The most solemn and lively festival of the Russian ethnic group is the "Easter of Jesus", which is called "Basque" Festival in Russian. It is said that it is as solemn as the Spring Festival of the Han ethnic group. Before the festival arrives, people start to get busy, paint the house, and carefully decorate and decorate the shrine. A large number of cakes with different flavors and shapes are baked in advance. Among the desserts, there is a large cylindrical cake, called "Gurichi" in Russian. There are cream flowers with the letters "XB" on the cake. This cake is a top-grade food for worshiping gods and sharing between hosts and guests. The descendants of Chinese and Russians have inherited the Russians' love of life. Most of them are good at singing and dancing. A simple button piano can play cheerful Russian folk dances. Regardless of time and place, regardless of age, as long as a few people get together, they will dance a few songs happily. And at the "Basque Festival", you can experience the rich Russian ethnic customs of the descendants of Chinese and Russians. "Basque Festival" is Easter, which is a festival established by Orthodox Christians to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus. Easter begins on the first Sunday of the first full moon after the spring equinox, which is around the end of April each year, and the festival lasts for a week. The descendants of Chinese and Russians are particularly fond of cleanliness, and they must clean their houses thoroughly during the "Basque Festival". The "Basque Festival" is an important traditional festival of the Russian ethnic group in Ergun City. To understand the "Basque Festival", we must first talk about the origin of the Russian ethnic group in Ergun City. According to historical records, around 1884, the number of Russians who crossed the border to steal gold had reached 150,000, and the Sino-Russian marriage had quietly begun. In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, that is, the 30 or 40 years from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. Due to the invasion of foreign powers, the 1 of the Qing government, coupled with years of war and frequent disasters, the Chinese nation was once in dire straits. Faced with famine and war, many young and middle-aged people in the mainland, mainly in Shandong and Hebei, went north to make a living. Many of them came to the banks of the Ergun River, especially after the rise of the gold mining fever in the Ergun River, there was an endless stream of people who broke through the barriers. At that time, there were more than 20 gold mines in China, including the Jilalin Gold Mine and the Qigan River Gold Mine. There were 130,000 gold miners along the line from Mohe in the north to Jilalin, of which 9,000 were Russians, followed by Chinese. In the later period, most Russians were expelled from the country by the Qing government. At the same time, Tsarist Russia also pursued the policy of "Russification of Border Areas" in Siberia and the Far East and passed an "Immigration Law" to migrate a large number of Russians and people from more than 20 countries, including Ukrainians, Tatars, Finns, Poles, and Caucasians, from Europe to Siberia and the Far East. Among them, some people also came to the banks of the Ergun River and became permanent residents here. Around the second half of the 19th century to the early 20th century, the two major immigration streams collided with each other on the banks of the Heilongjiang River and the Ergun River. In this empty, primitive, and closed polar region, two different races went from viewing each other as aliens to becoming friends living in harmony, and then married to become dependents. In just two or three decades, thousands of Russian women married Chinese men, which became a trend at the time. The descendants of these Sino-Russian marriages were collectively referred to as "Sino-Russian descendants", that is, the Russians in Erguna. The historical origin of the "Basque Festival" is that this group has lived in the Erguna area for more than a hundred years, but has always retained its unique traditional festival culture and customs, and has formed a unique festival culture. Most of the Russian festivals are related to the thirteen major festivals of the Orthodox Church they believe in. Among them, the origin of the "Basque Festival" is closely related to religion, so it was not called a festival at first but a religious anniversary. With the passage of time and long-term living among the Han people, its religious significance is no longer important. Entertainment has become the main purpose and behavior of people in the festival, even regardless of nationality and religion. It has become the happiest moment of the year for people, with obvious breadth and popularity. Easter, or the "Basque Festival", is one of the most grand and warmest festivals of the Sino-Russian descendants in a year. It is held every year from late April to early May in the Gregorian calendar. The "Basque Festival" is like the Spring Festival. People start to get busy more than ten days before the festival. First, they use the best lime to paint the house and make it spotless. Then they carefully decorate the shrine and the interior. Pick some tender willow branches with "hairy dogs" and tie them into bunches with colored threads or colored cloth strips, and put them on both sides of the shrine; at the same time, make a few bunches of silk flowers or colored paper flowers, plastic flowers to decorate around the shrine; put a triangular curtain with "" (that is, Jesus is resurrected) on the shrine tray. Light small candles in front of the holy image and offer colored eggs. A large number of breads and pastries with different flavors and shapes are baked, and the "Gurichi" cake, on which "" (that is, the Russian abbreviation of "Christ is resurrected") is written with cream and egg white, which is a high-quality food for worshiping the Virgin Mary and entertaining guests. The "Basque Festival" usually lasts for a week. Men, women, old and young all dress up carefully, wear the most colorful clothes, wear various jewelry, visit and greet people, hug and kiss according to Russian etiquette, and young people and children have a few cooked eggs in their pockets. When they meet, they bump their eggs against each other to see whose egg is harder. The loser must give his egg to the other party. The host must also treat them with eggs. Sometimes, the host and the guest must each choose an egg to bump against each other to show friendship and holiday blessings. Erguna Russian folk traditional festival "Basque Festival" has formed the following characteristics after a long period of spread and development: 1. Uniqueness: Russian national traditional festival "Basque Festival" is a very typical and unique national festival. 2. Dependence: The origin of "Basque Festival" is closely related to religion. Today, its religious significance is no longer important. Entertainment has become the main purpose and behavior of people during the festival, even regardless of nationality and religion. It has become the happiest moment of the year for people, and it has obvious extensiveness and popularity. 3. Do not eat eggs and eat vegetarian food for a month before the "Basque Festival" on the last Sunday of April every year. The "Basque Festival" lasts for seven days. On May 18, 2010, the Ministry of Culture of China announced the list of recommended projects for the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage (newly selected projects). The "Russian Basque Festival" applied by Ergun City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region was selected and included in the intangible cultural heritage category of folk projects. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)