There are many beautiful and moving stories about the origin of the Torch Festival among the people in the Yi areas of various provinces. One of them said: Long ago, heaven and earth were connected. One year, the god Stiguge sent Sigaby to collect taxes on earth. Due to crop failures caused by various disasters in the world, people can't afford to pay rent. A strongman who can eat copper and iron in the world, Rabbah, Russia, killed the tax collector Sylvia Abby. The gods were furious. The first flood tried to drown people on the ground, but the flood was defeated. The gods released all kinds of pests into the world to eat people's crops. Russian Rabbah and everyone gathered around the fireplace to discuss ways to control pests. Unexpectedly, a bug fell into the fireplace and was quickly burned to death. As a result, the Russian Laba organization set everyone on fire, finally defeated the pests and achieved a bumper harvest. Over time, the Yi Torch Festival was formed. Generally speaking, the Torch Festival of Yi people is celebrated for three days. On the first day, the whole family got together and drank congratulations. People cooked the meat of livestock, cut it into pieces, offered it to gods and ancestors, and then used it to drink. At night, torches burn everywhere, usually for three nights. People are very enthusiastic. Taking the village as a unit, people hold high torches and burn around the village and fields, just like a thousand fire dragons flying. On the second and third day, the Torch Festival reached its climax, and the whole Liangshan was boiling. The young man put on national costume and wrapped in headdress with hero knot; Women wear pleated skirts and gather on the vast grass dam for various traditional sports competitions. Boys take part in wrestling, horse racing and archery competitions, while women sing, dance and play harpsichord.
In some areas, pigs and sheep should be beaten to sacrifice to the gods during festivals; In some areas, a dog will be slaughtered to the edge of the field to sacrifice to "Mother Earth". People think that torches can ward off evil spirits, so after lighting torches, people have to take pictures from house to house and sprinkle rosin on the fire while walking. People call it "giving gifts". There is no doubt that this is a relic of the ancient concept of worshipping fire.
During the Torch Festival, the most lively place is the bullring. Bullfighting is not only a recreational activity, but also a good way to choose improved cattle, which is of great positive significance to the production of agriculture and animal husbandry. Whose cow wins in the competition means that the young cattle breeder is an industrious animal husbandry expert and is often a good target for girls to choose a spouse. Wrestling is another activity that attracts audiences during the Torch Festival. The two wrestled together, people gathered together, and relatives and friends came to cheer. Before and after the game, onlookers played harpsichord, and young people played Qin Yue to show their love.
The beauty contest is unique. The beauty contest was judged by a venerable old man. After the referee announced the beginning of the "beauty contest", the Yi girls who participated in the election formed a circle, and the latter took the handkerchief in the former's hand and sang beautiful and moving folk songs as they walked. The young people here are the most generous and generous. The boy thinks which girl is the most suitable, so he gives the already prepared gift to the referee and asks him to give it to that girl. The judge declared that the girl who received the most gifts was a beauty. Dangdang was chosen as a beautiful girl with many gifts on her back and Xia Hong on her face. When she walked out of the venue, relatives and friends gathered around to congratulate her. The boys went back and forth around the girl, tinkling Qin Yue to express their feelings.
On the fourth day, several people swept up the ashes of the torch and offered sacrifices with wine and meat, praying for good luck.
Zhuang nationality: Welcome heroes [/color]
Zhuang people living in the south of China call Spring Festival "New Year's Day". On this day, people should congratulate each other no matter who they meet when they go out, thinking that this year can be auspicious. Zhuang people also have a custom of providing for the aged, which Zhuang people call "Chi Li Festival". The "Food Festival" is on the 30th of this month. It is said that more than 65,438+000 years ago, a Zhuang peasant armed force returned home in triumph after fighting against foreign invasion. At this time, the Spring Festival has passed. In order to welcome them, the Zhuang people celebrated for them on the 30th of this month.
Buyi people: girls grab the first water.
