The customs of the Miao people during the Spring Festival

What festival customs do the Miao people have? The Miao people are an ethnic group with a very rich national culture. You can go to Miao areas to experience different folk customs. The Miao people are mainly distributed in Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Hubei, Hainan, Guangxi, Wait for the province. The main festivals of the Miao people include the following.

The New Year's Day

The New Year's Day is the "Spring Festival" of the Miao people, also known as the "Hakka Year". During the Chinese New Year, every household kills pigs and sheep, roasts wine and bakes cakes to celebrate the harvest, hoping for good weather and abundant grains in the coming year. According to custom, the Miao people express their blessings and hopes for the New Year by singing antiphonal songs. Early in the morning, compatriots of all ethnic groups from the five townships and four towns in the Guizhou, Hunan and Chongqing (Guizhou, Hunan and Chongqing) border areas rushed to the foot of Tianxingpo at the junction of the three provinces and cities to express their joy of welcoming the new year with songs. You also need to sing the "Spring Song", the lyrics of which are about missing spring, looking forward to spring, cherishing spring, celebrating spring, etc.

April 8th

A traditional festival of the Miao people. Legend has it that this festival began in the Ming Dynasty. Every year on the eighth day of April, the Miao people dressed in costumes gather at the fountain in Guiyang City, playing the sheng and flute, singing and talking to each other, to commemorate and pay homage to the legendary ancient hero Yanu.

In addition, April 8th is also a festival of the Buyi people. Some people call it the "Ox King Festival", while others call it the "Shepherd Boy Festival" or the "Seedling Opening Festival". On this day, both humans and cattle eat "Niuwangba" or glutinous rice and take a day off to express their condolences to the cattle.

Stepping on Huashan Festival

Stepping on Huashan is a traditional festival of the Miao people. Miao people in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other provinces are popular in mountain climbing and jumping in the first and second months of the lunar calendar or in April and May, which originated from the courtship activities of young men and women. During the festival, young men and women sing antiphonally, dance the Lusheng dance, and seek spouses; old farmers come to the flower fields to exchange production experience, teach production techniques, and wish for a bumper harvest. Miao people living in mountainous areas also hold bullfighting competitions during the festival. The Miao people in Pingbian County also hold competitions such as lion jumping and flower pole climbing.

Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival is a Miao festival popular in Shidong and Songtao areas in western Hunan and southeastern Guizhou. Most of them are held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. In addition to dragon boat racing, there are also horse racing, bullfighting, drumming and other activities on this day.

Sisters' Day

In the Miao village on the banks of the Qingshui River in eastern Guizhou Province, the Miao family's "Sisters' Day" falls from the 15th to the 18th of March on the lunar calendar every year. During the festival, the Miao family traditionally eats "sisters' rice". This kind of rice is steamed after dyeing glutinous rice into colorful colors with wild flowers and leaves collected by girls in the mountains. There are also lively bullfighting scenes and "touring" activities in the festival.

What are the customs and habits of the Miao people? The Miao people are one of the oldest ethnic groups in my country. They have a large population and a vast distribution. The Miao people in western Hunan belong to one of them. In the long-term historical development process, the Miao people have formed their own unique customs and habits in terms of clothing, festivals, weddings, funerals, entertainment, etiquette, taboos, and diet.

1. Clothing

In the ancient costumes of the Miao people in western Hunan, there is little difference between men and women, and they are all "colorful"; they wear floral clothes on the upper body, pleated skirts on the lower body, and long hair. , wrapped in an ocher flower handkerchief, wearing boat-shaped floral shoes, and various silver ornaments.

During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, during the "reform of the land and return to the mainstream", after the Communist Party of China issued the directive that "clothes should be divided into men and women," the changes were drastic, and many people even changed into women's clothing. For example, in today's Yongshun, Longshan and other counties, the Miao people's clothing is no different from that of the Han people. However, in Huayuan, Baojing, Fenghuang, Jishou, Guzhang, Luxi and other counties, the Miao costumes still have their own characteristics.

