Miao festivals are:

1, Miao Year: The date of Miao Year varies from place to place, but it is all held after the millet is collected, that is, in September, October or November of the lunar calendar, or on ugly days.

April 8th: This festival is to commemorate the Miao hero Yayi. During the festival, Miao compatriots will steam rice with flowers and gather in a fixed place, blowing sheng, to dance or sing love songs. The Miao people in Beijing also celebrate April 8.

3. Dragon Boat Festival: On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, or from 24th to 27th, Miao people living on both sides of the strait hold grand dragon boat races in turn.

4. Eating New Year Festival: Every year in June and July of the lunar calendar, when the rice in the field is heading, every household in Miao Village celebrates the "Eating New Year Festival" on the first day.

5. Catch the Autumn Festival: It is popular in Xiangxi, Hunan, Huatao, Guizhou and other Miao areas. It is held every year on the day of beginning of autumn for one day. For the annual Lunar New Year "beginning of autumn", young men and women gather in villages and Shan Ye to sing and dance and seek partners.

What are the Miao festivals?

There are many traditional festivals of Miao nationality, such as Miao Year, April 8th, Dragon Boat Festival, Eating New Year's Goods Festival and Catch Autumn Festival, among which Miao Year is the biggest. Miao year is equivalent to the Spring Festival of Han nationality, which is usually held after autumn. On the morning of the festival, people put the prepared delicious food on the stove near the fire pit to worship their ancestors, and put wine on the noses of cows to show their gratitude for their hard work for a year. Dressed young men and women are dancing in the hall. Except for historical festivals, most festivals are held in the slack season after autumn harvest or before spring ploughing. However, due to the influence of natural factors, social and clan differences, Miao traditional festivals have obvious regional characteristics and show different characteristics.

Wear:

Miao costumes vary from region to region. Male, the average old man wears a collarless cardigan, belt, trouser legs and leggings. Cardigans worn by middle-aged people and young people are short and small, and the fabrics are mostly homemade "home machine clothes". Women's clothes are different in style, wearing collarless embroidered clothes with petals inserted in the middle and wide-leg pants with edges, embroidery or gauze. Eye-catching female headscarves are generally more than a foot long, all blue in color, and some are wrapped in black and white squares.

What are the traditional festivals of Miao nationality?

The traditional festival of Miao nationality is Dragon Boat Festival.

This is a traditional festival for Miao people to row boats on the water. It is popular on both sides of Qingshui River at the junction of Taijiang and Shibing counties in Guizhou, and on both sides of Bala River in Taijiang, which flows into this river. The Miao language in eastern Guizhou is called "Hayangyong". There are sixty or seventy Miao villages, such as Pingzhai and Liaodong, each of which has one or two dragon boats for rowing competitions.

Every year, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, or from the 24th to 27th, Miao people living on both sides of the strait hold grand dragon boat races in turn. Dragon boat races are also popular in Fenghuang, Luxi, Jishou, Baojing and Huayuan in Xiangxi, Hunan Province, which are divided into men's teams, women's teams and mixed teams. The scene is very lively.

Although the Dragon Boat Festival of Miao nationality is a festival with dragon boat race as the main content, it is also a festival for ethnic culture and entertainment, social interaction between young men and women, visiting relatives and friends of middle-aged and elderly people, talking about the year and production experience.

Extended data:

There are also some festivals around the Miao nationality. For example, "Looking at the Dragon Field" and "Cherry Blossom Club" in Xiangxi, Hunan; "Spring Festival" in Chengbu, Hunan on March 3, and "Broken Valley Festival" before frost in early September; "Jingqiao" in Kaili, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province, "Eating Sisters' Meal" Festival in Taijiang and Shibing on March 15, and "Climbing Xianglu Mountain" held in Kaili on June 19. Eight kinds of cotton in the first day of April in Congjiang lunar calendar; Guiyang Huaxi's "rice field in July" and so on.

Some are commemorative, some are parties for young men and women, and some are prayers. In addition, in Fenghuang, Xiangxi, every year on the sixth day of June, men, women and children wear colorful clothes and gather in a concert hall, or play suona, or play flower drums, or sing Miao songs. Singing and dancing in memory of our ancestors. In addition, I have been to Tomb-Sweeping Day, and I have a tradition of sweeping graves and being humble.

What is the Miao festival?

Traditional Miao festivals include Miao Year, April 8th, Dragon Boat Festival, Eating New Year's Goods Festival, Catch Autumn Festival and Fishing Festival.

Among these festivals of the Miao nationality, the annual festival of the Miao nationality is the most grand, which is equivalent to the Spring Festival of the Han nationality and is usually held after autumn. On the morning of the festival, people put the prepared delicious food on the stove near the fire pit to worship their ancestors, put wine on the nose of cows to show their gratitude for Niu Yi's hard work, and dressed young men and women danced in the hall.

