What are the most representative customs of the Yi people?

Yi clothing varies from place to place. Liangshan, Qianxi area, men usually wear black narrow-sleeved right lapel blouse and pleated wide leg pants, some areas wear small leg pants, and in the front of the head in the middle of a small lock of long hair, the right side of the head, tie a pincer-shaped knot. Women to retain more national characteristics, usually wrapped around the head of the head, there are waist and belt; some parts of the women have the habit of wearing long skirts. Men and women go out clad in rubbers. Jewelry has earrings, bracelets, rings, collar row flowers, etc., mostly made of gold, silver and jade. "Climbing the flower room" - the marriage of Yi men and women: "Climbing the flower room" is a unique custom of the Chubu Yi. The girl is 16 years old, her parents will build another small grass building for her, let it alone in which to spend the night, and the 20-year-old male youth, can climb on the grass building of the beloved girl at night to talk about love. They are together to blow scorn, to the tune, tell each other love feelings. Even if there are several pairs of young men and women at the same time, everyone is not bound. Once the love is mature, men and women as long as the consent of the parents can be married, both parents generally do not interfere with the choice of their children. The wedding of the Yi ethnic group in Xiaoliangshan, Yunnan Province is quite chic. At the time of marriage, the man should prepare a horse and carry gifts such as wine, cloth, meat, and raised noodles to welcome the bride. Female village girls, you can make all the skills to meet the guests splashing water, catching desperately play music. Send the bride to all men, the bride to the door of the male party to the sun goes down before the door. Before entering the door, by a person holding a wooden bowl containing mutton, raised handle and wine, in the bride's head around a circle, to show that life after marriage is rich. Then, the bride was carried into the house by her cousins. "Jumping Vegetables" - Yi singing and dancing to accompany the meal: "Jumping Vegetables", i.e. dancing to serve the food. It is a unique form of serving food and the highest etiquette when feasting for the Yi folk in the Wuliang Mountains and Mianluo Mountains of Yunnan, which is a traditional food culture with a long history of perfect combination of dance, music and acrobatics. When banquets are held, square tables are usually set up in a row along the two sides, with guests sitting around the three sides, leaving a "jumping dish" channel in the center. Three gongs pulled off the "jumping vegetables" prelude: gongs, lusheng, three strings, muffled flute, leaves and other folk music played; in the girls and boys "wu wah li - thi thi thi" yell, only to see the top of the tray of the Yi family men bowed with both hands, footsteps suddenly high and low, suddenly and slowly, another person head and arms each supporting a dish (***24 bowls) followed by the entrance. They were accompanied by a simple and pure folk music concerto, their faces made a funny state strange look, dancing crooked to and fro but easy, beautiful, smooth, coherent dance steps, one after the other on the stage. The two hand towel partner, the strange appearance of a hundred, like a colorful butterfly flowers like before and after, left and right to escort it. A pair of food hand to dish four tables, partner to 32 bowls of food set back to the Palace gossip array, each bowl of food is like a "chess piece". Since the positioning, all according to the ancient rules of the table, one by one, not at all chaotic. All over the Yi prevalent patrilineal small family system, young children often live with their parents. The status of women is low. Inheritance is divided equally among the sons, and the estate is generally owned by the next of kin. In the history of the Yi people, it was common for fathers and sons to be named after each other, and this custom continued among the Yi residents of Liangshan until the founding of the People's Republic of China. Monogamy is the basic system of marriage among the Yi, and a high bride price is required to marry a daughter-in-law. Staggered marriages from the table are more popular, and the death of the husband is practiced in the transfer of the house. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, some of the Yi areas in Yunnan Province still maintained the public housing system, and the Liangshan Yi maintained a strict hierarchical endogamous marriage. Historically, the Yi people practiced cremation, and before the founding of the People's Republic of China, residents of Liangshan and Yunnan along the Jinsha River still practiced this burial custom. Other areas since the Ming and Qing Dynasties gradually changed to the upper burial.