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If you visit the picturesque Zhangjiajie scenic spot in Hunan and arrive at the village where Tujia people live in compact communities during the Spring Festival, you will be attracted by the spectacular sight of the "tune-up annual meeting" (also known as "waving dance") attended by tens of thousands of people.

At the annual meeting, Tujia people are also called "social buses". This is a song and dance activity related to ancestor worship, prayer and harvest. At that time, the grinding and wave fields in each village will be full of gongs and drums, and men, women and children will dance. Everyone's movements are powerful and clean, but don't let your hands go over your shoulders. It is not only a wonderful art, but also a very interesting folk sports activity to reflect the farming activities all year round with waving hands. At the same time, there are performances such as Han opera, Yang opera, car lights, dragon lanterns and lion dance. The annual meeting will last from three days to seven days, and it will be very lively. Tourists at home and abroad will be infected by such a lively atmosphere and can't help participating in the group dance.

There are more than 5.704 million Tujia people in Longshan, Yongshun, Baojing and Guzhang counties in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hunan Province, Laifeng, Hefeng, Xuanen, Lichuan and Enshi counties (cities) in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hubei Province, Youyang, Xiushan and Qianjiang counties in Chongqing, Yinjiang and Yanhe counties in Guizhou Province. Tujia people have their own language, no writing, and common Chinese. Most Tujia people speak Chinese, and only Yongshun, Longshan, Guzhang and other inhabited areas have completely preserved Tujia language. Tujia people settled in western Hunan and western Hubei more than 2000 years ago. Call yourself' Vozka', which means local people. In the Ming Dynasty, Tujia soldiers, together with Han, Miao and other minority soldiers, went to the southeast coast for many times to fight against Japanese aggression and made great achievements. During the stateless revolutionary movement of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Tujia people supported and cooperated with Taiping Army to carry out vigorous anti-feudal struggles in western Hunan and western Hubei. From 1927 to 1935, under the leadership of China * * * Production Party, Tujia people fought local tyrants, divided their fields and established revolutionary base areas in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou. Many outstanding Tujia youths joined the Red Army and went to the anti-Japanese front. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, under the leadership of the special committees in western Hunan and western Hubei, Tujia people actively carried out the anti-Japanese national salvation movement. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), regional ethnic autonomy was realized and economic and cultural undertakings developed rapidly.

Tujia people are mainly engaged in agriculture. Men are diligent in farming, good at fishing and hunting, and women are good at weaving and embroidering, and good at housekeeping.

Tujia costumes, women's dresses are short clothes with left-handed chest opening, big sleeves, two or three layers of lace wrapped inside, and trimmed pants; . Men's wear is a double-breasted coat. Houses of Tujia people are generally backed by mountains or near water, forming the shape of sitting on a tiger's back. Some of them live in high-rise buildings because of the different climate and terrain. Tujia people believe in primitive religion and worship their ancestors. It is an important festival to celebrate the New Year one day in advance.

Tujia folk literature and art are rich and colorful, especially epic and folk songs. Playing musical instruments are "Duo Duo Rang" popular in Longshan, Yongshun and Baojing counties in western Hunan. Luo Luo Long is made of bamboo, about 13 cm long, with a sounding reed, three or four holes in the tube, and two different scales. Dongdongkui Qupai is rich, generally with a fixed title, including solo, ensemble and ensemble performance. Legend has it that when Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, he captured the Tujia youth Banie, and his wife cut bamboo into flutes in winter and winter, and played them every day to express her thoughts. Later generations imitated the music played in winter and winter, hence the name "Duoduolong". "Playing Liu Zi" is popular in Xiangxi and western Hubei. The instruments used are the head cymbal, the second cymbal, the ground gong and the horse gong. They are played in the form of three or four ensembles, with clever coordination and distinct rhythm, and can play more than 100 beautiful music cards. "Maugus" is a small play performed on holidays, which is mainly based on dialogue, sometimes interspersed with chorus or duet, and performed in Pingba. The actor and the audience are integrated, and the audience can jump in and sing together. The performer is wrapped in straw and has to tie three or four grass braids on his head. The leader is called "Old Maugham" and the others are called "Little Maugham". Maugus reflects the production and life in the middle and late period of primitive society, such as hunting and fishing.

Tujia women are good at weaving "Sarankapu", also known as "golden soil" and "Xizhou patchwork". "Xilankapu" has been used to make clothes or quilts for more than 2000 years. It is said that it was created by a Tujia girl named Xilan. Colorful lace on women's clothes and baby's quilts are all made of this "clay pot". "Pottery jar" is thick in texture, durable, simple in pattern, gorgeous in pattern and full of distinctive national style. Girls/kloc-over 0/0 will weave the best piece of "Xilankapu", which will be used as a hijab when they get married and as a wind when they hold a song and dance concert. If the husband is not at home, use it to wrap clothes for him, indicating that the wife's heart will always be with her relatives. Playing with stone magnetism is a traditional sports activity of Tujia nationality. The stone bulges like a drum with a hole in the middle. Made of wooden poles about 1.6 meters long. It is a weapon used by ancient Tujia people to defend against the enemy. When you want a stone rudder, hold the lever with one hand or both hands and lift it, then spin it over your head or push it out in all directions to attack.

Tujia people's diet is very distinctive. "Camellia oleifera soup" is a favorite food of Tujia people. It is made by frying tea leaves with oil, adding a small amount of water to boil them into tea pulp, diluting them with water, and adding seasonings such as salt, garlic and pepper after boiling. Now some are mixed with fried rice, fried tofu, vermicelli, egg slices and so on. Which tastes better. Tujia people in western Hunan are rich in glutinous rice from ten places, and like to eat glutinous rice Baba, glutinous rice balls and bacon on the kang. I also like to eat peppers, peppers and mountain peppers. Tujia people are very hospitable When guests enter the house, please drink a bowl of glutinous rice wine with cold water in summer and a bowl of dumplings in winter before eating and drinking.