Buyi people living in the southwest frontier of China hold vigils every New Year's Eve. At dawn, the girls scrambled to fetch water outside the house. Whoever takes the first sip of water is the most hardworking girl. The Jingpo people there like to hold shooting activities before the Spring Festival, and the girls are the organizers and referees of this activity. They hung the embroidered purse on the bamboo pole with thread and swayed from side to side at the top of the tree, asking the young man to make a move. The girls will give the wine as a prize to whoever hits the wallet first. A wallet usually contains a coin, some millet and some decorative beads as a symbol of happiness.
Hani: Swing.
A few days before the Spring Festival, the village where the Hani people live has been very lively, and women are busy with Baba. Baba is a cake made of glutinous rice. The boys are busy chopping bamboo up the mountain, ready to set up a swing. The swings there are more than ten meters high, and the Hani people, regardless of gender, age and age, love to play on swings. During the festival, everyone wears their favorite clothes to swing, showing a lively and harmonious holiday scene everywhere.
[color=Red] Dai people throw chaff bags [/color]
Young Dai men and women like the game of throwing chaff bags. During the Spring Festival, boys and girls throw chaff bags at each other to see who can catch them accurately. After playing for a certain period of time, the girls quietly grabbed the broadsword, wrapped cloth or tied horse worn by the young man and ran home. If a young man has feelings, follow him. When parents saw their daughter coming back with a headscarf and a good horse, they gave a banquet.
In addition, April 13 every year is the Dai calendar New Year, and it is also the most solemn festival of the Dai people-the Water Splashing Festival. They regard splashing water as a symbol of exorcism and decontamination, and also regard this day as the most beautiful and auspicious day.
[color=Red] Gaoshan people: "surround the furnace" [color]
The Gaoshan people who live in Taiwan Province province of China have another taste during the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, a family sits around a round table and eats hot pot, which is called "around the stove". Women who usually don't drink should also take a symbolic sip of wine to show good luck. Vegetables eaten around the stove need not be cut with a knife. After washing, you should cook by roots to show that you wish your parents a long life. If someone at home goes out, you should also leave a seat empty and put this person's clothes on the empty seat to show that the whole family misses him.
Manchu: Hanging the Flag to Welcome the New Year
Manchu is divided into four flags: red, yellow, blue and white. During the Spring Festival, people with red flags hang red flags, people with yellow flags hang yellow flags, people with blue flags hang blue flags, and people with white flags hang white flags. These flags are beautifully patterned and brightly colored, symbolizing the auspicious beginning of the year.
During the festival, boys set off firecrackers in groups, or take various homemade wooden sledges and swish on hills and ice. Girls and young daughters-in-law wear newly-made flowery clothes and play Galahad (kneecaps of pigs or cows) in groups of three or five. From the night of the first day to the fifth day, people also volunteered to organize yangko dancing to celebrate the New Year. A strong yangko team not only dances in this village, but also dances in other villages. Onlookers are often so happy that they forget fatigue and cold. There are even enthusiastic audiences-they follow the yangko team from village to village and don't come back until dawn.
[color=Red] Bai nationality: "Let it fly" [color]
During the Chinese New Year, the Bai compatriots in Yunnan have a celebration called "Flying High". The so-called "soaring" is to use the whole big bamboo and put gunpowder in the cracks of the bamboo. After lighting, the whole bamboo can collapse into the sky and become a veritable "soaring". In some areas, Bai compatriots, like Miao and Zhuang, have the custom of "throwing hydrangeas" from Spring Festival to Lantern Festival. Anyone who can't catch the hydrangea should give each other a souvenir. Those who concede goals many times and can't exchange souvenirs show that they have accepted each other's love.
Dong people: Lushenghui
During the Spring Festival, a mass activity called "Dong Year" (also called Lusheng Festival) prevailed among Dong compatriots in Guizhou and Hunan. This activity is similar to the "group worship" of the Han nationality, but it is more joyful and enthusiastic than the "group worship". This kind of activity is usually held by two villages. The two teams formally held a Song Lusheng and Dance Competition in the square. At this time, the audience of the two villages danced with the music and enjoyed themselves.
