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What are the wonderful celebrations of such a mysterious low spirit festival of Taiwan Gaoshan Natio

the dwarf spirit festival of saixia people of Gaoshan Nationality is held every two years. When the dwarf spirit Festival comes, how do Gaoshan people carry out this traditional festival which is particularly important in their hearts? What are the traditional sacrificial activities of the whole dwarf spirit sacrifice? 4hw.com.cn read and walk into the activity site of Gaoshan people's dwarf spirit festival with you to feel the atmosphere of Gaoshan people's dwarf spirit Festival.

Activity flow of Gaoshan Nationality's dwarf spirit sacrifice

The low spirit festival of the saixia nationality is held every two years. Traditionally, it is held around the full moon after the harvest of crops; It's about October 15 of the lunar calendar. The big sacrifice is held every ten years. The biggest difference between the big sacrifice and the general dwarf spirit sacrifice is that the big sacrifice has the production of sinatun. After long-term development and geographical division, the saixia dwarf spirit Festival has developed into two major sacrificial groups in the north and South: the South sacrificial group covers the saixia people in Nanzhuang and Shitan of Miaoli County, and the sacrificial field is located in xiangtian Lake; The northern sacrificial group is mainly saixia people from Wufeng Township, Hsinchu County. The sacrificial field is located in DAAI. The contents of the two rituals are roughly the same, but all the rituals of the South sacrificial group are one day earlier than those of the North sacrificial group.

The gaguas meeting one month before the ceremony opened the prelude to the dwarf spirit sacrifice. The main content of the meeting was to agree on the date of the festival. After the meeting, the people began to practice the sacrificial songs that were usually forbidden to sing. Moreover, the awn grass knot symbolizing exorcism was tied on the houses and utensils, and the peace of mind should be maintained. Do not quarrel with others, otherwise it will lead to the displeasure of the dwarf spirit and be punished by the dwarf spirit. A month later, the dwarf spirit Festival officially began. The first day is called humavus. There are ritual activities such as inviting God, dividing pork, inviting spirit and commendation. One of the most important rituals of the day is to invite the spirit. First, the people of the Japanese family shoot arrows to the east to inform the arrival of the dwarf spirit Festival. Then, the elders of all surnames offer pork kebabs and glutinous rice wine, and offer sincere prayers to the east to invite the dwarf spirit.

The entertaining spirit (PA \'sau) on the second day of the dwarf spirit sacrifice is the focus of the whole dwarf spirit sacrifice. In the early morning of that day, the head of the Japanese family followed up, and then the other surnames followed up, because the Japanese family shoulder the responsibility of archery and letter. The process is quite similar to the ancestral sacrifice. On the evening of the third day, the people gathered in the sacrificial field to express their respect for the dwarf spirit with songs and dances. At first, kilaki, a symbol of dwarf spirit, led the people holding hands to dance, and then kilaki mixed among the people and danced with them. At midnight, when the most pathetic walowalon was sung (the story of thunder girl was compared to the death of a dwarf falling into the water), all the sounds and dances stopped, all faced the East, and the chief priest stood on the mortar to pray to the East and train the people. The activities in the next few days are to commemorate the dwarves by singing and dancing all night.

On the last day, after the dance, a series of ceremonies appeared in the sacrificial field, and the saixia people performed scenes of stories about the origin of the dwarf spirit sacrifice. Through this display, tell the people about the past history and culture and the traditional virtue of "harmony". After the harvest of the ancestral spirit sacrifice (December of the national calendar), the dwarf spirit sacrifice officially ended. At the beginning of the low spirit Festival, the people invited their ancestors and the low spirit to participate in the grand meeting. Therefore, the low spirit Festival did not come to an end until the end of the ancestor spirit Festival. Under this tradition, the low spirit Festival continued to spread.

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