The clothing of Miao men is relatively simple; they wear cloth handkerchiefs on their heads, double-breasted jackets with long and small sleeves, short and large trousers, and like to wear green foot bindings. There are two kinds of headbands: green handkerchiefs and flower handkerchiefs. The handkerchiefs are more than one foot long, and some are as long as three feet long. When worn, they usually form an oblique cross shape and are as big as a bamboo hat. The colors of the clothes include plaid, all-green, all-blue, etc. Among them, plaid cloth is the most distinctive. There are usually seven buttons on clothes. Some young men, in order to make others admire their wealth and generosity, wear as many as seven pieces of clothing.

Only button the bottom pair of buttons on the outermost layer of clothing, button the bottom two pairs of buttons on the second layer of clothing...and so on, until all seven pairs of buttons on the innermost layer are buttoned. In this way, all the layers of new clothes can be seen from the outside, giving it a unique taste.

In contrast to the simple clothing of Miao men, the clothing of Miao women is very exquisite and complex.

Handkerchief: The headkerchief worn by Miao women varies from place to place. Miao women in Fenghuang County often wear a short handkerchief, one kong, more than three feet long, which is wrapped from the forehead to the back of the head, including the ears. Miao women in Huayuan and other counties like to use black handkerchiefs (those whose parents have died wear white handkerchiefs), fold them neatly, wrap them flatly and squarely, and tie them together at the end, just in line with their foreheads and eyebrows. Miao women's headbands in Jishou County are more mixed. The area adjacent to Fenghuang County wears flower handkerchiefs, and the area adjacent to Huayuan County wears black handkerchiefs. Miao women in Luxi, Guzhang and eastern Jishou areas wear white headbands. There are four pairs of cyan flowers and butterflies embroidered on the handkerchief, which are simple, beautiful and unique in charm. The so-called "the four corners of the handkerchief on the head are embroidered with moths" refers to this kind of white handkerchief.

Jewelry: Miao women’s jewelry is exquisite in shape and comes in many varieties. In terms of raw materials, there are gold jewelry, silver jewelry, copper jewelry, aluminum jewelry, jade jewelry, etc., among which silver jewelry is the most common. From the parts worn: silver hats, silver basins, phoenix crowns, Sushan earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings, toothpicks, buckles, etc. Bracelets and rings must be worn regularly. In terms of style, earrings alone include melon seed drop earrings, pomegranate earrings, plum blossom needle earrings, hoop earrings, dragon head earrings, plum blossom drop melon seed earrings, rake earrings, dragon head melon seed drop earrings, etc.

Clothes, pants and others: Miao women’s clothes are large and long beyond the waist, with large and short sleeves and no collar. The size of the cuffs is about one foot or more. It is customary to have piping, embroidery or yarn on the chest and cuffs, and add railing petals to them. Some also need to embroider cloud hooks on the edges of the opening and the front and rear sides. Clothing styles are always full-breasted, not double-breasted. Making a set of Miao women's clothes and trousers requires dozens of working days with exquisite sewing and embroidery work. The trousers are shorter and have larger hems. The piping, embroidery or yarn on the edges of the trousers is the same as the clothes. The ceremonial skirt is long and wide, with embroidered patterns all over the hem and legs, rolled railings and large and small petals, which are colorful and dazzling. The shoes are fully embroidered, with a pointed head and a large mouth, and a heel on the back for easy wearing.

After liberation, in some areas where Miao and Han live together, the Miao costumes were greatly influenced by the Han people, and some young people have changed to Han costumes.

2. Festivals

The Miao people in western Hunan have many festivals and large-scale activities. The most representative ones are:

1. Catch the New Year's Eve. In the first month of the lunar calendar, the Miao people in western Hunan are most enthusiastic about attending the New Year Festival, and the date is decided by each place. Catch the New Year's Eve. On that day, men and women, young and old, dressed in festive costumes, invited each other and went to the market in groups. The New Year's Eve fair was crowded with people, bustling and extremely lively. People can not only exchange materials, but also participate in or watch activities such as playing swings, lion dances, playing dragon lanterns, and climbing knife ladders. Young men and women also take advantage of this opportunity to find lovers and fall in love. The singers and singers even showed off their skills, hanging out in small groups, talking about ancient ways and the present, singing loudly, singing to each other, or wrapping roots, congratulating each other, narrating traditional stories, or singing new lyrics impromptu. The more the singer sings, the more interested he becomes, and the more the listener listens, the more energetic he becomes. Even if it snows heavily and the weather is freezing cold, the New Year Festival will still be held as scheduled.

