How do the Naxi people celebrate the Three Flowers Festival? What are the three gods?

On the eighth day of the second lunar month, the Naxi people living in Yunnan, China, have a unique style of sacrificial festival, called "Sanduo Festival", also called "Sanduo Festival". "Three Flowers Festival" is a grand festival for the Naxi people to worship the largest protective god of their own nation - "Three Flowers", and it is also the legal national festival of the Naxi people. The festival originated from the Beiyue temple fair in Baisha Yulong Village, and is called "Three Flowers" in Naxi language, which is "Sacrifice Three Flowers".

Beiyue Temple, because the Southern Zhao had sealed Yulong Mountain as Beiyue, and Sanduo Temple was built at the foot of Yulong Mountain. According to legend, in ancient times, there was a hunter who found a strange snow stone on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, so he carried it home, and when he walked to the current temple site, the snow stone was extremely heavy, so he rested. People believe that this is the incarnation of the gods, build temples and offerings on the spot, and from then on, people often see a god wearing white armor, wearing a white helmet, holding a white spear, and crossing a white horse, often manifesting spirits to protect the land and people here.

The Naxi people believe that Sanduo is the largest and most authoritative god of the nation, and it belongs to the sheep, and every year on the eighth day of February and August belongs to the sheep day, and the whole sheep should be solemnly sacrificed. During the temple fair, it is the first season of camellia, at that time, there are crowds of people, fireworks are swirling, flowers bloom in all directions, people scatter picnics, and believers burn incense and kowtow. The grandeur and atmosphere of this temple fair are the first of all temple fairs and festivals in Lijiang.

Since then, on the eighth day of February and the sheep day in August every year, the Naxi people from near and far gather at the Sanduo Temple at the foot of Yulong Mountain, and hold a solemn worship ceremony called "Sanduo Song" with the whole sheep as a sacrifice. Crowded with people, cigarette smoke, and solemn atmosphere. At that time, each family will also cook food at home, burn incense and worship.

Sanduo Festival is the eighth day of the second lunar month every year, called "Sanduo Song" in Naxi language, originating from the temple fair of Beichan Shuyue in Yulong Village, Baisha, it is the legal national festival of the Naxi people, the traditional festival of the Naxi people, and the grand festival of the Naxi people to worship the biggest protector god of the nation.

It has a history of more than 1,000 years since the launch of the Sanduo Festival, which is a large-scale ethnic cultural event with unique style, extremely grand and influential, and is a landmark festival of the Naxi people.

"Sanduo" is the main deity and the highest protector of the Naxi people, the legend is that He Qingshou is the god of war who rides a white horse, wears white armor, wears a white helmet, and holds a white spear, often manifests the saint, protects the safety of the Naxi people, and builds a shrine in the Tang Dynasty to worship, and is deeply believed by the Naxi people. People also think"Three more"It is the incarnation of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Sanduo is the god of war worshiped by the Naxi people, and it is also the protector god of the Naxi people.

The Sanduo Festival is the eighth day of the second lunar month every year, called "Sanduo Song" in Naxi language, which originates from the Beiyue temple fair in Baisha Yulong Village, and is the legal national festival of the Naxi people, the traditional festival of the Naxi people, and the grand festival of the Naxi people to worship the biggest protector of the nation.

It is a large-scale ethnic cultural event with a unique style, extremely grand and influential, and it is a landmark festival of the Naxi people.

"Three Zen number more" is the main deity and the highest protector of the Naxi people, the legend is to ride a white horse, wear white armor, wear a white helmet, hold a white spear of the god of war, often praise often appear to the saints, protect the safety of the Naxi people, the Tang Dynasty built a shrine to worship, deeply believed by the Naxi people. People also think"Three more"It is the incarnation of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Sanduo is the god of war worshiped by the Naxi people, and it is also the protector god of the Naxi people.

It should be the Naxi Sanduo Festival. The cultural significance of the Sanduojie Festival of the Naxi people is an important symbol and symbol of the traditional culture of the Naxi people, which embodies the national spirit of the Naxi people who love peace, advocate harmony and strive for self-improvement.

