festival.
(July 14) In rural areas of the county, chickens and ducks are killed to celebrate the festival, and paper is used to make money, items for the underworld, and offerings to ancestors.
August: Mid-Autumn Festival.
(August 15th) Every household bought fruits and moon cakes, gathered together under the bright moon, drank fruit tea, and watched the lanterns and the moon together.
September: Double Ninth Festival.
(September 9th) On that day, Nanning has the custom of climbing during the Double Ninth Festival.
"Yongning County Chronicles. Customs" records: "On the Double Ninth Festival, people wear dogwood, drink wine, climb high and put paper sticks to ward off disasters."
October: Winter Clothes Festival.
(October 10th) In some places in the countryside, chickens and ducks are killed, wine and meat are prepared, and ghost clothes are made, which are sacrificed and burned in front of the ancestors. This is called "sending cold clothes".
November: Winter Solstice Festival.
This is a commonly celebrated festival in Nanning, and is known as the "Great Winter New Year".
Each family makes glutinous rice balls, makes rice dumplings with meat, prepares wine and vegetables, and the whole family enjoys a drink.
December: King's Day.
(December 23) Every household in the countryside cleans away the dust accumulated over the year and prepares meat and wine offerings to the "Fifth Master".
On the night of New Year's Eve on December 30, every household makes rice dumplings, makes rice noodles, steams rice dumplings, and drinks as much as they want, until the sky is clear, so it is called "Shou Sui".