2. March three. This is the Miao people in western Hunan...gt;gt;

The customs and festivals of the Miao people. "Cherry Fair" is a social festival for unmarried young men and women of the Miao ethnic group. It is called "Liu Pang Wa" in the Miao language. Every year at the turn of spring and summer, the cherries on the mountain are ripe, and clusters of red, purple and purple cherries are hanging on the branches. Girls invite each other to come up the mountain, and boys are invited to come up the mountain. They get into the cherry forest. Here, they sing to each other and respect each other's cherries. The songs are melodious above and below the trees.

Although the dates for Miao youths to catch cherries vary from place to place, most of them take place three days after the beginning of summer, because these days are the time when the wild cherries in the mountains are familiar.

Young people in Yanmenzhai, Pailiu Township, Huayuan County, go to the Cherry Blossom Festival on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month. Why? There is also a beautiful legend here: In ancient times, due to backward production tools and low food production, people did not have enough food to eat. The Miao people living in the mountains went up to the mountains to pick wild fruits to supplement the food shortage. One spring evening, when the cherries on the mountain were ripe again, Daxi, a young Miao nationality living at the foot of Renmin Mountain, invited young girls from the village to go up the mountain to pick cherries. However, the good times did not last long. Once the season passed, all the fruits on the trees and slopes were blown by the wind, and all fell. Without wild fruits to satisfy their hunger, the Miao family's life became even more miserable. The mother of the clan, Xiong Xiong, became so worried that she lost weight. Many people, including Darcy and his tribe, were very sad, especially Darcy, who was even more anxious. He thought: If he killed a big beast, it would be enough for all the tribesmen to eat. He told his idea to the mother of the tribe, Niang Xiong, and Niang Xiong agreed very much. And told him: "There is a 'Gaoye' (i.e. Guniupo) not far from here. There are many wild beasts like you mentioned there. They are guarded by a young girl. Are you going to ask her for some?" "

"Okay, I'll go right away!" Darcy followed the clan mother's instructions and went to Gaoye.

In Gaoye, the slopes are full of fat and strong buffaloes, all of which are taken care of by a girl. Darcy explained his purpose to the girl and hoped that one of the cows could be taken back to him, but the girl refused. promise. These cows have been with her for many years. They are fairy cows. How could Darcy take them to be killed and eaten?

Darcy was not discouraged. In order to find a way to persuade the girl, he found out that the girl loved eating cherries and singing. So he went to Ren*** Mountain every day to pick cherries and gave them to the girl, and then talked to her. Song. He praised the girl's beauty and her innocence. Day after day, the girl was moved. She fell in love with Darcy, who fed himself with cherries and sang every day. So, she carried her brother on her back, took two of the strongest buffaloes, and came to the Miao Village with Darcy to get married on the eighth day of April. At the same time, two buffaloes were given as gifts to the mother-in-law Xiong. However, the girl did not let the tribesmen kill and eat the buffaloes. Instead, she taught them to use the cattle to help people plow the fields. In this way, with the help of buffaloes, the Daxi people have increased their food production and have enough food and clothing. They no longer have to go to the mountains to collect wild fruits to satisfy their hunger. Later, in order to commemorate Darcy's bringing back the cattle on the eighth day of April, people designated the eighth day of April as the birthday of the cattle. Every year on the eighth day of April, no matter how busy the farm work is, the cattle have to rest for a day. Moreover, a pot of pumpkin is cooked and sprinkled with salt water to celebrate the cow's satiety, and the young people are invited to Renmin Slope to pick cherries and sing love songs to commemorate the girl and Darcy. The custom remains to this day. Moreover, since the Renmin Slope next to Yanmen Village is located at the junction of the three counties and cities of Huayuan, Baojing and Jishou, the news spread faster. Young people from the Miao Village in the three nearby counties and cities all came to participate after hearing the news. With singing, dancing, playing ball and activities on the mountain, the April 8th and Cherry Festival in Yanmen Village becomes more and more lively every year.

Women do not eat chicken blood

Men do not eat dead caged chickens, and women do not eat chicken blood. This is the most strange and strange custom of the Huayuan Miao people.

