What are the special customs of the Han people?

The Han people, the existing population of more than 1.04 billion. Han people are mainly distributed in China's Songliao Plain and the Yellow River, Yangtze River, Pearl River and other large rivers and giant rivers in the middle and lower reaches of the agriculturally developed areas, and scattered throughout the country. The Han people have the largest population and the widest distribution in the Chinese family.

The Han people have their own language and script, and the Chinese characters have evolved over the past 3,000 years into the current common simplified Chinese characters. The Han language, commonly known as Chinese, belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family and is one of the oldest and richest languages in the world.

Since ancient times, the Han Chinese have adopted an eclectic attitude toward various religious beliefs. The worship of heavenly destiny and ancestor worship are the main traditional concepts of Han religion.

Historically, some Han Chinese believed in Taoism and Buddhism; later, Catholicism and Christianity were introduced into China, and some people began to believe in these religions.

For thousands of years, Confucianism, which advocates a benevolence-centered approach and emphasizes ethical education, and which was formed by the thought systems of Confucius and Mencius, has had a profound influence on the Han Chinese.

The Han people, due to their vast distribution area, have different styles of traditional housing depending on the region. Han people living in the North China Plain, its traditional housing is mostly brick structure of the bungalow, the courtyard for the courtyard style, represented by the Beijing courtyard; living in the Northeast Han, its traditional housing and North China is basically similar to the difference in the walls and roofs, where the housing is generally very thick, mainly for warmth; living in the north of Shaanxi Province of the Han, according to the Loess Plateau soil layer, the characteristics of the low water table digging kiln for the Housing, the kiln is not only warm in winter and cool in summer, and does not take up the arable land area; living in the south of the Han, its traditional housing to wooden houses, pay attention to the eaves and heavy pavilion structure. Due to the different customs and natural conditions in the south, there are differences in the layout of housing buildings. Such as hilly mountain buildings built on the mountain, Jiangsu and Zhejiang water towns are focusing on the front street and the river, Fujian's earth building is huge and beautiful, Suzhou's pavilion is small and beautiful.

Whether southern or northern Han, its traditional residential *** with the same characteristics are north-south, focusing on indoor lighting; wooden beams to bear the weight of the brick, stone, earth retaining walls; to the hall as the center of the carving of beams and decorative roofs, gables and long.

The Han people are mainly engaged in agriculture, and their staple food is wheat, corn and rice, supplemented by vegetables, soybean products and side dishes such as chicken, fish, pork, beef and mutton, with tea and wine being the traditional beverages. With rice as the staple food, it is customary to make rice into rice, porridge or rice flour, rice cake, dumplings, rice cakes and other different foods; with wheat as the staple food, it is customary to make wheat flour into steamed buns, noodles, rolls, buns, dumplings, wontons, doughnuts, spring rolls, deep-fried cakes, pancakes and so on. Being good at cooking is one of the major dietary characteristics of the Han Chinese. Different regions of the Han people to stir-fry, burn, fried, steamed, grilled and cold cooking methods, after a long period of practice, the formation of different local flavors. The eight major Han Chinese cuisines of Guangdong, Fujian, Anhui, Lu, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang and Suzhou are famous at home and abroad.

The tea drinking of Han Chinese is said to have begun in the age of Shennong, which is more than 4700 years ago. Until now, Chinese Han compatriots have the custom of tea instead of gifts. The Han Chinese tea preparation is diverse: there are Taihu smoked bean tea, Suzhou flavor tea, Hunan ginger salt tea, Chengdu's Gai Bowl Tea, Taiwan's frozen tea, Hangzhou's Longjing Tea, Fujian's Oolong Tea and so on.

The costumes of the Han Chinese are complicated and have changed a lot from ancient times to the present. In ancient times, there were skirts, robes, 襦裤服, and so on. To the modern era, the Han Chinese dress began to change, the ancient costume is almost completely eliminated, and in its place: men wear simplified long shirts and waistcoats, wearing tweed hats, leather hats, woolen hats, and some wear Western-style dresses, tweed hats; women initially wore simplified tops and bottoms of skirts, and then later popular to wear improved cheongsam, and some dresses as a gown. Public officials and intellectuals wear Zhongshan suit, urban and rural men and women wear lapel and lapel type of clothing. 50's, urban men and women wear blue cadre clothing, the difference between men and women's clothing only lies in the neckline and the number of pockets, into the 80's after the popularity of western-style suits, jackets, windbreakers, sweatshirts, tweed coats, down jackets, etc., especially young women's clothing is more novel and diverse styles, chasing the fashion of the new trend of clothing. The new trend of clothing fashion.

There are many Han festivals, including the Spring Festival, the Qingming Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Lantern Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Spring Festival, also known as the New Year's Eve, is a traditional festival of the Han Chinese for thousands of years and is the grandest festival of the year. On New Year's Eve, a vigil is held and on the first day of the year, New Year's greetings are paid.

The Han Chinese have a large population and different customs. Nowadays, most men and women have changed their customs and adopt simple but lively weddings. But in some rural Han areas, traditional folk customs are still preserved.

According to historical records, the Han Chinese were formerly known as the Han Chinese because of the Han Dynasty of China, and before the Han Dynasty, they were called "Huaxia" or "Zhuxia". Whether in the political, military, philosophical, literary, historical, artistic aspects, or in the field of natural science, the Han people have created many brilliant achievements.

The Han people have always been known for their simplicity and creative spirit. The historical economy of the Han people was based on agriculture and family side business, which was a typical natural economy of men farming and women weaving. The agricultural production of the Han people has always been developed in history, especially with water irrigation and fine plowing is known in the world, the Han handicrafts also have a fairly high level of development.