What are the living habits of Jingpo people?

1. Jingpo houses are all huts with bamboo and wood structures, and only a few local Shanguantou people live in tile houses. The hut is rectangular and the roof is oblique. The whole building is divided into two floors, with people living on the upper floor and captive livestock and poultry below. Doors are opened from both ends, the front door is for guests to enter and exit, ghosts are buried, cattle and horses are tied, and the back door is forbidden for outsiders to enter and exit, and it is not allowed to pass indoors. There is a fire candy in every room at home, surrounded by mats, and I sleep impromptu at night. Houses are usually rebuilt once every seven or eight years. When building a house, the whole village will change jobs and help each other in a few days, and a grand ceremony will be held to complete the new house.

2. Jingpo men like to wear white or black double-breasted t-shirts, with lace patterns and colored small velvet beads on the Baotou cloth, and often wear broadsword and tube handkerchief when going out. Women wear black double-breasted, black and red woven skirts and leggings. When a woman dresses up, there are many silver bubbles and pieces on her front, back and shoulders, seven silver collars or a string of silver chains or bells are hung around her neck, a tremella tube longer than her fingers is worn on her ears, and one or two coarse carved silver bracelets are worn on her hands.

3. In most areas, the Jingpo nationality is dominated by rice, while in a few areas, it is dominated by corn. In the past, only banana leaves were used to cover rice, which was evenly distributed and eaten by hands. The main drinks are mountain spring water and water wine. Kill the cow and sacrifice the ghost, and the whole village will share the beef. The prey is shared by onlookers. Entertain guests warmly with meals. Jingpo people like to chew sand sticks (a kind of chew made of grass tobacco, reeds, hydrated lime, etc. ), and it is also one of the traditional etiquette to give each other sand sticks when meeting. Jingpo people also attach importance to reciprocity. In the slack season, people will visit relatives and friends and send wine, meat, bait, Baba, eggs, candy or their own local products, such as honey and tobacco. Guests often return home with a full load.

4. Regardless of weddings, festivals and parties, Jingpo people should carry a basket containing water wine, boiled eggs and glutinous rice balls, which is called a "gift basket" by the people. After receiving the gift basket, the host should propose a toast to the accompanying guests one by one, finally finish it himself, count the gifts, and then return the basket to the guests to show that all the gifts have been received.

Jingpo people are warm and hospitable, and the host will warmly welcome the guests in the guest house. They also have a "free meal" hospitality habit, that is, in daily communication, no matter which village or home they go to, they can sit down and eat without paying any remuneration. For any stranger, the host must provide food. It is generally believed that starving guests is the most disgraceful thing.