Ethnic Customs (Essay)

The offering of Hada: The offering of Hada is one of the most common rituals of the Tibetan people. Marriage, funeral, folk festivals, pay respect to the elders, worship Buddha, welcome guests and other occasions, usually have to dedicate the hatha. Hada is a kind of raw silk products, length varies, dedication Hada is to people expressed purity, sincerity, loyalty means. Since ancient times, Tibetans believe that the white symbolizes purity, good luck, so Hada is generally white.

Toast tea: to the Tibetan family guests, the host will toast, generally barley wine. Barley wine is not distilled, similar to yellow wine, water wine, degrees fifteen degrees to twenty degrees. Toast guests, guests must first sip three mouth, each drink the master should be mixed full, and then finally drink a full cup. Drinking tea is a daily ritual, guests into the house sitting, housewives or children will come to pour ghee tea, but the guests do not have to drink on their own end, you have to wait for the host to hold in front of you to take over to drink, so that only know how to be polite.

Greetings: greetings with the Tibetans, generally in its name after adding a "la" word, to show respect, walking, do not grab in front of others, encounter must be the first courtesy. Secondly, in terms of food and drink, there is food not full of mouth, chewing no sound, drink does not make a sound and other rules.

Xishuangbanna is the place where Chinese Hinayana Buddhism is concentrated, so most of the Dai customs and taboos are related to Buddhism, and you should pay attention to the following points when traveling to Xishuangbanna: When you meet the Dai people in the worship of Zai God, don't go into the village. Can not touch the head of the little monk. You must take off your shoes when visiting temples. Into the Dai people's home, must not peep into the master's bedroom, and can not be from or Hall of the tripod across.

Mongolian hospitality and politeness. Their hospitality etiquette centered on the yurt, between the host and the guest are many rules to be followed separately.

The host to welcome guests to stand outside the door on the west side; to "shallow tea full of wine"; a good feast is hand-meat or whole goat; send guests to the package outside or the border, to help the guests get on the horse, and send the guests out of a section before returning to the package room.

People should dismount after the private room; do not enter the private room with a horsewhip in hand; do not kick or beat the livestock, do not ride into the flock, do not chase the hounds and watchdogs; do not praise the owner's children and livestock; do not enter the private room without permission; do not just sit in the private room, can not crouch, can not stretch their legs to the northwest or the stove, do not spit, do not span from the owner's hat, pillows, bedding; in and out of the private room do not step on the door bar; do not step on the door bar. Do not step on the door bar; do not use tobacco sticks, chopsticks, scissors pointing to other people's heads; gifts should be double, send and receive gifts with both hands, avoid using one hand, and even more so with the left hand to receive gifts; farewell from the left side of the left side of the private room, out of the door, should not be mounted on the horse or get on the car immediately after the door.

Miao people pay attention to the true feelings, very enthusiastic, most avoid pompous and hypocritical.

The master of the road to meet the guests do not grab the first step, do not walk in front; talk with honorific address; welcome guests to wear holiday clothes; to the guests to the outside of the village to set up wine to welcome; guests to the door of the house, the male host to call the door to inform the mistress at home, the hostess to sing to open the door to welcome the guests; in the presence of the guests, the hostess does not ascend to the upper floors; banquets to chickens, ducks to treat the guests as a delicacy, especially to the heart, the liver of the most expensive, to be the first to the guests or elders, the guests will be divided into two. Guests or elders, the guests will be distributed to all people to enjoy, the order is the first long after the young.

Guests should not call the host "Miao", they like to call themselves "Meng"; prohibit the killing of dogs, dogs, do not eat dog meat; can not sit in the place of the ancestors of the Miao family, the tripod on the kang can not be stepped on; not allowed to whistle at home or at night; can not be photographed to eat the ashes of the patties roasted by fire; not allowed to eat the patties roasted by fire. Fire roasted patty rake; playfulness is not allowed to bind the Miao people with a belt; meet the door hanging straw hats, tree branches or wedding and funeral festival, do not enter the house; road meet the newlyweds, do not pass through the middle and so on.

The Tibetans are Lamaist people, to offer Hada as a universal and honorable ritual. Offering action varies according to the status of the guests:

For the honored, the elders, to raise both hands over the top;

For the peers, as long as both hands to each other's hands;

For the younger generation is tied to their necks.

The offering of the hatha must be bowed, not transported by hand.

