Good morning Yunnan-Sangkangjia Festival, which is permeated with tea fragrance, tells the story of an ancient nation.

"Sangkang Festival" is the most grand and grand traditional festival of the Bulang nationality every year. The Bulang nationality calls the New Year "Sang Kang", which means "changing stars, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new". From April 9 to 11 every year, Bulang people dress up, sing and dance to celebrate the festival.

Celebrate the "Sangkang Festival" of Bulang nationality. Photo by Zuo Lianjiang

It has a history of more than 1,7 years. The "Sangkang Festival" bears the long history and culture of Bulang nationality. Cleaning and dust removal, cleaning up villages; Kill pigs, cattle and entertain guests; Dropping water, arranging flowers, and lifting high; Listening to scripture, worshipping Buddha and offering sacrifices to ancient tea trees … all these tell the folk story of an ancient nation.

Happy Bulang compatriot Yi Lashe

The voice of nature, Brown, plays and sings melodiously; Wandering girls wear flowers to express their feelings. When the festival comes, the Bulang people who are good at singing and dancing get together, singing and dancing. Laughter and laughter said to each other: "Happy Sangkang Festival!"

Celebrate the "Sangkang Festival" of the Bulang people. Photo by Zuo Lianjiang

The flowers are long and the brown tea is fragrant. According to legend, Bulang nationality is one of the earliest nationalities who discovered and learned to grow tea. For thousands of years, the Bulang people talked about tea, ate tea, sang tea and used tea ... During the festival, the grand "tea ceremony" and various tea competitions, and the "Sangkang Festival" had already been infiltrated by tea fragrance!

Celebrate the "Sangkang Festival" of the Bulang people. Photo by Zuo Lianjiang

In the spring, go to the ancient green tea town to celebrate the "Sang Kang Festival" of the Bulang people, enjoy a bowl of spring tea, listen to a piece of playing and singing, appreciate the simple and enthusiastic ethnic customs of the Bulang people, and slowly savor the ancient charm of Brown.

Celebrate the Bulang Sankang Festival with Zuo Lianjiang

Celebrate the Bulang Sankang Festival with Zuo Lianjiang

Tips:

In December, 213, Xishuangbanna officially designated Sankang Festival as a traditional festival of the Bulang people in Xishuangbanna, and the festival lasts from April 9 to April 11 every year.

Bulangshan Township, Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Prefecture is the only Bulang nationality township in China.

In 28, the Bulang people's playing and singing were listed in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects.

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