What festivals are there in Yunnan in June?

Besides the Dragon Boat Festival in June, what other festivals are there in Yunnan? June in Yunnan is a feast for ethnic festivals, such as Dragon Boat Festival, Horse Racing Festival, Rang Festival and Jinzhuang Redmi Festival. There are many festivals. When you travel to Yunnan in June, you can feel the rich ethnic customs. Let's have a look!

Diqing Dragon Boat Festival Horse Racing Festival

May of the lunar calendar is one of the most beautiful seasons in Shangri-La, with green grass and green hills. Shangri-La May Jockey Club has a long history. It is one of the traditional festivals celebrated by people of all ethnic groups in Shangri-La. It is also a statutory festival with the theme of kurama culture. It is held every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month (Dragon Boat Festival) for three days.

Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival in China, which was born in memory of Qu Yuan. Shangri-La Horse Racing Festival also has the significance of commemorating heroes and inheriting folk customs, all on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. As time goes by, the traditional horse racing culture is integrated with the Dragon Boat Festival of the Han nationality. This can not only inherit and develop Shangri-La's traditional horse racing culture on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, but also attract more people to watch it with the help of the legal holidays of the traditional Dragon Boat Festival in China. Celebrating the two major festivals has added a different Dragon Boat Festival horse racing culture to Shangri-La.

Wenshan naodouyang

"Have you all the way is Yang. Two people in the water are divided into yin and yang; When a dog is sloppy, it becomes a dog. Bamboo sedan chair flies and four people carry it; In May, the Miao people made trouble in Yang? " Every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Laodongzhai, Xiaobazi Town, Maguan County will hold a "downtown outing". Various traditional Miao folk activities, such as ceremonies, dances, duets, traditional games and sports competitions, are carried out during the festival, and the majority of Miao compatriots in Wenshan are promoted through exchanges during the festival. This festival plays a very important role in promoting national unity and social harmony. It was listed in the fourth batch of intangible cultural heritage protection list in Yunnan Province on June 201July.

"Fighting Yang" was established to commemorate the Miao immortal "Fighting Yang". Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a very capable Miao people named Dou Yang, which means "finger" in Miao language, "Yang" means "good" and "Dou Yang" means to lead people to the light. Dou Yang, like his name, travels around the world, saves the suffering of all beings and does good for society. His achievements and thoughts won the hearts of the people. Therefore, every year, Miao compatriots hold a "fight against Yang" activity to commemorate him.

Jinzhuang Redmi Festival

On the first day of the sixth lunar month, the annual "Jinzhuang Redmi Festival" arrived as scheduled. On festivals, hardworking Zhuang women should use the freshest and most natural medicinal materials as dyes to dye the flowers, the wisteria is purple, the indigo is blue, the indigo is black, the turmeric is yellow and the Hedyotis diffusa is red. These plants can not only dye various colors, but also have the medicinal value of clearing liver, improving eyesight and nourishing blood.

Pouring, boiling, soaking and dyeing, when these dyed plants are mashed and cooked, the air is full of unique fragrance, which is the prelude to the transformation of Huami. After getting ready to dye the rice flower, choose the best glutinous rice, sift out the broken rice with a sieve, and then start to smudge, and finally become colorful and fragrant flower rice to entertain guests from all walks of life.

Puer medicinal root knot

In Pu 'er, you can't go to the real Dragon Boat Festival without eating grass roots. Pu 'er's medicated diet culture is unique. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, Pu 'er people always hang the saying "Take a hundred kinds of gastrointestinal drugs to keep you from getting sick all summer" and "Eat a hundred kinds of gastrointestinal drugs during the Dragon Boat Festival", which has been passed down from generation to generation.

Most people in Pu 'er have the custom of boiling all kinds of Chinese herbal medicines into pharmaceutical soup to prevent and treat diseases. In the eyes of Pu 'er people, the Dragon Boat Festival not only has the traditional custom of eating zongzi to commemorate Qu Yuan, but also has a beautiful vision of eating a feast of hundreds of medicines to get rid of illness and strengthen the body. Pu 'er people mix all kinds of medicinal roots with chicken, pig's trotters and bacon. Different medicinal roots have different effects, such as calming nerves, ventilating, nourishing stomach, moistening lung, expelling wind and dampness, relaxing channels and activating collaterals, nourishing liver and kidney, and strengthening spleen and stomach. The unique regional culture and festival customs of Pu 'er Dragon Boat Festival contain the idea that Pu 'er people pursue health preservation.

Red River Litchi Festival

Litchi in June is sweet and sour. The unique climatic conditions in Pingbian County, Honghe Prefecture make "Feizixiao" litchi mature early, with high quality, reasonable sugar-acid ratio, sweet but not greasy, and suitable for public taste. The planting area, yield and sales volume of "Feizixiao" litchi rank first in Yunnan Province.

On the screen in summer, the orchard is full of fruits and litchi is covered with branches. Red fruits in green are hidden in thick green branches and leaves, like lanterns and jadeite. Pick a fruit with round and full branches, peel off the peel, expose the crystal-clear pulp, take a bite, the juice overflows your mouth, and the sweet taste penetrates your heart. Visitors can not only pick lychees themselves in the park, but also attend bonfire parties, enjoy programs and celebrate the lychee festival.