On the day of the Ox Soul Festival, what are the customs?

The Ox Soul Festival is also known as the "Cow's Birthday" and "Ox King Festival". Regarding the origin of the Ox Soul Festival, each nation or region has its own legends, and these legends are covered with a layer of mythology, making the protagonist of the story, Niu, also full of mythology. The Ox Soul Festival has been passed down from generation to generation, and along with it, there are various customs and habits with national characteristics and the unchanging connotation of this festival.

Because of the diversity of China's regions and the diversity of history and culture, the customs and habits of each ethnic group are different.

In Guizhou, there are many customs and habits of people in the Ox Soul Festival. In order to celebrate the birthday of the cow, people will bathe the cow in water soaked in maple leaves, and make black, white, yellow, and purple glutinous rice on this day. Some will also use sweet wine to congratulate the cow on his birthday, and pray that the calf will grow up quickly, and will give the best food on this day to the cow to enjoy, take care of the cow, and take care of the cow considerately.

There are also Ox King Temples in some places, on this day, people will also go to the Ox King Temple to worship, express their gratitude to the Ox King, and also pray for the blessing of the Ox King, and the wind and rain will be smooth in the coming year.

The Ox Soul Festival of the Zhuang people also has many distinctive places. Like other ethnic groups, the Zhuang people also make their own unique food on this day, and they will feed the cattle with sweet wine and five-colored glutinous rice to improve the quality of the cattle's food. On this day, the greatest taboo is to beat the ox, and on this day it is forbidden to whip the ox, believing that it will scare the spirit away, is a blasphemy against the gods, and will affect the harvest of the following year.

At noon, the Zhuang people will also carry out the cattle worship ceremony, the whole family sings the cow song together, and finally touches the cow's back to express blessings.

The customs and habits of each ethnic group are significantly different. Zhuang people will have ox songs, but other areas may not have this link. However, no matter how the form of external blessings changes on this day, the gratitude for the cow in people's hearts is still there, and it is all the same.

Cattle are the most important partners of farmers, and it is precisely because of the presence of cattle that people have freed their hands, and cattle have been cultivating the land that has nurtured us for generations, and it is appropriate to maintain a sense of awe and gratitude for cattle.

Some ethnic minorities call the festival of worshiping the cow god the Ox Soul Festival, also known as the Ox King Festival. The Ox Soul Festival is generally held on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month every year, and it is also held on the eighth day of June or August. Some ethnic minorities have great respect for cattle and love cows as an animal.

But today, after the 70s, the color of the cow god in the Ox King Festival has gradually faded, but the wind of respecting the cow and protecting the cow still exists.

On the day of the Ox Soul Festival, the cows are released and sent to the green pastures. The elders would warn the children not to whip the cows, so that the cows could spend the day in a relaxed and happy way. The cattle pens were also cleaned inside and out and sprinkled with lime.

Some people will also cut fresh forage to feed the cattle, some use salt water to wet the forage to feed, and some brew sweet wine or multigrain wine, knock a few eggs in the wine, feed the cattle with a bamboo tube, and more careful people use a castor to comb the cow lice, wipe the wound with tea oil, and do careful care, so that the ploughing cattle maintain a strong physique and lasting energy.

At noon, every household holds a bull worship ceremony. At this time,The whole family sits at a table full of banquets, and the head of the family leads the cow around the table, singing a song to honor the cow and feeding the cow a five-colored meal. Finally, the whole family stood up and stroked the cow's back to express their blessings to the cow.

Since the use of cattle ploughing, the people in the south really love and even worship the ploughing cattle, and set up a special festival to celebrate its birthday to show gratitude.

The Ox Soul Festival is a festival set up to worship the cow god, on this day, the cow will have a day off, do not do farm work, people will bathe it, feed it glutinous rice. People respect natural creatures and live in harmony with them, which has to be said to be people's wisdom, a presentation of minority culture, and a way to love animals that modern people should learn.

On the day of the Ox Soul Festival, farmers will let the cattle rest on this day, hoping that they can have good weather and a good harvest.

To express respect for cattle, this is the cultural difference caused by the different cultural customs and cultural beliefs of each region, and we still have to respect each other's cultural differences.

The main custom on the day of the Ox Soul Festival is that the cows will be allowed to rest, and the cattle will not be driven to the fields to plough the fields. Some rituals are also performed.

The cattle of each family do not have to work in the fields on this day, but have a day off. In this way, people look forward to a good harvest.

Do not let the cattle go to the mountains to work, rest for a day, trim the cattle pen, and put on the tribute to the cow god, mainly to thank the cattle for their efforts and look forward to the harvest in the coming year.