It is a large-scale ethnic cultural event with a unique style, extremely grand and influential, and it is a landmark festival of the Naxi people.

On May 24, 2021, the Naxi Sanduo Festival declared by Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province was approved to be included in the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative items, heritage number: X-166.

Characteristics of customs:

It is said that because the three are more than sheep, people have the lunar calendar every year.

In February and August, the sheep day should be sacrificed to three more, among which February is the most solemn, the incense is prosperous, and it is the crown of all local temples. At the same time, there are also dinners, singing and other activities, which are very lively. The poem says: Every spring and February, every household wishes more than three.

Now, on August 29, 1986, the Standing Committee of the Eighth People's Congress of Lijiang County passed the decision that the eighth day of the second lunar month is the legal traditional festival of the Naxi nationality. The annual Sanduo Festival is the birthday of Sanduo, the protector of the Naxi people, and the birthday of the entire Naxi nation.

The "three flowers" of the Sanduo Festival are the gods of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and they are the heroes who can fight well and help the poor in legends, so they have been worshiped as a protective god by the Naxi people for thousands of years. According to the ancient records of Dongba, the three flowers belong to the sheep, so in the past, every year on the eighth day of the second lunar month and the sheep day in August, the Naxi people from all over the country had to go to Baisha in Lijiang"Jade Dragon Temple'(i.e., Beiyue store) solemnly worship the three gods, and some are still held in their own homes"Sacrifice three"Rite. In addition to worship activities, various cultural and recreational activities are held.

Since the eighth day of the second month is on the right time"Ten thousand camellias"In full bloom, the spring is bright, and it gradually forms the Spring Festival day for the Naxi people. In August 1986, the Standing Committee of the Eighth People's Congress of Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County passed a resolution to celebrate the three flowers at 8 o'clock in the second lunar month"It is a traditional festival of the Naxi people. Every year on this day, the county has a holiday, and the county ** specifically arranges various festival activities, such as holding various exhibitions, public garden tours, flower appreciation, and relevant academic seminars.

At that time, the tourists are like a tide, the city is full of jubilation, singing day and night, and it is very lively. Nowadays, the Naxi Sanduo Festival has become the most grand large-scale folk culture event in Lijiang.

Sanduo is the maintenance god of the Italians, and the incarnation of the sacred mountain of the Italians - the Jade Dragon Volcano.

Second, the sheep day in mid-autumn should be sacrificed to more than three socks, the most solemn in the middle of the spring, and then it became more than three festivals.

Sanduo Festival, the beautiful festival of the descendants of Naxi, under the premise of the new sweat and youth, Hao Sui is shaking with a strong national atmosphere and colorful civilization, solidifying the descendants of Naxi from all over the country, attracting Chinese and foreign guests from afar.

Sanduo Festival is the old calendar of the year, called "Sanduo Song" in Spanish, originating from the hand-split Beiyue temple fair in Yulong Village, Baisha, it is the conservative festival of the Naxi people, and the Naxi people worship the largest conservation god of the nation.

It is a giant national civilization gathering of the Naxi people and the northern and central regions of the whole region with the common intervention, unique style, extreme solemnity and great influence, and it is the symbolic festival of the Naxi people.

On the eighth day of the second year of the year, the Italians gathered at the foot of the Yulong Mountain in the Sanduo Temple, and called it with the loss of the whole sheep"Three more songs"solemn worship ceremony. Shoulder to shoulder, cigarettes circulate, the atmosphere is solemn and calm. At that time, each family will also cook food and burn incense and worship in the church.

In March 2005, the third meeting of the 13th Mass Chargé d'Affaires of Xinyulong Naxi Autonomous County passed and the 16th meeting of the 10th People's Congress Branch Committee of Yunnan Province accepted, and it was decided that the "Sanduo Festival" was a conservative statutory holiday for the Naxi people, with a three-day vacation.