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Tujia people belong to the Tibeto-Burman language family of Sino-Tibetan language family, close to Yi language branch, and have no mother tongue, so they use Chinese. Tujia people are mainly distributed in Wuling mountain area at the junction of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou. Tujia people in Hunan Province are mainly distributed in Yongshun, Longshan, Baojing and Guzhang counties in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Cili and Sangzhi counties in Zhangjiajie City and Shimen county in Changde City.

Hubei Province is mainly distributed in Laifeng, Hefeng, Xianfeng, Xuanen, Jianshi, Badong, Enshi and Lichuan counties in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture and Changyang and Wufeng counties in Yichang City. Chongqing is mainly distributed in Qianjiang, Youyang, Shizhu, Xiushan and Pengshui counties in the southeast of Chongqing. Guizhou Province is mainly distributed in Yanhe County, Yinjiang County, Sinan County, jiangkou county County and Dejiang County in the northeast of Guizhou.

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Tujia people are mainly engaged in agriculture. Weaving and embroidery are traditional crafts of Tujia women. Tujia traditional crafts include carving, painting, paper cutting, batik and so on. Tujia brocade, also known as "Xilankapu", is one of the three famous brocade in China.

Tujia people love to sing folk songs, including love songs, crying wedding songs, rocking songs, labor songs, food songs and so on. Traditional dances include "waving dance", "sweet bell dance" and "Maogu Temple". Musical instruments include suona, konoha, winter sunflower and beating people.

Etiquette mainly includes: greeting each other when meeting, and being hospitable when there are guests at home. If you visit Tujia people on New Year's Day, the host will take out snow-white Ciba to bake. When both sides are golden, blow it clean, fill it with sugar or honey, and offer it with both hands.

In some places, it's still a little particular to entertain guests, that is, after giving the baked rice cake to the guests, the guests are not allowed to blow, and they will bite if they want to take it. At this time, the host will take it back, blow it clean, dip it in sugar and give it to the guests.

Tujia festivals: Tujia people attach great importance to traditional festivals. From the beginning to the end of 2000, it can be said that there are festivals every month. December, New Year's Festival (catching up with the Chinese New Year), Lantern Festival, social day and flower party in February, Cold Food Festival in March, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Eight Ox Kings Festival in April, Dragon Boat Festival in May, Six Roads Kings Festival in June, Georgie Festival, Daughter's Party, Half Moon Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, Double Ninth Festival in September, and "Cold Clothes Festival" on October 1st.

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