Hmong
Matsuri Bridge Festival
The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar
The Miao family's festivals are connected to all things in nature and live endlessly, reflecting the most harmonious attitude between human beings and nature, and the same is true of the Festival of Sacrifice bridges.
On this day, the Miao people must worship the bridge god, and the bridge god is the "sending lady" in the Miao religious concept.
Mysterious legends
It is said that in ancient times, there was a beautiful girl named Yang Ouse in Miaozhai, who married the beautiful man in the sky, Liaona (moon). They were industrious and loyal, but they did not have children,
One day, a magpie landed on a tree in front of the door and barked. They asked the magpie, "Magpie, magpie, you are so happy, do you know my husband and wife's sorrow?" The magpie replied, "All you have to do is sew me a white short-sleeved jacket and put me on to block the sun, and I'll tell you how to have a baby." ”
They said, "Magpies, as long as there are cubs, Mo said that sewing a short-sleeved jacket is a hundred, and we are willing." So the woman found the soil cloth she had woven and sewed a white short-sleeved jacket for the magpie. The magpie was very happy to put on it, and in order to thank the couple, the magpie said: "The baby cub came from heaven to the mortal world, and on the way she often encountered streams and rivers, because her legs were shorter than they could come. As long as you go to the creek on the second of February to build a bridge, the baby cubs will come to your house. So on the second of February, I went to build a bridge and had children. Everyone followed suit, and it became a custom.
Another theory is that families build bridges inside or outside the house for wealth, fang families build bridges in or outside the houses in order to seek wealth and prosperity, and dingwang to build bridges on major traffic roads or good mountain waterways, and the whole village builds bridges on major traffic arteries and waterways for peace and development.
Source: ZuimeiTaijiang