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Interesting Chinese Miao Valentine's Day and their other holidays
Who are the Miao?
Residing in the mountainous south and southwestern China, the Miao minority group have holidays in each month. They sing, dance, and enjoy big meals with friends together. Holidays offer a good opportunity for young people to seek for their lovers. Girls are especially beautiful on such occasions, with their huge sets of silver jewelry and embroidered garments.
The Miao New Year
Because they follow the lunar calendar, the Miao New Year can come in September, October, or November. Before the New Year, people have a general house-cleaning, and prepare special food like glutinous rice paste, rice wine, sausage, and bean curd. Women are happy with sewing new clothing for their family, especially for their children.
Everyone stays up until midnight on New Year's Eve, then they take dragons into their home by lighting firecrackers. After daybreak, they will hold a ceremony to worship their ancestors. Some people put wine on the nose of a cow to express their appreciation for the hard work the cow has done during the past year. After breakfast, people go to their neighbors' home to say: "Happy New Year!".
On the first two days of the New Year, cutting woods on the mountains, or any cleaning work at home is strictly prohibited. Women won't do housework like cooking, and men do.
Girls dress up with beautiful silver ornaments and embroidered garments to go to meet the boys. Some young men even walk long distances to other villages to attend all kinds of social activities.
The Miao New Year lasts nine days. It's the golden time for young people to get married.
Huashan Festival
There are various Huashan, or “Flower Mountain,” festivals held in different Miao areas. Some occurs in May, while others in August or January on the lunar calendar.
On that day, people will adorn a pole with colorful flags and place it at the center of a playground. At the top of the pole there is a small red bag with money inside. As a man declares the kickoff of the festival, an exciting pole climbing games starts. The first man who climb to the top of the pole to catch the pouch, while playing Lusheng instrument, will have the reward. Climbing a pole while playing an instrument is quite difficult! The pole is quite smooth, slender, and long, as it's made from peeled pine timber. The champion will become the admiration of other people, especially the girls.
Other games, like horse races, bullfights, and archery, are also held during the festival. Women like to show others their outstanding sewing skills and the men compete with their pals to see who has the terrific physical strength.
This is also good occasion for single young people to seek for lovers. If they find someone who grab their hearts, they will give some private things to each other, such as a waistband or silver hair pin. Older people go to see friends, and may talk about many things like fishing and farming. The festival is over in the late evening.
Sister Festival: Miao Valentine's Day
The Miao Sister Festival is also called Miao Valentine's Day, as it's a holiday for single women to invite young men from other villages to meet. The festival falls on mid-March of the lunar calendar.
On March 13th, girls go to select some particular leaves and flowers growing in the mountains to dye their food. They then prepare sweet and colorful glutinous rice. There are five different colors mixed together in the rice. Blue typifies wealth, yellow stands for a good harvest, white indicates their true and pure love, green means their pretty hometown, and red hopes their village will go for prosperity.
The second day they go to fish mountain streams. In the afternoon they will buy a duck and duck eggs to prepare a big meal. The duck is indispensable to their meal, because a duck can swim which implies the girls' freedom to see men from the other side of the river.
In the evening, when the men finally come, they will dine together, then go outside to talk and sing songs to express their feelings. The girls will be sure to wear their most beautiful silver jewelry like silver bracelets, as this is a symbol of beauty and status in Miao culture.
The holiday lasts four days until March 17th. During this time, various activities and games like song competition and bullfights are held.
When the fellows leave, the girls will give them some glutinous rice, duck eggs, and meat contained in the bamboo baskets as presents. They may put some special things in the basket to tell how they feel about the men. Cotton means they will always have their partner in their mind. A bunch of pine leaves means they want some needles and thread. Pepper or garlic indicates they won't have future.
The next year, when the men come again, they will bring some silk in these baskets for the girls.
Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival falls on May 5 of the lunar calendar, and thousands of people gather together to watch the exciting boat races. The competing teams row their boats in the shape of dragons on a river or lake, while drums are beat and loud firecrackers are set off from the banks.
April 8 Festival
The April 8th festival is held to remember the Miao's hero Yanu, who died on this day while fighting against an invading tribe. The Miao will get together to hold traditional activities like playing Lusheng music, singing, and performing the lion dance.
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