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What are the characteristics of Han life?

1, the agricultural service: the Han is an ancient agricultural people, since ancient times the agricultural population has been accounted for more than eighty or ninety percent of the total population, the agricultural customs have a long history. From time immemorial, the Han people have regarded agriculture as their profession. As early as the Warring States period, Han Fei put forward the idea of "agriculture as the basis".

2, respect for ancestors and respect for the elderly: respect for ancestors and respect for the elderly is the ancient legacy of the Han people. Respect for ancestors is the worship of ancestors.

3. Surnames and names: Initially, there was a difference between surnames and clans among the Han Chinese. The original family name is the matrilineal clan communes. The word "surname" is a synthesis of the words "female" and "birth".

4, Han diet: Han food pork, beef, mutton, noodles and so on. Love to drink milk tea, coca tea. Every happy event to drink, please cook to do the feast, there are meat eight dishes, sea eight dishes, ten bowls and so on.

5, the Han people live: Han people live in the earth wall around the single-family courtyard Zhuangkou. The main room in the middle of the hall, put a long table or face cabinet. The garden is built in the courtyard, and the gate is mostly open to the south. Indoor windows to do the kang, on the felt for eating or resting.

6, Han Chinese dress: Han Chinese people wear leather, wool products. 1980s, men wearing suits, jackets, etc.; women's dress continues to change, gold and silver rings, earrings, necklaces, etc. doubly favored by young women.