What are the traditional festivals of ethnic minorities in China?

1. Mongolian New Year's Festival.

The Mongolian New Year Festival is also known as the "White Festival" or "White Moon", which is closely related to the whiteness of milk, and "Bai" has the meaning of "Kaiyuan" in the minds of Mongolians. There are different legends about the Mongolian New Year. According to historical records, since the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian people have accepted the Han calendar, so the Mongolian white moon coincides with the first month of the Han Spring Festival.

This is the origin of the Mongolian people's "Spring Festival". Although the Mongolian New Year Festival coincides with the Spring Festival of the Han nationality, and absorbs some Han customs, such as eating dumplings and setting off firecrackers, it also retains many traditional customs of the Mongolian nationality. In agricultural and pastoral areas, Mongolians generally eat hand-grilled meat and light bonfires on Chinese New Year's Eve to show family reunion and welcome the new.

2. Naadam.

The Mongolian word means "game" or "entertainment". It originally referred to the Mongolian traditional "men's three competitions" - wrestling, horse racing and archery. With the development of the times, it has gradually evolved into today's grand celebrations and material exchange activities that include a variety of cultural and entertainment contents.

Historically, Naadam is not limited by time, and is usually used to worship mountains and rivers, march on armies, triumph, and enthronement of emperors

It is held on New Year's Day and large-scale festivals. Today's Naadam is held at the turn of summer and autumn every year, and the scale generally depends on the production of animal husbandry in that year. In addition to the traditional "men's three competitions", there are also theatrical performances, track and field competitions, various economic and cultural exhibitions, order negotiations, and material exchanges.

3. Mare's Milk Festival.

Mongolian traditional festival. It is mainly used to praise horses and drink mare's milk wine, hence the name. It is mainly prevalent in the Xilin Gol grassland and Ordos pastoral areas of Inner Mongolia. It is usually held in late August of the lunar calendar, and the date is not fixed, and lasts for one or two days.

In order to celebrate the harvest and bless each other, in addition to preparing enough mare's milk wine, the guests are also entertained with a whole sheep banquet, and horse races, folk singers are invited to sing greetings, gifts to the old Mongolian doctors, and Wulan herding theatrical performances or movies are held. Legend has it that this is where the Naadam event originated.

4. Sacrificial Ao Bao.

There are many traditional sacrificial activities of the Mongolian people, such as worshipping the sky, sacrificing fire, worshipping ancestors, sacrificing Aobao, etc. Among them, sacrificing Ao Bao is a common sacrificial activity in the areas inhabited by various Mongolian ethnic groups.

"Ao Bao" is a Mongolian transliteration, also known as "Obo", "Brain Bao", etc., and the Chinese meaning is "Gao Duizi". Originally, it refers to a mound or mound of earth that has been piled up with stones or earth to mark nomadic borders and roads. As recorded in the Qing Huidian:

Mongolia "nomadic junction place, no mountains and no rivers for the aspirations, the stone for the aspirations, called Ao Bao".

5. Browns.

The Hounan Festival is a grand annual festival of the Brown people, which is held on the 7th day after the Qingming Festival in the third lunar month, that is, from April 13th to 15th in the solar calendar. During the festival, the main activity is to splash water on each other, and the ritual is held in accordance with the ancient traditional way of the Brown people, the custom of welcoming the sun, so people call it the festival of welcoming the sun.

What are the traditional festivals of ethnic minorities and what are their customs?

There are 55 major ethnic minorities in China, and each ethnic group has its own special festivals. Among them, the festivals of the Mongolian nationality are mainly the Old New Year, as well as the Zulu Festival, the Maier Festival, the Ao Bao Festival, the Mane Festival, the Naadam, the Mare's Milk Festival, etc. The festivals of the Dai people include Songkran Festival, Closing the Door Festival and Opening the Door Festival.

The traditional festivals of the Zhuang nationality mainly include the March Three Songs Festival, the Men's Festival, the Longduan Festival, the Gyro Festival, the Flower Dynasty Festival, the Eating Festival, and the Ant Kidnapping Festival. The Dongxiang, Hui and Tata ethnic groups have three major religious festivals: Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Shengji Festival. The Hounan Festival is a grand annual festival of the Brown people, and the main festivals of the Nu people are "Jijam" and the Grain God Festival.

The Manchus have the "Worm King Festival" on June 6 and the Tiancang Festival in August. The Naxi people have the Torch Festival, and the Salar people have the Eid al-Adha Festival, the Eid al-Fitr, and the Holy Age Festival. The Uzbeks mainly have Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, and Nowruz.

Tibetans have the Buddha Festival, the Flower Picking Festival, the Tibetan New Year's Day, the Sagardawa Festival, the Daughter's Festival, the Wangguo Festival, the Xuedun Festival, and the Bailai Day Chasing Festival. The main festivals of the Lisu people include bathing pond meeting, harvest festival, New Year's festival and so on. Traditional Uyghur festivals include Rouzi, Kurban, and Nowruz.

The Yao people mainly have the Panwang Festival, the Danu Festival and so on. The Wa people have a planting festival and a new rice festival. The traditional festivals of the Miao people include Miao Year and April.

