What are the Manchu festivals?

Gold Festival; Shangyuan Festival; Abandoning All Diseases; February 2; Timcang Festival; Dragon Heads Up Day; Insect King Festival, etc.

1. Gold Awarding Festival:

October 13th of the lunar calendar is the day of the Manchu "Gold Awarding Festival". The "Gold Awarding Festival" is the most memorable day for the Manchu people, because it is the birth anniversary and naming anniversary of the Manchu people, and it is a festival for the entire ethnic group.

On this day every year, Manchu compatriots across the country celebrate their festivals in various ways. "Gold Awarding Festival" has nothing to do with gold and silver treasures. It is "banjin inenggi" in Manchu. Transliterated as Golden Festival. Therefore, the "Gold Awarding Festival" is the "birthday" of the Manchu people.

2. Shangyuan Festival:

The Shangyuan Festival is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The Manchu people also have the custom of hanging lanterns and eating Yuanxiao, which has influenced the Han people. Today, the Han people will also The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the Lantern Festival.

3. Walking away all diseases:

Walking away all diseases: a festival for Manchu women. Usually on the twentieth day of the first lunar month. That night, women gathered in small groups and traveled far away together, either walking on sand and rolling ice, or playing and having fun, which was called "Walking for All Diseases".

4. Tiancang Festival:

The Tiancang Festival, also known as the Tiancang Festival, is an ancient folk custom of praying for good luck and falls on the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month. "The Record of the Years in the Imperial Capital" states, "The fifth day of the first lunar month is the Warehouse Filling Festival." During this period, people either eat enough to show that they have filled the warehouse, or they use ashes to surround the warehouse and put some grain in it. To show that the warehouse is full, or to offer sacrifices to the god of the warehouse to pray for a good harvest in the year and the warehouse is full. The filling festival is divided into different sizes. The small filling festival is held on the 20th day of the first month of the lunar calendar as a sacrifice to pray for a good harvest. It is also called "Xiaotiancang" or "Xiaotiancang".

5. Dragon Raises its Head Day:

February 2: Commonly known as "Dragon Raises its Head Day". That morning, Manchu people scattered stove ashes in the courtyard. The ashes curved like a dragon, so it was called "Yinlong". Then a ceremony is held in the courtyard to pray for good weather. The whole family also eats "Dragon Beard Noodles" and "Dragon Scale Cake". Women cannot do needlework on this day.

It is also known as the Spring Plowing Festival, Farming Festival, and Spring Dragon Festival. It is a traditional Chinese folk festival. "Dragon" refers to the seven constellations of the Eastern Canglong among the twenty-eight constellations. At the beginning of Mao lunar month in mid-spring, the "Dragon-horned star" (i.e. Spica and Spica) appears from the eastern horizon at dusk, so it is called "Dragon". look up".

The dragon raises its head between the Jingzhe and the Vernal Equinox in the Ganzhi Calendar. Mao" is one of the twelve earthly branches. The elephant with growing hair represents vitality and growth, as stated in the Book of Laws: "The Mao signifies the prosperity of all things." It marks the beginning of spring thunder and the beginning of spring plowing. It is said that dragons can move clouds and spread rain. , eliminate disasters and bring blessings, symbolizing auspiciousness

6. Insect King Festival (also known as Tiankuang Festival):

Living in Xiuyan, Liaoning Province is prone to insect disasters. The Manchus in Fengcheng area used to go to the Chongwang Temple on the sixth day of June to worship the Chongwang Temple and kill pigs to pray to the Chongwang Lord to avoid disasters and ensure a good harvest. , but every family must dry their clothes on this day to prevent insects from being eaten.

The Insect King Festival originated later. According to legend, there is a custom of "drying the red and green clothes on June 6th". The custom originated in the Tang Dynasty. The eminent monk Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty brought Buddhist scriptures back to China from the West (India). When he was crossing the sea, the scriptures were soaked by the sea water. He took them out and dried them in the sun on the sixth day of June. Later, they became auspicious. At first, the emperor's robes were dried on this day in the palace, and later it spread from the palace to the people. Every household would dry their clothes in front of the gate on this day, and this became a custom.

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