Characteristics of Miao nationality:

Compared with other ethnic minorities, Miao people not only have an independent national language. Moreover, there is a self-contained cultural development, as well as natural worship and ancestor worship with unique national characteristics. From this point of view, the development of Miao nationality and the inheritance of traditional cultural customs have never stopped in history.

Miao people are very particular about family education and rules. It is a traditional virtue to be filial to parents, be friendly to brothers and sisters, respect the elders and care for the younger generation. Uncle and sister-in-law can't cross the line Elders can't make fun of their daughters-in-law and grandchildren. Younger generations should not be frivolous in front of their elders.

What festivals do Miao people have?

Miao people have many traditional festivals, such as Miao Year, April 8th, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese New Year Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

1, year of seedling

Popular in Miao areas of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou and Rongshui Miao Autonomous County in Guangxi. The date of the year of Miao varies from place to place, but it is held after the millet is collected, that is, on the ninth day of September, October or November in the lunar calendar, or on the morning or ugly day.

In the first few days after the Year of Miao, every household should clean the house and actively prepare new year's goods, such as making rice cakes, brewing rice wine, making tofu and bean sprouts, and generally killing pigs or buying pork.

Wealthy families have to make sausages and blood tofu, sew new clothes for their families and so on. On Miao New Year's Eve, the whole family will have dinner at home, and they won't open the door until midnight to set off firecrackers to welcome dragons into the house.

At dawn, every household is presided over by the elders at home to worship their ancestors. After breakfast, young and middle-aged men pay New Year greetings to their neighbors, which is called "Duiyang" in Miao language to express congratulations on a happy New Year.

On the second day of the lunar new year, there are some taboos at home, such as: don't go out to fetch water, don't go up the mountain to cut wood and grass; Don't sweep the floor; Women do not do needlework; In some areas, women do not cook and are replaced by men; Men don't go out to pick up shit or anything.

Men and women in Miao village usually get married in Miao year. From the fourth day. Some elderly men and women are also visiting relatives and friends with wine, meat and rice cakes, or are busy receiving guests at home.

Some young men and women either dance in blowing sheng in their respective villages, or dance in bronze drums for bullfighting; Or the young man went to other villages to "tour", where men and women sang and poured out their love. Before and after the activity, it took about 9 days to end. This is the most solemn festival of Miao people.

2.4.8

The eighth day of the fourth lunar month is a traditional festival for Miao people in Guiyang, Ping Huang, Songtao and Xiangxi, Hunan. This festival is to commemorate the Miao hero Yayi.

During the festival, Miao compatriots will steam rice with flowers and gather in a fixed place, blowing sheng, to dance or sing love songs. The Miao people in Beijing also celebrate April 8.

3. Eat New Year's Day

Mainly popular in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou and Rongshui Miao Autonomous County of Guangxi. Every year in June and July of the lunar calendar, when rice heads in the fields, every household in Miao village celebrates the "Eating New Year's Day" on the fifth day.

At that time, every household would cook glutinous rice, a bowl of fish and a bowl of meat. , and put them on the ground. They will pick 7-9 rice buds in their own rice fields and put them on the edge of the glutinous rice bowl, then burn incense and paper. The elders will pinch a little fish and glutinous rice and throw them on the ground, drop a few drops of wine to show their respect and pray for a bumper harvest.

Then tear off the picked rice buds, hang two on the shrine, and tear off the rest for the children to eat, and the whole family will have a good meal happily.

The next day, men, women and children in each village put on new clothes to watch the Lusheng party, participate in Lusheng dance and participate in Lusheng dance. Some pull horses in the racetrack, and some take buffaloes to the bullring for bullfighting. This festival usually lasts for two days.

4. Lusheng Festival

It is popular in Zhou Xi area at the junction of Kaili, Majiang and Danzhai counties in Guizhou. Festivals vary from place to place, usually in the first month, February or March of the lunar calendar; Individual regional elections will be held in July. Mainly to worship ancestors and celebrate the harvest.

Generally, a ceremony is held before the festival, and the venerable old people in the village preside over ancestor worship. At the same time, every family worships their ancestors by themselves. Then, the girls in each village were dressed in costumes and wore silver flowers and silver ornaments, and the boys all came to the Lusheng venue with their own Lusheng.

The boys in each village form their own circles, and blowing sheng dances for four or five days. The atmosphere is very warm, and it is a mass cultural activity that integrates singing, dancing and recreation.

5. Catch the Mid-Autumn Festival

Popular in Xiangxi, Hunan and Songtao, Guizhou, it is held every year in beginning of autumn for one day. For the annual Lunar New Year "beginning of autumn", young men and women gather in villages and Shan Ye to sing and dance and seek partners.