The Zhuang people have the custom of dancing the spring cow during the Spring Festival, and what is

Spring cattle, one of the customs at the beginning of spring. The symbolic ox of the spring day to persuade farmers to plough in spring is made of mud and paper, and is also called "earth cow". In ancient times, it was customary to carry out a spring ceremony on the day of the "beginning of spring", and people dressed up as the "Jumang God" who was in charge of the growth of plants and trees, and whipped the spring cattle; The local officials officiate with incense, which is called "beating spring" or "whipping spring".

The ancients sent cold to the cattle unearthed in the remnant of winter, and in the winter month of the "Zhou Li Moon Order", the division was ordered to "unearth the cattle to send the cold".

The Spring Festival customs of the Zhuang family are very unique, and the dancing chickens and spring cattle in the western part of Guangxi!

It is the custom of the Dong ethnic minority.

It is a tradition in the Dong region to hold the spring cow activity on the day of the beginning of spring. The Spring Ox activity is not only to celebrate the harvest of the first year, but also to pray for good weather in the coming year through the form of festivals, which has become the main form of cultural activities of the Dong family in the New Year. There are villages and villages in Dong Autonomous County, but the scale is different, the content is the same, and the form is the same.

"Noisy Spring Cattle" is one of the most playful and humorous entertainment projects in the Dong area, which integrates the actions of all aspects of production and labor and the entertainment activities of the villagers in labor.

There are not only simulated actions of doing various farm work, such as plowing and harrowing, pulling seedlings, transplanting seedlings, raking seedlings, threshing, picking grass, etc., but also frolicking scenes such as women carrying children to catch shrimp, fishing, splashing water and playing, singing duets of mountain songs, and singing songs with leaves. All the women are dressed up as men, and the movements are witty, funny, and hilarious.

Spring cowThe moral of the word

It mainly entrusts the New Year's blessings of the people of Jiaoxiang Township, indicating that the new year is smooth and rainy, abundant food and clothing, and the prosperity of six animals is the main purpose of "Spring Cattle". Cow dancers beat gongs and drums to perform in the village, and two people who got into the bottom of the cloth were one to support the head of the ox in front, and the other was bent over and arched behind to shake his tail, followed by a man holding a plow stall.

In addition, there are also gongs and drums, leading the singing of spring cow songs, and when they go to **, there are singing and laughing. After the dance, the upper village went to the lower village, from the first day of the new year to the Lantern Festival. The people who dance the spring cow bring the joy of the festival to the farmer, and at the same time, they also place their wishes for a good harvest and peace for the farmer.

This custom has now spread to the streets of the town, where it has been passed down and carried forward. Every Spring Festival, from the first day of the new year to the Lantern Festival until longer, the dance is left in the upper village and then to the lower village, and the street is down to the street after the dance. The people of the "Spring Cow" cherry blossoms brought the joy of the festival to each family, and at the same time, they also placed their wishes for a good harvest and peace for each family.

Through the easy-to-understand Hakka culture of "Spring Cattle", Jiaoxiang artists have added the festive atmosphere and joy of the Spring Festival to the people of Jiaoxiang Township.

For the Zhuang people, it is an auspicious thing to dance chickens and cows during the Spring Festival, and the chickens and cows here are not real cows. China's 56 ethnic groups can have 56 customs during the Spring Festival, and the Zhuang people may attach more importance to the Spring Festival than the Han people. The Zhuang people are simple and kind, believing that the chicken and cow dance can bring good luck, and can also pray for the prosperity of the six animals, they will go to carry water on the day of the Spring Festival, because they believe that the Spring Festival is the first day of the new year, the water on the first day is the cleanest, and picking it back can bring good luck to the family.

The chickens of the dancing chickens are made of wood, not real chickens, and the young men of the dancing chickens carry them from door to door to send New Year blessings. The young people who dance the chickens will sing festive songs, and the blessed family will pluck a few chicken feathers from the wooden chicken and put them in their own chicken coops, in the hope that the six animals will be prosperous in the new year. It is indeed a very interesting and meaningful custom, I think it is rare that the young man who dances the chicken can send blessings from door to door, but the Zhuang people have been continuing this custom.

The cow is made of bamboo, and then wrapped in cloth to resemble a cow, and someone leads it from house to house to pay New Year's greetings. Cow dance is not a person to complete the thing, generally a person leading, a person driving the cow, several people singing around, very lively, the cow to ** to ** to bring good luck, such a custom is indeed to add a lot of excitement and joy to the Spring Festival. On the day of the Spring Festival, the Zhuang people will eat rice dumplings, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, they will make colorful rice bowls, which indicates that the next year will have a bumper harvest of grains and every family will have surplus grain.

On the day of the New Year, the Zhuang people will also go to carry water, and the Zhuang women will add brown sugar to the water on this day, which becomes "smart water". In short, the Spring Festival of the Zhuang people is indeed very happy, and the Spring Festival day is fully arranged, which also shows the fine quality of the diligence of the Zhuang people. I hope that the good customs can be passed down forever.

The chicken dance is carried by young people with two fighting cocks made of wood and wooden claws, playing gongs to each family to celebrate the New Year, and they sing auspicious and humorous chicken dance songs, so that the host family smiles. The master plucked a few chicken feathers from the chicken and stuck them in his chicken coop, praying for the prosperity of the six animals. The cow dance is a delicate "spring cow" performance by people, with the same person supporting the cow's head in front, and one person bending over and arching his back and flicking his tail; Behind it, a man with a plow frame drove the "spring ox"; There are also those who beat gongs and drums and sing spring cow songs, which are mighty and joyful.

The chicken dance is to pray for the livestock to be more prosperous in the coming year, and the cow dance is to make the life of the coming year joyful, which are a kind of yearning and blessing for the good life of the common people.

Dancing chickens and cows add to the festive atmosphere. It is also the pursuit of good things in the new year. The cow dance means a bumper harvest of grains, auspicious wishes, and the chicken dance means the prosperity of the six animals, and the family fat house is moist.

Because this is decided according to the folk customs of the Zhuang people, not only the chicken and cow dance, but also the lion dance, which represents a smooth and prosperous new year and the whole family is safe and sound.

The chicken and cow dance is not a "dance" in the true sense, but a prayer for the prosperity of the six animals by inserting chicken feathers into the chicken, and the cow is a paper-cutting, praying for people's future life.

The Zhuang people dance the chicken and cow to celebrate the arrival of the New Year, to increase the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival, thus symbolizing the prosperity of the six animals.

Because it is a culture that has evolved over thousands of years of this race, it must be observed.