The origin of the Su Su

The earliest living in the jinsha river valley area of sichuan, yunnan border, after settled gradually moved to western yunnan nujiang area.Lisu is unique in yunnan nationalities, mainly live in weixi lisu autonomous county, nujiang lisu autonomous prefecture in yunnan province and the rest scattered in lijiang, yunnan baoshan, diqing, dehong, Dali, chuxiong state, county and sichuan xichang, YanYuan and yushania, Johnson county.Lisu to di and qiang descent, is one of the main languages, lisu have their own language, language belongs to the sino-tibetan language dialects of yi nationality in myanmar.The original text but not very perfect, in 1957 created a new text on the basis of the Latin alphabet.

Lisu colorful folk literature, genesis, "our ancestors" and other myths, legends, ancient history is the lisu valuable data, also is the treasure of the treasure house of Chinese folk literature, the poetry comparison pay attention to rhythm and tidy.In some lines of puns, often contains the artistic conception of fresh metaphor ably, this is the most prominent feature of lisu poetry.

Lisu mainly engaged in agriculture, the marriage is monogamy.Dress is characteristic of the lisu, women wearing embroidered coat, linen skirt, like to wear red and white pearl, coral, shell and other accessories;Men wear a jacket, a linen gown outside, left waist sword, lumbar hang arrow right package, lisu, skills in every harvest,To get married, hunting and building the season, they are singing and dancing.Worship ZuGuang lisu believe, all things have spirit.Traditional festivals are broadly what festival (New Year), tool rod section, harvest festival, etc.Lisu stamps.Lisu switch loved singing, has "salt, don't eat;The song, not in May ".Simple folk songs touching, the tune is rich, traditional dance is collective dance more, imitating animals, also has the performance of production and living.Traditional instruments lute, kouxian, four strings and lusheng, and so on.

Lisu mainly engaged in agriculture, planting corn, rice, buckwheat, etc.Lisu, primitive religion, the worship of nature.Some also Christian, Catholic.

Lisu has a long history.The ancients used to live in jinsha river on both sides.After the 16th century began in nujiang, dehong and other places.Said that in tang dynasty has been sy sternberg.As ethnic transliteration of "lisu" 2 words, history has "LiSu", "su", lisu, ""," force ", "shuttle", "li su", and "slang" Sue different writing.

Lisu have their own language, lisu belongs to the sino-tibetan language dialects of yi nationality in myanmar.Successively used three languages.Is a kind of western missionaries to create alphabetic writing, is a kind of weixi county farmers to create syllable words, still have a kind of is new created after the founding of new China in the form of the Latin alphabet characters.

Lisu traditional festival

Section 1. The cutter rod

Knife rod section, nujiang lisu autonomous prefecture in yunnan province, Shanghai area on the water a blue river, good fortune gong lisu people's traditional show, held on the eighth day of the 2nd lunar month every year, for one day.Knife, festival has a long history, from foreign invasion Ming dynasty yunnan border, the then ministry of war j. wang were ordered his army to ministers, in northwest yunnan battlefield, relying on local lisu people are united fight, a victory soon.Lo BanShiHuiChao en route, on February 8, was hurt by yes men.In memory of the heroes against aggression, more than the local people's knife rod to represent the determination, defend the motherland territory against intruders, this day as the knife set by section.The night before climbing knife pole, and in the middle of the square into four prospective red coals.Five confirmed welding and dexterous middle-aged man jump barefoot in the midst of the fire, sometimes empty and sometimes fall, sometimes fell on the fire, and the rolling forward, millions of golden as Mars, dancing around their feet.They use both hands to lift the red ball of fire;First 6 fast "scrub" on the face, and then put the work in your hands quickly rub.Around the audience appreciate the school fire stunts in the cheers.

Festival, the women wear the black cloth and lace tops and dotted with a variety of silver content of flower skirt, wearing earrings, necklaces and other jewelry, elegant appearance.Men wearing sackcloth short pajamas, tied with red and yellow belt, long) calf is Jane, waist peja long dao, arrow up on the shoulders package, alive and well.Show in the square, hard steer two 20 meters high tree, all round with vines taut, tree stem ShangChang inserted with 36 bright long dao, as rail climbing, blade upward, cold light aggressive, "knife rod at noon.Firecrackers exploded, the sound loud ".Dressed in bright red, head wrap red cloth baotou, barefoot five "one who plays with fire," qi flocked to wait, rod singing and dancing around the knife, to fill the liquor drink off, jump fly knife on the pole.The hands tight knife surface, the full air feet diagonal on the sharp blade, brave, deftly upward climb.All was silent, everyone held her.Breathing on his watch.For their qigong stunt.Flasher, out-of-the-way PaPa firecrackers from pole winners, ring.All cheered jumping, racing to climb tribute wine bar.Song and dance and play on a swing activity added a rich atmosphere for the festival.Throw the cigarette package (cigarette) activities having a unique style, young men and women stood on one side, hurled cigarette package, beginning turns to tell the guy cigarette packet collection, that girl accepted the young man's affection.