In ancient times, Yelang people did not eat chicken blood. What's the reason? Legend has it that foreigners used chicken blood to kill their "gold and silver trees" and robbed them of all their gold and silver, leaving them with no money or money. Chicken blood has become a taboo item in Yelang. It can only be used to express oaths of love, sworn brothers, and witness to sincere treatment. Therefore, in ancient Yelang, people beat chickens and ducks with sticks, which was called "chicken with vertebrae". ", "Spine duck". It cannot be said that the legends are all fictional. In Yelang's Pu language, there are indeed no words for "killing chickens" and "killing ducks", only "beating chickens" and "beating ducks".

Legend has it that in ancient times, Yelang people were all white-skinned and thin-bodied, and all of them were talented and beautiful. Unlike today, some are tender and white, and some are deep red, as if they have been burned by "Thunder God", commonly known as "Lei Gong Shao".

Why do Yelang people gradually become ugly?

Of course it is also a legend. There was no writing at that time, and of course no one wrote books. Where can you go to check it? It is said that at that time, Wang Hengren came out of the Yelang people. He betrayed the ancestral precepts and ate chickens without beating them. Instead, he killed the chickens with a knife and bled them. He also added some rice and let the blood rice mix together and cooked it into... gt；gt;

What are the festival customs of the Miao people? The Miao people are a very rich ethnic culture. You can go to Miao areas to experience different folk customs. The Miao people are mainly distributed in Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Hubei, and Hainan. , Guangxi, and other provinces. The main festivals of the Miao people include the following. The New Year's Day is the "Spring Festival" of the Miao people, also known as the "Hakka Year". During the Chinese New Year, every household kills pigs and sheep, roasts wine and bakes cakes to celebrate the harvest, hoping for good weather and abundant grains in the coming year. According to custom, the Miao people express their blessings and hopes for the New Year by singing antiphonal songs. Early in the morning, compatriots of all ethnic groups from the five townships and four towns in the Guizhou, Hunan and Chongqing (Guizhou, Hunan and Chongqing) border areas rushed to the foot of Tianxingpo at the junction of the three provinces and cities to express their joy of welcoming the new year with songs. They also have to sing the "Spring Song", the lyrics of which are about missing spring, looking forward to spring, cherishing spring, celebrating spring, etc. April 8 is a traditional festival of the Miao people. Legend has it that this festival started in the Ming Dynasty. Every year on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, the Miao people in costumes gather at the fountain in Guiyang City, play the sheng and flute, sing and talk to each other, to commemorate and pay homage to the legendary ancient hero Yanu. In addition, April 8 is also a festival of the Buyi people. Some people call it the "Ox King Festival", while others call it the "Shepherd Boy Festival" or the "Seedling Opening Festival". On this day, both humans and cattle eat "Niuwangba" or glutinous rice and take a day off to express their condolences to the cattle. Stepping on Huashan Festival Stepping on Huashan is a traditional festival of the Miao people. Miao people in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other provinces are popular in mountain climbing and jumping in the first and second months of the lunar calendar or in April and May, which originated from the courtship activities of young men and women. During the festival, young men and women sing antiphonally, dance the Lusheng dance, and seek spouses; old farmers come to the flower fields to exchange production experience, teach production techniques, and wish for a bumper harvest. Miao people living in mountainous areas also hold bullfighting competitions during the festival. The Miao people in Pingbian County also hold competitions such as lion jumping and flower pole climbing. Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival is a Miao festival popular in Shidong and Songtao areas in western Hunan and southeastern Guizhou. Most of them are held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. In addition to dragon boat racing, there are also horse racing, bullfighting, drumming and other activities on this day. Sisters' Festival: In the Miao village by the Qingshui River in eastern Guizhou Province, the Miao family's "Sisters' Festival" falls between March 15 and 18 of the lunar calendar every year. During the festival, the Miao family traditionally eats "sisters' rice". This kind of rice is steamed after dyeing glutinous rice into colorful colors with wild flowers and leaves collected by girls in the mountains. There are also lively bullfighting scenes and "tourist" activities during the festival.

