What kind of festival is the Buyi traditional dragon sacrifice day on February 2?

Buyi people are indigenous people in the southeast of Yunnan Guizhou Plateau. They worked here as early as the stone age. The Buyi Nationality is related to the ancient "Liao", "Baiyue" and "Baipu". It was called "Southwest man" in the history of the Tang Dynasty, "fan" and "Zhongjia man" after the song and Yuan Dynasties, and "Zhongman" in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. After the founding of new China, according to the wishes of the nation, the transliteration commonly claimed by the nation was used as the Chinese family name. What are the traditional festivals of Buyi Nationality? Sihaiwang reading tells you: Buyi people's Dragon sacrifice custom on February 2!

The custom of offering dragon sacrifice on February 2 of Buyi Nationality

The custom of offering sacrifices to the dragon of Buyi Nationality is to offer sacrifices to the village protector and common clan ancestors, which is located in the woods near the village.

In the past, pigs must be killed as sacrifices. After liberation, some villages have simplified to sacrifice with chickens and all kinds of cooked vegetables and fruits. The male elder with the highest rank in the village will be the host of the sacrifice. Please pray. No one in the sacrificial hall is allowed to laugh, slap and fart. Women and men with pregnant women and pregnant women in their families are not allowed to participate. The festival lasts for three days. All agricultural activities are stopped in the first two days. Young men and women dress up and gather in the fields to sing folk songs. On the third day, a formal sacrifice ceremony was held.

In addition to one share of the sacrifice according to the village household registration, the rest is for the participants to have a picnic on site. The chief priest announced the new year's rules and regulations.

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