What are the characteristics of Yi customs?

The customs and characteristics of Yi people include clothing, diet and so on.

1, clothing

The clothes of Yi men in Honghe area are mostly double-breasted, short sleeves and trousers. There are many styles of women's wear, including long dresses, medium dresses and short dresses. Most of them wear vests and aprons, and their headdresses are dazzling, especially decorated with silver bubbles and wool. Patterns are mostly natural patterns, followed by geometric patterns. Yi women in southeastern Yunnan wear right-breasted or double-breasted tops and trousers, and some areas wear skirts. Men's wear is a double-breasted garment with vest and wide pants. Clothing technology includes embroidery, embroidery, patchwork and batik.

Step 2 prescribe diet

The staple foods of the Yi people are potatoes, corn, buckwheat and rice. Non-staple foods include meat, beans, vegetables, spices and drinks. Yi people's wines mainly include altar wine, barrel wine and water wine. Liangshan Yi people like to smoke orchids, while other Yi people like to smoke leaves. Many Yi areas have the habit of drinking tea. Tea was introduced from Han areas, but some of it was grown by ourselves. For example, the Yi people in Yushe, Shuicheng, Guizhou, are good at growing tea. Before drinking, they roast the tea in a small pot, then boil it in water and eat it. This is the so-called "roasted tea". ?

An introduction to the origin and development history of Yi nationality

As a nation with a long history, the lineage of Yi people can be traced back to ancient times. At that time, the ancestors of the Yi people had already thrived in the southwest of China, and the ancestors of the Yi people had entered the civilized era at the latest 3000 years ago.

During the Xia and Shang Dynasties, Yi ethnic groups existed independently in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River and created their own unique civilization, which was one of the protagonists of that era. Later, with the passage of time, the Yi primitive ethnic groups merged with other ethnic groups, forming the main ethnic groups of the Yangtze River civilization based on the "four ancient civilizations" in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, such as ancient Yunnan, ancient Shu, ancient Yelang and Chu.