On the day of the Ox Soul Festival, people will give the cattle a holiday, so that the cattle can rest for a day to stop farming, showing respect for the cows. Of course, I don't eat beef.

It should be that something needs to be done to the cow to show people's respect and love for the cow, and it is to praise the cow.

The Ox Soul Festival is mostly held on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month every year, and there are also pre-digs held on the eighth day of the sixth month or the eighth day of the eighth month of the eighth month. The Ox Soul Festival, also known as the Ox's Birthday, the Ox King's Festival, and the Unyoke Festival, is a traditional festival for Zhuang, Dong, Gelao, Gelao and other ethnic groups to worship the Ox God. On this day, the farmer will give the cattle a day off, and each family will trim the cattle pen.

The village elders commented on the cattle in the village and warned the families to take care of the cattle.

On the day of the festival, the people of the Zhuang, Dong, Yao, Miao and other ethnic minorities in the northern part of the Guizhou region have to go up the mountain to collect leaves such as black cypress, and use the boiled water to make a pot of glutinous rice, which is purple and red, and is called black rice. People put bowls of this rice on top of some bacon that was almost cooked, and feed it to the cows before they ate it themselves.

No matter how much work there is in the field, on this day it is necessary to avoid plowing the cattle and pear fields and harrowing the fields, and to exempt them from all labor. The children let the cattle out of the slaughter early in the morning and sent them to the green grass and pastures. The old man warned the children not to whip the herd, so that the cow could have a happy birthday.

The cattle pens were also removed from the pen, sprinkled with lime, and made the pen hayy.

Some families harvest fresh forage to raise cattle; Sometimes it is fed with wet grass with salt water; Others brew sweet wine or mixed beam wine, or knock a few eggs in the wine, and feed the tillage cattle with bamboo tubes; There are also careful people who use grates to comb away cattle lice, and use tea oil to wipe wounds, so as to achieve careful care, so that the cattle can maintain a strong physique and lasting energy.

The Zhuang people have the custom of "Ox Soul Festival" on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month every year. On this day, the cow is given a holiday, so that the cow can rest well, and the child brushes the cow's back.

This is the festival of the Zhuang nationality, the Zhuang nationality is the most populous ethnic group among the ethnic minorities in our country, every year on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, the cowshed will be renovated, the host will use their own freshly brewed sweet wine and colorless glutinous rice dyed with plant juice to feed the cow, sing the cow song, stroke the cow's back, express blessings.

This day is simply the world of the ox, in the morning people put the plow, the ox is unyoked, the host will feed the cow with the newly brewed sweet wine and the five-colored glutinous rice dyed with plant juice, at noon, every family will hold a ceremony to worship the ox, the whole family will touch the cow's back, and praise it.

On this day, people will give the cows a holiday, will feed the cows colorful glutinous rice, will sing cow songs, touch the cow's back, to express their blessings.

Cattle are also very hard during the busy farming period. On the day of the Ox Soul Festival, it is also to treat the cows. On this day, the cattle are bathed, the cattle pen is renovated, etc.

The Ox Soul Festival is to give the cow a day off, on this day will bathe the cow, treat the cow, and let it have a good rest on this day.

Because on this day, people will worship their cattle as gods, such as giving the cows a lot of delicious food, and giving the cows a holiday.

On this day, everyone will make five-colored sticky rice and then wrap it in loquat leaves and feed it to the cows. After feeding the cows, the people had a festive meal.

The cattle will be given a day off, and then the cattle pen will be renovated, and each family will feed the cattle before the whole family can eat.

Give the cattle a holiday, renovate the cattle pen, bathe the cows, and then beat the drums to cheer up, pull the cattle out for the whole village to visit, and then make something to eat for the cows.

On the day of the Ox Soul Festival, people will let the cows rest, bathe the cows, feed the cows glutinous rice, and in some places even have cow songs. The Ox Soul Festival is a festival for people to worship the Ox King, and in fact, it is also to pray for good weather and cattle ploughing for the development of agriculture. The activities of the Ox Soul Festival are generally held in the Guizhou region and the Zhuang area.

There will be more Ox Soul Festival customs in these two regions. In the Ox Soul Festival, the care of the cow will also be more careful, and some places have also built a cow king temple to worship the cow king.

In Chinese history, there were dynasties that strictly forbade the eating of beef。Even the ancient rulers were well aware of the importance of cattle for agriculture. If this Ox Soul Festival was in ancient China, it should be a very grand festival, and farmers everywhere would attach great importance to this festival.