[color = red]
Yi people: Tiaohu [/color]
During the Spring Festival, the Maidichong Yi people in Shuangbai County, Yunnan Province have a special custom of "Jumping Tiger Festival". On the eighth day of the first month, adult men in the village gathered at the site of the earth temple behind the village to kill dogs and offer sacrifices to "rice" ("rice" means earth, "rice" means master and rice means god), and then "Bimo" in the village offered sacrifices to the earth god and invited the tiger god. Eight villagers danced as tigers. "Tiger" has towering ears, thick tail and tiger stripes all over the body. They drew a Chinese character "Wang" on their foreheads and hung a big bronze bell around their necks, which was very dignified. After Bimo said a farewell ceremony and invited the Tiger God, King Tiger led all the tigers into the village.
Throughout the Tiger Jumping Festival, the whole village was immersed in a happy atmosphere of welcoming tigers, sending tigers, watching tigers jump and exorcising evil spirits. The local people are convinced that only through the annual traditional jumping tiger, offering sacrifices to the tiger god and praying for the blessings of their ancestors can all the villagers have a bumper harvest every year, a prosperous population and a happier life.
Sani: Eat jiaozi.
On New Year's Eve, Sani is called "thinking period". On New Year's Eve, it is very solemn to worship ancestors and eat New Year's Eve. In the afternoon, green branches are planted in front of every house, and a straw hat is hung on the branches. This is a silent notice: please don't enter! No talking! Even people at home are not allowed to talk loudly.
There is an interesting phenomenon in Sani language: "Tangyuan" and "Chinese New Year" are the same word, called "Kuanzima". Because we must eat glutinous rice balls during the Spring Festival.
For half a month from the first day of the first month, people were immersed in joy. A bonfire party was held in the evening of the first day of junior high school, with folk songs duet and three-stringed Hu solo, which was simple and lyrical. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.
Sacrificing the mountain gods on the second day and sending Mars on the fourth day is to drive away disasters and show the strength of human beings.
On the afternoon of the second day of the Spring Festival every year, farmers take the cow out, walk around the center of the village several times, and put flowers tied with red cloth on its forehead to show respect for its one-year contribution. I also fed it rice and fat pork to show my comfort to my close friends.
Sani people have activities of offering sacrifices to their ancestors from New Year's Eve to the fifth day. From their admiration and nostalgia for their ancestors, we can find the cohesion of this nation and the beautiful things in traditional morality.
Interviewee: I fell in love with you-Level 3 2008-3-2 1 10:32
Torch Festival of Yi people, that is, the Year of Yi people. In the eyes of Yi people, fire symbolizes light, justice and prosperity, and a powerful force that can destroy all evil. Torch Festival is a festival of joy, love and happiness for Yi people.
There are many beautiful and moving stories about the origin of the Torch Festival among the people in the Yi areas of various provinces. One of them said: Long ago, heaven and earth were connected. One year, the god Stiguge sent Sigaby to collect taxes on earth. Due to crop failures caused by various disasters in the world, people can't afford to pay rent. A strongman who can eat copper and iron in the world, Rabbah, Russia, killed the tax collector Sylvia Abby. The gods were furious. The first flood tried to drown people on the ground, but the flood was defeated. The gods released all kinds of pests into the world to eat people's crops. Russian Rabbah and everyone gathered around the fireplace to discuss ways to control pests. Unexpectedly, a bug fell into the fireplace and was quickly burned to death. As a result, the Russian Laba organization set everyone on fire, finally defeated the pests and achieved a bumper harvest. Over time, the Yi Torch Festival was formed. Generally speaking, the Torch Festival of Yi people is celebrated for three days. On the first day, the whole family got together and drank congratulations. People cooked the meat of livestock, cut it into pieces, offered it to gods and ancestors, and then used it to drink. At night, torches burn everywhere, usually for three nights. People are very enthusiastic. Taking the village as a unit, people hold high torches and burn around the village and fields, just like a thousand fire dragons flying. On the second and third day, the Torch Festival reached its climax, and the whole Liangshan was boiling. The young man put on national costume and wrapped in headdress with hero knot; Women wear pleated skirts and gather on the vast grass dam for various traditional sports competitions. Boys take part in wrestling, horse racing and archery competitions, while women sing, dance and play harpsichord.
