The Regong June Festival is called "the grand gathering of people and gods". It is a large-scale sacrificial performance popular among the Tibetan and Tu people. It is spread in Tongren County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. It was held between the 25th and more than 50 villages held the event.
The official participants of the Recon June Festival are all men and young unmarried girls, and the others are just spectators. There are various forms of activities. The specific schedule includes simmering mulberry, inviting gods, dragon drums, dances, sacrifices, etc., and more there are catchy brazing, mountain opening, sketches and folk songs.
The Regong June Festival runs through song and dance performances from beginning to end, and is mainly divided into three categories: "Lashize" (divine dance), "Leshize" (dragon dance) and "Moheze" (military dance). Villages present diversity.
The Regong June Festival is a unique traditional cultural festival in Tibetan villages in Tongren County, Qinghai. It has been passed down for more than 1,400 years and has research value in art, religion, anthropology, folklore, and culture. Included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
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Every village where the June Festival is held has a temple in which the patron saint of the village is enshrined.
A man brings prepared offerings to the temple to offer.
Men in red tall felt hats lined up.
The women are dressed in colorful Tibetan robes, which are colorful, dignified and elegant.
Dancers participating in the performance must be men and unmarried girls.
Small audience eating snacks.
The mage sprinkled milk and barley wine on the ground.
The mage is believed to be able to make the god come to possess the body and speak on behalf of the god.
The mage has completely entered the state of "community with God".
Military dance (Moheze) is one of the three major dances of the June Festival.
The majestic and mighty military dancers lined up.
Handsome military dance boy.
The shocking and unrestrained dragon encouragement.
A young boy dances impromptu with the adults.
stilt dance.
"Ride the clouds and ride the fog".
"Entertaining the gods with dance" is a prominent feature of the June Festival, and various dance performances run through the event from beginning to end.
Different dance shapes have different meanings. This is the right-handed white conch shape.
Every dance, smoky, full of fairy tales.
All the dancers came on stage at the end of the event, and the huge dragon shape expressed the yearning and pursuit of the Tibetan and Tu people for a better future.
Jinmen.com author Zhao Yuanping