Festivals and customs or activities of the Miao people Traditional festivals and customs of the Miao people: The Miao people believe in animism or many ghosts and gods, worship their ancestors, worship nature, and believe that the gods have irresistible power, whether it is to eliminate disasters or diseases or to To pray for children, wealth, etc., you pray for the blessings of gods and ancestors. When praying for disaster and evil, the wizard will exorcise the ghosts. The activities of worshiping gods and ancestors are extremely grand, including "Eating Guzang" (Drum Society) in southeastern Guizhou, "Eating Cows" in northwest Guizhou, "Returning Nuo's Wish", "Eating Cows", "Eating Pigs" and "Driving Out Ghosts" in western Hunan. , "eating ghosts", "sacrifice ghosts" and other activities are very expensive. In addition, in the worship and sacrifice of natural objects (big trees, strange rocks) or man-made objects (wells, benches), wine, meat, fish, chicken, duck, glutinous rice, etc. are used as sacrifices. Ethnic minority people in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places believe in Catholicism and Christianity.

The Miao people have many festivals, and the festivals held by the Miao people in different places are not exactly the same. The "Miao Year" is popular in some parts of southeastern Guizhou and Rongshui County, Guangxi. It is held on Mao (Rabbit) Day or Chou (Ox) Day from the ninth to the eleventh month of the lunar calendar. There are drums, reeds, horse racing, bullfighting, " "tour" and other activities. On every eighth day of the fourth lunar month, the Miao people from several counties near Guiyang dress up in costumes and come to the fountain in Guiyang City to play the sheng and flute, sing and talk to each other, and commemorate the legendary ancient hero "Yanu". In addition, the Miao people also have the Dragon Boat Festival, the Huashan Festival (the fifth day of May), the New Eating Festival (during the sixth and seventh lunar months when the rice is ripe), the Qingming Festival, the Autumn Festival (the beginning of autumn), etc.

The Miao people in Yunnan have an activity of stepping on the Flower Mountain almost every year. Although this kind of stepping on the Flower Mountain has superstitious content, it is also a traditional mass entertainment festival for the Miao people.

The Miao people are generally small families with one husband and one wife. Property is inherited by the man, and the housewife enjoys more power and status in the family. Elderly parents are generally supported by their young sons. In some areas, it is customary for father and son to be named together, with the son's name first and the father's name last. Usually, only the birth name is used without the father's name. Due to the influence of Han patriarchal feudalism, some people formulated generation lines, established ancestral halls, and compiled family trees. Marriage is relatively free among young men and women of the Miao ethnic group. Young men and women can choose to go through "youfang" (southeast Guizhou), "sitting in a village" (Rongshui, Guangxi), "stepping on the moon" (Wenshan, Chuxiong, Yunnan), and "tiaohua" (in central and western Guizhou). ), "Meeting Girls" (Western Hunan) and other social activities, free singing, love and marriage. Chuxiong, Yunnan and other places have a "girls' room" system to facilitate the selection of good spouses. There are also marriages arranged by parents, usually through relatives and friends to match the marriage. Miao women have the custom of "not leaving their husband's family" after marriage, which is still preserved especially in southeastern Guizhou. In some areas, the Miao people also have customs such as "returning girls", "transferring houses", and "marriage between wives and sisters".

The Miao people’s New Year customs are about 30 words, and they return home after traveling thousands of miles. It’s hard to find money without tickets. They work hard and endure all the hardships. There are also ups and downs. They are penniless and faceless. They are busy paying New Year greetings on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. Visiting relatives and friends, spring, summer, autumn and winter come another year.

Special festivals and customs of the Miao people The Miao people are a nation rich in ancient civilization and pay attention to etiquette, and their festivals are unique and distinctive every year. The traditional festivals of the Miao people are divided into functional meanings: ⒈ festivals for agricultural activities; ⒉ festivals for material exchanges; ⒊ festivals for men and women to socialize, fall in love, and choose spouses; ⒋ sacrificial festivals; ⒌ commemorative and celebratory festivals. In chronological order, one year is divided into twelve months, and each month has more than one festival. The 1st to 15th day of the moving month (rat or child month) (the first child day to the second Yin day) is the Wan Nian Festival, of which the first child day is the Tiansui Festival, and the Miao people do not go out (far away); the first child day is the Tiansui Festival. The first Chou Day is the Di Sui Festival. During the period from the first Chou Day to the second Chou Day (2-14), people visit relatives and friends one after another, wish each other a new year, sing songs to each other, play dragon lanterns, lions, etc.; The 2nd Yin day (the 15th) is the tail year (burning dragon lanterns). The first ugly day of the partial month (Ox month or Chou month) is the She Day, also known as the Dragon Head Festival. The Miao people offer sacrifices to the earth god, Jielong and Anlong (Miao language Ranrong).

