Sichuan customs

Walking human household Han Chinese social customs. Popular in all parts of Sichuan. Folk in all cases of New Year's festivals or marriage, the completion of the new home. All to relatives to visit, known as walking family. At that time, generally take pork, snacks, wine and other gifts, wearing the usual clothes to go. The host family cut meat and buy wine, hospitality.

Spring herdsman said spring Han Chinese social customs. Popular in all parts of Sichuan. Time before and after the Spring Festival. The old spring herdsman wearing a black hat, dressed in official clothes, the left hand holding a wooden carving of spring cattle, the right hand to take the spring stick; now the spring herdsman, the same attire and ordinary people, the difference is that the body back a cattle prod. They climbed the mountains and waded through the water, traveled to the countryside, every place, they will make up some auspicious songs to sing. After they finish singing, they give a red paper printed cattle inspection map to the host's family. At the end of the tour, the hosts would send some money to the cowherds as a reward.

Baying the handle of the old Han social intercourse customs. Also known as alliance, worship, exchange of post, etc.. Popular in all parts of Sichuan. Based on the *** with the interests of individuals or groups, to kowtow for the post, drink blood wine with the oath to the sky as brothers, to *** with the same beliefs and vows to constrain and maintain *** with the interests of the relationship.

Sending festival gifts Han Chinese socializing customs. Popular in Sichuan and the land. Folk whenever the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and other major festivals, married out of the daughter with a son-in-law, separated from another son with a daughter-in-law, with gifts to go home to visit their parents. Friends and relatives also send gifts to each other during these festivals. The custom is still popular, but the gifts have changed with the times.

Three years of study with three years of Han Chinese social customs. Popular in all parts of Sichuan. In the old days, it generally took three years to learn the art of casting teachers. According to custom, three years, the master only tube apprentice meals, will give a small amount of clothing and shoes money and shaving money, do not pay, the apprentice out of the work of the money also belongs to the master. After three years, many apprentices have to follow three years to earn a living independently. In these three years, the apprentice is equivalent to half of the workers, have a certain income.

Organized by the master wine Han Chinese social customs. Popular in all parts of Sichuan. Technicians learn the art after three years, if the learned technology has passed, with the consent of the master, it can be "out of the division". At that time, the apprentice should be organized "out of the master wine", please the famous people in the industry to participate in the ritual industry ancestor God, thank the master of the teaching of the arts of grace. Apprentice to the master kowtow to the master's hat, shoes and socks; master returned to the master of the text about the apprentice to say these words of good luck. According to the rules, no money to thank the master, did not do the master wine, can not be counted out of the master.

Other generations with the same surname Han social customs. Popular in Gandhara County, Luocheng, Dingwen, Shoubao and other townships. Among the Zhang and Wu surnames in this area, the custom of having the same surname in alternate generations is preserved. In order to keep the incense going, the method of sharing the same surname across generations was adopted.

Mengge Yi social customs, the family branch of the meeting to make major decisions. Generally held once a year, such as no major events, can be held once a few years. There is a traditional meeting place, the meeting is mostly chosen to be ant-sympathetic? s tiger month and free month. In the event of a dispute over a human life, the victim's family will bring a bottle of wine to the home of a trusted Degu (a person of authority) in the clan to present the situation and their demands. This Deokgu, in turn, takes the wine to other Deokgu to present his views. In the end, the most influential Deokgu of the clan decide whether or not to convene a general meeting of the clan by consulting with each other. At that time, all the members of the clan, men and women, young and old, noble and wise, took dry food with them and went to the meeting place by themselves. Each branch is led by a Degu, who sits together, leaving an aisle between the branches to allow people to enter and exit, and to make it easier to distinguish between them. It is customary for the most powerful Degu or headman of the clan to preside over the meeting. After he has spoken the main agenda, all members can express their opinions. Next, the clans are divided into groups and then the degu of each clan gathers for a small meeting to unify their views. Finally, the presiding officer announced that the meeting had reached a decision and declared the meeting closed. The decisions made by the Mongrels, the members of the family branch have the obligation to implement them.

Holding animals to meet the guests Yi social customs. Yi hospitality, according to the guests in the community of the land and slaughtered different livestock: the noble guests kill cattle, the second kill pigs and sheep, general guests kill chickens. No matter what livestock slaughter, must wait for the guests to enter the door, the livestock will lead to the guests in front of the power guests have seen and then slaughter, to show that the livestock is not dead or stolen.

Roga Yi transliteration, meaning the ceremony of family separation. The blood ties of the same male ancestor form a number of houses, and after about ten generations of reproduction, they can be divided into independent blood groups that are related to each other, i.e., family branches. This ceremony is held when a family branch becomes independent. At that time, we must invite the shaman to read the scriptures, slaughter animals to sacrifice ancestors, and will be separated from the branch of the ancestors of the spirit card from the original cavern enshrined.

Sangguan Yi social customs. In all cases of building houses, weddings and funerals, friends and neighbors are happy to help from the manpower and material resources to help, some even uninvited, without regard to pay. The master of the house is generally only for meals, do not pay for the work.

