What is the festival on June 16th of the lunar calendar?

Each place is different, I will list a few

1=Majiang Baiyang Village---the elegant place is called "Bian Yang"

kaili Published on 2006-2-10 17:24:33

The Miao language calls this elegant place "Bian Yang", which is the transliteration of "Bian Yang" in the east of Baiyang. The Miao people here can sing Good at dancing, women are good at peach blossoms and embroidery. They can weave exquisite flower ribbons and colorful brocades. There are elegant Lusheng dances, lingering Miao flutes, mellow Konoha songs, heart-touching love songs, drinking songs and thrilling bullfighting scenes. The 15th and 16th day of the first lunar month is the Lusheng Festival. Every festival, young people from the Miao family dressed in costumes, jingling silver bells, dancing and playing the Lusheng happily. When relatives and friends enter the village, they drink welcome wine, and when they say goodbye, they drink farewell wine. At this moment, the venue is full of joyful singing, making people forget to leave. In 1992, this village became one of the ethnic villages on the east line of tourism in Guizhou Province.

2 The long Beijiang River, the strong Miao family sentiment

Rongshui Miao Autonomous County is located in the north of Guangxi, 154 kilometers away from Guilin City and 100 kilometers away from Liuzhou City. It is the center of the Guilin Tourism Circle components. There are 13 ethnic groups including Miao, Yao, Dong, Zhuang, Han, Mulao and Shuijia. The county has a population of 470,000, of which the Miao account for 39%, so it is commonly known as Damiao Mountain. Walking into Damiao Mountain, you can experience the charming scenery of Miao Mountain and the enthusiasm and simplicity of the Miao people with its ancient Miao buildings, graceful bamboo sea, and clear river water. The ethnic festivals in Damiao Mountain are colorful. There are nearly a hundred ethnic festivals and gatherings of various sizes in the county, with more than ten major ones. It is known as the "Hometown of Hundreds of Festivals". Large-scale and influential Miao festivals include the Miao New Year, the Antai Lusheng Festival (the 13th day of the first lunar month), the Xiangfen Gulongpo Festival (the 16th day of the first lunar month), and the Anjio Manghao Festival (the seventeenth day of the first lunar month). ), Dongtou February 2nd (the second day of the second lunar month), the Xinhe Festival (the sixth day of the sixth lunar month), the Horse Fighting Festival, the Drum Playing Festival, the Crossing Festival, the Fishing Festival, etc. Since 2004, Rongshui has held the "Hometown of Lusheng and Horse Fighting in China - Rongshui Lusheng and Horse Fighting Festival" on November 26 every year. The Miao people warmly welcome tourists from all over the world to visit Damiao Mountain.

The Miao people are also a nation that is good at singing and dancing. During festivals, reeds of various shapes stand out, and banners of various colors flutter. Young men and women wear beautiful national costumes, exquisite necklaces and other accessories. Blowing the sweet reed, and dancing the colorful reed dance, drum drum, toast dance, mango dance, foot-stepping courtship dance, etc., are pleasing to the eye and will leave you unforgettable. These original and unsophisticated programs, unique wooden buildings, exquisitely handmade clothing, unique ethnic catering, bizarre love and wedding customs, etc., form a colorful picture of ethnic customs.

Rongshui has a history of two thousand years. It has beautiful mountains and clear waters and many historic sites. Xu Xiake, the great geographer and traveler of the Ming Dynasty, stayed here for 13 days and left more than 10,000 words of records and an illustration in "Xu Xiake's Travels". "Yuanbaoshan-Beijiang" was listed as a provincial (district) scenic spot in 1987, and Yuanbaoshan was approved as a national forest park in December 1994. "Beijiang Scenery Tour" is a tourism hotline that emerged in the early 1990s, receiving an average of nearly 100,000 Chinese and foreign tourists every year. The unique Miao Village, the clear Beijiang River, Yuanbao Mountain which hides the "mystery of the savages", Zhenxian Rock (Laojun Cave) with its cliff carvings of all ages, Laozi Mountain, a Buddhist resort, and the ancient ancient temple with mysterious drum music. Dinglongtan... makes visitors fascinated and intoxicated.

Rongshui's future tourism development will be based on "Damiao Mountain", developing "Miao" cultural tourism products and highlighting the "Miao" flavor. Visitors to Rongshui can see the most beautiful Miao scenery in "Damiao Mountain", feel the most unique Miao customs in "Damiao Mountain", understand the most splendid Miao culture in "Damiao Mountain", and eat the most ( Authentic) authentic "Miao vegetables", purchased the most distinctive local products (mountain products) of "Damiao Mountain", and made enough articles about the word "Miao".

