What are the traditional festivals, customs and activities of the Korean people and what are not to be done?

The Korean ethnic group is one of the 56 ethnic minorities in my country, and the Korean ethnic group is also versatile and has its own traditional festivals. So what are the traditional festivals among the Korean ethnic group? What are the things not to do during these festivals? Next, let’s take a look at the festivals of ethnic minorities in this issue!

Traditional festivals of the Korean people

Spring Festival

The festival life of the Korean people, who are good at singing and dancing, is rich and colorful. On New Year's Eve, the whole family stays up all night long, and the music of the ancient gayageum and dongxiao brings people into a new realm. During the festival, men, women and children of all ages sing and dance to their heart's content, press the springboard, tug-of-war, etc. The competition ground is very lively, and people support the old and the young to watch. On the night of the 15th day of the first lunar month, a traditional celebration gathering is held. Several elderly people board the wooden "moon-watching frame" to see the bright moon first, which means that their children and grandchildren will be healthy and everything goes well. Afterwards, everyone gathered around the lit "Wangyue Tower" and sang and danced to the music of long drums, dongxiao and suona until they were full of joy.

Shangyuan Festival

A traditional Korean annual festival. It is held every year on the 15th day of the first lunar month and is a one-day festival. On this day, Koreans must first go to their ancestors' graves to deliver lanterns, and then put "belonging" lanterns in the hall, hang sky lanterns in the courtyard, hang wall lanterns on both sides of the courtyard gate, and also go to the river. Release the light ship. On this day, you also need to eat medicinal rice, grain rice, and drink Chonger wine. Medicinal rice uses glutinous rice and honey as its basic raw materials. Mixed with jujube, chestnuts, pine nuts, etc. and cooked. Because the raw materials of medicated rice are expensive and difficult to assemble, they are usually replaced by "five-in-one rice" made of five kinds: rice, millet, rhubarb rice, glutinous rice, and rice beans. In order to hope for a good harvest that year. In the evening, everyone holds torches and goes up to the height of Dongshan Mountain to welcome the full moon. Whoever is lucky that year can see the rising full moon. After welcoming the full moon, men, women, old and young step on the bridge under the moonlight. Stepping on the bridge is also called stepping on the bridge. The words "bridge" and "leg" in Korean have the same pronunciation, and "bridge" means leg training. When stepping on the bridge, each person has to go back and forth on the bridge several times to dozens of times. The number of times must be equal to his or her age in order to pray for blessings and prevent disasters.

Baby Birthday Festival

It is the baby's first birthday festival. In Korean life rites, the baby's first anniversary is the most important. The baby's first anniversary is also celebrated with great pomp and ceremony. When the baby's birthday comes, the baby's mother dresses herself up beautifully, then puts the baby in an elaborate national costume, and then carries the baby to the prepared birthday table so that the baby can "look over" it specially. The "prey" set out for him. There will be some cakes, candies, food, pens, books, guns and other symbolic things placed on the table. After the guests have arrived, the baby's mother asks the baby to take whatever he likes from the various things on the table. When the child reaches for something from the table, the guests cheer and say cheering words. This process is called the "ritual" of the baby receiving the birthday table. In some places, it is still customary for the elderly to tie a ball of plain white thread around their children's necks to express their hope that the child will become a pure white person like the snow-white ball of thread and live as long as the long thread.

Hair Washing Festival

The 15th day of the sixth lunar month is the Korean hair washing day. This day is regarded as an auspicious day. In the early morning, men, women and children go to the river to wash their hair. Legend has it that washing your hair with the eastward flowing stream is very auspicious. In the evening, people also hold a hair-washing banquet at home and sing hair-washing songs. Then the whole family, old and young, sit together happily and have a sumptuous dinner.

Return of Wedding Day

Among Korean family festivals, the most solemn is "Return of Wedding Day", also known as "Return of Wedding Day", which is the 60th wedding anniversary. The following three conditions must be met to hold the Wedding Festival: first, the old couple are alive; second, the biological children are alive; third, the grandchildren have not died in infancy. If one of the biological children or grandchildren dies, the Return Marriage Festival cannot be held. Therefore, it is a great honor for any family to hold a wedding festival. Relatives and friends come to congratulate each other. An old couple puts on the wedding attire of their youth and supports each other to sit down. Everyone frequently raises glasses to bless each other, which is better than that of young people. The wedding was more lively and grand.

