Folk Festivals Tour of Hunan

Hunan folk festivals

North of lake side of the people, the most attention to four festivals a year, one New Year, the second is the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-third, fourth, twelfth lunar month festival. The Dragon Boat Festival should be regarded as the most popular festival, on this day, people in the door and inserted iris leaves, eating dumplings, drink wine on them, dragon-boat race.

Western Hunan Tujia three times a year, the twelfth lunar month 29 (or xxviii) "over time for years," Lunar June 25 the "June Year" October started off "in October."

"Over time for years," the night, lit bonfires Zhaizhong empty field, Tujia men and women danced waving dance around the bonfire, sang songs in tune. "In June" is an important result of Tujia history of migration, the migration of the day is done the Lunar June 25, after the Tujia people living in the decision to drop once the first year, the ritual slaughtering in the day, slowly forming of the "June in" habit.

"In October" is the Tujia people in their homes after the migration to meet the new harvest season and the first conducted in October in retaliation, Tujia organize celebrations, feminist drink, another New Year, which formed the "October years."

Zhangjiajie city in the area of the Bai people have lunar June 25 at the Torch Festival of the traditional customs, this is a remove pests, crop protection-related activities. In this day, people will be held wish Bai harvest crops, livestock fat of the ceremony. The main activities include worship, worship torch, playing a torch, the ignition, flash over the other.