Legend says the daughter of the Thunder God was Goddess
Maluo, who was in charge of precipitation. One day, a Zhuang youth called
Donglin, who was mourning his mothers death, found the croaking of the frogs
outside his house very annoying. Angrily, he poured boiling water onto them.
The frogs stopped croaking, but so stopped the rainfall a disastrous drought
befell mankind. The young man was petrified and sought advice from the God
Buluotuo and Goddess Muluojia, who advised him to beg the Frog Goddess for
mercy. Donglin beat a bronze drum on the first day of the first month of the
lunar calendar, inviting the Frog Goddess to return for the New Year. Then, he
invited more than a thousand people to attend a burial ceremony for the dead
frogs. Seeing his repentance, the Frog Goddess came back and the weather again
turned favorable.
In the early hours on the morning of the lunar New Years Day,
the one who first finds a frog is a lucky person and considered to be the
son-in-law of the Thunder God. He is then made the leader of the Maluo Festival
celebrations of the year. Then the frog is taken back to the village and put it
in a flowery sedan. Every day throughout January, the children will parade the
sedan around the village and offer congratulations to every family. In evening,
all the villagers gather to beat drums, dance the Maluo dance and sing the
Maluo songs, indicating that they are standing at the bier.
The Maluo Festival will reach its peak on the 26th when
the frog is buried. Before the burial, they open the coffin of last years frog.
If the bones of the frog are golden yellow, it is a good omen for the new year
and the drums will sound and cheers will be heard all over. However, if the
bones are grayish or black, the omen is bad, and people must burn incense and
beg the Frog Goddess for mercy and help. After burying the new frog,
all the villagers sing and dance throughout the night around bonfires, sending
the frogs soul to heaven.
旅行生活只因你的驻足而精彩（中国China）
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