What are the living habits, diets and customs of Manchu people?

1. Food folklore-Manchu. Manchu people like to eat sticky things, because sticky things are hungry and convenient for hunting. Among them, the most distinctive is all kinds of snacks with exquisite production and unique flavor, which are collectively called "Manchu treasures", so it is called "Manchu banquet". Manchu Bobo has a long history, among which the most representative is "chestnut-faced Wowotou", also known as Xiaowotou.

Before the Manchu entered the customs, there was a banquet called "Bobo banquet", each table used 80 kilograms of flour, which showed the scale. Most of the flour used is sticky, that is, glutinous rice, yellow rice and small yellow rice are the main ingredients, with a proper amount of other rice residues, and then red bean paste, nuts and sugar are used as stuffing. The main varieties are Shaqima, Mung Bean Cake, Suye Cake, Pea Yellow Cake, Beef Tongue Cake, Beating Cake, Fried Cake, Bean Bag, etc. Every winter, Manchu people usually cook a few pots of bean paste buns and take them with them when they are frozen. Now you can often hear the cry of sticky bean buns in the winter market in Shenyang.

Dishes. Manchu people especially like to eat pork and sauerkraut, and there are many cooking methods. The more distinctive dishes are meat ceremony, white meat, sauerkraut and blood sausage, hot pot, sour soup and so on.

2. Hairstyle and clothing:

(1) hairstyle. The hairstyle of Manchu people inherited the custom of Nuzhen in Jin Dynasty. A man's hairstyle is half-shaved and half-left, that is, shaved before and left behind, and the hair left behind hangs on the braid. There can be various decorations on the braid, and you can basically judge your identity and status from the decoration. Legend has it that this hairstyle is related to the production mode of Jurchen riding and shooting, mainly to avoid the front hair blocking the line of sight and affecting hunting and shooting wild animals. In the sixties and seventies, in order to support themselves, little boys in rural areas of Han nationality still had the custom of leaving pigtails behind their heads, which was influenced by Manchu customs.

Manchu women cherish their hair very much and pay great attention to hairstyle.

(2) clothing. Manchu costumes are the ethnic costumes that have the greatest influence on China's modern costumes. Cheongsam, vest, mandarin jacket, etc. Still with its unique charm, it has become a favorite costume of people of all ethnic groups.