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Eating habits of Bai people

1. Bai people like to eat sour, cold, spicy and other flavors, and are good at pickling ham, bow fish, snail sauce, oily chicken fir, pork liver and other delicious dishes. Bai people in Dali and other central areas also like to eat a kind of "raw meat" (or "raw skin") with unique flavor, that is, roast pork until it is half cooked, then cut it into pieces or shredded pork, and add ginger, onion, vinegar and pepper to entertain guests.

2. Bai people are used to entertaining guests with "Xizhou large bowl", which consists of eight hot dishes: braised red rice; Crispy meat fried with egg paste; One thousand pieces of pork with five flowers and three lines, steamed with soy sauce and dried pickles; Steamed pork with sweet potato or potato; Dry incense made from pig's head, pig's liver and pork.

White lentils wrapped in minced meat and egg crumbs; Chopsticks made of fungus, tofu, water, shredded eggs and vegetable stalks; Fried pork strips with bamboo shoots. In addition, each guest has a packet of coconut trees, which is rich and luxurious.

3. Bai people eat very politely. When eating, the elders should sit at the dining table, and the younger generation should sit on both sides or opposite each other in turn. Younger generations should always add vegetables and soup to their elders.

Bai people like drinking tea. Generally, when drinking roasted tea, the tea leaves are browned with a small ceramic teapot and brewed with boiling water. Suddenly, the heat was boiling and the aroma was overflowing. Generally, the roasted tea should be brewed three times, and the tea is tasted while simmering: the first bite feels slightly bitter, the second bite feels sweet and mellow, and the last bite feels sweeter. The more delicious the product, the more fragrant it is and the aftertaste is endless. This is the so-called "first bitter, second sweet, third aftertaste."

In some places, when drinking the second sip of tea, walnut slices, brown sugar, milk vermicelli and so on. Adding pepper or cinnamon to tea has a unique taste.

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White clothing

In Dali area, people often wrap their heads with embroidered cloth or colored towels, and wear white coats and red vests, or light blue coats and coats with black velvet collars. Silver ornaments of "three beards" and "five beards" are hung on the right, and short waist, wide blue trousers and embroidered shoes are embroidered at the waist. Married people tie their hair in a bun, while unmarried people hang it on their backs or braid it on their heads, all of which are wrapped in embroidery, printing or colored towels.

There is a familiar word on the headdress of Bai girls, and that is: romantic love. Commentary: the hat of the Bai girl, Keiko hanging down is the wind of Shimonoseki; Gorgeous floral decorations are flowers on the gate; The top of the hat is as white as Cangshan snow; The curved shape is the moon in Erhai Lake.

Women's headdresses are even more colorful: unmarried women in Dali comb their braids, put them outside the flower handkerchief, wrap them with flower ribbons, and hang a bunch of Bai Liusu on the left; After marriage, the braid is changed into a bun, put on the top of the head, wrapped with a dyed or batik blue cloth handkerchief and wrapped with plain cloth strips.

Girls in Yufeng, Deng Chuan and Eryuan like to wear "Fengpa"; In some places, flowers are wrapped in towels or braids are wrapped around their heads, and then a bunch of red ropes are wrapped around them; In some places, the headdress is "one tile"; In some places, people's heads are covered with many pieces of head cloth, and the outermost piece of cloth is embroidered with patterns that Bai people like. It's especially nice to surround it with headbands of various colors.

Women like bracelets and pendant earrings with jade or silver. Urban residents wear more Chinese clothes, while young people love fashion.

Hand-thank: In Fengyubaozi, Eryuan County, Yunnan Province, Bai girls and their daughters-in-law have learned the custom of making hand-thank since childhood. Women who can't make birthday shoes are often ridiculed as incompetent.

Hand shoes, made of red satin or cloth. A long-lived pattern is spelled out on the toe, and an elegant pine and cypress is embroidered under the pattern, embroidered with blue silk thread; The heel of the vamp is a symmetrical right triangle pattern; Three-layer sole. Wearing long-lived shoes marks that people have entered old age, which is both blessed and blessed. Talents usually start to wear their first pair of shoes on their 60th birthdays.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Bai nationality

Dietary Customs of Bai Nationality-People's Government of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture