Yunnan Zhuang nationality

Bamboo Slips of Zhuang Culture in Yunnan

The population of Zhuang people in Yunnan Province is 1, 2 1.5 million (20 10), mainly living in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. In addition, Honghe, Qujing, Kunming, Lijiang, Chuxiong, Dali and Xishuangbanna are also distributed.

Traditional folk houses of Zhuang nationality are a kind of dry-column architecture. Today, Zhuang villages in southwest and northwest Guangxi and parts of Wenshan, Yunnan still maintain this ancient traditional residential form. Modern housing has been widely used in other fields.

Traditional Zhuang costumes are still purple, navy blue and blue, characterized by elegance and simplicity. The man's head was wrapped in a cloth handkerchief, dressed in double-breasted Tsing Yi, black crotch pants and round-headed or pointed leather shoes. Women wear hair bands, cloth handkerchiefs, tight-fitting tops with narrow sleeves on the upper body, pleated skirts with trousers on the lower body, and embroidered shoes with round mouths or semi-high tubes on their feet; Embroidered waist; Among many silver ornaments, the most prominent ones of the Dragon are hairpins, big earrings, collars, buttons, animal necklaces, waist chains, badges, loofah and bracelets, and piping silver bubbles.

Zhuang nationality is one of the earliest people who planted rice, and rice culture is very developed, so rice naturally becomes the staple food of Zhuang people. All kinds of rice, rice porridge, rice noodles, rice cakes, rice cakes, zongzi and glutinous rice balls are the daily favorite foods of the Zhuang people. If mixed with other materials, it can be made into many more delicious and nutritious foods, such as eight-treasure rice, eight-treasure porridge, bamboo rice, pumpkin rice, "colored glutinous rice" and so on.

The festivals of Zhuang nationality include Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Spring and Autumn Festival and New Year's Eve. The festivals with the most national characteristics of Zhuang nationality are "March 3rd" Song Festival, "Niu Soul Festival" and "Mid-Autumn Festival".

The traditional poetry of Zhuang nationality is rich in culture, including ancient songs, etiquette songs, seasonal songs, building songs, farming songs, textile songs, wine songs, love songs and children's songs. People acquire knowledge of national history, production and life, ethics and morality through poetry; You can also choose a spouse by comparing talents and making friends with songs. There are several regular folk song gatherings of Zhuang nationality every year, among which "March 3rd" is the most grand. 1984, the people's government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region officially designated the third day of the third lunar month as the national festival of the Zhuang nationality-"March 3" Song Festival.

Zhuang people have no unified religious belief. Zhuang people believe in ancestor worship and nature worship, polytheism, and a few believe in Taoism and Buddhism.

Zuojiang rock painting is an outstanding and immortal artistic creation of Zhuang ancestors, and its content reflects the social life of ancient Zhuang ancestors.

Tonggu is a traditional musical instrument and ritual vessel of Zhuang nationality, which has a history of more than 2000 years. At present, more than 700 faces have been unearthed and collected, and more than 400 faces/kloc-0 have been collected and registered by the people. The bronze drum is not only a practical object, but also a beautiful work of art. It has embossed patterns and three-dimensional plastic objects. It is a combination of carving art and vertical sculpture, which embodies the superb casting technology and artistic level of Zhuang craftsmen.

Zhuang Brocade is a handicraft of Zhuang women's textile, which belongs to one of the four famous brocades in ancient China. A variety of colors, a wide range of uses, can be used as bed blankets, quilts, aprons, straps, belts, handbags, satchels, headscarves, clothing decoration and so on.

Zhuang drama is a stage art form of Zhuang nationality, and it is a comprehensive art of Zhuang folk literature, music, dance and skills. Characters, footwork, techniques, martial arts and other performance skills have their own characteristics, with strong national color and style.