Guzhai: "Kaitang Festival" encourages the flowering of flowers of national unity

The people in the pond are happy, and the people on the shore are happy.

fish full basket

harvest a lot

prepare a "unity banquet" together

As the only Mulao Township in the country, Guzhai has various solar terms with national characteristics and a long history, and there are festivals and joy every month. On December 1, the annual Qincun Kaitang Festival was grandly held after the autumn harvest. The villagers used the special method of opening ponds to catch fish to welcome the prosperous times and celebrate the bumper harvest, demonstrating the great situation of national unity.

On December 1, the sky was drizzling and falling, and the chill was pressing. However, Qincun Village, Mulao Township, Guzhai, is festive. Regardless of men, women, old and young in the village, some brought large wicker baskets and fishing nets, some brought small fish baskets and large buckets, and they all rushed to the big fish pond in the village. Seeing thousands of big fish and small fish appearing alive and kicking in front of them, no matter how cold the water was, everyone couldn't resist the "temptation" in front of them and went into the water to catch fish. Open the pond to catch fish and celebrate the harvest together. Baskets and buckets, when thousands of fish are carried to the shore by the villagers for washing, they will be distributed to the villagers equally based on the number of heads of each household.

The Qincuntun Kaitang Festival has a history of more than 400 years. Usually, after the autumn harvest, villagers will choose two days to combine the Kaitang Festival and the Autumn Society. On the opening of the pond, in addition to going to the pond to catch fish, villagers not only killed fish, but also killed chickens and ducks to entertain relatives and friends. On the next day, in the autumn club, every household will welcome more relatives and friends from afar to communicate with each other and talk about getting a better harvest in the coming year.

In Guzhai, an ethnic minority area, people use festivals to make friends, make friends, and use festivals to release the joy and happiness of a bumper harvest. During the 12 months of the year, the 13 villagers 'committees and more than 130 natural villages in Guzhai have solar terms observed almost every month, and different villages have different solar terms. For example, Chunshe, the eighth day of April, the second day of June, the 15th of July, the 16th of October, the Kaitang Festival, and the Autumn Society, etc., Guzhai, other festivals other than traditional China festivals, have different names and different festivals in time and place, but they all reflect the enthusiasm and simplicity of the Mulao people in Guzhai, as well as the friendship and harmony between the Mulao people and the Zhuang, Han and other ethnic groups.

"Increase support for old revolutionary areas, ethnic areas, border areas, and poverty-stricken areas." These are warm words in the report of the 18th CPC National Congress. In recent years, the people of Guzhai are deeply feeling these warmth. Because projects, funds, technology, talents and other aspects have been favored by support policies, people's production and living standards have been effectively improved. Qincun Tun is an old revolutionary area village and the largest natural village in the township, with a population of more than 1500. Under the guidance of the Party's ethnic policy, the village vigorously develops scientific rice planting and sugarcane production, continues to expand the export of labor services, and its per capita net income reaches 3800 yuan. Not only did half of the people live in brick-concrete buildings, but the appearance and infrastructure construction of the village have also been greatly improved. Reporter Li Xiaodong Correspondent Wu Zaili, Feng Yanfang/Wen Huang Weijian/Photo