Traditional Festivals of Zhuang Nationality
Zhuang Nationality, one of the 56 ethnic groups in China, is also a minority with the largest population in China. In China, each ethnic group has its own special festivals, and Zhuang is no exception. In addition to the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Drago跳远英文
n Boat Festival, Mid Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival and New Year's Eve, which are the same as tho of the Han people, Zhuang also has traditional festivals such as the "March 3rd" Song Festival, the "Ox Soul Festival" and the "Mid Yuan Festival".
The "March 3rd" Song Festival is the most solemn folk song gathering of Zhuang people. Zhuang people have always been famous for their ability to sing. Zhuang folk songs are rich in form and content, including two or three ntences, three or four ntences and more. Seven character ntences and waist foot rhyme are popular. Zhuang songs are characterized by being good at touching the scene, using objects as metaphor, and singing vivid and touching lyrics in the form of guessing and questioning.
The "Ox Soul Festival", also known as the "Ox King Festival", is held on the eighth day of th
e fourth lunar month. In Zhuang legend, the ox king was originally a god,门萨俱乐部
who came down to earth to help people客户主管
cultivate under the order of the Jade Emperor. The Zhuang people, grateful for its contributions, offered sacrifices to the ox spirit on the ox king's birthday. On this day, each family combed the cattle, trimmed the cattle stall, took a basket of five colored glutinous rice and a bunch of fresh grass to the cattle stall to sacrifice the soul of the cattle, and then gave half of the food and fresh grass to each cattle.
The "Zhongyuan Festival" on the 14th day of the venth month of the lunar calendar, also known as the "Ghos广州五险一金
t Festival", mainly involves ancestor worship and ghost worship. On this day, every family will kill chickens and ducks, steam cakes to make steamed buns, and u a variety of colored papers to cut into asonal clothes for sacrificial purpos. During the day, we worship our ancestors at home. When it is dark, we have to go to the river at the foot of the mountain for wild sacrifice, burn incen and candles, and burn paper clothes to pray that the wild ghosts will not do bad things.
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壮族的传统节日
壮族，中国56个民族之一，也是中国人口最多的一个少数民族。在我国，每个民族都有自己特有的节日，壮族也不例外，除了春节、元宵、清明、端午、中秋、重阳、除夕等与汉族相同外，壮族还有“三月三”歌节、“三只小猪的故事
牛魂节”、“中元节”等传统节日。
“三月三”歌节是壮族最为隆重的民歌集会。壮族一向以能歌著称，壮族民歌形式、内容丰富多彩，有二三句的，也有三四句以至更多的，流行七字句和腰脚韵。壮歌的特点是善于触景生情，托物取喻，以猜谜、盘问的形式，唱出有声有色、动人心弦的歌词。
“牛魂节”，又称“牛王节”，农历四月初八进行。壮族传说中牛王本来是一位天神，奉了玉帝之命下凡来帮助人们耕作。壮族百姓感激它的功劳，便在牛王的诞辰来祭祀牛魂。在这一天，各家各户都将牛梳洗一番，还要修整牛栏，并且带着一篮五色糯米饭和一束鲜草，来到牛栏旁边祭牛魂，然后把一半食品及鲜草分给每头耕牛吃。
农历七月十四日的“中元节”，又称“鬼节”，主要内容是祭祖和祀鬼。这天，家家户户杀鸡宰鸭，蒸糕做馍，还会用各种各样的彩色纸裁剪成四季衣裤，来备祭祀使用。白天在家祭祀
祖先，天黑了还要到山脚河边，进行野祭，燃香点烛，焚烧纸衣，来祈求野鬼别来做坏事。
