What are the characteristics of the ancient party state? For example, clothes, habits, etc.

The Dangshang people have unique housing habits, the general civilian population to build houses with stone foundation, rammed with loess for the wall, and earth to cover the roof, or with the tail of the cow and wool woven to cover the roof, once a year to change the house, not to use bricks and tiles to build the house. Only those who have official titles can use tile cover. Zeng Gong, one of the eight great masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, said in "Longpingji" that the Dangshang tribe "lived in earth houses, and those who had official titles were allowed to cover their houses with tiles." Ming "jiajing ningxia new record" also said: the party ethnic group "common all soil house, but have the life to tile over the" In addition, the party ethnic group housing in the middle of a special enshrinement of God, set incense, people can not live, people live in the two sides of the room. Housing customs are not only recorded in the book, in the Danghang mausoleum is also reflected.

Dangshang country is a feudal dynasty, officials and people are very strict grade, the Party ethnic dress mainly to color to mark the identity and status of the clothes. The emperor is "the beginning of the white narrow shirt, felt crown red, crown neck hanging red knot slow". Civilian officials wear turbans, wearing purple, tripping clothes; military officials wear gold post cloud skeleton hat, silver post between gold cradle crown, black lacquer crown. Officials of the plain clothes is purple soap background color embroidered panchuoba purple flower spin gown, belt. General civilians wear green and green clothing. Men hang red on their hats, while women wear high buns. Yuan Dynasty poet Ma Zuzhang described the dress of Xixia women in "Hexi Song":

Hexi land under the Helan Mountain, women wear high buns in eighteen. The aniseed root dyed clothes are as bright as Xia, but they call Xia County to be their husband's son-in-law.

The Xixia Dangshang tribe, from the emperor and nobles to the common people, believed in Buddhism. Households set up god, worship ghosts and gods. Before the army went to war, divination to ask for luck or misfortune. In addition, they take a sheep, the first sheep burning incense, feeding food, shaking the sheep's head, and then slaughter the sheep, cut open the abdomen, see the sheep stomach and intestines through, it is said that the division went well, will return in triumph. If there is blood in the sheep's stomach and intestines, it means that the army will not be successful and the departure time will be postponed. There is also "a kind of arrow striking the bowstring and listening to the sound it makes to judge where the enemy is and whether the engagement is a victory or a defeat. Xixia State honors Confucius, honoring him as Emperor Wen Xuan, learning Confucianism.

The Xixia Dangshang tribe had the custom of bald hair, and after the Xixia Dangshang tribe moved eastward, they were influenced by Han customs and learned Han people to tie their hair. Li Yuanhao came to power, the first order is bald hair order, the implementation of the traditional hair style of the Dangshang tribe, the country unified bald hair, starting with himself, if anyone who is not bald, to be severely punished. Unearthed Xixia porcelain human head to reflect the Xixia bald social customs.