Ji shrinking Yi social customs. The Yi language translation, meaning avoidance. According to traditional custom, daughter-in-law and father-in-law, uncle and husband's uncle, uncle should be avoided, to show mutual respect. Where mutual avoidance of people, usually sitting, standing, walking to maintain a certain distance, can not sit together face to face, can not use vulgar language, all parts of the body can not have any contact, even if the body of the pi felt can not be rubbed with. When the two parties meet on the road, the daughter-in-law should stand aside respectfully and wait until the other party has gone. If one of the parties is busy and does not realize that the other party is approaching, the other party should go far away. When it is not possible to go around, the daughter-in-law should cough in order to attract the attention of the other party and avoid them in time. Daughters-in-law can not comb their hair in front of the person who should be avoided, if in combing hair, suddenly realized that the other party is coming, should hurry to cover their heads with a shawl, otherwise it is disrespectful.

Shrinker: A Yi custom of socializing. It is the phonetic translation of the Yi language, which means to lift the avoidance. If the daughter-in-law fails to avoid the elders who need to be avoided, it is regarded as a breach of etiquette. If she fails to avoid the elders, it is regarded as a breach of etiquette. Once she has done so, the ceremony will be held on the same night. At that time, the daughter-in-law brings wine to the elder's home and, in the presence of close friends and relatives, respectfully offers a bowl of wine to the elder, telegraphing a statement that she in no way intended to be disrespectful, in order to seek understanding and appeasement. At the same time, the public announced the lifting of the recusal, and from then on both sides can no longer recuse themselves.

Drilling Cow Skin Yi social custom. In the old days, it was an oath-taking ceremony held on occasions such as reconciliation after an armed fight between rivals, joining two or more family branches to fight against the enemy, and signing a treaty of mutual protection between the Yi and Han people. The ceremony is very solemn and is often attended by thousands of people.

Drinking Chicken's Blood Wine Yi social customs. Pouring wine into a bowl, killing a rooster on the spot, dropping its blood into the bowl, and swearing by both sides or more than one side, the wine is consumed in one drink. It is said that if you drink this wine, you must keep your vows or you will be punished by the gods.

Offering Hada Tibetan social customs. Hada, Tibetan translation, is a symbol of good luck white linen scarf. Tibetans every pilgrimage to worship Buddha, wedding and funeral festivals, pay respects to the elders, friends meet or separate, are to offer Hada. According to the different objects and occasions, the way of offering hatha is also different. To the guests to offer hatha, must be held in both hands, will be double folded flute side to the guests: to the great living Buddha to offer hatha, must be bent over and head down 90 degrees, both hands will be hatha cupped over the top of the head, offered to the great living Buddha's seat in front of the elders and the general living Buddha to offer hatha, with the same to the great living Buddha to offer hatha similar, but do not have to be so low bending; to the same generation to dedicate the hatha, only have to be hatha sent to each other's hands or wrists can be; to the younger generation or subordinates, may be For juniors or subordinates, they can place the khata on each other's shoulders. Often, the offering of the khata is an act of both parties, and the party who offers the khata afterward may also offer the khata received back to the other party.

Tibetan social customs. Tibetan transliteration, meaning good luck. On major holidays or happy occasions, men and women, young and old, to meet each other to say "Zaxi Dele" to show congratulations.

The Tibetan custom of socializing. Meaning mutual exchange. People often use their excess things, such as pastoral people and agricultural people are often exchanged between the ghee and grain. In the old days, in some places, the custom was used by the chiefs to exploit the people by sending some small things to the people's homes and forcing them to send back large quantities of food, cattle and sheep.

Tibetan social customs. Also known as the evil day. Tibetans are used to day divided into auspicious and inauspicious, monthly one, three, fifteen and other days for the inauspicious day, in the calendar will be listed as the day of the evil day to cut off the list, so it is called. Every lack of day, not marriage, not go out to worship Buddha, many things can not be done.

Meet first ask the surname Miao social customs. When young men and women meet for the first time, according to the rules, they should first ask each other's surnames. If the two sides have the same surname, to brother and sister, sister and brother, to treat each other with courtesy, can not banter, song and dance. If they do not share the same last name, they can banter, sing and dance. But if you want to consider courting each other, you can use your words and songs to show your love.

The Miao social customs. Miao men like to wear knives. After giving birth to a boy, parents and relatives should prepare a piece of iron equal to the weight of the child buried in the ground. In the future, every year on the boy's birthday, the iron will be dug up and forged once. When the child reaches the age of 16, the iron is turned into a Miao sword and worn on the body.

Matrilineal family Mosuo social customs. Popular in Yanyuan County Lushan Lake. The family is composed of women as the center, including grandmother and her siblings, mother and her siblings, siblings and aunts, sisters' children, etc., generally two to four generations. The man's role in the family is that of an uncle, an aunt, a brother, a son of the mother or a nephew of an uncle. The head of the family is an older or capable woman, and women play a dominant role in production and life.