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What are the customs of the Naxi people Naxi customs introduction

1, festivals such as the Spring Festival, Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, etc. are more or less the same as the local Han Chinese, of which the Spring Festival is the biggest traditional festival, and is accompanied by a lot of rituals. At that time, every family has to slaughter the New Year's pig, make sour liver and brew rice wine. On New Year's Eve, chickens are killed and pig's heads are stewed in sacrifice to Zaojun and ancestors. At mealtime, if someone in the family is out, bowls and chopsticks should be placed on the table to show that the whole family is reunited. On the first day of breakfast, meat is forbidden, and on the second day of the year, they start to visit friends and relatives, pay their respects to each other, invite guests to dinner and give each other gifts such as brown sugar, red cakes and snacks.

2, the most solemn is the "Naxi festival of heaven", the festival of heaven are generally selected in the first month, in the middle of the month, when to choose a good festival of heaven field, by the Dongba teach teachings (no teachings of the village, elected the old man of high moral standing) as priests, each program should be recited and sung by the Dongba the corresponding festival of heaven scripture poetry, together up to nearly 10,000 lines, constituting a great view of the ocean, and the festival is the most important thing. The program is composed of nearly 10,000 lines, constituting a long song of heavenly sacrifices that is a great sight to behold. And slaughtered in turn feed the sacrificial pig, each family should donate barley, wheat used to brew wine, do bait block.