New Year's Day Customs of 56 Ethnic Groups

Kirgiz-When it appears in the first month of each year, Kirgiz people celebrate the "Norozi" Festival, which is very similar to the Spring Festival of the Han nationality. On holidays, families will cook a sumptuous meal according to their own abilities and treat each other to celebrate. On the night of the festival, when the cattle come back from the pasture, make a fire with Achnatherum splendens in front of each yurt. People jump first, then livestock jump, which indicates that the disaster will be eliminated and the problem will be solved. In the new year, people and animals will flourish.

Buyi people-At the end of the twelfth lunar month, every household smoked bacon, filled sausages, roasted wine, made glutinous rice Baba, spent rice, sewed new clothes and made handkerchiefs. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, send fruits such as maltose to Kitchen God. Please write a pair and post a door god and a New Year picture. On New Year's Eve, the whole family, old and young, sat around the fire, first offering sacrifices to the world of their ancestors, and then the whole family blessed each other, had a reunion dinner and stayed up all night. Early on New Year's Day, the girls ran to the river to fetch water. Whoever carries water first is the most diligent and happy person, which also indicates a good year. On the first day, lanterns were tied at home, lit together at night and hung at the gate. After the first day of junior high school, people began to pay New Year greetings. Young men and women meet to "watch" and express their love with songs; Or get together and dance with instruments such as suona,,, flute and bronze drum. In some areas, the fifteenth day of the first month is the end of the new year, and the thirtieth day of the first month is the "off-year".

Tujia nationality-from two days before the first day of the first month, the first day is called New Year, and the second day is called off-year. On New Year's Eve, every family lights a log, and everyone sits around and listens to the old man telling stories until dawn. During the festival, we eat "red yeast fish" to symbolize wealth, and we also eat cauldron dishes, which are called combination dishes. In the third grade, a "wave dance" was held, with as many as ten thousand participants. In addition, there are dragon lanterns, lion dances, lantern festivals, dramas, martial arts and other activities.

Zhuang nationality-from the 30th day of the first month to the 2nd and 3rd days of the second month. Anyone who works outside must go home before thirty. On New Year's Eve, every household will light a fire on the fireplace and it will not go out all night. This is the so-called "welcoming the fire". On New Year's Eve, people kill chickens and ducks, steam pork, powder lean meat and cook barbecued pork. There are eight courses for dinner, including "boiled chicken" and stewed whole chicken. Every family has to stay up until midnight, set off firecrackers and go to bed. On the first and second days of the first month, all tourists must eat zongzi, which is stuffed and made of peeled mung beans and semi-fat, non-thin meat mixed sauce. At this time, men and women are more likely to sing, or play top, dance, match the ball and act. Cook all day on the first day of New Year's Eve to show a bumper harvest in the coming year. This kind of rice is called "Zongba", and some of them are more than a foot long and weigh five or six pounds. I like to hold flower bag throwing activities during festivals. Young men and women are divided into one team, and the distance between the two teams is about 50 meters. Draw a line and throw each other. Those who throw or fail to catch the line will be losers.