Tujia and Miao people's beliefs, taboos, marriage birthdays, food, clothing, housing and transportation and other folk characteristics,

Tujia people call themselves "Bizka" (meaning local people), worship their ancestors and white tigers, and believe in polytheism, just like Han people. Men and women fall in love and get married after many songs. Tujia women have the custom of "crying marriage" before marriage. Tujia people love to sing folk songs, including love songs, crying wedding songs, rocking songs, labor songs, food songs and so on. Funeral is basically a burial. In ancient times, Ba people also had the customs of cremation, hanging coffin burial and boat coffin burial. Now it has basically disappeared. There is also a taboo when eating: say hello when you meet, and be hospitable when you have 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.

Miao people used to believe in animism, worship nature and worship their ancestors. For example, the so-called oriental ghosts, western ghosts, sow ghosts, cannibals and tiger ghosts are called evil ghosts. Natural phenomena with spirituality are often regarded as good ghosts and have certain divinity, such as mountain gods, valley gods, cotton gods, wind gods, Raytheon, rain gods, sun gods and moon gods. Miao people worship good ghosts and evil ghosts in different ways. Good ghosts are greeted by courtesy and sacrificed sincerely. Evil spirits must be bribed and cajoled until they are driven away.

Colored glutinous rice is also an essential food for young men and women to fall in love and get married. Miao people in Chengbu, Hunan Province gave each other glutinous rice cakes painted with mandarin ducks as souvenirs. When the wedding is held, the bride and groom will raise their glasses to propose a toast, and the person in charge of the wedding will also invite the bride and groom to eat glutinous rice cakes painted with dragons, phoenixes and dolls. Miao people in Guizhou have well-preserved hanging coffins and cave coffins. It is said that this move is to facilitate the return of Miao descendants to the Central Plains, or to bring their deceased ancestors back to their homeland for peace.