In some areas, pigs and sheep should be beaten to sacrifice to the gods during festivals; In some areas, a dog will be slaughtered to the edge of the field to sacrifice to "Mother Earth". People think that torches can ward off evil spirits, so after lighting torches, people have to take pictures from house to house and sprinkle rosin on the fire while walking. People call it "giving gifts". There is no doubt that this is a relic of the ancient concept of worshipping fire.
During the Torch Festival, the most lively place is the bullring. Bullfighting is not only a recreational activity, but also a good way to choose improved cattle, which is of great positive significance to the production of agriculture and animal husbandry. Whose cow wins in the competition means that the young cattle breeder is an industrious animal husbandry expert and is often a good target for girls to choose a spouse. Wrestling is another activity that attracts audiences during the Torch Festival. The two wrestled together, people gathered together, and relatives and friends came to cheer. Before and after the game, onlookers played harpsichord, and young people played Qin Yue to show their love.
The beauty contest is unique. The beauty contest was judged by a venerable old man. After the referee announced the beginning of the "beauty contest", the Yi girls who participated in the election formed a circle, and the latter took the handkerchief in the former's hand and sang beautiful and moving folk songs as they walked. The young people here are the most generous and generous. The boy thinks which girl is the most suitable, so he gives the already prepared gift to the referee and asks him to give it to that girl. The judge declared that the girl who received the most gifts was a beauty. Dangdang was chosen as a beautiful girl with many gifts on her back and Xia Hong on her face. When she walked out of the venue, relatives and friends gathered around to congratulate her. The boys went back and forth around the girl, tinkling Qin Yue to express their feelings.
On the fourth day, several people swept up the ashes of the torch and offered sacrifices with wine and meat, praying for good luck.
Zhuang nationality: Welcome heroes [/color]
Zhuang people living in the south of China call Spring Festival "New Year's Day". On this day, people should congratulate each other no matter who they meet when they go out, thinking that this year can be auspicious. Zhuang people also have a custom of providing for the aged, which Zhuang people call "Chi Li Festival". The "Food Festival" is on the 30th of this month. It is said that more than 65,438+000 years ago, a Zhuang peasant armed force returned home in triumph after fighting against foreign invasion. At this time, the Spring Festival has passed. In order to welcome them, the Zhuang people celebrated for them on the 30th of this month.
Buyi people: girls grab the first water.
Buyi people living in the southwest frontier of China hold vigils every New Year's Eve. At dawn, the girls scrambled to fetch water outside the house. Whoever takes the first sip of water is the most hardworking girl. The Jingpo people there like to hold shooting activities before the Spring Festival, and the girls are the organizers and referees of this activity. They hung the embroidered purse on the bamboo pole with thread and swayed from side to side at the top of the tree, asking the young man to make a move. The girls will give the wine as a prize to whoever hits the wallet first. A wallet usually contains a coin, some millet and some decorative beads as a symbol of happiness.
Hani: Swing.
A few days before the Spring Festival, the village where the Hani people live has been very lively, and women are busy with Baba. Baba is a cake made of glutinous rice. The boys are busy chopping bamboo up the mountain, ready to set up a swing. The swings there are more than ten meters high, and the Hani people, regardless of gender, age and age, love to play on swings. During the festival, everyone wears their favorite clothes to swing, showing a lively and harmonious holiday scene everywhere.
[color=Red] Dai people throw chaff bags [/color]
Young Dai men and women like the game of throwing chaff bags. During the Spring Festival, boys and girls throw chaff bags at each other to see who can catch them accurately. After playing for a certain period of time, the girls quietly grabbed the broadsword worn by the young man, wrapped the cloth or tied the horse and ran home. If a young man has feelings, follow him. When parents saw their daughter coming back with a headscarf and a good horse, they gave a banquet.
In addition, April 13 every year is the Dai calendar New Year, and it is also the most solemn festival of the Dai people-the Water Splashing Festival. They regard splashing water as a symbol of exorcism and decontamination, and also regard this day as the most beautiful and auspicious day.
[color=Red] Gaoshan people: "surround the furnace" [color]
The Gaoshan people who live in Taiwan Province province of China have another taste during the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, a family sits around a round table and eats hot pot, which is called "around the stove". Women who usually don't drink should also take a symbolic sip of wine to show good luck. Vegetables eaten around the stove need not be cut with a knife. After washing, you should cook by roots to show that you wish your parents a long life. If someone at home goes out, you should also leave a seat empty and put this person's clothes on the empty seat to show that the whole family misses him.
