Traditional festivals and customs of all ethnic groups

First, the Dong people's custom of bathing orchids

On the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, Dong people living in Guizhou and Hunan, women go up the mountain to collect herbs and go home to cook fragrant soup to wash their bodies and hair. After washing, the housewife went to the bamboo house and respectfully wrapped the zongzi (zongzi). When wrapping zongba, adult men are forbidden to go upstairs.

On the festival day, every family offers Cao Pu wine in front of their ancestors' tablets, and presents them with zongba on their ancestors' tablets. The woman wrapped Cao Pu leaves around the child's head and drew the word "king" with realgar wine on her forehead.

indoors and outdoors, spray with water boiled with pepper and kudzu, and make realgar garlic oil to sprinkle on the dishes to be eaten. Dong people living along the lake along the river have the custom of rowing and racing dragon boats, while those living in mountainous areas have the habit of digging grass up the mountain.

Second, Tibetan flower-picking customs

Tibetans living in Wenxian County, Gansu Province, celebrate the "Flower-picking Festival" on the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as "Daughter's Day". On the day before the Dragon Boat Festival every year, young women in the village, accompanied by their older brothers and sisters, go up the mountain to pick flowers, light a fire on the mountain at night, and everyone sings and dances around.

On the morning of Dragon Boat Festival, they made garlands of flowers and put them on their heads to get home. Relatives gathered in front of the village and fired guns to welcome them back. They gave the flowers to the villagers and then sang and danced on the threshing ground. After the song and dance stopped, the villagers entertained the flower-picking girls with a string of the most beautiful meals, thanking them for bringing happiness and auspiciousness to themselves and the Dragon Boat Festival.

Third, the bathing customs of Yao nationality

In the areas where Yao nationality lives, every fifth day of May, men, women and children go to the river to take a cold bath, or take a bath with the herbs dug from the mountains in the morning. They think that this can prevent diseases and prolong life. In addition, the Yao nationality also has the custom of offering flowers to the king on the Dragon Boat Festival, in order to analyze and protect the grain; Spray realgar wine to prevent insects and snakes; Eat sticky rice handles and hang mugwort leaves on the door.

Fourth, the sports customs of the Korean people

Korean people carried out more sports competitions during the Dragon Boat Festival, with swinging and wrestling as the main events, and now football, volleyball, table tennis and track and field events have been added, making the Dragon Boat Festival sports more abundant. In terms of diet, there are customs of making Ai Gao, steamed cakes and small bean buns, and drinking first Pu wine or muddy wine (rice wine) to avoid evil spirits.

v. the custom of Daur people offering sacrifices to temples

Daur people should collectively pool money to buy pigs to offer sacrifices to temples during the Dragon Boat Festival. First, a part of the pork was cooked and offered to the temple. After that, everyone ate hand-grilled pork together and distributed the rest of the raw meat to all households. The organizers take turns to host each year by household. The host has the right to enjoy the pig's head, water, etc.

In addition, on the Dragon Boat Festival, at first light, people go to the suburban mountains to pick mugs and put them on the window edges and cabinets at home. People also put mugs in their ears, thinking that this can repel insects and prevent them from being bitten for one year. Wear flowers for children and hang paper gourds indoors. It is customary to eat "leek zygote" on this day.

VI. Disease prevention customs of Maonan nationality

Maonan people put ginger slices in zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival, thinking that it can prevent diseases after eating. On the Dragon Boat Festival, realgar was mixed with wine to drink, saying that it can prevent all diseases, and this medicated wine was also put on the child's forehead, thinking that it would not "catch a cold" in the future.

this wine is realgar wine, but it is not exposed to sunlight. On this day, we have to dig herbs to wash our bodies, saying that it can prevent diseases; During the Dragon Boat Festival, fragrant Buddha leaves are hung on the door, thinking that all diseases will not go to the house. All customs are related to disease prevention and fitness.

VII. The custom of archery competition of the Tu nationality

The Dragon Boat Festival is a festival for the Tu nationality to have archery competition. The archer's bow is a horn bow, the arrow is a wooden iron chain, and the tail of the arrow has feathers. The game is decided by the number of times you hit the target. At the end of the competition, female singers from the whole village gathered at the entrance of the village to stop the archers' horses' heads and sing "Flowers" to send them off, and the archers also thanked them with "Flowers" songs.

Eight, the custom of the Miao people's Dragon Boat Festival

The Miao people in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Songtao Miao Autonomous County and Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou Province celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also known as the Dragon Boat Festival. During the festival, in addition to the dragon boat race like the Han nationality, there are also recreational activities such as horse racing, bullfighting, drum riding and "traveling".

Young men and women are singing and dancing with music such as lusheng, suona, bamboo flute, mang tube, yueqin and konoha. On this day, married girls should bring chickens, ducks and zongba back to their parents' homes to visit relatives. Throughout the festival, the Miao people drank, sang and danced all night. In addition to the dragon boat race, there are horse racing, bullfighting, killing pigs and chickens. People drink mellow glutinous rice wine and warmly entertain distant guests, wishing people a happy birthday.

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