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Buyi custom culture

The customs and culture of Buyi nationality are embodied in the following aspects:

1.** Architectural custom * *: Buyi folk houses include buildings, semi-buildings and bungalows. Half-floor usually adopts the architectural pattern that the second half is a bungalow, the first half is a building, or the left half is a bungalow and the right half is a building. Architecture and semi-architecture are the traditional architectural forms of Buyi people.

2.** Dietary custom * *: Buyi people take rice as their staple food, and also eat corn, wheat, barnyard grass and buckwheat. I especially like glutinous food, and there are many ways to make it, such as glutinous rice cake, round sugar cake, ear cake, pillow dumpling, triangle dumpling and so on. On holidays, you must eat glutinous rice and give it to friends and relatives.

3.** Clothing custom * *: Buyi costumes are mostly blue and blue and white. Before 1970s, men wore headscarves, double-breasted jackets or long-sleeved shirts and trousers. The old man has many robes. After the 1970s, there was no difference between men's wear and Hanfu. Women's clothing styles are diverse, and the older Buyi costumes are still preserved in Zhenning, Guanling, Puding and Liupanshui.

4.** Family custom * *: Buyi people prefer boys to girls. Parents have the power to dominate the family economy and command members. Male elders are respected, and upright people have more prestige. Women's status is lower than that of men, and widows can inherit property, but not remarriage.

5.** Festival * *: Buyi people have many traditional festivals. Except for New Year's Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, which are similar to those of Han people, festivals such as March 3rd, April 8th and June 6th all have their own characteristics.

The above are the main manifestations of Buyi customs and culture. Generally speaking, the culture and customs of Buyi nationality reflect the richness, diversity and profundity of China culture.