Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Culture

There are 1 1 nationalities living in Wenshan. In the long-term historical development, each nation has formed its own unique festival culture and customs. The festival cultures and customs of major ethnic groups are:

Zhuang people

During the Spring Festival, in villages with bronze drums, on New Year's Eve, after the ceremony of taking, washing and offering drums, the bronze drums are sounded in the early morning of the New Year's Day, and the whole village raises a torch to grab new water. Cloth moon (sand) is covered with silver ingot-shaped big brown cake. Punongbao cylindrical longitudinal bar (commonly known as horseshoe bar). Five-colored glutinous rice cakes dyed with flowers and leaves of agricultural plants in the Dragon Boat Festival in March, glutinous rice in the Punong Flower Street Festival in Guangnan, Zhuang drama in the Buduan Festival in Funing, colorful glutinous rice in the Niuwang Festival in April of the lunar calendar, ancestor worship in July, flat rice in the new festival, and the first cow flower in October in Guangnan.

Miao ethnic group

Huashan Festival is one of the main festivals of Wenshan Miao people. The activity time is from the third day of the first month to the ninth day of the first month, which is a festival to worship the ancient ancestor Chiyou of Miao nationality. Festival activities are divided into three procedures: offering poles, making poles and collecting poles. Generally, a tree stem with a red ribbon hanging at the top is erected on a relatively gentle hillside, commonly known as a flower stem. Festival activities mainly include: singing, dancing Lusheng, practicing martial arts, horse racing, bullfighting and so on.

Yi ethnic group

On June 24th, Torch Festival, young men and women got together to dance string dance. Chord dance is lively and enthusiastic, known as the "disco" of the Yi people, and there are modes such as "the eagle catches the chicken, dragonflies the water, and the old cow wipes his back". In addition, there are buckwheat festivals of Yi people in Xichou and Guangnan. Funing, Malipo Yi people's palace dance festival, long umbrella dance, etc.

Yao (the legendary leader of the tribal alliance in the late period of the patriarchal clan society in ancient China)

Wang Pan Festival, on October 16th of the lunar calendar every year, Yao people celebrate Wang Pan Festival and dance a unique dance.

Abstinence is a religious ceremony that must be carried out by the two branches of Yao nationality, Jinmen and Youmian. It is a way to educate young Yao men on ethics, so it is also called adult ceremony. Location of Yi Flower Face Festival: Puzhehei, Qiubei, Yunnan

Activities: On May 2nd, Puzhehei Tourist Area in Qiubei County will hold the "Flower Face Festival" for Qiubei ethnic minorities.

During the festival, there are some activities, such as graffiti carnival, Bimo sacrificial performance, ancient Yi Song and dance performance, graffiti and traditional national sports competitions, such as kicking tripod, cucurbit silk performance, gyro competition, fishing performance, dragon boat competition and animal fighting performance. At that time, people will dip their hands in pot cigarettes and watercolors, wipe each other's faces, sing and dance, and wish peace. People think that the more flowers you put on your face, the luckier you will be. Nowadays, the raw materials for wiping the face have also expanded from the original single pot of cigarettes to colored materials.

Palace adjustment (the eighth day of April or June of the lunar calendar)

Public Sacrifice Festival is a traditional festival to commemorate ancestors and provide gold and bamboo with grand national ceremonies. During festivals, the Yi people, men, women and children in each village, led by Papi (patriarch, stockade master, also known as the palace master) and his wife, the palace master, dressed in festive costumes, gather together on a lawn full of golden bamboos outside the village.

On the first day, I killed pigs and sheep, knocked on bronze drums, played wooden drums, played lusheng, sang and danced, indulged in them, and presented gold and bamboo gifts. The next day, the foreman wearing a war shirt commanded two groups of armed soldiers in ancient costume to have a sparring in Gongping, which pushed the festive atmosphere to a climax.

Wang Pan Festival (off-season in winter)

The time for Yao people to celebrate Wang Pan Festival varies from place to place. Festival activities can be held alone or together with the same clan. However, in any form, we should offer sacrifices and banquets, entertain relatives and friends and congratulate each other. Festivals generally last for 3 days, and some even last for 7 days.

Little knowledge: The origin of Wang Pan Festival, according to legend, the ancient Yao people lived a rich and stable life under the leadership of Wang Pan. Shortly after Wang Pan's death, foreigners discovered this land and wanted to occupy it. As a result, the Yao people had to leave their homes and encountered strong winds on their way to escape. People prayed for God's blessing, and sure enough, Wang Pan Fairy let everyone through the difficulties safely. Since then, Yao people have had the folk custom of offering sacrifices to King Pan.

Back-pounding Festival (the third to fifteenth day of the first lunar month)

Back-pounding Festival is popular in some areas of Funing County, China, and it is also a festival for Miao young men and women. During the festival, young men and women gathered on the hillside. At the beginning of back-beating, men flocked out and rushed to the girl they selected. One hand grabbed the girl's neck and the other hand covered her eyes, and the other boys went to beat her on the back. Girls are not to be outdone. At the same time, they catch the young man and deal with him as he deals with you. Tired of playing, both of them found a place to make local calls and poured out their hearts to each other, which was very emotional.

Tip: earth phone, two bamboo tubes with a long line in the middle, you can hear talking and singing to the bamboo tube on one side.

Step on Huashan Mountain (the first, third and sixth day of the first lunar month)

Mount Huashan is a grand traditional festival for the Miao people in China. In the counties where Miao people live in concentrated communities, flower poles will be erected these days and a grand outing to Huashan Mountain will be held. This is not only a good opportunity for young Miao men and women to fall in love, but also an important place for Miao people to carry out entertainment activities.

Longduan Street (during the slack season from the first lunar month to March every year)

"Longduan Street", also known as "Flower Street", is the biggest national traditional festival of Zhuang people living in Guangnan and Funing, lasting for 3 to 5 days.

"Dragon section" is Zhuang language, which means to catch the dams and lawns on the street. At that time, local young men and women will hold a duet competition to talk about love. When the duet draws to a close, unmarried men and women who choose lovers will go into the Woods in pairs.

June Festival is also called off-year, and it also has different names "Liulang Festival" and "air billow Festival". It is the biggest festival of Zhuangnong Branch in China every year. During the festival, every household kills cows and chickens, dyes five-color glutinous rice, and herders sacrifice at the head of the village first.

Nong Gaozhi, the leader of the Babao Horse-loving Festival, and then, every household can put bamboo couches in front of the door to make sacrifices and pray, which is very lively.

Babel Horse Racing Festival (the first year of the rooster in the first month)

Once a year for 3 days. There is also a story about the horse festival. It is said that a long time ago, there were three Mu brothers in the local area, who jointly developed Babao with the indigenous people in Babao area, making it a land of plenty. Later, people held a grand horse race to commemorate the Mu brothers, which was convenient for the first 1 year of the rooster (that is, the anniversary of the three brothers).