The first Yin day of January (Tiger month or Yin month) is a festival for material exchange and socializing between men and women (called March 3 Street Festival in Chinese).

The first day of February (the Rabbit month or the Mao month) is the Ox King Festival (called April 8 in Chinese), the social cherry gathering between men and women, and the Buddha's birthday.

The first Chen day and the second Yin day of March (Dragon or Chen month) are the Small Dragon Boat Festival and the Big Dragon Boat Festival respectively. The Small Dragon Boat Festival later commemorated the patriotic poet Qu Yuan (Mi). surname), also known as Qu Yuan Festival and Singer Festival.

The first Si day of April (Snake month or Si month) is the Dragon Subduing Festival (called June 6th and June Festival in Chinese) and the New Eating Festival (barley ripening).

The first sub-day of May (horse month or noon month) is the Xiaonian Festival (called the Seven Sisters in Miao language, namely the Big Dipper).

The second Yin day of June (the sheep month or the last month) is the Duck Festival, and the second Chen day is the Autumn Festival.

The first Shen day of July (Monkey month or Shen month) is the Wine Festival (glutinous rice is harvested to brew sweet wine and rice wine).

August (rooster month or unitary month) is the Festival of Sacrifice (mainly activities such as sacrificing cows, eating pigs, dancing incense, returning Nuo wishes, and enlivening dragons to worship ancestors and souls).

During the Hunting Festival in September (Dog Month or Xu Month), a day is chosen to worship the three gods of Meishan and start hunting.

People celebrate the New Year in October).

April 8

"April 8" refers to the Miao, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Zhuang, Yi, Tujia, Gelao and other ethnic minorities in Guizhou, western Hunan, northern Guangxi and other places. traditional festival.

The contents of festivals vary from place to place. Among them, the "April 8th" celebration of the Miao people in Guiyang City is the one with the largest scale, the most solemn scenes, and the most far-reaching influence. Every year on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, the Miao people from Guiyang City and neighboring counties dress in their ethnic costumes and gather around the fountain in the center of Guiyang. They played the reed pipes and flutes, sang folk songs, and danced Miao dances to celebrate their traditional festivals. There are many legends about the origin of "April 8th". It is mainly to commemorate the ancient Miao heroes who were buried on "April 8th" in the area of ??today's fountain. It has been passed down from generation to generation and has become a custom.

Legend has it that in ancient times there was a Miao leader named "Yanu" who led the Miao people to fight against the rulers. He once organized the Miao leaders of each village to drink chicken blood at the landlord's "Drinking Blood Ao" and vowed to unite with the Communist Party and fight to the end. They also agreed to gather people in a certain mountain for an uprising on April 8. After the uprising, Yi Che won successive victories and reached Sichuan and Guizhou. On April 8 of the following year, Yanou unfortunately died in battle near the fountain in Guiyang City. In order to commemorate this national hero, the Miao people hold commemorative activities on April 8th every year to recall Yayi's achievements and sweep the graves of the war dead. After the Qianjia Miao uprising in the Qing Dynasty, the rulers prohibited the Miao people in Xiangxi from holding this event, causing the Miao people to lose an extremely meaningful traditional festival. After liberation, with the approval of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission, "April 8th" was designated as a unified festival for the Miao people.

The eighth day of the fourth lunar month every year is a traditional festival for the Miao people in Guiyang, Huangping, Songtao, Guizhou Province and Xiangxi, Hunan. The festival was developed to commemorate the Miao hero Yanu. During every festival, the Miao compatriots will steam glutinous rice and gather in a fixed place to play the sheng, dance or sing love songs. The Miao people in Beijing also celebrate April 8th.

On the eighth day of April in the lunar calendar, the Miao people wear silver ornaments and new clothes and gather from the top of the mountain, the mountainside, and Pingba to the April 8th festival venue. On this day, Nuo opera and There are excellent national and folk cultural performances such as knife ladder, descending into the sea of ??fire, lion dance, flower drum playing, song competition, suona playing, wood leaf blowing, autumn crotch playing, requesting and accepting requests, martial arts, and tea lanterns. With the deepening of reform and opening up, the commemorative activities have added new contents such as economic and trade negotiations, art and cultural seminars, tourism and sightseeing...gt;gt;