Folk Customs of Luocheng

The Mulao ethnic group is a unique ethnic minority in Guangxi, and the Mulao Iiyan Festival is the grandest festival of the Mulao people. In particular, the Mulao "Yi Rice Festival", "Walking Slope Festival", "Sitting Night Song" and "Playing Lao Geng" are the most unique festivals of the Mulao. The "Yiran Festival" is the most unique of all. In the Mulao language, the festival is called "making yi rice", "honoring Master Yi rice", "returning the wishes of ancestors" and "joyful wishes". It is called "making rice" in Mulao language. It is a traditional festival for the Mulao ethnic group to pray to God for a good harvest and the well-being of their people. It is held around the winter solstice in the year of the end of the year and lasts for three to five days. The Mulao people live together by bloodline, with one clan having the same surname, and the branches of the same clan are called "Dong". In general, they take turns to organize the festival on the basis of "winter", and the items to be prepared include pigs, goats, chickens, ducks, fish, rice and wine, etc. The Mulao people live in a small town with a large number of houses.　The Mulao live in mud-walled houses with tiled roofs, and there is a coal-fired stove in the house. Rice, corn and potatoes are the staple food of the Mulao people, and cat and snake meat are avoided. Their clothes are still green in color. In the Qing Dynasty, Mulao women still wore a uniform skirt, but nowadays they wear big-breasted clothes and pants, with plaits and buns, and decorated with earrings, bracelets and rings. The men wear a pair of lapeled tunic.