China is a unified multi-ethnic country.Among the 55 ethnic minorities, there are too many festivals to count.According to the survey in the multi-ethnic Guizhou Province, in addition to major festivals, on average, several villages celebrate various festivals every day.The number of participants in these festivals ranges from a few hundred to tens of thousands, or even more than 100,000.Every festival, people always dress up, buy banquets, sing and dance to celebrate.Some also hold certain traditional ceremonies or religious activities, which are rich in content and full of interest. A national festival is a day that is formed in the long-term historical development of a nation and has a certain significance, and a celebration or sacrificial ceremony is held on this day.The many festivals with different characteristics of various ethnic groups in China can be roughly divided into six aspects: New Year's Festival, Production Festival, Youth Festival, Memorial Festival, Custom Festival and Religious Festival.These festivals, which are closely related to changing seasons in nature, praying for a good harvest, worshiping heroes, talking about love, traditional customs, religious beliefs, etc., are living fossils of national history, a concentrated expression of national lifestyle, and a vivid display of national traditional culture. .Although the festivals of various ethnic groups vary widely in terms of date, content, meaning, and way of celebrating, they all have the common characteristics of stability, mass character, nationality, and inheritance.Many ethnic festivals have a history of hundreds of years, and some have even gone through thousands of years. They have become a cultural phenomenon deeply rooted in the land of China, and they are also cultural treasures that need to be further excavated.

Ethnic festivals are a time for people to recuperate, celebrate a good harvest, and be happy.At the beginning of the year and the end of the year, before and after the busy schedule, the production gap is often the date of the festival.During festivals, people of all ethnic groups generally clean the environment, improve their diet, and indulge in singing and dancing.People of various ages have their own favorite activities, so that farmers, herdsmen, and hunters who have been working hard for a long time have a short rest.Just like the vitamins in life, festivals add color and fun to the ordinary and monotonous life, and enable workers to participate in productive labor with more energy through festival activities.

Ethnic festivals are a window to understand ethnic lifestyles.Since ethnic festivals gather the essence of ethnic traditions and customs, through festival activities, you can focus on the traditional costumes, food, singing and dancing, and unique customs of this ethnic group, so that people can learn more about ethnic life. Ethnic festivals are also classrooms for learning ethnic traditions.By participating in colorful festivals, young people will have more knowledge and understanding of the heroes of the nation, the ancestors they respect, the importance of timely production, and the traditional culture passed down from generation to generation.By participating in festival activities, young people have obtained education in many aspects such as the traditional ethics of the nation, a long history, coping etiquette, and the meaning of life, and learned content that cannot be absorbed in daily life.Especially in some ethnic groups who had neither written words nor schools in the past, the educational function of festival activities should not be underestimated.

National festivals are also an important link to maintain and adjust interpersonal relationships, enhance the cohesion within a nation and strengthen the sense of intimacy between nations.Ethnic minorities live scattered in various villages. Due to busy production and inconvenient transportation, they seldom contact each other. Generally, they can only visit and reunite with each other during festivals.This can not only enhance the relationship between relatives and friends, but also enhance national awareness and strengthen national identity and cohesion.Since people from other ethnic groups also came to participate during the festival, everyone congratulated each other and celebrated the festival together, which greatly strengthened the sense of intimacy among ethnic groups and played a good role in promoting ethnic unity.

In modern times, ethnic festivals are still a "bridge" to strengthen the friendly exchanges between various ethnic groups in our country and overseas Chinese and people from other countries.Ethnic minorities celebrate festivals, which always attract many Chinese and foreign tourists.Their arrival will not only help to expand mutual exchanges and enhance mutual understanding and friendship, but will also promote the development of local transportation, tourism and other undertakings, as well as the prosperity of the national economy. In the development of national festivals, there are more and more commonalities.With the increase and mutual influence among ethnic groups, some ethnic festivals have become festivals celebrated by several nearby ethnic groups or a region.With the progress of society and the improvement of thinking, the negative factors in festivals will continue to decrease, and the content and form will be healthier and richer, making national festivals glow with dazzling brilliance.