The horse in folk folk

Here in shandong zhangqiu city longshan town of archaeological discoveries prove that cliff, the patriarchal clan commune period, people started to tame horse.Many ancient books have "phase with soil and horses", as a horse is to use the four horses driving, as a carrier of the tool.

Summer since ancient times has the horses to folk customs.Spring the matsu, summer offerings to shepherd, fall the horse club, winter the stance.Matsu is the day, therefore, is a horse in the stars in the sky;The gods of the animal husbandry is began to fell to teach first;The club is in the stable land god;Horse stance for disasters of the gods.The han folk beliefs horse king, farmhouse in lunar June 23, sacrifice, sacrifice for a whole lamb a.

Mongolians have mare s section and horse racing festival is a traditional festival, held at the end of the lunar calendar August, for one day.The herders in festival clothes, rode horses and took the koumiss respectively, arrived at the designated place, then prepare food festival.As the sun rose started racing, competing horses for pony at the age of two.After the game, people were sitting in the Mongol stringed instrument accompaniment, in singing, drink, until the night is coming, people carrying side are dispersed.Ever waThe Spring FestivalTo feed the horse eat sticky rice, and watch the horses in the stables posture to account for good or ill luck, thought head towards the east for the lucky year, is unlucky one million head toward the west.

In hubei, legend bride got married in his household, all previous dynasties undead will follow to the way would be slammed against various evil spirit, god will bring family.So the procession of the day, the man will please the alchemist one, outside set a table sweetmeats JiGao and the gods of heaven and earth, and kill the chicken to dispel ghosts.The finish, and mizzah in the bride's bridal sedan chair, said out evil spirit god.The groom salute the sedan around at the same time, also rise to enter.(Chinese zodiac /shengxiao/)

In northeast China, marriage customs of the han, the manchu stepped horse laughed, the bride after you get off, foot horse laughed, feet without ever touching the ground, to ward off evil spirits are special one.Guizhou miao "spoken back sabre" marriage customs.Young men and women love each other, the men and women both parties about marriage after three times in the home, back to sabre, propose to formally.