Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: year of Tujia
Applicant: Yongshun County, Hunan Province
Project No.: 1203
Project No.: Ⅹ - 128
Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)
Category: folk customs
Region: Hunan Province
Type: new item
Applicant: Yongshun County, Hunan Province
Protection unit: Yongshun Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center
Introduction to Tujia year
Applicant: Yongshun County, Hunan Province
Tujia year is the most grand festival of Tujia people. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the people's Government of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture implemented the party's ethnic policy and listed Tujia year as a local legal holiday with one day off.
Compared with the Spring Festival of the Han nationality, Tujia's New Year meal is one day earlier than Han's. According to the annals of Longshan County, Yongshun Prefecture, Hunan Province, written by Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, "the natives spend their years on the 29th day when they are older, and the 28th day when they are younger." The reason for celebrating the Chinese new year one day ahead of schedule is explained by the people that they are going to fight the next day.
The year of Tujia has been passed on in a wide range of regions. Eight million Tujia people in Wuling mountain area of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou, which is the remnant of Yunnan Guizhou Plateau, all passed the year of Tujia, which is an important symbol of Tujia ethnic identity. The content of Tujia new year is very rich, such as making new year's goods, making new year's dinner, paying New Year's respects to relatives, and doing Sheba (waving hands). The time and scale of waving activities are different in different villages. Small hand waving is usually held in the same family name or the whole village, while large hand waving is held in a township or several townships. The activities include driving into the hall, sweeping away evil spirits, offering sacrifices to ancestors, singing terracotta songs, waving hands and performing Maogusi. It is a grand gathering of Tujia culture. The custom of Tujia New Year Festival is of great value to the study of Tujia history and folk culture.
Chinese PinYin : Tu Jia Nian
Year of Tujia
Jizhong Sheng wind music (Qu Jiaying concert). Ji Zhong Sheng Guan Le Qu Jia Ying Yin Le Hui
Lingyun Zhuang's seventy two witch tunes music. Ling Yun Zhuang Zu Qi Shi Er Wu Diao Yin Le
Lion Dance (Tengxian lion dance). Shi Wu Teng Xian Shi Wu
Sayeerha of Tujia Nationality. Tu Jia Zu Sa Ye Er He
Taohuawu woodcut New Year pictures. Tao Hua Wu Mu Ban Nian Hua
Bamboo weaving (Liu's bamboo weaving in Quxian county). Zhu Bian Qu Xian Liu Shi Zhu Bian
Lantern Festival (Pancun Lantern Festival). Deng Hui Pan Cun Deng Hui