What are the unique festivals in Qinghai?

What are the famous traditional festivals and customs in Qinghai? Let's take a look at Bian Xiao's sharing!

1, Spring Festival

Time: the first day of the first lunar month

Introduction: There is a folk proverb in Qinghai: "If you have money, you will be bald for the New Year". Some old people say that men should shave their heads before the New Year, perhaps for the sake of freshness and cleanliness, or it means that everything should be started from scratch, hoping for a brand-new and beautiful start. With the development of the times, no one has shaved his head, but the traditional habit of cutting hair before the Spring Festival has been passed down to this day, which leads to the price increase of barber shops before the Spring Festival every year, even twice as expensive as usual, but in order to welcome the New Year, it is still necessary to cut hair for the New Year.

2. Tomb-Sweeping Day

Time: April 5, Gregorian calendar.

Introduction: Tomb-Sweeping Day of Qinghai people began after the vernal equinox, commonly known as "Tian She". From Tian She to Tomb-Sweeping Day, you can sweep graves every day. To this end, Qinghai people will hold a family meeting before grave-sweeping, discuss the date of grave-sweeping and make some detailed arrangements. On the day of going to the grave, people go to the grave with sacrificial supplies and food from home. When Qinghai people go to the grave every year, everyone in the family will take some soil from a distance and add it to the grave. The bigger the grave, the more prosperous the family. Rolling steamed bread is a characteristic custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Qinghai Province. When everything is finished, it's time to go down the mountain. There will be a ceremony before leaving. The venerable elders in the clan will choose some steamed buns and roll them down from the grave of the first generation of grandmother. Children and grandchildren will kneel in a circle. Whoever gets the steamed stuffed bun will be blessed by his ancestors, and all his wishes will come true. Those who have no family can find a partner, those who have no children can have children, those who study can go to college and so on.

3. Dragon Boat Festival

Time: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month

Introduction: It is a custom since ancient times to wear sachets on Dragon Boat Festival, and it is also a major traditional culture in Qinghai. Sachet bags, also called sachets, are made of five-color silk threads, and some are repaired with rags. These sachets are filled with spices made of Chinese herbal medicines, such as Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae, Herba Paicao, Rhizoma Kaempferiae, Gan Song, etc. Wear it on your chest, and it smells fragrant. Mothers in Qinghai also have their own wisdom and preferences about sewing sachets. There are sachets in the shape of lotus, peach and pomegranate, which represent peace, happiness, family harmony and good luck. There are also various animal shapes that children like, such as tigers, rabbits, horses and mice. These sachets are not only exquisite and beautiful, but also have festive meanings.

4. Mid-Autumn Festival

Time: August 15th of the lunar calendar.

Introduction: The Mid-Autumn Festival is customarily called "August 15th" by Qinghai people. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the local Han, Tu and Tibetan people usually have activities such as offering moon cakes, offering fruits and enjoying the moon. In Qinghai, especially in Hehuang area, where Han culture has a great influence, these folk customs are also passed down. During the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th in rural Qinghai, every household will set up a console table in the yard to "offer" steamed moon cakes and various fruits. When the moon rises like a white jade plate, the elderly at home will simmer mulberry smoke, burn incense and pray devoutly in front of the altar in the moonlight. This ceremony is called "playing with the moon". At the full moon, in Yue Bai and Yue Bai, in the villages of Han and Tu nationalities in Qinghai, women prayed for reunion and a bumper harvest at home. The Mid-Autumn Festival is when the moon is at its fullest. At this time in Yue Bai, people also want to predict the year of the coming year. According to an ancient legend, there is a jade rabbit on the moon. When you are in Yue Bai, if you see the moon covered by clouds, it indicates that the coming year will be flat, otherwise it indicates a bumper harvest and perfection.

5. Laba Festival

Time: the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month

Introduction: In the traditional customs of Qinghai, the Laba Festival begins with "offering ice", then eating barley kernels, and most areas also eat jiaozi at night. Qinghai people pray for good weather, prosperous population and bumper crops in the coming year by offering "Laba Ice". In Qinghai, Laba also eats jiaozi in addition to wheat and rice. In the old society, whoever married a rural daughter-in-law was virtuous and not virtuous, depending on whether she not only stirred up the group, but also stubborn. In addition, Mairenmi is also an essential food for Qinghai people to celebrate Laba Festival. It is said that the custom of Qinghai people cooking "wheat grains" in Laba originated from ancient India. It is said that Buddha Sakyamuni gave up his royal life and became a monk at the age of 29. One day, he came to the vicinity of Nilian Chan River and fainted because of hunger. Saved by a shepherdess, the shepherdess used the only wheat in the family to make wheat grains, then added wild fruits and boiled them into clear spring to make porridge, and fed them to him bite by bite. Then Sakyamuni woke up, meditated under the bodhi tree, and finally became a Buddha on Laba Festival, and Mairenmi was handed down.

