The customs, lifestyles and festivals of different ethnic groups

She people call themselves "Shanha", which means customers who live in the mountains. It is said that the ancestral home of She nationality is Chaozhou, Guangdong. Mainly distributed in Fuan, Fujian, Jingning, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Anhui and other provinces, mostly mixed with Han people. 1984 On June 30th, Zhejiang Jingning She Autonomous County was established. She people attach great importance to traditional festivals and ancestor worship. February, July and August 15th are ancestor worship days, and people believe in ghosts and gods. "March 3" is a traditional festival of She nationality, which is held on the third day of the third lunar month every year, also known as "Ebony Festival". She people attach great importance to traditional festivals, and each festival has certain traditional eating habits.

Sui dynasty

Shui people call themselves "seawater", which means water people. As early as before the Qin and Han Dynasties, many tribes lived in Lingnan area and southeast coastal areas. According to the examination, the Shui nationality was developed by one of the nationalities called Luoyue. People called it "Shuijia Temple" and "Shuijia" in the Qing Dynasty, and it was officially named Shui nationality after liberation. The most solemn festivals of the Shui people are Duanjie and Mao Jie. Duanjie is the most solemn traditional festival of the Shui people in a year. Duanjie, called "borrowing Duan" in water-saving language, is the biggest festival of the Shui people, equivalent to the Spring Festival of the Han people. The first festival is held on the first day of the lunar calendar from late August to early October every year.