2. What contributed to day

"Qi" is the lisu transliteration, "beginning".'section, the lisu people.Held in first lunar month to 15 days, after two or three days.The equivalent of the han nationalityThe Spring Festival。

Lisu in stack fold bombs, bacc the bus, at an altitude of 4 km above the plateau area.Local with dense forests and numerous exotics.Lisu man most has the hunting skills.Li tough man short in, and pants, baotou in green cloth, bow to bend and waist on the left side of the page a machete, waist quiver hung on the right side, the industrious and brave.Good collection of the lisu women, wearing the right waste cloth jacket, down over the plait skirt, hidden, and white strings cap, his chest with a color bead necklace, very beautiful and easy.During the festival, young men and women gathered in a decorated gateway village square.Ceremony is the most important thing in "shooting bay" game.In the first held to grade.Two men and one woman for a team leader, a man on his shoulder, the crossbow baotou on inclined put an arrow, a man and his hands carried with a bow and arrow symbol of red and white flag.Athletes marched through decorated gateway into the square, around the pole to the drink offering, red and white flag jump ballroom dancing, dancing."Fried BaBa and meat as target, shooter game in sequence, shot to "prey". Harvest most people described as "the best striker."During the festival, the lisu skills in young men and women, playing the lute, the last four Musical Instruments such as singing, dancing a dance without accompaniment, of this dance speed, strong sense of rhythm, vivid and lively.Swing activity to add fun for the festival.Lisu at noon on the first day, Kim sitting reunion dinner.

3. The rich season

"Rich season" is the most solemn and impressive and traditional festival of the lisu, equivalent to han Chinese New Year.Previously, lisu the day of the feast to observation of the phenological to decide, each village holiday time each are not identical, generally in the 10th day of the fifth lunar December into the second year this time, before and after about a month.This period is the season of cherry blossoms opened, so every year when the cherry blossoms open is the lisu Chinese New Year's day.

In 1990, after the nujiang lisu autonomous prefecture autonomous regulations enacted, put on 20 December every year as the lisu legal holiday season "rich".The government has since been held every year for the lisu people held celebrations.

The focus of the nujiang lisu in yunnan province distribution, nujiang lisu autonomous prefecture is China's only lisu autonomous prefecture.Local lisu people celebrate the Spring Festival, every family should ground of milled samples and waxy maize jialing, brewing sweet drink.Pray for harvest and happiness in the coming year, each of the first ground of milled samples to put a little on the peach trees and pear trees.New Year's eve this day, not to someone's homeHave a meal, otherwise it will disappear like the moon.So that night, every family member to, outside her family to have a special dinner together in one piece.In the ancient legend, the lisu, anger clan is dog brought back to the world of seed, lisu worship at the New Year will bring a bowl of rice, a piece of milled jialing, a piece of meat to sacrifice the dog, said to the dog's back.

Local lisu season "rich" each are not identical, is in the first around is different also.Good fortune, jiang lisu "rich season", from the first day of festival to 12 days, said there are twelve months in a year.All rest during the Chinese New Year, everyone put on best clothes to celebrate the festival.In the village set up a rope swing, high jump, play swing, high jump sports competition, etc.Young men embrace pipa, invite the girl to the wild singing and dancing.Or to the nu river "kuala kangsar buried people" on the edge of the beach games and bamboo raft race.The old man,drinking"Sing the tune", sing tired, drink a bowl of liquor, rest for a while, then to sing again, a gift a few days and nights.Seventh day of the festival is women's day off, the day women don't back water to cook;Nine days is men's day off, the day man neither carry water or cooking, not uphill hunting.The custom of the seven male and nine female reincarnation photograph rushs, lisu is ancient customs handed down from generation to generation.

