dragon lantern
Colorful dragon, about 3 meters long, is divided into three sections: head, body and tail. Bundle with bamboo sticks, draw with paper paste, connect with yellow cloth, and support each section with bamboo sticks. During the dance, the dragon's head moves counterclockwise to the dragon's tail. After the dance, the four directions form a circle. The basic movements are commanded by the dragon head, and the dance sequences are "Huanglong wrapped around the waist", "Golden Dragon holding the column" and "Fish leaping over the Longmen". Beating gongs and drums to celebrate the festival.
The fire dragon is divided into three parts: the head, the body and the tail, with the beginning and the end. The dragon has five parts. The decoration is similar to the colorful dragon, but it is larger and about 20 meters long. In the new year, dragons are played on the eighth day of the first month and closed after the fifteenth. When the dragon came out, there was a sign light in front to guide the way. After dancing with Bao, the dragon made a treasure-grabbing shape, flying up and down, rolling left and right, magnificent and impermanent. During the Lantern Festival, people throw cannons and fireworks at dragons, which is called burning dragon lanterns. Dragon dancers are topless, wearing pointed hats and holding dragon lanterns, wandering around in the mixed sound of various fireworks and firecrackers. There is a folk saying that playing with dragon lanterns will burn the mold, so dragon dancers will compete with each other every year when burning dragon lanterns.
Lion lamp
Generally held during festivals or folk festivals. Most people who know martial arts form a lion dance team. When dancing, gongs and drums accompany the dance, which is lively and intense. The lion dance is generally composed of four people, one is decorated with a sand monk, the other is dressed as a lion with a lion body prop (one holds his head and the other wags his tail), and the other is dressed as a monkey with a monkey head mask to make funny moves.
Niudeng
Most of them are held during the Spring Festival. It takes three people to play the cow lamp, one as a shepherd boy and two as cows. Show the scene of grazing, and at the same time, the "shepherd boy" will lead the singing of Niu Guang. Most of the lyrics are taken from folk songs, and most of them tell the hardships of farmers by describing the hardships of plowing cattle.
Festival lanterns (displayed on the Lantern Festival)
Accompanied by Hu Qin, the content is mostly long love stories, which are narrative love songs, and singers can play freely.
Lights on the vehicle
Widely circulated in the county, it is the main singing form of folk literature and art, and is generally sung by male elderly people in rural areas. During the performance, a man and a woman (male companion), a woman riding in a car, a man pulling the car, the car seems to roll forward with people. Car lights sing ballads, lanterns and other lyrics, forming various accents, no matter what tone, there are lead singers and collocations.
[Miao Marriage Custom]
If a man and a woman find another lover, the wife has the right to marry another person, and can take away part of her labor income. Miao young men and women are bold, good at singing and dancing, and have extensive social freedom. Through various meetings, national festivals, visiting relatives and friends, catching up with singing venues, getting to know each other and exchanging feelings about folk songs. Express love. In addition, exchanging tokens indicates participation. After the engagement, both parties are still free to participate in various meetings and social activities. If one party finds that the other party is not single-minded in love, it will take the initiative to return the token as a sign of breach of contract. From betrothal to marriage, we make our own decisions, and our parents rarely make arrangements and mention the amount of dowry and bride price.
The social freedom of Miao young men and women led to some young people's puppy love. Before liberation, people usually got married at the age of 15 to 17, and had their first child before 18, commonly known as being a grandfather at the age of 36. After the founding of New China, the marriage law was promulgated to prohibit early marriage, but in some remote mountainous areas, there are still early marriages and early childbearing. After the young men and women are engaged, the man goes to the woman's house to pay a New Year call once or twice during the Spring Festival, taking a few young men with them to carry rakes, dried pork legs, jars of wine and candy. The wedding of Miao people is very grand. A month before the wedding, the woman began to cry. Unmarried girls in the village get together to cry every night, and the sisters-in-law also cry, collectively called "crying for marriage", which is actually singing wedding songs. Three days before the wedding, the man sent dowry meat wine to the woman's house. Women entertain guests, uncles, relatives and friends to celebrate. At this time, "crying marriage" also reached a climax.
