Folk Customs
Chengdu, Southwest China
Ancient Qiang tradition, predates written records
Representative List
Master-Apprentice
Oral Tradition
Qiang New Year Festival
"The Qiang people's most sacred festival — three days of ancestor worship, epic poetry, circle dances, and bonfires in Sichuan's mountains."
CIVILIZATION CONTEXT
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Qiang New Year Festival: A Living Heritage
Qiang New Year, celebrated on the first day of the tenth lunar month, is the most important traditional festival of the Qiang ethnic group in Sichuan Province. The three-day celebration includes sacrifices to heaven and ancestors, invoking the mountain god, and elaborate feasting. Qiang elders recite epic poems, young people perform circle dances around bonfires to the music of qiang flutes and sheepskin drums. The festival reinforces Qiang identity.
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