What are the living habits of nomads on the steppe

The living habits of the ethnic minorities on the steppes of Inner Mongolia are:

1. The traditional means of transportation of the Mongolians are mainly two kinds of draft animals and vehicles. The draft animals are mainly horses and camels, and the vehicles are lele carts.

2, yurts are generally round, most of them are made of wood with net wall and umbrella-shaped roof, covered with felt, strangled with rope, with a round skylight in the center of the top, which is easy to dismantle and install, and it is the place where Mongolian compatriots live.

3, milk tea mixed with cow's milk or goat's milk tea, is the Mongolian compatriots to honor the guests of the most important drink.

4. Milk tofu is a curdled food made of milk and served on a plate as a snack, not tofu.

5, hand-held mutton Mongolian compatriots used to cut the mutton into large pieces, cooked and eaten. Eat with a knife cut, grabbed by hand, called "hand grabbed mutton".

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Taboos:

1, daily life taboos: Mongolians riding a horse, driving close to the yurt taboo on riding fast, so as not to startle the herd; if there is a fire in front of the door or hanging red cloth and other markers, said the family has a patient or maternity, avoiding the outsiders to enter.

Guests can not sit on the west bed, because the west is the direction of the Buddha; avoid eating the meat of dead animals and donkey meat, dog meat, white horse meat; avoid red and white for funerals, and avoid black and yellow for joyous occasions.

To avoid roasting feet, shoes, socks and pants etc. on the fire pit; smoking, spitting and touching Dharma vessels, classics, Buddha statues as well as making loud noises while visiting the monastery's sutra halls and offering halls are prohibited, as well as hunting in the vicinity of the monastery.

2, fire taboo: Mongolians worship fire, fire god and stove god, that fire, fire god or stove god is to drive away demons and evil spirits of the holy things. Therefore, after entering the yurt, it is forbidden to bake feet on the fireplace, and even more forbidden to bake wet boots and shoes beside the fireplace.

No crossing the stove, or stomping on the stove, no knocking the cigarette holder, dropping things, throwing dirty things on the stove. You may not pick at the fire with a knife, stick a knife into the fire, or use a knife to remove meat from a pot.

3, water taboos: Mongolians believe that water is a pure deity. It is taboo to wash hands or bathe in the river, not to mention washing women's dirty clothes, or put unclean things into the river.

The grasslands are dry and water-scarce, grazing by water, no water can not survive. So the herdsmen used to save water, pay attention to keep the water clean, and regard water as the source of life