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What are the traditional national customs of Gelao nationality to receive and send their ancestors o

there is also a Zhongyuan festival in the traditional festivals of Gelao nationality. The Zhongyuan festival of Han people is on July 15 of the lunar calendar, while the Gelao nationality is on July 13 of the lunar calendar. What are the traditional festivals and customs of Gelao nationality on July 13 of the lunar calendar? Are their customs different from those of most ethnic minorities? 4hw.com.cn reading channel to watch with you: Gelao's Zhongyuan Festival. Gelao's Zhongyuan Festival

On July 13, it was called 'Zhongyuan Festival', 'Half Moon Festival' or 'Ghost Festival' in ancient times. It is not only an important festival for sacrificing ancestors, but also Gelao's' new eating Festival '. In July, Gelao people used to pick a few lines of ears of grain and millet in the fields that matured earlier, whether their own or others, for worship of their ancestors on their own 'incense'. Some also provide pomegranates, pears, etc. We also need to prepare a number of paper money envelopes and offer them to 'incense' together. Sooner or later, we will burn incense and knock on the sacrifice, which is called 'jiezu'.

On holiday days, we should prepare for a rich 'new feast'. Strive to cook with newly produced rice and worship our ancestors with fresh vegetables, chicken, duck and fish. At night, the paper wallet is sealed and sent to the water and roadside for cremation and set off firecrackers, which is called sending ancestors.

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