Is Qingming Festival a festival for the whole nation? How do the Zhuang people celebrate Qingming Festival?
Introduction: Qingming Festival is a statutory holiday in my country. It is one of the four major traditional festivals in my country and one of the most important festivals for worshipping ancestors. It is a day for worshiping ancestors and sweeping tombs. So, is Qingming Festival a festival for the whole nation? How do the Zhuang people celebrate Qingming Festival? Let’s take a look together! Mr. Shui Mo will tell you how beautiful every day in the third month of the lunar calendar is, and how touching every day in March is, because the drizzle in March brings you poetic longing.Which other ethnic groups also celebrate Qingming Festival?In my country, in addition to the Han nationality, there are some ethnic minorities that also have the custom of celebrating the Qingming Festival, such as the Manchu, Hezhe, Daur, Oroqen, Ewenki, and Xibe in northern my country; and the Zhuang, Dong, Yi, Bai, She, Miao, Yao, Li, Shui, Jing, Qiang, Tujia, Naxi, Buyi, Pumi and other 25 ethnic groups in total all celebrate the Qingming Festival, but the festival customs are not exactly the same.How do the Zhuang people celebrate Qingming Festival?The Zhuang people love five-color glutinous rice very much and regard it as a symbol of good luck and a good harvest. On the third day of the third lunar month or the Qingming Festival every year, the Zhuang people usually make five-color glutinous rice to worship their ancestors and entertain relatives and friends. When a child is one month old or when someone moves into a new house, people will also steam and distribute five-color glutinous rice to neighbors to express their respect.The Zhuang people love maple leaves and believe that maple leaves can "drive away evil spirits" and bring good luck and peace to people. Therefore, when making five-color glutinous rice on the third day of the third lunar month, every household will insert a carefully selected maple leaf at the door. Some will also sprinkle the dye residue from making five-color glutinous rice outside the house or at the foot of the wall in order to ward off evil spirits and ensure safety. People put maple leaves on the door lintels and around the houses, set up tents at the head and end of the village, and placed colorful rice and other offerings under the tents. Men, women, old and young sang and performed songs around the tents. The elderly also put dyed hard-boiled eggs in small net bags and hung them on the chests of children. Young men and women would "touch eggs" while performing the songs. The Zhuang people often judge whether the hostess is a truly skilled housewife based on whether the glutinous rice is bright in color and sweet in taste. Every March 3rd or Qingming Festival, before daybreak, housewives get up, put the soaked five-color glutinous rice into the steamer and steam it over low heat. In the morning, the children all took colorful glutinous rice balls and ate them as they walked, trying to see whose rice was darker, yellower, purpler, and more fragrant. After eating five-color glutinous rice on March 3rd, people go to the singing fair. On Qingming Festival, they pack the hot five-color glutinous rice and prepare to take it to the graves to worship their ancestors. In the past, even the poor, who could not afford the most luxurious food, would place a bowl of sweet, five-color glutinous rice at the graves during the Qingming Festival to honor their relatives who were buried there. Summary: After reading the introduction in the above article, we know that it is not only the Han people who celebrate Qingming Festival, but many ethnic minorities also celebrate Qingming Festival. You can learn about it and feel what a different Qingming Festival is like! |
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