Lishui Customs

Jingning is the main settlement of She people in Zhejiang.

The She people eat hot pots and patties on New Year's festivals. She women have not been foot-binding, laboring in the mountains, going to market or visiting relatives, they like to wear exquisite and beautiful hats, and when they get married or go out to be guests, they wear phoenix crowns, have their hair in a bun at the back of their heads, and place silver foil-wrapped bamboo janitorials on the top of their heads.

The She ethnic group chooses to live in a sunny and windy place near the water source. The village entrance is planted with trees and bamboo. Men, women, and children of all ages have the habit of roasting fire, which is called burning fire. Monogamy is practiced. In principle, there is no intermarriage between people of the same sex. Because of the small number of surnames, marriages between different clans with the same surname are possible. Marriage has a woman married to a man, a man married to a woman, to do both ends of the marriage as well as children and daughters-in-law edge pro and other ways.

Shexiang people from ancient times, simple, simple, warm, hospitable folklore is the Shexiang history and cultural deposits, the source of Huaxia, the continuation of the Ouyue. With the development of the economy and the changes in natural conditions, constantly by the majority of the people to create farming, boat, breeding, food, clothing, fertility, burial, marriage, ancestor worship, building, building stoves, the third of March, traditional festivals, seasonal festivals, clans, weddings, superstitions and other unique living customs, as well as thick and simple and humane Shexiang wind customs.

But with the development of history and the passage of time, social progress, many customs are also evolving, and those with superstitious colors are gradually fading out of the stage of life. She has its own unique culture and art, in which the folk song is the oral literature of the She people, has always been a song narrative, song lyric, song history, in festivals, funerals, labor occasions and daily life have different forms of singing; She dance is mainly retained in the funerals, rituals and pass the teacher to learn the teacher's activities, and now also began to appear to reflect the content of the new life; She people are good at embroidery and weaving, in the old days of the bride's wedding clothes, shoes, In the old days, the bride's wedding clothes, shoes, aprons and belts were all embroidered with chic patterns, beautiful and elegant.

The diet of the She people is also rich in specialties. About two-thirds of the year, they eat hot pots with radish, bamboo shoots, or green vegetables on the bottom, tofu and sliced meat on the top. The main festivals are New Year's Eve, when the fire is left burning, February 2, when bamboo is planted, Ching Ming, when agricultural tools are given away, April 8, when the cow's birthday is celebrated, and June, when new rice is tasted. A large number of traditional living customs such as marriage, seed selection and ancestor worship have been put on the stage of song and dance screen and become the song and dance dramas of Shexiang style, and the representative work "She Shan Feng" has participated in the performance in Japan and the performance in Beijing, and has been praised by leaders of the central government, the province and the city for many times