Let the "customs-mountain-water" of Damiao Mountain (ie: Miao customs, Yuanbaoshan, Beijiang) integrate resources to maximize value. Make every effort to launch the "three cards" (Miao brand, Yuanbaoshan brand, and Beijiang brand) to strengthen and expand the Miaoshan cultural tourism brand

3 The Xibo ethnic group currently has 172,000 people. The Xibe people are mainly distributed in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and other places in China. In the mid-18th century, in order to consolidate the frontier, the Qing government recruited more than 3,000 Xibe officers and soldiers and their families to move to the Ili Valley in Xinjiang - now the Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Xinjiang. ?

The Xibe people have their own language and writing. Sibe language belongs to the Manchu-Tungusic language family of the Altaic language family. Sibe language was formed in 1947 on the basis of Manchu language with slight changes. The Xibe people are basically proficient in Chinese, and some Xibe people in Xinjiang are also fluent in Uyghur and Kazakh. ?

The religious beliefs of the Xibe people were nature worship in primitive religion in the early days, and later they believed in shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism. ?

The Xibe people were originally nomadic people, and bows and arrows played an important role in their lives. Whether they were engaged in fishing and hunting activities in ancient times or their military career when they were later incorporated into the "Eight Banners" of the Qing Dynasty, they all needed good archery skills. Today, the Xibo people still inherit the custom of archery, and all men, women and children like this sport.

When a young man woos a girl, he must have superb archery skills to win her favor. Archery is the favorite traditional mass sports activity of the Xibo people. They hold archery performances and competitions every Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival, and the "April 18th" Westward Migration Festival. ?

The men's clothing of the Xibo ethnic group is mostly robes, with long collars that are not too high, buttons on the right side, and slits on the left and right sides of the robes; women's clothing is also robes, with the same style as men's, but lace is often used on the edges and cuffs. For embellishment, young women's robes are often made of brightly colored plaid cloth. Middle-aged and elderly people mostly wear cyan and blue, while young people mostly wear red, green, purple and other colors. Women's clothing also includes earrings, rings and bracelets. The elderly wear white headscarves in summer and cotton-wool spring and autumn hats in winter. ?

The Xibo people, especially those who migrated to Xinjiang, are good at growing crops. Qapqal *** now has more than 3.99 million acres of high-yield and stable-yield farmland. The main food crops are wheat, rice, and corn. Oil crops such as flax, rape, and sunflower are also planted, as well as cash crops such as sugar beet, tobacco, hemp, and cotton. ?

The Xibo people like pasta in their daily life. If a distinguished guest comes to visit, they will kill a sheep to entertain them and make a rich and unique "whole sheep banquet" (which the Xibe people call "Morshek"). ). They also cut leeks, green peppers, red peppers, carrots, celery and other vegetables into shreds and process them into "cauliflower". This "cauliflower" is light, refreshing and nutritious, and is an indispensable dish in the Xibo people's diet. ?

The main festivals of the Xibo people include the Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Festival, Smear Festival, Duinbai Zhakun Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, etc. ?

The Xibe people usually celebrate the Tomb-Sweeping Festival once in the third month of the lunar calendar, but the Xibo people in Ili and Tacheng areas of Xinjiang celebrate the Tomb-Sweeping Festival twice a year in March and July of the lunar calendar. During the festival, people offer fish and melons and fruits respectively, so they are called Fish Qingming and Melon Qingming respectively. ?

The "Smear Festival" with national characteristics is on the 16th day of the first lunar month. People get up early in the morning, bring the cloth or felt they have prepared for smearing, and go from house to house, regardless of gender, old or young, smearing each other's faces. It is said that this is to ask the Grain God to avoid smut on the crops and ensure a good harvest. ?

The Duyin Bai Zhakun Festival is also called the "April 18th" Westward Migration Festival, which is a grand traditional festival of the Xibe people. This day is the day when the Xibo people who were forced to move westward to the border areas of Xinjiang said goodbye to their fellow villagers who stayed in their hometown. More than two hundred years have passed. Every year on the 18th day of the fourth lunar month, the Xibe people hold various commemorative activities and designate this day as their traditional festival. On the festival day, every family must clean the house, prepare sumptuous food, wear festive costumes, gather together, play "Dongbul" (a musical instrument of the Xibe people) and "Moke". "Tune" (a tune of the Xibe people), and danced the cheerful national dance "Bellen" to celebrate this historic festival. In addition, traditional sports activities such as wrestling, archery, and horse racing are also performed. ?

(The content comes from the book "Ethnicities in China" edited by Yagare, Wei Pengfei, Qi Chonghai, etc.)

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Shenyang is the capital of Liaoning Province. The provincial capital, Shenyang is one of China's megacities and important industrial bases. It is also the center of economy, culture, science and technology, commerce, finance, and transportation in Northeast China.

