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What are the customs and habits of people in Hechi City, Guangxi?

Guangxi is a multi-ethnic autonomous region with a population of 15489630. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is their main settlement. Zhuang nationality is a native of Lingnan. There are more than 20 self-names such as Buzhuang, Butu, Bunong, Booman and Buyi. After the founding of New China, they were collectively called "Bo people". Later it was changed to "Zhuang". Zhuang people have their own language and writing. Zhuang language belongs to the Dai branch of the Zhuang and Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. The ancient Chinese character is a kind of "sawndip" with the same pronunciation as Zhuang language, which was created by imitating the word formation method of Chinese character "Liu Shu". In 1950s, according to the requirements of the Zhuang people, a kind of Zhuang characters based on pinyin letters was created, which was accepted by the people all over the country. It's still in use.

Many festivals of Zhuang nationality in Guangxi, such as Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, are the same as those of Han nationality. The first month of the lunar calendar is very lively, and young men and women in all villages have to buy "throwing hydrangeas" in the traditional way. Playing "grinding autumn" is also one of the traditional contents, that is, planting trees on the ground, chiseling with crossbar, and merging them into grinding hearts on the top of straight trees. The two of them jumped left and right at both ends of the crossbar for the play, one by one, one by one, soaring in the air, which was very interesting. There are many fixed religious festivals in Zhuang nationality every year. For example, some Zhuang people offer sacrifices to the "elderly hall" in the first month (also in May) and February (also on the sixth day of June or 10), which is very popular during the off-year period. Every February, "Dragon Boat Festival" is the same festival for all branches. During the "Dragon Boat Festival", two or more families in the village take turns to bear the chickens, pigs and other sacrifices needed for the calendar; On Memorial Day, people outside the village or people riding horses or wearing buckets are not allowed to pass through the center of the village. People are used to thinking that killing pigs on the Dragon Boat Festival every year can make people and animals safe and the grain will be plentiful. Sacrifice to Raytheon in March, and sacrifice "Tiangong" after planting seedlings. "Worship ancestors" in July. In August, the villagers offered sacrifices to the land. 12 "Send ancestors" and "Kitchen God". In addition, there are many taboos with religious superstitions. No blowing fire on the first day of the first month, no visiting. You can't sit in the middle of the threshold at ordinary times. You can't step on the stove with one foot and the ground with three feet. You can't bring a hoe or hat into the house. You can't climb trees or cut down trees on Longshan Mountain. Pregnant women are not allowed to see the bride if there is a wedding home. When there are pregnant women at home, hang a straw hat on the door, implying that outsiders are not allowed to enter.