The day before the wedding is called "Flower Arrangement Day". On this day, the guests of the woman's house get together, and the man must send the wedding procession to the woman's house on the day of flower arrangement. The wedding procession consists of odd-numbered young people of 7- 1 1. The male leader is called "Big Brother Marry" and the female is called "Old Lady Marry". Besides, he followed a group of trumpeters [bands]. When the wedding procession arrives at the woman's village, firecrackers will be set off immediately. The woman will close the door and wait until the wedding eldest brother opens the door with a red envelope and says some polite words before being allowed in. When the wedding team is sitting at the table drinking. The girls in the Women's Village will persuade them to drink, and they will also try to rub the bottom of the pot on the faces of wedding guests by persuading them to drink, serving food, serving tea and rice. , so that all the guests attending the wedding will become embarrassed, called "beating", or besieged with bean dregs and nettle leaves, and beaten all over with bean dregs; The nettle leaf stung the wedding, and it was hot and painful, so it was called "pro" and "send". The more you hit them, the more you hit them. Let the woman wait until the old man comes out. Then, at night, young men and women can sing folk songs and stay up all night. The wedding day is called "the right day". At the dawn of this day, the wedding began. The bride's eldest brother (brother) carried the bride out of the main entrance, put it in a sedan chair outside the main entrance and carried it to the man's house. If you meet the wedding team in Biezhai on the way, you should go around from a height first. Outside the man's house, the eldest brother will carry the bride through the brazier in front of the door, and then the bride and groom will go to the chapel. The man will hold a banquet for three days to thank relatives and friends. After three mornings, the groom will accompany the bride to visit her family and stay for a few days.
[Bo People's Style Performance]
Xingwen County is a place where the ancient Gelao people lived together and eventually became extinct. There are many Bo people's relics. Wangbo Scenic Area used to be an important stronghold of Bo people. Today, there is a Miao customs garden in Wangbo Scenic Area, where you can enjoy Bo people's songs and dances and folk performances. Yibin culture and art festival
There are Han tombs, Jin tombs and Song tombs in Yibin County, which has a history of more than 1000 years. The stone carvings in its rock tombs are rich in content and vivid in image. These images not only reflect the high level of agricultural production technology, pottery making, smelting and casting, brewing and so on. It also shows that music, dance, acrobatics, sculpture and other cultures and arts have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In terms of residential buildings, the buildings in Yibin County are very artistic. For example, "Zhujiajian Island Mansion" is a combination of centralized and western-style architecture. The whole building covers an area of 2400m2, with a building area of 1.357 m2. The building is located according to the terrain. The main building has a first floor and a bottom, with brick and wood structure, which is like a "foreign building" with an area of 660m2. On the second day after the main building, the well is a kitchen and sundry warehouse, and a 6-meter-square silver building is built in front of the right.
The roads in residential areas are well trodden, and there are many flowers and trees, especially the two bougainvillea trees in front of the main building, which are precious and fragrant all over the town. In addition, there are large-scale buildings, clear functional divisions, scattered buildings and colorful residential buildings in Xiangwan, Li Chang. Mass cultural activities are becoming more and more popular, showing a scene of prosperity. Literary and artistic creation, calligraphy, fine arts, photography and other works often win various awards at or above the provincial level and are selected to participate in various competitions at or above the municipal level. In addition, there are all kinds of dragon lanterns, ox lanterns, lion lanterns, boat lanterns and yangko. All kinds of aerobics and costumes parades are most popular with the masses, especially the dragon lantern performance of Guanyin, which integrates dance, acrobatics and sports.
Yi nationality spring festival
Spring Festival is usually called China New Year. According to the ancient records of Yi language, the Yi people divide a year into 10 months by solar calendar, with 36 days in each month, starting from the day of the rat, and the zodiac cycles for three weeks and ending with the day of the pig. There are 360 days in a year, and the remaining 5 to 6 days are Chinese New Year days, which are not included in 10 months. The New Year in China is divided into two years. The first year is the summer solstice 10, and the second year is the winter solstice. But now the Yi people in Yuanyang are gradually sinicizing the Spring Festival and spending the Spring Festival with the Han people.
Sacrificial ceremony of yi nationality
Festivals are held in February of the lunar calendar, and cattle and sheep days are acceptable. If someone dies in the stockade that month, it will be considered unlucky and will be detained until next month. Sacrifice for three days. On the first day, the men, women and children in the village cleaned the houses and streets in the morning and repaired the village roads. At noon, Bimo recited scriptures to ward off ghosts and evil spirits, praying for peace in the village, bumper crops and prosperity of people and animals. The next day, the mythical hero O Luo was killed in the Woods outside the village and engaged in various sacrificial activities. On the third day, each family held a sumptuous banquet and invited the guests to the street. People who step into the village, whether they know each other or not, are warmly invited to sit down.