8. Dragon Boat Festival, Eat New Festival, Autumn Festival, Huashan Festival, Dry Bridge Festival, etc.

The Bai nationality has the New Year, March Street, around the three spirits, the torch festival, the sea party, the sun and so on. The most ethnic characteristics of the Xibe people are the Smear Festival and the Westward Migration Festival. The De'ang nationality is related to the door festival and the door opening festival, and the Yi nationality has the Dancing Gong Festival, the Flower Arrangement Festival, the Torch Festival and the February Eighth Year Festival.

Playing the white elephant is a traditional festival of the Achang people. "Zalet" is the largest festival of the Hani people, and the Gelao people have the birthday of the ox, the sacrifice of Zhenwu and so on. Aquariums have "end joints".

The Qiang people's mountain festival is the most famous, and the Jing people's "singing Ha Festival" has a unique national form.

In general, there are many festivals of ethnic minorities, and each festival is the cultural heritage of its ethnic group, and we must respect the customs of each ethnic group.

What are the traditional festivals of ethnic minorities and what are their customs?

The traditional festivals of ethnic minorities in China include: Dai Songkran Festival, Mongolian Naadam Conference, March Three Song Meeting, Xibe Smear Festival, and Daughter's Day.

1. Dai Songkran Festival

The Dai Songkran Festival is also known as the "Buddha Bathing Festival", the Dai language is called "Sangkanbi Mai" (meaning the New Year), and the Dai people in the Dehong area of Xishuangbanna also call this festival "Shanghan" and "Shangjian", both names are derived from Sanskrit, which means turnover, change and transfer, referring to the fact that the sun has been running in the zodiac for a week and began to transition to the new year.

The Songkran Festival is generally held in the middle of June of the Dai calendar (that is, about ten days before and after the Qingming Festival of the lunar calendar) and is one of the most solemn traditional festivals in Xishuangbanna. Its content includes folk activities, art performances, economic and trade exchanges and other categories, and specific festival activities include splashing water, catching up with the pendulum, dragon boat racing, bathing Buddha, chanting, Zhangha singing, peacock dance, white elephant dance performance, etc.

2. Mongolian Naadam Conference

Annually. The "Naadam" conference, which is held in July and August during the season when livestock are fattening, is a grand annual festival of the Mongolian people. "Naadam", Mongolian means entertainment or game.

At the "Naadam" conference, there were thrilling horse races, wrestling, admirable archery, chess skills, and beautiful and moving songs and dances.

Before the conference, men, women and children rode horses in cars and dressed in festive costumes, regardless of the long distance, to participate in the competition and watch from all directions. Colorful flags fluttering, people neighing, and the usually quiet grassland suddenly becomes a prosperous color city.

3. March Three Songs

March 3 is not only a traditional song festival of the Zhuang people, but also a traditional festival of the Han, Yao, Dong, Miao and other ethnic minorities in Guangxi. During the festival, there are traditional dragon and lion performances, reed sheng stepping on the hall, Dong songs, Liujia mountain songs, color tunes, Gui opera, Dong Xiang movies, Dong opera, traditional storytelling, bonfire Duoye party and other performance activities.

In addition, there are thousands of people tasting tea, cockfighting, bird fighting and other performance activities and strange stone exhibitions, national costume displays, commodity fairs, Dong sesame oil tea and other food exhibitions. On the border of Vietnam across the river, the Yao compatriots in Gaolin Village, Yao Village, Fangcheng District, Guangxi, hold a grand event every year on March 3.

4. Xibe Smear Festival

The Smear Festival is a festival of the Xibe people in Xinjiang. Every year in the early morning of the 16th day of the first lunar month, people smear each other's faces to pray that the god of grains will not spread smut to the world, so as to ensure a good harvest of wheat and bless the safety of the people.

5. Daughter's Day

Qixi Festival is also the Daughter's Day, which is a traditional festival in China, and there is also a Daughter's Festival popular in Guangyuan, Sichuan. On this night, the women thread needles and beggars, pray for Fu Lu Shou activities, worship the Seventh Sister, the ceremony is pious and grand, display flowers and fruits, female red, all kinds of furniture, utensils are exquisite and small, lovely.

The festivals of various ethnic groups are rich and colorful, the famous ones are: Naadam of Mongolia, Songkran Festival of Dai Nationality, Knife Pole Festival of Lisu Nationality, Torch Festival of Yi Nationality, March Festival of Bai Nationality, Zalat of Hani Nationality, Butter Lantern Festival of Tibetan Nationality, Eye and Brain Song of Jingpo Nationality, Moon Festival of Lahu Nationality, Huashan Festival of Miao Nationality and so on. Since some ethnic minorities believe in Islam, the same major festivals occur, such as:

Eid al-Adha, etc.

The ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation cover the humanities and natural cultural contents such as primitive beliefs, sacrificial culture, astronomical calendars, and Yili mathematics, and contain profound and rich cultural connotations. There are a total of 55 ethnic minorities in China, and the festivals of each ethnic group are rich and colorful, including the famous ones are: Naadam of Mongolia, Songkran Festival of Dai Nationality, Knife Pole Festival of Lisu Nationality, Torch Festival of Yi Nationality, March Festival of Bai Nationality, Zarat of Hani Nationality, Butter Lantern Festival of Tibetan Nationality, Eye and Brain Song of Jingpo Nationality, Moon Festival of Lahu Nationality, Huashan Festival of Miao Nationality and so on.

Since some ethnic minorities believe in Islam, there are the same major festivals, such as Eid al-Adha. These traditional festivals are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation, with diverse forms and rich contents, and are a process of long-term accumulation and condensation of the history and culture of a nation or country.