Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - Protecting traditional culture

Protecting traditional culture

Etiquette taboo of Mosuo family;

1, don't swear at grandma's fireplace, especially when it comes to sex.

2. When entering grandma's house, you can't step on the threshold.

3. When sitting at the edge of a fire pit, you should not step on the edge or inside the fire pit.

Don't pollute the fireplace and keep it clean.

When walking by the fire pit, if someone is sitting by the fire pit, you should bypass this person's back and don't cross from the front.

6. You can't whistle at home or out at night.

7. You can't ride directly into the yard from your door, you have to lead the horse through.

8. When you meet a Lama or an old man on the way, whether riding a bike or riding a bike, you should take the initiative to dismount or get off the bus to make way for the road to show respect.

9. It is a kind of prayer to walk clockwise when passing through Mani pile.

10, when you eat at home, be sure to add two spoonfuls to your meal. Just adding a spoonful is disrespectful to people and a sacrifice to ghosts.

1 1, when eating, the first spoon should be given to the pot village first. You can't give respect when you eat leftovers, and you can't recite it if you give respect.

12, when pouring wine or taking things for others, don't use the backhand, but use the forehand. Backhand is a sacrifice to ghosts.

13, chopsticks can't be put in a bowl full of rice on the dining table.

14, family members are forbidden to sweep the floor or take out the garbage immediately after entering the door.

15, women are afraid of strangers entering the house during childbirth.

16, fasting dogs, donkeys, cats, snakes, horses, cattle.

17, logging is prohibited: water sources, crematoriums, temples and trees around the sacred mountain.

18, people with the same mother's blood can't "get married".

19, taboo women, lamas kill.