10 excerpts on customs and traditions

In ancient China, there was a beast called "Nian", which had horns and was very fierce. "It lived on the bottom of the sea for many years, and only came ashore on New Year's Eve to devour livestock and hurt people. Therefore, on New Year's Eve, people in villages and hamlets fled to the mountains to avoid the harm of "Nian". One New Year's Eve, from outside the village came a begging old man. The villagers were in a hurry and panic, only an old woman at the east end of the village gave the old man some food and advised him to go to the mountains to escape the "year", the old man lifted up his beard and laughed and said: "If you let me stay at home for one night, I will definitely drive the "year" away. I will definitely drive 'Nian' away." The old woman continued to persuade the begging old man smiled but did not say anything.

In the middle of the night, Nian broke into the village. It realized that the atmosphere in the village was different from that of previous years: in the old woman's house at the east end of the village, there was a big red paper on the door, and the house was lit up by candles. "Nian shivered and gave a strange cry. It turns out that Nian is most afraid of red color, fire and explosions. At this time, the door of the mother-in-law's house opened, only to see an old man dressed in red robes in the yard laughing. "Nian was so shocked that he fled in disarray. The next day was the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, and the people who had returned from their refuge were very surprised to see that the village was safe and sound. It was only then that the old woman came to her senses, and hurriedly told the townspeople of the old man's promise to beg. This incident soon spread in the surrounding villages, people know the way to drive away the "year". From then on, every New Year's Eve, home red couplets, firecrackers; household candles brightly, to keep the night. Early in the morning on the first day, but also to visit friends and relatives to say hello. This custom has been widely spread and has become the grandest traditional festival in Chinese folklore.

The diet of the Dai people is based on rice, the Dehong region eat round-grained rice, Xishuangbanna and other places love to eat glutinous rice. Like to drink and eat spicy and sour, good to eat fish and shrimp and other aquatic products. Commonly have the habit of chewing betel nut. Most of the villages are built on flat dams near the water, covered by bamboo and surrounded by streams. Dry-structure building is the characteristic of Dai housing, divided into upper and lower two floors. In most areas of Dehong, the Dai live in bungalows with earth walls and thatched roofs in a courtyard. The festivals of the Dai people are mostly related to religious activities, mainly about the Gate Festival, Open Door Festival, Water Festival and so on. The Door Closing Festival is held in the middle of June in the summer calendar, and the Door Opening Festival is held in the middle of September. From the day of the Door Closing Festival to the Open Door Festival in three months, for the religious activities in the year, such as ritual Buddha, listen to the Buddha's sermons and so on the most period of time, the elderly are more frequent. After the Open Door Festival, the normal life before the festival is resumed. Water Festival for the Dai New Year, about when the summer calendar after the 10th day of the Qingming, when the water, dragon boat races, put the high rise and other activities, for the grandest festival of the year.

The Han Chinese are the most populous of China's 56 ethnic groups and the most populous ethnic group in the world. The Han Chinese are the inhabitants of the central plains of China, originally known as "Huaxia", who gradually assimilated and integrated with other ethnic groups, and became known as the Han Chinese from the Han Dynasty onwards. The Chinese language belongs to the Han-Tibetan family of languages and has seven major dialects. Modern Chinese is based on the northern dialects, with the Beijing dialect as the standard. Chinese characters are one of the oldest scripts in the world, with a history of about 6,000 years, gradually evolving from oracle-bone inscriptions and gold inscriptions into today's square characters, with more than 40,000 characters in ****, and about 7,000 characters in common use, and are now one of the common international languages. The Han Chinese have not produced a religion that the whole nation must believe in, and some of them believe in Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, and so on.

The diet of the Dai people is based on rice, and those in the Dehong area eat japonica rice, while those in Xishuangbanna and other places love to eat glutinous rice. They like to drink wine and eat spicy and sour food, and eat fish and shrimp and other aquatic products. Commonly have the habit of chewing betel nut. Most of the villages are built on flat dams near the water, covered by bamboo and surrounded by streams. Dry-structure building is the characteristic of Dai housing, divided into upper and lower two floors. In most areas of Dehong, the Dai live in bungalows with earth walls and thatched roofs in a courtyard. The festivals of the Dai people are mostly related to religious activities, mainly about the Gate Festival, Open Door Festival, Water Festival and so on. The Door Closing Festival is held in the middle of June in the summer calendar, and the Door Opening Festival is held in the middle of September. From the day of the Door Closing Festival to the Open Door Festival in three months, for the religious activities in the year, such as ritual Buddha, listen to the Buddha's sermons and so on the most period of time, the elderly are more frequent. After the Open Door Festival, the normal life before the festival is resumed. Water Festival for the Dai New Year, about when the summer calendar after the 10th day of the Qingming, when the water, dragon boat races, put the high rise and other activities, for the grandest festival of the year.

The Han Chinese are the most populous of China's 56 ethnic groups and the most populous ethnic group in the world. The Han Chinese are the inhabitants of the Central Plains, originally known as "Huaxia", who gradually assimilated and integrated with other ethnic groups, and became known as the Han Chinese from the Han Dynasty onwards. The Chinese language belongs to the Han-Tibetan family of languages and has seven major dialects. Modern Chinese is based on the northern dialects, with the Beijing dialect as the standard. Chinese characters are one of the oldest scripts in the world, with a history of about 6,000 years, gradually evolving from oracle-bone inscriptions and gold inscriptions into today's square characters, with more than 40,000 characters in ****, and about 7,000 characters in common use, and are now one of the common international languages. The Han Chinese have not produced a religion that the whole nation must believe in, and some of them believe in Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, and so on.