Manchu: Hanging the Flag to Welcome the New Year
Manchu is divided into four flags: red, yellow, blue and white. During the Spring Festival, people with red flags hang red flags, people with yellow flags hang yellow flags, people with blue flags hang blue flags, and people with white flags hang white flags. These flags are beautifully patterned and brightly colored, symbolizing the auspicious beginning of the year.
During the festival, boys set off firecrackers in groups, or take various homemade wooden sledges and swish on hills and ice. Girls and young daughters-in-law wear newly-made flowery clothes and play Galahad (kneecaps of pigs or cows) in groups of three or five. From the night of the first day to the fifth day, people also volunteered to organize yangko dancing to celebrate the New Year. A strong yangko team not only dances in this village, but also dances in other villages. Onlookers are often so happy that they forget fatigue and cold. There are even enthusiastic audiences-they follow the yangko team from village to village and don't come back until dawn.
[color=Red] Bai nationality: "Let it fly" [color]
During the Chinese New Year, the Bai compatriots in Yunnan have a celebration called "Flying High". The so-called "soaring" is to use the whole big bamboo and put gunpowder in the cracks of the bamboo. After lighting, the whole bamboo can collapse into the sky and become a veritable "soaring". In some areas, Bai compatriots, like Miao and Zhuang, have the custom of "throwing hydrangeas" from Spring Festival to Lantern Festival. Anyone who can't catch the hydrangea should give each other a souvenir. Those who concede goals many times and can't exchange souvenirs show that they have accepted each other's love.
Dong people: Lushenghui
During the Spring Festival, a mass activity called "Dong Year" (also called Lusheng Festival) prevailed among Dong compatriots in Guizhou and Hunan. This activity is similar to the "group worship" of the Han nationality, but it is more joyful and enthusiastic than the "group worship". This kind of activity is usually held by two villages. The two teams formally held a Song Lusheng and Dance Competition in the square. At this time, the audience of the two villages danced with the music and enjoyed themselves.
[color = red]
Yi people: Tiaohu [/color]
During the Spring Festival, the Maidichong Yi people in Shuangbai County, Yunnan Province have a special custom of "Jumping Tiger Festival". On the eighth day of the first month, adult men in the village gathered at the site of the earth temple behind the village to kill dogs and offer sacrifices to "rice" ("rice" means earth, "rice" means master and rice means god), and then "Bimo" in the village offered sacrifices to the earth god and invited the tiger god. Eight villagers danced as tigers. "Tiger" has towering ears, thick tail and tiger stripes all over the body. They drew a Chinese character "Wang" on their foreheads and hung a big bronze bell around their necks, which was very dignified. After Bimo said a farewell ceremony and invited the Tiger God, King Tiger led all the tigers into the village.
Throughout the Tiger Jumping Festival, the whole village was immersed in a happy atmosphere of welcoming tigers, sending tigers, watching tigers jump and exorcising evil spirits. The local people are convinced that only through the annual traditional jumping tiger, offering sacrifices to the tiger god and praying for the blessings of their ancestors can all the villagers have a bumper harvest every year, a prosperous population and a happier life.
Sani: Eat jiaozi.
On New Year's Eve, Sani is called "thinking period". On New Year's Eve, it is very solemn to worship ancestors and eat New Year's Eve. In the afternoon, green branches are planted in front of every house, and a straw hat is hung on the branches. This is a silent notice: please don't enter! No talking! Even people at home are not allowed to talk loudly.
There is an interesting phenomenon in Sani language: "Tangyuan" and "Chinese New Year" are the same word, called "Kuanzima". Because we must eat glutinous rice balls during the Spring Festival.
For half a month from the first day of the first month, people were immersed in joy. A bonfire party was held in the evening of the first day of junior high school, with folk songs duet and three-stringed Hu solo, which was simple and lyrical. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.
Sacrificing the mountain gods on the second day and sending Mars on the fourth day is to drive away disasters and show the strength of human beings.