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Bai customs

The Bai nationality, 15 the largest ethnic minority in China, has obvious customs and characteristics, that is, white. Bai men and women advocate white, and white clothes are noble; In addition, the architectural art of Bai nationality is unique. In mountainous areas, Bai people live in "log houses" or "bamboo hedge houses", while in dam areas, Bai people live in civil tile houses. In diet, Bai people like to eat hot and sour, cold dishes and roasted tea.

1, white is revered.

When it comes to the customs and characteristics of the Bai nationality, it is first reflected in the color. Bai men and women advocate white, and white clothes are noble. Bai men wear white double-breasted clothes and black collars. The costumes of Bai women are different. We can see their age, whether they are married or not and regional differences from their clothes, but the clothes are also indispensable to white.

2. Architecture

Bai's architectural art is unique: many people live in a single room or two connected "stacked wooden houses" or "bamboo fence houses" in the mountains and mountains; In the dam area, there are many tile houses with civil structures. Located at the foot of Cangshan Mountain and on the shore of Erhai Lake, Xizhou Bai folk house in Dali consists of courtyard wall, gate, zhaobi, main room and left and right wing rooms.

Step 3 prescribe diet

Bai people like to eat hot and sour, cold dishes and roasted tea. Three meals a day, rice and wheat are staple foods, and corn and buckwheat are staple foods in mountainous areas. Love to eat hot and sour. Carp, bow fish and crucian carp in Erhai Lake are people's favorite dishes, and "casserole fish" is a famous dish in Dali. Good at curing ham, bacon, sausage, fried chicken, snail sauce and so on.

Related instructions

The Bai nationality is the largest ethnic minority in China 15, mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and other provinces, among which the Bai nationality in Yunnan Province has the largest population and mainly lives in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province. In addition, it is also distributed in Sichuan and Chongqing.

Bai nationality has its own national language, and Bai language belongs to Yi branch of Tibeto-Burman language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. Chinese has been widely used by Bai people since ancient times. Bai nationality is unique in art, and its architecture, sculpture and painting art are famous all over the world. In the process of its formation and development, it interacted with neighboring nationalities and created splendid economy and culture.

Bai nationality is a nationality with a high degree of living, with three branches of Jia Min, Lemo and Nama, which are deeply influenced by China culture.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Bai Nationality