Stew the whole chicken, which is used to hold up the chicken head with bamboo sticks and make it stand up. Entertain guests with the head of a chicken. The first day of October in the lunar calendar is a festival of Qiang people. The annual feast is also called "Harvest Wine". On New Year's Day, the whole village goes to the "Holy Forest" to make wishes, burn incense, worship ancestors and worship God. Buckwheat flour is used to make a buckwheat jiaozi, which contains diced meat and tofu. Some flour is also used to make animals with different shapes, such as cows, sheep, horses and chickens as sacrifices. A family dinner will be held the next day, and the married daughter will be invited back to her family. Carry out various festivals. Praying for a bumper harvest is a sacrificial activity in the whole village. Except married women, the whole village must bring wine, meat and steamed bread to the festival. The meeting will be presided over by all the families in the village in turn.
At that time, a black sheep, a red rooster, a jar of soju, three catties of pork, a bucket of barley, thirteen catties of flour steamed bread, incense wax, firecrackers, paper money and so on. First of all, be prepared. They will make arrangements according to the regulations. Xu Jiang presided over the sacrificial ceremony, praying to the gods and mountain gods, and wishing the villagers a long life. Goats will be slaughtered, cooked and distributed to households with other foods. This is the so-called "dispersed molecule".
Finally, everyone sat on the floor and tasted each other's sacrifices.
When the Qiang people get married, there is a happy event, and the groom will accompany the bride back to her family. The bride's family should prepare a bottle of "family wine". Friends and relatives should give gifts to the newlyweds and send messages wishing the bride and groom a long life together. In some places, the Qiang people also have the custom of "teasing the groom".
The bride's family will give the groom four feet of chopsticks at the banquet at the door. They will also add some potato chopsticks pendants behind the chopsticks. The groom will be asked to use these chopsticks and some oil lamps to hold vegetables made of diced meat and beans. If chopsticks are too long to hold food, or the oil lamp burns your chin, you will be punished for drinking. This kind of activity is both a holiday dinner and entertainment.