Huangnan Festival: Dance of Man and God, Folk Culture

Regon June Festival

As a national intangible cultural heritage, the Regong June Festival is the folklore activity with the richest ethnic characteristics, the longest history and the widest range in the Regong area of ​​Qinghai. Originating from dragon totem worship, it has lasted for four or five hundred years. It integrates religion, sacrifice, entertaining gods, and entertaining people. It is full of magic and joy. It is a primitive religion and folk culture, that is, rituals and celebrations. Every year from the 17th to the 25th of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, a variety of folk activities are held successively in the villages of Tongren Longwu Town, Baoan Town and Nianduhu Township. Its main activities include: offering sacrifices to the gods, sacrificing the mouth, lifting the back, dancing the gods, climbing the dragon pole, beating the gods' drums, singing "Ray", and finally "opening the mountain" by the mage. The most distinctive ones are "Shangkou skewer" and "Kaishan". Its dances can be roughly divided into three categories: "Lashize" (divine dance), "Leshize" (dragon dance) and "Moheze" (military dance). In the meantime, the original "reproductive worship" witch dance was interspersed in Langjiayari Village, Baoan Town.

Naadam

The "Nadam" Conference in Henan County is a traditional Mongolian festival with a long history and plays an important role in the lives of the Mongolian people. The "Nadam" conference held every July and August during the fattening season of livestock is a cultural, sports and entertainment conference held by people to celebrate the harvest. In addition to traditional national events such as wrestling, horse racing, archery, horse racing, and Mongolian chess, the Naadam Conference also has sports events such as track and field, tug-of-war, and basketball. The competitions attract many domestic and foreign tourists and local herdsmen. Held once a year.

Colorful Arrow

Jianzha County is the birthplace of the "Colorful Arrow" culture and the only "Hometown of Chinese National Archery" in the country. Archery in Jianzha is a comprehensive folk competitive and recreational activity with extensive influence on the masses, and it has become a cultural complex that the people of Jianzha cannot give up. Since 2010, Jianzha County has held the Wucai Shenjian International National Traditional Archery Invitational Tournament every two years (September 7-September 10). The event integrates sports, culture, tourism, and commerce. It is an international national archery event with profound cultural connotations and strong characteristics.

"Yutu" dance

"Yutu" dance is a primitive and simple folk custom that drives away demons and seeks good luck. Also known as Chu Feng Ancient Dance, it is the legacy of Chu people's belief in Wu Chonghu. Since the Qin, Han, and Ming and Qing Dynasties, there have been many soldiers from the south of the Yangtze River and Chu who settled there and guarded the border. The "Yutu" dance has been preserved with the spread of history and is a kind of original ecological culture. Every year on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, it is held in Nianduhu Village, Nianduhu Township, Tongren County, Qinghai Province. The performance is composed of 7 strong young men. The upper body of the dancer is naked, and the lower body rolls the trouser legs to the thigh with great difficulty. The make-up artist paints the face and body of the dancer into a tiger-shaped face and stripes with pot bottom ash and ink. After finishing a series of religious ceremonies, the dressed "Yutu" dance in a tiger-like jump to each house as soon as possible. Eating food such as fresh meat and steamed buns prepared in advance, the whole scene is full of strong religious overtones. It has been included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Huangnan Taste: Unique Food Flavor

Bracken Rice

The cooking method of junima rice is very particular. Cook the rice until it is half-cooked, remove the rice juice with cold water, add ghee, mix well, put it in a cage and steam it until cooked, and add cooked junima after it is out of the pan , put half of the same in a bowl, sprinkle with sugar, pour butter juice, and eat while stirring. It is sweet but not astringent, oily but not greasy. Bracken is a wild plant of the Rosaceae family on the plateau. It contains a lot of starch, protein, fat, inorganic salts and vitamins. Therefore, long-term consumption has the same function of prolonging life as ginseng, so it is known as "ginseng fruit". Mix rice with cooked fern hemp and ghee, which is fragrant and sweet, eliminates the greasy taste, and has a good color, fragrance and taste.

Soil bun

Tushaomo is called Kashide in Tibetan, and it is a barbecue pancake for the Tibetan people in the agricultural area of ​​Tongren County, which is unique to this area. The production method is: burn the clay clods red, mash them and spread them flat, put the kneaded leaven noodles on top, cover with small red-hot clods, bake, braise, and bake. It tastes crispy and delicious. And can be stored for a long time. The prepared steamed buns are generally round, with a diameter of more than 60 cm.

Mutton

Hand-caught mutton, also known as hand-caught white strips, is a unique way of eating mutton by herdsmen on the Qinghai Plateau, and it is also an indispensable staple food in daily life. The first time you eat hand-caught mutton, you will feel almost primitive, but after several tastes, the more you eat, the more you will eat it, making it unforgettable for a long time. It gets its name because it grabs the meat with one hand and takes a knife with the other, cuts, digs, picks, slices, and eats all the meat on the bones of the sheep. Hand-cooked mutton is simple and quick to cook, with only a small amount of salt added, the meat is cooked but not hard, and it tastes fresh and tender, very delicious.

Mutton is warm in nature. Mutton is often eaten in plateau areas. It can not only increase body heat and resist cold, but also increase digestive enzymes, protect stomach wall, repair gastric mucosa, help spleen and stomach digestion, and play an anti-aging effect.

Aka buns

Aka steamed stuffed bun, called "Xia Momo" in Tibetan, is a kind of food that is deeply loved by the Tibetan people. The stuffing of buns is yak meat, 40% fat meat, 60% lean meat, the meat is minced and mixed with green onion and wild herb powder as condiments. The bun skin is kneaded with two hands without a rolling pin. The buns are the size and shape of a walnut, with swirls at the top, making them neat and beautiful. Aka steamed stuffed bun is characterized by its fragrant but not greasy taste, fresh and refreshing meat filling.

yogurt

Yogurt is a unique milk cold drink on the grassland. From midsummer to late autumn, it is the season to make cool and fresh yogurt. Huangnan's yogurt is different from other places. The milk is thicker and has a layer of yellow milk skin on it. When you touch it with a spoon, the skin breaks open easily, revealing the white and tender yogurt. Huangnan's yogurt is tender and white, with a sour taste and not greasy. After eating, it will whet your appetite and leave a fragrance on your lips and teeth. The common ones are in barrels and bowls, which are very local.