Thousand People's Needle Festival

"Thousand People's Needle" refers to a piece of cloth with text and pictures sewn by many people. When young people enlist in the army, they wear it diagonally on their shoulders as a symbol of victory over the enemy. This custom is related to an ancient legend. It is said that a long time ago, there was a prosperous village where people lived a free and happy life. One day a powerful demon came and killed the villagers. The strong men in the village fought with it, but because of lack of strength, they were eaten by it. There was a young man who was determined to get rid of this demon and looked for a way everywhere.

A wise man told this young man to find 1,000 wives (cannot use widows) to sew a belt. This belt will have the wisdom and strength of 1,000 people and can defeat the devil. The young man followed the wise man's advice and made a "thousand-person needle", which he wore on his body to fight the monster, and he really defeated the monster. Therefore, the "Thousand Man Needle" has become a symbol of victory and has been passed down from generation to generation. If there is a conscript in the family, the family will hold a cloth belt and ask someone to sew the Thousand Man Needle for good luck.

In modern times, in the wave of anti-Japanese and national salvation, the "Thousand People Needle" has developed again. In the 1930s, when the Japanese invaded Northeast China, many Korean patriotic women living in Yanbian, regardless of whether their family members were enlisted in the army, held cloth belts and sewed "Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand"" Korean women living in Yanbian with cloth belts in hand at stations, docks and even in the streets when the Japanese invaded Northeast China. Human Needle".

While sewing, I also said some words of curse to the Japanese invaders and blessings to the soldiers who fought against the Japanese.

Lantern Festival

Burn oak wood into charcoal, press it into powder, mix in salt, wrap it in paper into a sausage shape, and wrap it with a thin straw rope. At night, if you tie it to a long pole and light it, it will crackle and release dazzling sparks. On Chongwu and Qiuxi, the men compete in wrestling, and the women compete in springboard and swing competitions.

Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in the lunar calendar. It is the most lively folk sports festival among the traditional festivals of the Korean people. In the past, every Dragon Boat Festival, towns and villages inhabited by Koreans generally carried out various folk sports activities, mainly swings, springboards, wrestling, etc., the most famous of which is the Dragon Boat Swing.

Qiu Xi

The fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is called Qiu Xi, also called the Mid-Autumn Festival. At this time, new rice can be produced from early rice, and various fruits are ripe. On Qiuxi, people bring food made with new rice and fresh fruits to their own graveyards to weed and offer sacrifices. The traditional food of Qiuxi is waffles. On this day, Korean villages generally slaughter cattle, cut the meat and offal into small pieces, divide them into many portions, and put them on wattle sticks to distribute to each household. Various sports competitions are also held on Qiuxi, such as wrestling, swings, springboards, etc. Some villages also hold bullfights.

Things not to be done in Korean festival customs

The taboos in production and life of the Korean people fully reflect the unique customs and habits of the Korean people. The marriage customs of the Korean people have always been that people with the same surname and the same origin do not marry, and cousins ??do not marry. That is, any blood relationship, whether distant or close relatives, as long as they are related, are not allowed to intermarry.

There are also many taboos in Korean funerals. Funerals on even days are taboo. It is believed that a funeral on even days means two people will die, so funerals must be held on a single day.

Korean women have many taboos after pregnancy, such as not eating duck, rabbit, dog and pork. It is said that if pregnant women eat duck meat, their children will have webbed hands and feet; if they eat rabbit meat, their children will have red eyes; if they eat dog meat, their children will die early; if they eat pork, their children will have rough skin. Pregnant women are not allowed to climb over the wall for fear that the child they give birth to will misbehave. You cannot step over the horse's reins. If you step over the horse's reins, you will be pregnant for 12 months. You cannot sit on a broom or move pottery steamers, earthen jars and other objects, because these things have spirits. You can't watch people holding funerals, moving graves, putting out fires, etc. People who have given birth to a baby hang a straw rope on the door as a forbidden rope to prevent outsiders from entering.

The Korean people attach great importance to etiquette and politeness. The politeness and morality of the Korean people are mainly based on respecting elders and guests, filial piety to parents, respecting teachers, and mutual aid and courtesy. It manifests itself in speaking with etiquette, walking with etiquette, eating with etiquette, and entertaining guests. For three meals, the elderly and elders are served first, and single tables are set up for the elderly and guests. The wife or children hold hands respectfully. Bring the food to the elderly and wait for the elderly and elders to raise their spoons before the whole family can eat. When eating, the spoon should be placed in the soup bowl. If the spoon is placed on the table, it means that you have finished eating. The younger generation will not drink or smoke in front of their elders, and when they cannot avoid it, the young people will drink with their backs to the table to show respect.