What festivals do the ethnic minorities in China and Guizhou have?

April 8th is a traditional festival for Han, Miao, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Zhuang, Yi, Tujia and Gelao nationalities in China, Guizhou and Guangxi. The content of festivals varies from place to place, mainly related to farming. On this day, people will hold various celebration ceremonies, which not only express the joy of harvest, but also promote cultural exchanges between ethnic groups. The plot of "April 8th" of Miao nationality is a long-term accumulated cultural heritage of Miao compatriots. It contains profound national spirit, national value orientation and national cultural foundation, and is the largest festival for ancestor worship, hero festival and party for Miao compatriots.

2. Miao jump flower festival

Every year on February 15th of the lunar calendar, Miao compatriots near Nankai Township come from all directions and gather in Nankai Township, Shuicheng County to celebrate the annual traditional festival. In jump flower festival, local residents will plant a tree as a "flower tree" in the open space, and put tea, wine, lusheng and other items under the tree. Therefore, Miao compatriots will carry out a variety of colorful activities centering on the flower tree, showing their national costumes, song and dance competitions, religious beliefs and other minority cultures.

3. Grain Rain Festival

Zhaoxing Dong Village is known as the "No.1 Dong Village in Dong Township" and is the core attraction of Dongli Pingxiang Scenic Area. Grain Rain Festival, an ancient local festival, is called "gradually ditch and tender Dora" in Dong language, which means "eat black rice and sow rice seeds". It is a dual moral expression of Dong farming culture and marriage customs, and it is spread in Zhao Xing, E Long, Diping and other Dong areas in Liping. According to the records of Liping Prefecture, the traditional custom of Grain Rain Festival originated in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and has lasted for nearly 500 years.

4. June 6th

June 6th is a traditional festival of Buyi people. In some places, the date of the festival may be moved to June 16 or June 26, depending on the agricultural situation. When the festival comes, every family should also pay for food, wine and meat for dinner. This morning, parents took their children to the fields to kill cocks, which meant expecting a bumper harvest in autumn. At the same time, they take this opportunity to tell their children the common sense of agricultural production, teach them field management techniques, and cultivate their love for productive labor from an early age. In addition, young Buyi men and women sing duet in the concert hall at their agreed places during the day and continue to sing duet in Buyi villages at night to express their love for each other.

5. Flower Festival

Flower-picking Festival, also called Flower-picking Slope, is an annual festival of Miao people in Pu 'an and Qinglong areas. Every year from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month, local Miao youths come from all directions with musical instruments such as lusheng and flute, gather at Caihuapo at the junction of Pu 'an and Panxian, and "travel" on hillsides, jungles and caves (Miao language, meaning love). Miao men and women dance around trees in their childbearing years, which is called "jumping over the flower fields". When dancing, men and women circle, a trap circle, dancing, singing and dancing. The girls' pleated skirts fluttered, silver bracelets and silver collars jingled, their dances were simple and beautiful, and they were all as proud as peacocks. The grand occasion often reaches six or seven thousand people, and it is very lively.

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China News Network-Many ethnic minorities in Guizhou celebrate "April 8"

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China News Network-Guizhou Shuicheng Miao jump flower festival

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Baidu Encyclopedia —— "Grain Rain Festival" in Liping, Guizhou, deduces and inherits the folk customs for 500 years.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-June 6th

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Baidu encyclopedia-flower picking festival