Li costumes will have some silver ornaments on their heads. Is there anything special?

Li nationality is the earliest resident of Hainan Island. Lee? That's what he called it. This is what Han people call Li people. Before the Western Han Dynasty, was it? Luo Yue? , the Eastern Han Dynasty? Are you online? 、? Is it beautiful? , Sui and Tang Dynasties? Slang? 、? Liao? Some ethnic minorities in the south, including the ancestors of the Li nationality in Hainan Island, are generally called this. ? Lee? As the name of the Li nationality today, it was first seen in Liu Yao's book Lingbiao Lu Yi in the late Tang Dynasty. Do you have this book? Hey, Li, picking (purple shellfish) as goods by the sea? Record. In the Song Dynasty, it was widely used in various historical books. Lee? Instead? Slang? 、? Liao? As the exclusive title of Li nationality in Hainan Island today. Then, Li's clothes will be decorated with several silver medals on their heads. What's so special about this?

First of all, it is related to the matriarchal clan society of the Li nationality.

Li people believe in matriarchal clan society, and a few silver medals will be inserted in their heads, which may be the remnants of matriarchal clan commune. They believe that this can better reflect the different status of women and is a symbol of supreme power.

Li nationality has the shadow of matriarchal clan commune in many aspects, such as marriage customs? Never leave my husband's house? In the center of Wuzhishan, Li women used to go back to their parents' home after their husbands died, and live with their brothers and parents. What is the importance of a woman's illness? Exorcise ghosts? Do you have to pray for her family? Ancestor ghost? The disease was taken back to her family and buried in her family's public cemetery after her death. The deceased's belongings belong to her brother.

Second, it is related to animism belief and the prevalence of totem worship, nature worship and ancestor worship.

Li people believe in animism, and totem worship, nature worship and ancestor worship are prevalent. Li women may think that putting a few silver ornaments on their heads can eliminate disasters, which is related to exorcism and blessing.

Third, it is the cultural tradition of ethnic minorities.

From the linguistic point of view, Li language is closely related to Zhuang, Buyi, Dong, Shui and Dai nationalities which originated from the ancient Yue nationality.

Many characteristics of ancient Vietnamese living customs, such as tattoos, chicken divination, nesting, etc. For example, the tattooed women of the Li nationality, the dry-column boathouse in the south of Baisha, and the chicken divination that still exists today are all the legacies of the Guyue people.