6. Off-year

Time: 23rd or 24th or 25th of the twelfth lunar month.

Introduction: Qinghai entered the New Year from the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. It is very important to offer sacrifices to the stove, clean up and shave your head, especially to offer sacrifices to the stove and clean up. Sacrificing a stove is to look forward to peace in the coming year, and there is no right or wrong. In Qinghai, sweeping dust not only means driving away the epidemic, praying for good health in the new year, but also the emotional desire to get rid of the "old" (dust). This custom sends a signal to people that the New Year is busy. Qinghai people spend the New Year in three stages: the first stage is the preparation stage from the twelfth lunar month to New Year's Eve. During this period, the main activities are cleaning, buying new clothes, preparing new year's goods and buying various supplies for the New Year. The second stage is the Spring Festival against Japan, that is, the first day of the first month to the seventh day of the first month, and the main activity is "Happy New Year". The third stage, from the eighth day of the first month to the eighteenth day of the first month, is the stage of folk literature and art activities. The main activities are yangko, playing social fire and singing opera.

7. New Year's Eve

Time: December 29th or 30th of the lunar calendar.

Introduction: Qinghai has these customs of New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve is one of the most lively days of the Spring Festival, and it has also become New Year's Eve. On this day, there are usually very rich New Year's dishes at home for family reunion and sitting around the table. Among them, before the New Year's Eve, people should first prepare sacrifices to worship their ancestors. Before inviting Zuling, family members and belongings must be complete, otherwise it means that people are not reunited and their wealth is incomplete; A big custom of New Year's Eve is to stick Spring Festival couplets, which is one of the essential items for every household. Every Spring Festival, whether in urban or rural areas, every household should choose a pair of bright red Spring Festival couplets and stick them on the door to add festive atmosphere to the festival. Stick grilles is also one of the customs of New Year's Eve, in which the window grilles not only set off the festive atmosphere, but also set decorative, ornamental and practical functions. Paper-cutting is a very popular folk art of Han nationality in China, which has been deeply loved by people for thousands of years. Because it is often pasted on the window, it is also called "window grilles".

8. Four Dharma Societies of Ta 'er Temple

Time: 14th to 15th of the first lunar month, 14th to 15th of April, 7th to 8th of June and 22nd to 23rd of September.

Venue: Ta 'er Temple, Huangzhong County, Xining

Brief introduction: The Four Dharmas of Ta 'er Temple will hold butter carving exhibitions of Tibetans, aborigines and Mongolians, drying Buddha statues and other Buddhist activities. From the 14th to 15th of the first month, I danced "King Kong is afraid of protecting the law" and held a large exhibition of butter sculpture. April 15, jump into the king kong to protect the Buddha's fear and bask in the Buddha. From the seventh day to the eighth day of June, basking in the Buddha, dancing in fear of the law, turning to the golden Buddha, and vaulting the horse are the first king kong dance; On September 22-23, Buddha worshiped and vaulted the horse to protect the body, commemorating the death of Master Zong Kaba.

9. Turkish Bobo Club

Time: February 2, March 3, April 8, etc.

Venue: Huzhu Tu Autonomous County, Haidong City

Brief introduction: "Bobo Fair" is a traditional folk activity of Tu nationality. On the second day of February, the third day of March and the eighth day of April in the lunar calendar, many Tu villages in Huzhu County, Qinghai Province will hold "Bobo Fair". Today, the annual "Expo" is still full of incense and gongs and drums. The Tu people in Huzhu County of Qinghai Province not only believe in Tibetan Buddhism, but also believe in the God _, which was introduced directly from the Han Dynasty. The temple dedicated to the gods holds annual activities to worship the gods. In some places, there are no fixed temples, but tent temples should also be set up for sacrifice. At this time, it is necessary to clear the "waves" as Dojo.

10, Egg Club

Time: March 3rd, March18th, April 8th, etc.

Location: Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County and Huzhu Tu Autonomous County.

