Where is Ewenke Banner and what are the customs of Ewenke people?

Ewenke Autonomous Banner is located in the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region;

Ewenke customs:

1) Ewenke basically inherited monogamous system, the difference is that there is a "clan exogamy" and "aunt and uncle cousins" phenomenon. The difference is that there are "clan exogamy" and "aunt-uncle cousin" phenomenon. The difference is that there is the phenomenon of "clan exogamy" and "aunt-uncle cousin". "Aunt-uncle cousin" is the intermarriage between aunt and cousin siblings, and has the right to preferential marriage.

2), the Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China, the city (flag) within the Ewenki people died, more placed in the tree to implement the wind burial, so that the body hangs on the branches, landing with cremation or digging and burying. After the establishment of new China, the Ewenki funeral customs in the territory of the same with the Han Chinese.

3), Ewenki hospitality and etiquette, to the Ewenki home guests, the host where the leather cushion, where the guests will be seated, shall not move the leather cushion. After the guests are seated, the hostess will serve the milk tea, then cook the meat, after the meat is cooked, the hostess will take out the hunting knife and cut a small piece of meat and put it into the fire, and then give it to the guests to eat. If the visitor is an honored guest, usually reindeer's milk is also offered. Ewenki guests must have wine, in addition to drinking white wine, families can brew their own wild fruit wine. The master should hold up the wine cup to pour drops into the fire first, and then ask the guests to drink it again.

4) Ewenki people respect fire as God. Whether at home or in the field, they don't use anything with edge to dial the fire, don't splash the fire with water, and can't throw the dirty things into the fire. When you eat meat and drink wine, you should honor the fire first.

5), every year on December 23, the pastoral Ewenki people also hold the ceremony of sacrificing to the fire god: put a table on the front of the fire, put a variety of offerings. Light up the lamps around the fire frame, hang five kinds of colorful cloths, inside the fire frame, put a frame with wooden strips, put the breastbone of sheep on it, sprinkle goat's oil on it, and then light the fire, put all kinds of offerings into the fire.