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Essay on Folkways and Customs of the Zhuang People

Folkways and Folk Customs of the Zhuang People

The Zhuang people are mainly distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan and other provinces and regions. The architecture, costumes, festivals and the famous mountain songs of the Zhuang people all show the hardworking and kind-heartedness of the Zhuang people.

Let's take a look at the architecture of the Zhuang people first! Their houses are located on the mountains and by the water. The reason is: the Zhuang people love nature and like to live with nature and the spirits in nature. The houses of the Zhuang people are built of wood. The first floor is raised out of it, and people live above the second floor.

The costumes of the Zhuang people are varied and colorful. Although the Zhuang men's costumes and Han men's costumes are almost the same, but the Zhuang women's costumes and Han women's costumes compared is a world of difference. The Zhuang people are hardworking and kind, especially the women. When the Zhuang women sew and weave their clothes, they also embroider all kinds of patterns. There are birds and animals; there are flowers; there are many patterns with no number to be ...... Zhuang women's clothing in addition to the exquisite pattern will also have a variety of colorful colors. Their headdresses are also very exquisite and chic, and there are many carved patterns. The colors on the entire set of Zhuang women's clothing are more beautiful than the rainbow!

The Zhuang have one of the most famous festivals, that is, on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, the "Song Market Festival", in the "Song Market Festival" day, every village will be a sea of people, bustling with activity. At the entrance of the village, almost the whole village is there to welcome people from other villages and accept their challenges. What is the challenge? When people sing songs. When people on the stage sing songs, people off the stage sing along to support their own villages. These competitions are meant to promote friendship between villages, which also proves the saying: "Friendship first, competition second". This is one of the qualities of the Zhuang people. How can the Zhuang people sing so well? Please continue to listen to my introduction.

In fact, in life, the Zhuang people are also singing mountain songs at the same time. In the Zhuang Township, the Zhuang people can improvise a mountain song wherever they are. In other words, the Zhuang people have been able to reach a point of endorsement in their lives. Their songs can be heard in the fields, between two hills, and even in their own homes sometimes they can be heard conversing in mountain songs. The Zhuang people could sing beautifully and melodiously even with their moods. That song also expresses the mood of the person who sings at that time, and if his friend hears it, he will also talk to him with the mountain song.

The Zhuang people are really an open-minded, optimistic, hard-working and kind-hearted people!