Introduction: It is the grand occasion of temple fairs around the country, and it is also the peak season for hens to lay eggs. The Turks who rushed to the temple fair all brought boiled eggs, one for themselves and the other for percussion. At the meeting, men, women and children were holding eggs, and three groups of five crowded together to dig games, and it was clear at a glance whether they won or lost. Experienced people choose red-shelled eggs and cook them for a little longer, indicating that the eggs are hard and firm. During the competition, such as warriors, each of them took an egg and decided to go home first. The next family held the egg tightly in their hands to show the tapping point, and the last family touched it from top to bottom, head to head and bottom to bottom. The knock on the door at the venue caused laughter after laughter, which was very warm and active. It is a great honor to break an egg and win several times. At the end of the meeting, the venue was covered with a shiny eggshell, like hail. The masses think that this can avoid a year of hail disaster. It is said that this "egg party" was held during Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty due to a hail disaster in spring, and it has a history of more than 400 years.

1 1, Young Farmers Association

Time: March to June in the lunar calendar

Venue: Huzhu Tu Autonomous County, Haidong City

Introduction: Young Miao Hui is a traditional festival of the Tu people in Longwangshan, Huzhu County, Qinghai Province. Every year from March to June in the lunar calendar, it is held on the date selected by the wizard. 1368 to 1398 (during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty), the legend of the Dragon King appeared to protect the Tu herdsmen. On the morning of the festival, people first go to Guangfu Temple to light lamps, burn incense, bow down, invite the sedan chair with the dragon god and the arrow to protect the gods, and then form a guard of honor to March forward. The procession lined up in a single line, some drummed gold, some blew conch horns, and all the people accompanying them held wicker until Dadongling rested, had a picnic and flowers were in full bloom. Then they climbed mountains and swam across the Tianhe River to stop villagers from grazing livestock, cutting down trees and trampling on young crops in the name of God. This section is actually an activity to protect agricultural production.

12, Regong June meeting

Time: June of the lunar calendar

Venue: Tongren County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Introduction: Regong June Festival is a unique traditional cultural festival of Tibetan and Tu villages in Tongren County, Qinghai Province, which has been circulating for 1400 years. Every year in June of the lunar calendar, Tibetan and Tu villages in Regong area hold local folk sacrificial activities. This is a humanistic phenomenon with a strong primitive religious atmosphere, complex cultural forms and cultural connotations. Including offering sacrifices to God, inviting God, welcoming God, dancing God, worshipping God, praying for blessings, sending God away, performing military dances, performing God dances and performing dragon dances. It is a grand religious festival in which Regong Tibetans and Turks participate together, and dance activities play an auxiliary role from beginning to end. In May 2006, with the approval of the State Council, the Regong June Fair declared by Tongren County of Qinghai Province was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

13, Flower Show

Time: the sixth day of the sixth lunar month.

Venue: Wufeng Temple, Wufeng Mountain, Huzhu Tu Autonomous County, Haidong City

Brief introduction: "Hua 'er", also known as juvenile, is a folk song in Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia and other provinces, and is a traditional song meeting of Hui, Tu, Dongxiang, Salar, Baoan and Yugur nationalities. The duration varies from place to place, and the flowers in Lianhuashan (Gansu) and Wufeng Mountain (Qinghai) are the largest in June. There is a singing platform at the venue, and singers compete on stage. The winning singer wore a red ribbon as a reward. Generally, festivals last for four days, and the time varies from place to place, some on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and some on the eighth day of April. Among them, the flower show held in Lotus in Gansu and Wufeng Temple in Qinghai on June 6th was the largest and most lively. Flower parties are often held at the same time as local temple fairs, and their main content is to sing flower parties.

14, Datong Mountaineering Festival

Time: the sixth day of the sixth lunar month.

Venue: Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Xining

Introduction: Laoye Mountain, also known as Liu Shuoshan, is located in Datong County, about 40 kilometers north of Xining City. There are fire platforms, tiger caves and ancient temple ruins on the mountain. The southwest of the main peak is a cliff, and the north is opposite to Yak Mountain. In addition, the plateau climate is changeable, sometimes covered with clouds, sometimes with clear skies in Wan Li. Looking up, the sea of clouds is boundless, and there is no interest in walking in the forest. It is one of the tourist attractions in Xining.

15, Nathan Club

Time: July 12th to September 15th of the lunar calendar.