Shenyang is located in the south of Northeast China and the center of Liaoning Province. She leans against the foothills of Changbai Mountain, faces the coast of the Bohai Sea, and is the hinterland of the Liaodong Peninsula. Within a radius of 150 kilometers centered on Shenyang, there are China's famous steel capital Anshan, coal capital Fushun, coal and iron city Benxi, coal and electricity city Fuxin, oil city Panjin, textile city Dandong, and chemical fiber city Liaoyang and grain and coal base Tieling, these resource-rich and powerful industrial cities in central Liaoning, form a rare urban agglomeration in the world. Dalian Port, which connects major ports in the world, and Yingkou New Port and Jinzhou Port, which are under development, are no more than 400 kilometers away from Shenyang.

Shenyang’s tourist landscapes are rich and colorful, with scenic spots and historic sites being the most prominent. Shenyang has rich historical and cultural heritage and is one of the famous historical and cultural cities promulgated by the State Council. As early as 7,200 years ago, the ancestors of Shenyang were thriving and living. The city has been built for 2300 years. The famous ancient Xinle ruins, the Forbidden City of the Qing Dynasty, royal tombs, ancient Shengjing Street, as well as the 4.5 billion-year-old ancient meteorite mountain, strange slopes, Qipanshan Scenic Area and many other places of interest.

Shenyang Folk Customs

1. Shenyang Yangge

Yangge is a folk dance spread in the vast areas of northern my country. Shenyang Yangge belongs to Northeastern Yangge and can be divided into two categories: stilt and floor Yangge. People in Shenyang love Yangko very much. They dance enthusiastically, boldly, and wildly, which is exciting. Nowadays, on the streets of Shenyang in the morning, evening or on holidays, there are not only popular performances by the elderly Yangko team, but also exquisite Yangko performances, such as "Wandering Yangko", "Dengguan Yangko", children's stilts and the refreshing "Water Sleeves Yangko", " Raise your head on stilts" and so on. Every year, Shenyang holds a Yangko Festival, which lasts for five to seven days. The large-scale Yangko competition is the main event of the Yangko Festival. The holding of the Yangko Festival allows foreigners to better understand China and Shenyang, and also allows China and Shenyang Yangko to go to the world.

2. Westward Migration Festival and April Fool's Day

Every year on April 18th of the lunar calendar, the Xibo people in Liaoning hold a grand festival temple fair to commemorate the Xibe people's migration from China more than 220 years ago. This is the grandest festival of the Xibo people as they move from the northeast to the northwest frontier.

In addition, various cultural and sports activities such as theatrical performances, horse racing, and sheep-catching will also be held.

The Smear Festival falls on the 16th day of the first lunar month. It is said that this day is the day when the God of Patrol comes to inspect. On this day, Xibo people go out one after another without waiting for dawn, going from door to door without distinction. Men, women and children smeared their faces with black paint. When young people see an elderly person, they first say hello, then kneel down, and then symbolically smear a little black on the elder's face to show respect and good luck. This would also allow the God of Patrol to see their sincerity and avoid wheat smut.

3. "Mama Xili" of the Xibe people

On the first day of the first lunar month, every Xibe family must worship "Mother Xili" and ask her to bless the family's safety and wealth. thriving. "Mother Xili" is a symbol of the Xibo people's desire for continuous reproduction of their descendants, and it is also a genealogy that records the family lineage of the Xibo people. The tablet of "Mother Xili" is usually placed in the northwest corner of the hall, and its symbolic symbol is a silk rope more than two feet long. It is enshrined after cleaning on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. On the second day of the second lunar month, it is put into a paper bag and returned to its original place.

4. The custom of spreading street lanterns

The northwest region located in Shenyang has the custom of spreading street lanterns on the tenth day of October. After the Spring Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a special person organizes 20 to 25 people to do it. Make lanterns and make paper packages for igniting. Wait until the evening of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month. People holding lanterns will line up in two teams, with gongs and drums as the leader. Someone will light the paper packages and place them on the ground along the house. Small paper packages will burn for a longer time. They are placed on the ground along the road, so they are called street lanterns, which make people feel mysterious and comfortable, and add to the joyful atmosphere of the festival.

5. Fire floor and fire pit

The fire pit is a common heating device in northern homes. The fire ground is the same as the fire kang, except that one is on the ground and the other is under the ground. The method of setting up the fire ground is the same as that of the fire kang, which is to build a flue under the ground to heat the ground, so that the heat can be dissipated indoors and increase the indoor temperature. The materials used to lay the fire floor and fire kang are generally blue bricks. The stove doors of the heated kang and fire floor are usually set outdoors, and firewood is burned outdoors. What's even more peculiar is that this kind of fire pit and fire ground generally do not have a chimney, but a spiral flue to emit smoke. This kind of flue is commonly known as "two dragons spitting beards". Manchu families in the northeastern mountainous areas still retain this custom of building houses.