What are the customs of Manchu?

Manchu attaches importance to etiquette. In the past, the younger generation gave their elders a small gift for three days and a big gift for five days. The younger generation should worship for three days and kowtow to the elders every five days. The form of paying thousands is different for men and women. The man bends down, his right hand reaches out and his left hand supports his knees, as if lifting something, and the woman crouches with her hands on her knees. When you meet an elder you don't know on the road, you should bow your head and ask "Saiyin" (Manchu, good meaning). If you are riding a horse, you should dismount at the side of the road and get out of the way, then get on the horse and go forward. When friends and relatives from afar meet, both men and women will hold their waists and give gifts in person.

2. Marriage customs:

In the old Manchu marriage, family status was emphasized, and early marriage and marrying older women prevailed. This has something to do with the man in the flag going out to be a soldier, hoping to have a baby early. In aristocratic official families, marriage refers to marriage, which is mostly designated by the court. The general flag bearer is also referred to by the patriarch for marriage. The "draft" of the Qing court was to choose concubines for the emperor and the prince, which was generally limited to the internal selection of officials of the Eight Banners. Men and women of the Eight Banners can get engaged at the age of 16 or 17. Men may get engaged at a younger age, and the marriage is arranged by their parents.

3. Eating habits:

Manchu people like to eat millet, such as millet, glutinous rice, barnyard grass, millet and so on. They like sticky food. Sticky food such as glutinous rice, bean glutinous rice, sticky cake, fried cake, sticky fire spoon, sticky bean bag, bean powder roll, spread cake and bean cake. Millet noodles have beef tongue cakes and bowls; There are "pineapple" leaf cakes and glutinous rice cakes on glutinous rice noodles; Sorghum rice flour is sweet.