Venue: Haidong Hui and Tu Autonomous County

Introduction: "Naton" is a proper noun in the local language, which refers to this national traditional festival and has no other meaning. In Minhe dialect, "Nadu" means "entertainment, play and children's play", which is obviously different from the word "Nadun". Nadun Festival is a national traditional religious festival in which the Tu people living in Sanchuan and its surrounding areas in Minhe County, Qinghai Province hope to pray for blessing and perform group dance (the first dance) and Nuo opera (mask dance) in a natural village at a specific time every year to entertain, thank and repay the gods.

16, Eid al-Fitr

Time: Ramadan 65438+1 October1.

Venue: local mosque

Introduction: Eid al-Fitr is a free translation of "Eid al-Fitr" in Arabic. Hui people in Gansu, Qinghai, Yunnan and other places in China are also called "Da 'er Eid al-Fitr", and Hui people in eight mountain counties in southern Ningxia are called "Xiao 'er Eid al-Fitr". It, together with Eid al-Adha and Holy Day, is called the three major festivals of Islam, which is popular among the ten ethnic groups who believe in Islam in China, but the ten ethnic groups who believe in Islam have many national characteristics and customs during the festivals.

17, Qinghai Guide Pear Flower Art Festival

Time: April every year

Venue: Guide County, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Introduction: There are many kinds of pear trees in Guide County. Every April, the scenery of "like spring breeze, coming at night, blowing open the petals of ten thousand pear trees" is very charming. Guide county held the first pear flower art festival 1998. Festival activities include opening ceremony, pear blossom viewing, national dance performance, calligraphy and painting photography exhibition, Yellow River stone exhibition, national costume performance, folk sports competition, economic and trade negotiation, material exchange and so on.

18, Tulip Festival in Qinghai

Time: May every year.

Venue: Xining City

Introduction: Since the introduction of Dutch tulip in Qinghai Province from 65438 to 0999, it has been held for 7 consecutive years and has been welcomed by the masses. In order to further expand its influence, the first China Qinghai Tulip Festival was held in May 2002. Festival activities include the opening ceremony, tulip exhibition, plateau garden flower exhibition, cultural performances, tourism, investment attraction, business negotiation and closing ceremony.

19, Qinghai National Cultural Tourism Festival

Time: June to September every year.

Venue: Tibetan inhabited area in Qinghai Province

Brief Introduction: China Qinghai Ethnic Cultural Tourism Festival is a cultural festival held in Tibetan inhabited areas of Qinghai Province, and the first China Qinghai Ethnic Cultural Tourism Festival was held in June 2003. The festival activities include the opening ceremony, cultural performances in the square, folk flower show, singing competition of Qinghai and Tibetan folk singers, professional cultural performances, photo exhibition of Qinghai ethnic customs, Di songs and dances, national costumes, national handicrafts display and closing ceremony.

20. Nadam Congress

Time: July-August every year.

Introduction: Nadam Convention is an annual traditional festival for Mongolians in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang. It is held in July and August every year, which is a golden season with rich aquatic plants, fat livestock and refreshing autumn wind. Nadam means "entertainment" or "game" in Mongolian. It occupies an important position in the life of the Mongolian people, and it is produced to meet the living needs of the Mongolian people. Nadam convention has a long history. In the past, during the Nadam convention, large-scale sacrificial activities were held. The lamas had to burn incense and light lamps, recite scriptures and praise Buddha, and pray for the blessing of the gods to eliminate disasters and solve problems. At present, the Nadam Convention mainly includes wrestling, horse racing, archery, saburo, horse riding, playing Mongolian chess and other traditional national events. Some places have sports competitions such as track and field, tug-of-war, volleyball and basketball. In addition, there are wonderful performances such as martial arts, polo, archery on horseback, chopping on horseback, Atletico walking, riding skills, motorcycles and so on.

2 1, Yushu Jockey Club

Time: July 25th every year.

Venue: Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Introduction: Yushu Jockey Club is the largest Tibetan event in Qinghai. Yushu people can't do without horse racing, whether they worship the mountains, welcome guests to see them off or hold weddings. At that time, people in Xizang will wear bright national costumes, set up tents in every corner of Jiegu Town, and participate in activities with national characteristics such as horse racing, yak racing, Tibetan wrestling, equestrian, archery, shooting, national songs and dances, and Tibetan costume display.