Cattle farming is gradually becoming obsolete in today's society. However, in some remote mountainous areas, ox farming is still used, and farmers will pay more attention to the custom of the Ox Soul Festival. Because for them, the weather is still so important.

In Guizhou, southwest China, Guangxi has a cow soul festival, the customs of each place are slightly different, Guizhou makes four-color glutinous rice for the cow, drinks sweet wine and maple leaf bath. Guangxi makes five-color glutinous rice, and they won't beat and scold cows on this day. Give the cows a particularly good food.

The Ox Soul Festival is a traditional festival of the Zhuang people, and there is a custom of "Ox Soul Festival" on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month every year. On the day of the Ox Soul Festival, you can't beat the cows, people will brew sweet wine, steam five-color glutinous rice, clean the cattle pens, spread new hay, and lead the cattle to a place with lush green grass, so that the cows can eat freely.

The cows are bathed in water soaked in maple leaves, and on this day, they make black, white, yellow, and purple glutinous rice. Some will also use mulled wine to congratulate the cow on his birthday, and pray for the calf to grow up quickly.

In the psychology of the Zhuang people, the ox is the god of heaven, so on the birthday of the eighth ox king in the fourth lunar month, they will unyoke the cow and let it rest well, and will also hold some activities to celebrate its birthday.

Because the Zhuang people have always respected and loved cows. This is even more evident during the annual Ox Soul Festival. Giving the cow a holiday and bathing is a way to take care of the cow.

Because this day is a traditional festival to worship the god of the cow. On this day, families are warned to take care of their ploughing cattle, and after they have fed their cattle, they are appointed to have a feast.

Cattle are also very hard during the busy farming period. Giving the cow a day off is also to thank the cow for its contribution to the owner.

Because the cows do a lot of drudgery during the year, giving them a day off shows their love for the cows.

This day is a festival dedicated to the god of the cow, and people will give the cows a holiday, bathe the the cows, and clean the cattle pens on this day.

Because this day is the birthday of the cow, and it is also the legendary Cow King's Day, cattle farmers of all nationalities have to give the cattle a day off to celebrate.

Because cattle are an important tool for farming in the Zhuang people, the Zhuang people have special respect for cattle and are grateful for their help.

Zhuang people love cattle, usually cattle are hard-working, work hard for people, take a rest is also very should, even animals, should also be a combination of work and rest, it is worth advocating.

Legend has it that this day is the birthday of the cow, on this day, the farmer will give the cattle a day off, each family will trim the cattle pen, the old people in the village will also evaluate the cattle of the whole village, and warn each family to take care of the cattle, the family steamed five-color glutinous rice, wrapped in loquat leaves to feed the cattle.

The Ox Soul Festival is a festival with national characteristics for ethnic minorities. The Ox Soul Festival is held on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month every year, and some regions are held on the eighth day of June or August, and there will be some differences between each ethnic group in this regard. The Ox Soul Festival is also known as the "Cow's Birthday", as the name suggests, it is the birthday of the cow on this day, so the cows on this day have to take a day off, so that they can easily spend their birthday.

Of course, this is just a literal meaning that is more convenient for people to understand, and it can be roughly seen that cattle will receive special treatment on this day.

Regarding the origin of the Ox Soul Festival, each ethnic group and each region has different legends. Among the ethnic minorities in the area of Peking University, it is said that a long time ago, a large number of cattle died due to plague, which seriously affected the progress of people's cultivation of fields. On this day, people prayed to the gods and sacrificed to the Buddha, and finally the king of the ox descended from the sky, saving many cows that were on the verge of death, and people's lives were restored to normal order.

There is another legend circulating in the Zhejiang area. Legend has it that a long time ago, people often climbed to the heavenly palace through the loofah vine to play, the Jade Emperor was very angry, so he asked the ox king to sprinkle a lot of grass seeds in the world, as a result, the world was full of weeds, crops could not grow, the people began to make a famine, and the people were not able to make a living. When the king saw it, he was very self-blaming and guilty, so he secretly went down to earth on the eighth day of the fourth month to weed the land for people.

After the Emperor of Heaven knew, he was very angry, so he let the Ox King stay in the world forever to plow the land for people to weed, and people called this day the "Ox Soul Festival" in order to commemorate the contribution of the Ox King to the world.

There are many more legends about the Ox Soul Festival. China has a vast territory, and the cultures of ethnic minorities are also different, so the legends about the Ox Soul Festival are also different. But no matter what the content of the legend is, the theme they express is the same.

These legends all celebrate the important role of cattle in people's cultivation and the gratitude that people have for them. Some legends are overshadowed with a layer of mythology, making the whole story look mythical.