Guests visiting the master to meet at the door, the respect, the elders should take off their hats and bend at 45 degrees, see the peers slightly lower on it; dedication of milk tea, ghee tea or barley wine have to pay tribute to the custom of three cups of wine, the guests can not refuse to drink three cups of wine, there are many subtle instructions; send guests to let the guests walk in front of the guests to take the horse ready to saddle.

The main taboos are: can not touch the Buddha, Buddha, scripture, bells and drums, living Buddha body and Buddha beads, because they are sacred; men sit on the left side, women sit on the right side, can not be mixed sitting; family with a sick or maternal, may not enter.

The Tibetans are Lamaist people, to offer the hatha as a universal and honorable ritual. Dedication action varies according to the status of the guests:

For the honored, elders, to raise their hands over the top;

For the peers, as long as the hands to each other's hands;

For the younger generation is tied to their necks.

The offering of the hatha must be bowed, not transported by hand.

Guests visiting the master to meet at the door, the respect, the elders should take off their hats and bend at 45 degrees, see the peers slightly lower on it; dedication of milk tea, ghee tea or barley wine have to pay tribute to the custom of three cups of wine, the guests can not refuse to drink three cups of wine, there are many subtle instructions; send guests to let the guests walk in front of the guests to take the horse ready to saddle.

The main taboos are: not to touch the Buddha, Buddha, scriptures, bells and drums, the body of the living Buddha and the Buddha beads worn by Buddhists, because they are sacred; men sit on the left side, women sit on the right side, can not be mixed; family with a sick person or a woman in labor, may not enter.

The Uyghur people are very polite. When encountering elders or guests, the hand presses the center of the chest and tilts forward by 30 degrees; when guests come, the whole family welcomes them, and then the hostess serves tea on the tray to honor the guests; when the old man eats or comes to other people's home as a guest, he has to do the "Duwa" (a kind of blessing of touching the face with both hands).

The Uyghur dietary taboos are the same as those of Islam. They are forbidden to send and receive gifts with one hand; they are forbidden to wear shorts and short clothes outside; they are forbidden to move their heads and feet to the west when they sleep, and they are forbidden to lie on their backs with their limbs stretched out flat. Wash your hands when you are a guest and don't throw your wet hands around; don't sit down before the elders are seated; don't grab the rice with your hands or grab it and put it back; don't throw the leftover scraps; don't cross over from the tablecloth or the host during the meal; and don't spit and blow your nose in front of the host and the guests, and so on.

The Korean people have a tradition of warm hospitality and respect for the elderly and the young. Before a guest enters the door, he should give a dry cough or ask the host "Are you at home?". Ask the host; take off shoes and enter the door, take the bed; stand up for the elders and make way for them; let the guests eat well; when the guests are full, the spoon should be put on the table or in the bowl of soup; when the guests are invited to eat, the host should accompany them to the end and not leave the table before the guests; treat rare and valuable guests with wine; and share their festival food and drinks with their neighbors.

The Korean family has strict etiquette, paying attention to the father's kindness and filial piety, and the younger generation respects the elders. Generally, young and old have different seats, and the elderly have separate seats; the younger generation should wait for the elders to eat before lifting the chopsticks, and should not drink or smoke in front of the elderly, or turn around to drink if they can not avoid it; for the 60-year-old, the whole family should hold a ceremony of celebrating the birthday by kneeling down and toasting the old man's life.

The taboos of the Korean people include: forbidding intermarriage between relatives of the same clan and cousins; disliking sheep, ducks, geese and greasy food, and liking dog meat, especially dog meat soup, but it is forbidden to kill dogs and eat dog meat during weddings, funerals and festivals.

The boat-shaped house in Hainan is a traditional house of the Li people. If you want to visit the house or stay in a boat-shaped house to experience local folklore, remember to respect the customs of the Li people.

There are taboos in the boat-shaped house: no straw hats into the house, no whistling in the house, no hoe in the house ...... If people are sick, livestock is not prosperous, it is said to be the house "more Yin" "ghosts and gods occupying the ground," then you have to move. "The first thing you need to do is to move," he said.

In Tibetan folk, sky burial is a relatively common form of funeral. For the sky burial, folk have many taboos, including taboos on living people to watch.

The sky burial makes travelers full of solemn, mysterious feeling. Curiosity and mystery driven, want to see some of the human nature, but travelers should be fully aware of the importance of respecting the customs of ethnic minorities, do not go to the sky burial ground to watch the sky burial.