22. International Road Cycling Race Around Qinghai Lake

Time: July every year

Venue: Qinghai Lake

Introduction: The international road cycling race around Qinghai Lake, referred to as "Lake Race" for short, has been held since 2002, and it is held in the area around Qinghai Lake in Qinghai Province and neighboring Gansu Province and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region every July and August. Lake Race is the top multi-day cycling race in Asia and the highest international road cycling race in the world. Lake Race is the largest international road cycling race in China with the largest number of teams and the highest prize. The characteristics of high altitude, long distance and many climbs around the lake make the competition particularly exciting, high in appreciation and strong in team ability. The route design around the lake is centered on Qinghai Lake, which is full of blue waves and birds' wings like clouds, and extends to the surrounding agricultural areas in eastern Qinghai, animal husbandry desert areas in western Qinghai, alpine meadow grassland in southern Qinghai Plateau, Hexi Corridor in Gansu, and Jinan of Ningxia Yellow River. The natural scenery along the way is magnificent.

23. Wang Music and Art Festival

Time: July every year

Venue: Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Introduction: Wang is a famous composer in China. Treasure Beach in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is the place where he wrote his famous song "In that faraway place". In order to let people know about the king, feel the treasure beach and enter the new Haibei, Haibei Prefecture held the first King Music and Art Festival in the treasure beach grassland in July 2002. Festival activities include the opening ceremony, large-scale song and dance performances, Wang Concert, folk song singing, amateur theatrical performances, photography, calligraphy and painting, cultural relics exhibition, Wang's life exhibition, TV works exhibition, literary evening of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, grassland night party, equestrian, horse racing, Rabbani, archery and other ethnic and folk sports competitions, international road cycling race, material exchange, economic and trade negotiations, sightseeing and closing ceremony.

24. Menyuan Rape Flower Art Festival

Time: July every year

Venue: Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Introduction: In July, the golden ocean under Qilian Mountain, hundreds of thousands of acres of blooming rape flowers formed a dazzling landscape. When blue, green and yellow are merged by nature in the doorway, the shocking beauty is almost indescribable! In addition to the scenery along the way from Menyuan to Qingshizui, there is actually another place to see near Menyuan, that is, Gangshika Snow Mountain, which is called the first of the thirteen snow-capped mountains around Xining.

25. Salt Lake City and Kunlun Cultural Tourism Festival

Time: July-August every year.

Venue: Golmud, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Brief introduction: Golmud is a city born by road and long by road. It is an important node of the ancient Silk Road south of Qinghai Road, the birthplace of Kunlun myth and Asian civilization, and has a long history of humanities. During the Tourism Festival, Golmud will organize a series of colorful cultural, economic, trade, sports and tourism activities. Among them, there are a variety of cultural exchange activities such as large-scale song and dance variety show, worship ceremony of Kunlun Mountain, exhibition of famous paintings and calligraphy works of Kunlun Mountain, lecture hall for the construction of public cultural service system, high-level theme forum for the harmonious development of global tourism, and green development forum for circular economy in Qaidam.

26 Tujia Tourism and Highland Barley Wine Festival

Time: July every year

Venue: Weiyuan Town, Huzhu Tu Autonomous County, Haidong City

Brief Introduction: China Tujia Tourism and Highland Barley Wine Festival is a cultural festival in Weiyuan Town, Huzhu Tujia Autonomous County, Qinghai Province. Huzhu County has a long history and rich tourism resources. In order to raise awareness and promote development, the China Tujia Tourism and Highland Barley Wine Festival was held. Festival activities include the opening ceremony, cultural performances, economic and trade negotiations, investment promotion, material exchange, tourism and so on.

27. Qinghai Structural Adjustment and Investment and Trade Fair

Time: July every year

Venue: International Convention and Exhibition Center of Xining Economic Development Zone

Introduction: The Youth Expo was founded under the background of China's strategy of developing the western region. The main features of the meeting are structural adjustment, cooperation between the east and the west and coordinated development of regional economy. The meeting will play an important role in speeding up the opening up of western provinces, especially Qinghai, extensively carrying out cooperation between the east and the west, attracting eastern enterprises to participate in the economic restructuring and characteristic economic construction in the west, realizing the strategic reorganization of the state-owned economy, speeding up the protection of ecological environment, infrastructure construction and the development of superior resources, expanding external publicity, achieving the goal of attracting investment, and promoting the implementation of the strategy of developing the western region.

28. "Gesar" Culture and Art Festival in Golomaya

Time: August every year

Venue: Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Introduction: King Gelsall is a profound heroic epic, and Guoluo is the birthplace of King Gelsall. In order to further rescue, collect, sort out and study King Gelsall and build a cultural brand, the first Gesar Culture and Art Festival was held in Goloma, Qinghai in August 2002. Festival activities include the opening ceremony, horse racing, bullfighting, equestrian performance, tug of war, sand holding and other traditional national sports.