The customs and habits of Miao people celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival

There are some common Mid-Autumn Festival customs, such as Yue Bai and enjoying the moon. In the Mid-Autumn Festival customs of Miao people, there is also a saying that young men and women use it to find their lovers.

Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a traditional festival of Han nationality, but also a traditional festival of many ethnic minorities in China, including Miao nationality. Moreover, jumping on the moon is a unique custom of Miao nationality, and it is also a very pleasing dance.

According to the custom of the Miao people's Mid-Autumn Festival, every Mid-Autumn Festival night, the bright moonlight fills the Miao family's hut. After the Miao men and women get together, they all want to sing and dance in the open space of the forest and hold a "jumping on the moon" activity.

According to an ancient Miao legend, Moon is a loyal, honest, hardworking and brave young man. There is a beautiful young girl named Shuiqing. She turned down 99 young men who proposed to her in Jiujiuzhou and fell in love with the moon. Finally, she also experienced all kinds of hardships made by the sun, and finally happily combined with the moon.

In order to remember their happy love, Miao parents have danced Miao songs and dances on the Mid-Autumn Festival night for generations, bathed in the glory of the moon, and called this custom of Miao Mid-Autumn Festival "jumping on the moon". Young men and women look for each other's sweetheart in the "jumping on the moon" and pour out their feelings, saying that they should be as pure and bright as water and the moon and have a good relationship forever.

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the custom of finding children is still popular in many places. This is the embodiment of ancient fertility worship. This is because the moon belongs to the Yin, that is, the goddess, and there are activities to pursue love, so the custom of seeking children is circulating in the Mid-Autumn Festival custom. Customs of finding children vary from place to place.

Because the Mid-Autumn Festival custom of Miao nationality is quite special, if you have the opportunity to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival activities of Miao nationality, you may wish to experience the fun of the Mid-Autumn Festival custom of Miao nationality.