What are the folk customs of Rongshui Miao people in Liuzhou, Guangxi?

Rongshui Miao series Pohui formation sequence (Lunar calendar);

(1) On the third day of the first month-the "All-England" slope meeting in Danian Township, also known as Sanpo.

(2) The fourth day of the first month-the slope meeting held by Tang Rong's "Lasting Gazhi" in Sirong Township, also known as Sipo.

(3) the fifth day of the first month-Mao Ping slope meeting was held in Gongdong Township, also known as Wupo.

(4) the sixth day of the first month-Pei Songpo held a meeting in Antai Township, Pei Di.

(5) On the seventh day of the first month-the "forbearing Lu" slope meeting in Gandong Township, also known as Qipo.

(6) The eighth day of the first month-the "lasting energy" slope meeting in Antai Township

(7) The 9th day of the first month-Wu Yong "Mang" held a slope meeting in An Chuan Township.

(8) The 10th day of the first month-the "Hundred Birds Clothing" slope meeting in Gandong Township.

(9) The 11th day of the first month —— Yuanbao "Endure All Waiting" slope meeting in Antai Township, also known as the Eleventh Slope.

(10) 12th day of the first month-Bai Yunxiang Yang Bang's "Anti-foreign" slope meeting.

(1 1) The 13th day of the first month-the "All-Europe" slope meeting in Antai Township, also known as Shisanpo.

(12) 14th day of the first month-the "straightening" slope meeting in Hongshui Town, Liang Shuang.

(13) On the 15th day of the first month, the Laopo Club in Xiangfen Township, also known as Longgongpo and Shiwupo, has been annexed by Gulongpo Club.

(14) 16th day of the first month-Gulongpo Club in Xiangfen Township, also known as Shiliupo.

(15) The 17th day of the first month-Manghao Festival in Huang An Township, also known as the 17th slope.

Special mother-in-law

There are Antai and Gulong in the slope society series of the Miao people in Rongshui, and there are also slope societies in eastern Jiangxi (for example, there are as many as 40 thousand people in Qipo, eastern Jiangxi). At the Pohui, young men and women collectively sang Miao songs to express their yearning for a better life and their pursuit of pure love.

Pohui step dance is a typical representative of Miao dance. Dozens of young women dressed in costumes danced in a circle, and the atmosphere was cheerful and the scene was warm. Playing lusheng is also a "reserved program" at the slope meeting, with a loud voice and earth-shattering.

As the most concentrated exhibition space of Miao culture, Rongshui Miao serial slope community can cultivate Miao people's sense of identity, cohesion and centripetal force to national culture. At the same time, the slope meeting also attracted the extensive participation of local people of all ethnic groups and promoted the integration and unity among all ethnic groups. As a display platform of Miao culture, it impresses every participant and is subtly influenced by the national culture, so that the national culture can be passed down and spread, so its cultural value is extremely high.

Strange social customs

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Touma

Miao people in rural areas such as Antai, Dongtou, Sirong, Xiangfen and Anzhuang in the northwest mountainous area of Rongshui all like to play in Touma. According to legend, five hundred years ago, girls in Touma liked to marry experts. In love, if there is a "triangle" or "four corners" love between several men and a woman, Wang Miao will organize a Touma competition to decide whether to win or lose, thus deciding the girl's ownership. Naturally, the winner of Touma, the girl married him happily.

After hundreds of years of evolution, Touma, which initially played a role in marriage adjudication, has gradually become a mass festival entertainment competition. Traditional Miao festivals (such as Spring Festival, Xinhe Festival and Lusheng Festival) every year. ) is an indispensable activity in Touma. ? [3]?

Take the village knot in the same year

This is a very interesting social activity. There are dozens or hundreds or even hundreds of men and women in the village. Bring Lusheng, put on festive costumes, beat gongs and drums and go to the village to have a party. The host in front of the village will be informed with three songs, and the host will greet the men and women in the village.

Then play Lusheng again in Lusheng Hall and step on the hall as a ceremony to enter the village, and the owner also returns by playing Lusheng and stepping on the hall. After the ceremony, the guests were invited to various entertainments. The next day, the cows were killed and the meat was distributed to various entertainments. I usually stay for three days. Play Lusheng in the hall during the day, play Miao opera or "sit with your sister" at night, and sing songs all night. Unmarried young men and women pursue their partners in activities. At the end of the village walk, Lusheng was played in the hall as a grand farewell and farewell ceremony.

Recently, a "Playing the Same Year" party was held in Quanduo Miao Village, Antai Township, Rongshui County, Guangxi. People played Lusheng drums, performed Lusheng dances in the hall, watched Miao movies and enjoyed He Xinchun. "Playing the same year" is a social activity between Miao villages in Rongshui, and people call each other "the same year". [4]

Characteristic clothes

Miao Liangbu:

Miao people like to sew clothes and trousers with stone blue cloth, which is self-woven and self-dyed, and its color is different from ordinary woven fabrics. The production of self-dyed cloth is very particular: first steam the woven white cloth once, then dye it with indigo, dye it five times, wash it with water five times, dry it five times, and polish it with egg white twice. After the cloth is dyed, it must be placed on the slate and leveled with a wooden pestle. In this way, the cloth is smooth, strong and bright.

Miao Xiu:

Also known as Miao's "flower picking", it is a traditional craft treasure of Miao women. When Miao girls embroider, they first cut the paper into patterns with scissors and stick them on the base cloth, and then embroider them one by one with various silk threads according to the patterns. There are hundreds of patterns, mostly flowers, grass, insects, fish, birds and so on. , vivid and colorful.