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In what ways can we introduce the life of She nationality?

In the process of migration, the She nationality created rich and colorful culture and art with distinctive national characteristics while developing and cultivating the soil.

She nationality is rich in literature and art, and folk songs are the main body of She nationality literature, which are mostly expressed in the form of singing in She nationality language. So she literature is basically folk oral literature. On festive days, they often sing, even when they are working in the mountains and fields, visiting relatives and friends to welcome guests. There are about 1000 folk songs handed down, with 40,000 lines. Among the long narrative poems, the most famous one is Song of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Song of Gaudi, also known as Song of Pangu, Song of Dragon Emperor and Song of King Panhu, is a seven-character epic with three or four hundred sentences. In the form of myth, it tells the story that Pan Hu, the ancestor of She nationality, braved hardships and made great achievements and gave birth to descendants such as Pan, Lan, Lei and Zhong. It reflects the primitive religious belief and totem worship of She nationality. In particular, they also painted this legend into a cartoon portrait, called Zutu, that is, on a piece of cloth more than ten feet long, more than 40 portraits of this legend were painted in series on a scroll with colored pens and treasured for generations.

Exquisite knitting technique

Hard-working and simple She women are not only experts in production, but also skilled craftsmen in weaving and embroidery. Their handicrafts are rich in variety, bright in color and unique in style. Such as woven belt, also known as towel belt, that is, flower belt, with diverse patterns and beautiful color matching. Woven hats, with exquisite patterns and exquisite craftsmanship, are decorated with pink ribbons, leucorrhea and various beads, which are more ethnic and are the favorite decorations of She women. Embroidered handkerchiefs or ribbons carefully woven by She girls are the best symbol of love for beloved couples. After liberation, this technology has been further developed and become a sought-after tourism product and export product.

Ribbon and bamboo weaving are the most praised weaving techniques of She nationality. Ribbon is a flower belt, also called a towel belt. She girls have been learning to weave ribbons with their mothers since they were five or six years old. The fineness of ribbon is an important criterion to measure the ingenuity of girls. She nationality region is rich in carnation, bamboo, Dendrocalamus latiflorus and Phyllostachys praecox, which provides rich raw materials for the production of bamboo weaving crafts. Women's dresses of She nationality are slightly different from place to place, and their * * * feature is that there are more embroidery on them. In particular, the blouses of Fuding and Xiapu in Fujian have various embroidery patterns, flowers, birds, dragons and phoenixes on their collars, lapels, clothes buckets and even cuffs. The most important dress of She women is "phoenix dress".

Unique national movement

She nationality has always attached importance to sports activities, and there are many sports activities, such as martial arts, mountaineering, "big and small dramas", "riding stones", "riding seahorses" and bamboo forest competitions. The most famous martial art of She nationality is She nationality boxing, followed by sticks. She nationality boxing is an original creation of She nationality, which has a history of more than 300 years. The creator's name is Lei Wulong, and people respectfully call him "Oolong Gong". The main movements of She Boxing are rushing, twisting, pushing, releasing, cutting, grasping, poking, kicking, sweeping and jumping. She Wushu can be divided into two categories: stick and boxing. There are many kinds of sticks, and the names of actions are complex and diverse. Boxing is very popular. As a part of boxing, there are amazing acupoints. Old boxers who are proficient in martial arts generally know acupuncture and medical skills. However, She Wude has yet to be further sorted out and excavated.