2. Ewenki people, whether herders, hunters or farmers, take the Lunar New Year as the main festival. On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, there will be a sacrifice to Vulcan. Pastoral areas will hold the "Mikulu" Festival on May 22nd, which is actually a festival evolved from production activities. On this day, it is necessary to count the number of livestock, trim and brand horses.
On the fifth day of May, people pick mugwort leaves and put them on their heads, and go to the river to wash their faces and bathe for health. There is also "Aobao Sacrifice" in pastoral areas, which is a festival evolved from religious sacrifices, and horse racing and other activities are to be held.
Hezhe Uygur Festival is a new festival of Hezhe nationality, which was born in 1985. "Five-day public" means entertainment or cultural and sports meetings, which are held every two years, usually in May and June of the lunar calendar, for three days.
There are three major festivals in Hui nationality, namely Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Holy Day. These three festivals are all religious festivals. Eid al-Fitr is a free translation of "Eid al-Fitr" in Arabic, so it is also called "Eid al-Fitr", and Xinjiang is also known as "Zirou".
Eid al-Adha, the 70th day after Eid al-Fitr, is 65438+ 10 in the Islamic calendar. Eid al-Adha, also known as Eid al-Adha, is the last day of Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. On this day, you should bathe yourself, burn incense indoors and fast for half a day.
In the morning, people will go to the mosque to attend the ceremony, bow down to Mecca, ask the imam to slaughter livestock, and distribute some of the slaughtered beef and mutton to relatives and friends to help the poor. Holy Day is a day to commemorate the birth of Prophet Muhammad, which is 12 in March of Islamic calendar and also the day of Muhammad's death.
Commemorative activities are generally held in mosques. During the activities, we should recite the scriptures and tell about the holy deeds. Some places also hold a grand Amal party (charity banquet) to entertain guests on this day.
4. Influenced by China culture, Manchu people have festivals similar to those of Han people, and attach importance to the Lunar New Year. On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Lantern Festival is celebrated, and on the 25th day of the first month, the "Tim Cang Festival" is prayed for the coming year. The dragon is locked on the second day of the second lunar month, and there is also the "Insect King Festival" on May 5, and the Mid-Autumn Festival on June 6 and August 15. Tim Cang Festival, on the 25th day of the first month of each year, every household in Manchu rural areas pays attention to cooking sticky sorghum rice and putting it in the warehouse with straw stalks.
Weave a pony and put it in the rice bowl, which means that the horse will go home with food and plenty of food. Add new rice on the first day and add it three times in a row. Some people also use sorghum stalks to make two hoes and put them in their rice.
This festival has been preserved in the northeastern countryside to this day; Insect king's day, that day in June, is prone to insect disasters. Manchu people who used to live in Xiuyan and Fengcheng, Liaoning, went to worship at the Insect King Temple on the sixth day of June, killing pigs and offering sacrifices to avoid disasters and ensure a bumper harvest. At present, there is no activity of the king of insects offering sacrifices to sweep, but every household should dry clothes on this day to prevent insects from eating.
5. The main festivals of Yi people are Bathing Festival, Harvest Festival and Spring Festival. The traditional knife and handle festival is held every year on the eighth day of the second lunar month. Two long poles about 20 meters thick are erected in the center of the sacrifice ground, and 36 long knives are tied to them, which are ladder-like rungs with upward blades, called knife poles.
At noon, firecrackers and drums sounded, and five Yi men wearing dahongpao and blue cloth hats gulped down the white wine under the knife pole and jumped on the knife pole. Holding the upper blade in both hands and the sharp blade in bare feet, they bravely climbed up, climbed to the top of the pole, took out firecrackers and put them away. At that time, firecrackers exploded.
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