What are the customs of She nationality?

1, get married

In She society, childless families can adopt their sons' wives in many ways, and many families with sons also let their sons adopt their wives and their daughters adopt their sons (that is, recruit sons-in-law). Generally, adopted children take their mother's surname, and two sons take their parents' surnames respectively.

If both husband and wife are only children, they have to be "two families", that is, they have to take care of two families in the first few years of marriage and have no fixed abode. In this way, after a few years, it is determined that the husband and wife will settle down with better economic conditions.

2. Funeral

The funeral form of She nationality is earth burial, which retains the custom of heavy burial. According to tradition and historical data, the early burial habits of She nationality were hanging coffins and cremation.

In the Song of the King of Pan Hu, which is widely circulated among the She people, Pan Hu, the ancestor of the She people, was "at leisure for half a year, shooting arrows with a bow every day", and "Before the sheep hit the cliff, they fell off the cliff", meaning "Before falling off the cliff, the old crow came to ask for directions", and "A gust of wind started, blew off the tail of the tree, and came to worship, big and small.

Because of the "rugged rocks and rocky walls", the remains of ancestors could not be obtained, so we had to "give ancestral graves to the treetops" In order to remember her ancestors, she was buried in a hanging coffin. During the Three Kingdoms period, Wu recorded the "hanging coffin" in the "Coastal Soil and Water Records". "Man" is the "Nan Man" in history, and it is the ancestor of southern nationalities such as She nationality. It can be seen that the custom of hanging coffins to bury the She nationality has a long history.

Second, festivals.

1, Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival is a folk festival all over the country. It rains at this time, which is said to be the day when the dragon goes and the rain falls. Besides the Han nationality, it is also a traditional festival of Maonan and She nationalities.

Interestingly, the content and date of this festival are not uniform. The contents of different festivals in different regions are also different. People pray for rain, dance to exorcise evil spirits, sing operas to worship the Dragon King, hold dragon boat races, or practice fire prevention, but they are all related to rain.

2, ancestor worship day

On ancestor worship day, She people attach great importance to traditional festivals and ancestor worship. Every year, February, July and August 15th are ancestor worship days, and she believes in ghosts and gods. During the festival, except for wine and meat, there are certain traditional habits for eating anything in every festival. But no matter what festival, we should make Ciba. Besides killing chickens and ducks, adults should also make Ciba on their birthdays.

3.2 February

Also known as the wedding festival, it is a traditional festival of She nationality after the Spring Festival. Mainly popular in Fuding, Fuan and other counties in eastern Fujian. The so-called "wedding ceremony" refers to the She nationality who originally came from Hua Shuang and Fuan Banfen Road in Fuding to southern Zhejiang and eastern Fujian. Every year, on the second day of the second lunar month, they gather in their ancestral homes and hold wedding activities.

The "Wedding Festival" in Hua Shuang, Fujian Province is the largest and most famous. On this day of the festival. A pennant with a white background and a red border and a similar ancient round umbrella were raised in front of the club. People from all over the country who went out from the Hua Shuang branch dressed up and went back to their ancestral home to meet their relatives. The crowd was bustling, singing and laughing, and the quiet mountain village suddenly became a sea of joy.

Especially when the sun sets, the night falls, and pine fires like day, it adds a warm atmosphere to the festival. The concert reached a climax and people sang loudly. Loud songs echoed in Shan Ye, and the more they sang, the more interested they became. They stayed up all night and were very lively.

4. March 3rd

Also known as Ubuntu Festival, it is a festival for the She people to commemorate the victory of their national heroes in the struggle against the reactionary ruling class. According to legend, during the heroic rule of the She people, they were trapped in the mountains by the imperial army because they were unwilling to lead the rebels against the Tang Dynasty, and the situation was very difficult.

Seeing that the whole army is in danger of collapse, it is the middle of winter and it is freezing. All kinds of plants in the mountains have lost their leaves and fruits, except for a wild plant called black barnyard grass, whose branches are hung with a string of sweet fruits. When the She army assembled and returned to the camp, Lei Wanxing was sweet and delicious, and ordered the whole army to assemble in all directions, and the canteen was settled. Lei Wanxing facilitated deus ex's victory in the anti-encirclement campaign on March 3.

Extended data

Origin of She nationality

There are different opinions on the origin of She nationality, but there are two theories in summary: foreign theory and native theory. Foreign commentators believe that the She nationality originated from "Changsha Wu Lingren" in the Han and Jin Dynasties. The main argument for this view is that "Wu Lingren" and the She nationality share the same totem belief in Pan Hu. People who speak indigenous languages believe that the She nationality originated from the "people" of the Zhou Dynasty.

"Min" is a native of Fujian, the earliest owner of Fujian, and its descendants are today's She nationality. There is a certain relationship between "Min" and "She". The main argument of this statement is that there is a close connotation connection between the people and the society, that is, the people, Manchu, Liaoning and the society come down in one continuous line.

In addition, some people think that the She nationality originated from a branch of the Yi nationality in ancient Henan, belonging to a clan tribe of Gao Xin's close relatives. Some people think that the She nationality originated in Henan, and its ancestor is Dragon Qi, and so on.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-she nationality