During the season in a "rich", the lisu lushui county has a habit of "spring bath".Where the hot springs in, are they gather place for bathing, autonomous prefecture, near the capital of six library "canyon 16 soup", for "spring bath" provides a wonderful place.Six library near a bathhouse, linen baths "bath", so far has a history of hundreds of years.The second day of the season "rich" or the third days, the lisu families take luggage, ready to food, to set up bamboo shed near hot springs, eat live at the edge of the hot springs, hot spring bath.In order to wash hot springs, some family to go mountain road in the hundreds.In the near decades, hundreds of singers are gathered here, divided into two groups of men and women, song song, or dance.Hungry, eat yourself; with fine food and wineTired, is in the tent to the temporary rest.Eat, sleep, singing and dancing.At the same time, also held to swing, penetrating crossbow, theatrical performances, young men and women communicate feelings through a variety of activities, choosing a mate.

Yunnan baoshan tengchong region of the lisu, will also hold "hell on wheels," performance.They chose 72 knives, whether to have a try first, sharp sharp don't.Then steel knife firmly tied to two pole, into a "behold! High knife ladder", set in a fixed on the ground.Barefoot lisu man, pedal steel knife, climbed up the top behold! High knife ladder, step by step in the performance of various actions, plug the peak of the red flag throw at four sides.Then, step by step down, two feet unscathed.In the evening, they heap on the floor of a red-hot charcoal, feet slowly walked from the raging fire of coals.The lisu "hell on wheels,", not only feel nerve-racking, and deeply for their bravery.

4. Public baths "sing-song

"Public baths will" also called "spring bath festival", is also a lisu's traditional festival.Now more than the lisu held in the first month of the New Year.In nujiang lisu autonomous prefecture capital of more than 10 kilometers north of six library city such as bunds, horseshoe river springs.At the appointed time, neighboring counties, the people dressed in costumes.With dry food, bags, and even cooking utensils.Silent spring at ordinary times, the tent with everywhere, crowded, singing away, very busy.The past with the center of bath treatment bath in the Spring Festival, now has become the leisure vacation holiday party, singing and dancing.Of young people especially the young, dozens of people a group, a group of hundreds of people, the song, poem, looking for love partner, burning it,.

Lisu custom taboo

1, avoid production

Puerpera childbirth, the door hung a thatched leaves or branches, the ghost into.babyCrying, more than the door hang 1 (or not) to the poison arrow two arrows.Maternal fear mother eat pork, beef, avoid to eat white, gray, chicken feathers.

If a boy, the guest not with bows and arrows and long dao introduction;A girl, do not wear shoes into the house;Introductory way visitors are taboo, avoid period for 10 to 13 days.Avoid cross holding the baby, thought it wasThe deadThe phase.Maternal home cannot burn corn flower, cannot take the burning wood blocks, and so on.If breaking the taboo, the baby is in danger of die, short-lived.

2, custom taboo

Lisu avoid guests through the front door straight to the back door, not only to the dead funeral.Avoid a stick into the house, because use the stick to the dead at a dance.Home have a guest, avoid is sweeping the floor, washing a face cream.Kill the goose that entertain guest, avoid women cut the meat.

3, farming taboo

Fields of avoid will hoe digging tools such as looking for over the shoulder, you ji in Dutch hoe into the house, such as buried the dead.riceWhen flowering, avoid is washing the clothes by the rice field, hemp, otherwise thought can make flower frightened and production.If encounter when corn those winds, avoid women weave linen, jealous man cut bamboo logging, etc.

4, living custom taboo

At sunset and to avoid the ghost, close the door after taking in.When the parents go out to avoid is sweeping the floor, afraid of adverse to the parents, to clean the floor for the dead.In avoid to shout "oh" behind the house, only do this for the spirits of the dead.Avoid in others home whistling, Musical Instruments sound energy called ghost house.

5, taboo

Offering ghosts or offering dragon tree, avoid women to take part in.Out of town must back to years ago, otherwise, the family New Year's day when they will not return for ancestor worship as ritual objects, not auspicious.While offering the house ghost, eat meat not avoid inside, otherwise you will have a disease.Taboo in tea worship god hunting, according to the letter, the tea can cover the hunter's eyes, can't hit the beast, the hunters can't give others to eat the offerings of god, by the hunter must have eaten, otherwise, hunting and no gains.

6, funeral taboos

Village people died, the whole village in front of the buried forbidden to eat chili, only people who had been enemies with the dead would deliberately eat chili.The childDied, the whole family don't eat mutton, onion, garlic, or thought that will offend ghosts and gods, can lead to greater disaster.