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Where is the custom of daughters in Hubei?

"Daughter's party" is a custom in Enshi, Hubei. "Daughter's Club", also known as Enshi Tujia Daughter's Club, is a unique custom of Enshi Tujia people, which originated from lime kilns and hilltops in Enshi City. Daughter party is a place where young men and women fall in love. It is called Oriental Valentine's Day or Tujia Valentine's Day. Every year from July 7th to 12 is a traditional auspicious day.

Out of Enshi city, to the southeast 100 kilometers, there is a clear and bright river flowing down the mountain, which was called Shihe kiln in ancient times and now called lime kiln, which is homophonic. It is adjacent to Jianshi Guandian, Hefeng Zhongying, Enshi Shuanghe and Xuanen Chunmuying. Every year, the twelfth day of the seventh lunar month is the traditional Tujia festival "Daughter Meeting". On this day, many young men and women walked out of the secluded path to attend the party and look for their dream lover.

Daughter meeting is an ancient and charming blind date custom of Tujia nationality. That is, on the third day of May (Xiangbanxi) and the twelfth day of July (Lime Kiln) of the lunar calendar every year, dozens of generations of local people come here to hold a trade in materials such as rice, oil and salt. At the same time, some young men and women get to know each other and fall in love through the trade, which is called "chasing women" and "chasing women", commonly known as "inviting women's parties".

When attending their daughter's party, young women wear holiday clothes and their most beautiful clothes. They are used to wearing long ones inside and short ones outside. One is shorter than the other, and people can see it layer by layer, called "bright passbook" or commonly known as "three drops of water", wearing their best gold and silver jewelry.