Yi nationality dragon boat festival
Yi people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in the same way as Han people. However, its holiday significance is different. The Han nationality commemorates Qu Yuan, and the Yi nationality commemorates Nikisadi who saved the people.
Have a holiday for two or three days. In addition to killing pigs and chickens, the villagers also wrapped zongzi to pay homage to Emperor Nikisai.
Yi people don't forget the Dragon Boat Festival, children are happy, and young men and women are singing and dancing, which is a good opportunity to love each other. Miao nationality year
Miao people value the Chinese New Year, some of them have passed three days, and some have only passed one day. On the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, it is called "false praise". Greeting relatives and ancestors to go home for the New Year is called "Uncle Dao", and boiling hot water to wash feet at night is called "Dog Dyeing House" (except for being too old). In the early morning of the first day of the first month, Bazin, wine and meat, and libation are arranged, and ancestors and gods are invited to sit at the table to offer sacrifices. Then the whole family sits around the table to have New Year's Eve dinner, which is called "Zanlao". Men and women dress up for fun, participate in the Mountain Treadmill Festival or go out to visit relatives and friends. However, there is still a "Miao Festival" in Yibin County, with white seedlings from the first day to the third day of the first month and flower seedlings in September.
Miao nationality wind plot
In May 2002, Xingwen County held the first Southern Sichuan Miao Art Festival, and invited Miao compatriots from Junlian, Gongxian, Xuyong, Gu Lin and Weixin counties to perform on the same stage. The theme of the wind plot is "Visit the cave town of Shihai and enjoy the Miao customs in southern Sichuan", which allows visitors to appreciate the fantastic journey of Xingwen Shihai nature and deeply experience the unique Miao customs culture in southern Sichuan.
During the festival, various forms of Miao customs display activities are held, including Miao song and dance performances, such as Lusheng dance, and projects that tourists participate in, such as drinking rice wine to sing songs and grinding autumn competitions. , and also held a Miao song and dance bonfire party. Influenced by stone culture and national culture, tourists are "happy" and wander back and forth.
This Miao culture and art festival is held every two years. Mountaineering Festival
Mountain Treading Festival is a festival for Miao people to get together and communicate. The time is between the first day of the first month and the tenth day of the first month. The place and time of each step on the mountain are fixed, and each has its own reasons. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, some Miao people set up begging places for children because they had not given birth for many years after marriage. They "set a mountain, made a wish, begged children, hung a pot of wine on a flower pole, and wore it around singing and dancing", and made a wish for three years in a row. After giving birth to children, people come to the mountain for a party on time every year, which has become a popular festival. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Mountain Treading Festival was decided according to the needs of the local Miao people, which has certain commodity exchange and tourism attributes, such as Jiuqing Yuping Mountain Treading Festival. Nowadays, the Mountain Treading Festival has evolved from the initial prayer for people's prosperity to a folk activity with the contents of praying for a good year, exchanging production experience, strengthening national unity and exchanges, and visiting relatives and dating. This activity also provides an opportunity for unmarried young people to exchange feelings with the people, and also provides a place for commodity exchange in ethnic areas, which truly realizes the people's good wishes. On the day of Denggao Festival, everyone of Miao nationality dressed in festive costumes, brought lusheng, flute, suona, gongs and drums and other musical instruments, and carried out many activities such as collective lusheng dance, gun dance and duet during Denggao Festival, showing a happy, peaceful and equal exchange atmosphere.
The most popular mountain-treading festivals in Xingwen are 1994 and 1996 Jiuqing Yuping Mountain-treading Festival on the ninth day of the first month, with nearly 30,000 participants. The picture shows 1987 people attending the Mountain Treading Festival in Huyan Pingshan, Yingchun Village, Miao Nationality Township, Yu Xiu.
Answer supplement
Xingwen county has many enduring mountain-climbing festivals, where Miao people live in compact communities and the transportation is inconvenient. China Shanhai1079m is located at the junction of Jiuqing, Zhongcheng and Qilin sanxiang town, and thousands of people climb mountains every year. 1950 The second day of the first month is the first mountain-climbing festival after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Chang Yan Yin He personally went up to the mountain to celebrate the Mountain Treading Festival with 10,000 Miao compatriots, which was passed down as a much-told story.