What are the folk taboos in Xiapu? Urgent, urgent, urgent.

Xiapu, located in Fujian Province, consists of two ethnic minorities, Gaoshan and She.

So we just need to know the taboos of these two ethnic minorities. Generally speaking, Han people have no taboos.

Gaoshan nationality: Some of the taboos of Gaoshan nationality are the same, and all tribes should strictly abide by them under any circumstances. Taboos with universal significance are visual, such as seeing the dead and their burial places, and seeing animals having sex. Belonging to the sense of touch, such as taboo contact with sacred objects and objects of the dead; Belonging to behavior, such as taboo venting, sneezing, same-sex sexual intercourse, etc.

Special taboos, such as: women are not allowed to touch hunting gear and weapons used by men, such as bows, arrows, guns and spears. And shall not enter the men's clubs and places of worship without authorization; Men are not allowed to touch women's looms and raw hemp, and it is forbidden to sleep with women when hunting, fishing or busy farming; Adults are forbidden to contact women during club training; When fishing, hunting or offering sacrifices, you can't cut off the fire at home; You can't eat fish during the sacrifice. Among them, sneezing in sacrifice is especially taboo. The southern Gaoshan people believe that sneezing means that the soul is out of its shell, which is in danger of attracting ghosts and is a sign of disaster.

Women are forbidden to use knives and axes after pregnancy, and it is forbidden to eat ape meat, bobcat meat, pangolin meat and miscellaneous fruits. A woman's loom can't be touched by a man.

In addition, the birth taboo is also very prominent. There are mainly: it is forbidden to have twins, and superstition that twins are where wild animals are, which indicates disaster, and killing one of them is disaster.

She nationality: taboo age (1). Avoid picking dung on the first day of the first lunar month; Do not sweep the floor from the first day to the fourth day; On the morning of the fifth day, "send the year", that is, sweep the ground and burn the garbage at the intersection. From New Year's Eve to the third day of the first month and the fifteenth day of the first month, it is forbidden to swear, light a fire and borrow neighbor's utensils. Don't hang clothes on the fifteenth day of the first month, or the chicken will be taken away by the eagle. Farming is forbidden on the twentieth day of the first month, and there is a saying that "farming on the twentieth day of the first month is not enough to make up the mountains and rivers". February 19, Guanyin's birthday, don't pick shit to do dirty things. The fifth day after beginning of spring is the vernal equinox. On this day, it is forbidden to herd cattle, pick dung, wash clothes and dry clothes in the river. Don't play on March 3, or you will be off. Don't move the iron during the Dragon Boat Festival, or there will be a flood. Tomb-Sweeping Day, on the first day of August, don't hoe or pick urinals, or there will be a drought. In early autumn, we don't need to break ground or cows.

(2) marriage taboos. Women have "eighteen difficulties", that is, they are forbidden to leave home at the age of eighteen, otherwise they can't have children. Men have a "twenty difficulties", that is, they can't get married at the age of 20. The bride must never look back on the way to get married, otherwise it means that she will remarry, and she should avoid meeting pregnant women on the way, for fear that the fire of pregnant women's blood disaster will wash away the bride's joy and bring evil spirits to the Lang family. On the wedding day, a pair of candles lit on the "incense hall" cannot be extinguished, otherwise it will be unlucky; In-laws don't see their daughters-in-law today. Go back to your mother's house after marriage and avoid staying for two days a day.

(3) production taboos. Pregnant women should avoid eating snails, rabbits and beef, and avoid eating wild animal meat; Avoid getting married and losing your family, so as not to rush each other; Avoid going to the theater to avoid fetal movement; Avoid crossing ropes, plows and shoulder poles, otherwise it will be difficult to give birth. Within 40 days after delivery, avoid cold water, vegetables, fat pork and eat more salt. During confinement, the clothes and trousers of the mother and baby should not see the sun; Babies will avoid strangers.

(4) Funeral taboos. Mourning the dead and avoiding the zodiac. If the deceased was born in the following year, and his son, daughter and daughter-in-law were born in the afternoon, the latter may not bury the deceased, because "the meridian collides and Jin Mu intersects". Don't touch around the house when you leave the coffin for the funeral.

(5) Taboo of appellation. She people avoid being called "She Hakka", especially "She Hakka" and "She Hakka", which are considered as derogatory terms. So it can only be called "She", "She" or "Shanha".