Traditional Culture of the Bai People

The Bai people, with a population of 1.59 million, are found in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. Good at agriculture. They have their own language.

The Bai dress is very nice, because it is "white" race, so the clothes are white, there are a few pink flowers embroidered on the white clothes, look extraordinarily beautiful; headdress is also very distinctive, the crown to the wind, flowers, snow, the moon as the theme, the crown on the left side of a strand of spikes, on behalf of the "snow", his head is also very distinctive, the crown to the wind, flowers, snow, moon as the theme, the crown left a strand of spikes, on behalf of "snow", his head is also very distinctive. ", his length is the representative of the size (age). The Bai people call women "Jinhua" and men "Ah Peng" (excluding children).

The Bai people treat their guests with "three courses of tea" to represent their respect and warmth to the guests. The three ways of tea is the Bai people hospitality etiquette. The Bai people often use the "three ways of tea" to entertain their friends and relatives. The first tea is made from green tea roasted in clay pots, with a bitter flavor; the second tea is made from brown sugar and milk in boiling water, with a sweet flavor; the third tea is made from honey in boiling water, with a sweet flavor. Because the beginning of the bitter tea, after drinking two or three courses of tea, the mouth has a mixture of bitter and sweet sense of comfort, so there is a "'three courses of tea' is a bitter, two sweet, three aftertaste," said.