Characteristics of the Tu people

The Tu people can sing and dance well and have colorful folk literature and art. The Tu people are famous for their folk embroidery craft.

Distribution of the Tu people:

The Tu people are mainly distributed in Mutual Assistance Tuzu Autonomous County, Minhe Hui Tuzu Autonomous County, Datong Hui Tuzu Autonomous County, Tongren County and Ledu County of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, and some of them are scattered in Menyuan County of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and Haixi Mongolian Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, etc.;

There are also more than 20,000 of them in Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, Sunan Yugu Autonomous County, and Yongdeng County of Lanzhou City in Gansu Province. In Gansu Province, there are more than 20,000 people living in Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, Sunan Yugu Autonomous County, Yongdeng County of Lanzhou City, Jishishan Baoshan Dongxiang Sala Autonomous County of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, and Zhuoni County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Among them, the Tu in Qinghai Province account for about 85% of the total population of the country's Tu.

Turkish language:

Turkish language belongs to the Mongolian group of the Altaic language family, and its basic vocabulary is the same as or similar to Mongolian, while it is closer to Bao'an.

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Taboos of the Tu people:

The Tu people's language is a part of the Altaic group of languages. p>Turkish taboos:

Turkish people have many taboos, mainly the following manifestations: taboo to eat the meat of round-hoofed livestock (horses, mules, donkeys); taboo to urinate and defecate inside the animal pens; taboo to let those who have been to the dark room (moon room), as well as the filial son (who is in mourning) and women to enter the temple halls of the Turks or inside the family Buddha halls; taboo on women to come and go without hats and long shirts in front of their elders;

taboos un greetings outside the courtyard, without permission to enter the courtyard of the Turkish family; taboo with cracked bowls for guests to pour tea; taboo ask guests "eat or not" or "eat or not eat" and so on; taboo guests count their sheep; taboo walking or wedding. In the morning out to touch the empty bucket, empty back bucket and unclean things;

Taboo in the Buddha Hall, the hall smoking, spitting, rummaging and loud noise; taboo from the monk's kneeling cushion and other objects across; taboo on the ghee lamp sneezing and coughing; taboo in the Buddha Hall when turning the wheel of turning from the right to the left, but strictly follow the turn from the left to the right; taboo in the vicinity of the monastery hunting and urinating and defecating, and so on.

In addition, the Turks have the habit of jinmen, such as the birth of a child, the installation of a new gate, the discovery of infectious diseases, etc., other people are not allowed to enter the courtyard, it is called jinmen. Jiemen's sign is: in the gate next to stick a side of red paper, inserted cypress branches or simmering a pile of fire next to the gate .

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