The origin of the member

She is one of China's population less nationalities, scattered in southeast China in fujian, zhejiang, anhui, jiangxi, guangdong, more than 90% of them live in fujian, zhejiang vast mountainous area.The scholar thinks, she comes from government offices with yao wuling pretty, five streams around pretty;Also have considered descendants of ancient fujian YueZu migration.

She is one of typical diaspora in our country.Ethnic groups claim to be "mountain", homophonic "mountain," namely, but this name, history does not relate.The tang dynasty, living in fujian, guangdong and jiangxi provinces border.Ethnic minorities, including minority ancestors were collectively as "pretty", "current", "yao pretty", or current "cave", "yao boy".At the end of the southern song dynasty, history began to appear on "the article (Yu Tian) people" and "boxers" the family said."She (She), meaning of slash-and-burn, like Indonesia" ba ".After the liberation, take "SheTian article" as a family name, is referred to as "she".According to the 2000 fifth national population census, minority population of 709592.Because she the body language of guest words "mountain" attribution, disputed part of the han nationality scholars and experts in the heart of the "she", refers to the area of east guangdong "live" nie talk, accounts for about 1% of the employed population, belongs to the sino-tibetan ethnic language hmong.Therefore, the han nationality, experts say, including guest words "mountain", 99% of the minority people say language is Chinese.Except the national main body speak hakka dialect "mountain", the part she speak hakka, gan, hokkien, hui language such as han Chinese language.Without this national characters, provinces.

Only antonamous county which is located in a mountainous area, southern of jingning she comes from Tang Yongtai two years (766), from settled in jingning southwest of zhejiang, fujian and to move more than 1200 years ago.Therefore, jingning is known as the fields and villages in China.She has the largest population is the most concentrated fook.

She is a traditional festival

1. The festival

Also calledThe Spring Festival, she is the most grand and lively festival.From the lunar December 24 "people", "god" she began their New Year.People of god, is ready to "family reunion dinner on New Year's eve, family" surround furnace ".When every member steamed "gold Ci" eat "gold Ci" is a feature of the article before the New Year.Fields and villages around the glutinous rice do Ci round and round, sesame block Ci sweet sticky "in mandarin, said SheJia people reunion copolymerization tianlun days more sweet intention and the coming year.On New Year's eve the whole family "eat every age" (that is, eat "family reunion dinner"), this is the most happy moments, the article fully enjoy the delicious food, and express the pursuit of life more next year than this year good wishes."Surround furnace", housewives choose a diameter of about seven or eight centimeters thick disappear disappear in burning wood in said anything when he found, up to a certain temperature to ashes buried, not go out, to prepare for the first day of the first lunar month kindling, commonly known as "swine insulation (disappear)" or "flame" leave every year.Night night, lights, and make merry "shou sui".The so-called "shou sui" is "special", are intended to prevent "precious" home invasion harm children.Early in the morning, at the beginning of the first chicken calls, each village to open the hall door, she set off the cannon (namely a double-barrelled gun paper), people ZouCunChuanZhai, peers congratulated each other good luck in the New Year, the younger generation to elder happy New Year, housewife rush into water well, cook line) noodles for breakfast, symbolizing family peace longevity;Children in groups to the bamboo village "bamboo niang", shake sings: "bamboo bamboo niang, wave niang, you long too long, you old year is long, let me New Year, next year as long as you and me."To show as the bamboo with the adult;It is good playing chess teenagers take part in all kinds of entertainment activities, such as, "monkey", incubation, hide and seek, swing, etc.Activity continued to "yuan evening festival", did not come to an end to celebrate the New Year.

2. The "on"

Also called will close quarter, is she after Spring Festival is a traditional festival.Mainly in mindong fuding, mastery in the county.The so-called "kiss", refers to the previous fuding double degrees, who prefer the points around the furnace to the south, mindong she on the second day of the 2nd lunar month every year back to the ancestral together, would kiss activities.Fujian double degrees "section will kiss", the largest is known.Festival on this day.SheJia front triangle group, on the edge of white red flag and seemingly "canopy" old round umbrella, branching out from double China dress up all the people around back to the ancestral will close.Bustling crowd, singing laughing, quiet village immediately into the ocean of joy.Especially the setting sun, the night, the flame shine like the day, add to the festive atmosphere, will enter the climax, people will sing, loud and clear voice echoed in the mountains, as it grows sing interest, night, very busy.

3. The "SAN yue SAN"

Also known as "black rice festival", is minority people's memory of the national hero festival with the reactionary ruling class struggle to victory.Hero legend: in the tang dynasty the emperor ZongZhang years, she hated leadership to rebel against the tang dynasty, was besieged by loyalist in the mountains, food aid a cut, the situation is very difficult, to see there are all in danger of collapse, when the dead of winter season, cold, all kinds of plants in the mountains have to take off the leaves fallen fruit, only a wild plant called wu mori, branches and hung with clusters of sweet fruit.Article army acquisition back to camp, LeiWanXing sweet and delicious, and command the army out acquisition, commissary solved, Deus ex LeiWanXing facilitate early March 3, won the victory of the siege.Another year in early March 3rd, LeiWanXing want in those days of soft fruit, let she picked army into the mountain, but the wu mori just sprouting leaves, soldiers back to leaves, only to join the steamed glutinous rice, rice is blue-black, same perfume gush delicious, then the article for sharing LeiWanXing against loyalist triumph, every March 3, door "to walk", wu mori collected leaves, steamed umea rice, down from generation to generation, yan into customs.LeiWanXing around the article today, in honor of national hero, every year "SAN yue SAN" steamed umea meal, family meals, gift friends and relatives.Hold the dance, collective song, celebrate the festival.Especially in recent decades, celebrate this ancient festival more warm and colorful.On April 17, 1983, more than one hundred minority compatriots "SAN yue SAN" events held in Beijing for the first time.

4. The dragon festival

For every year lunar calendar in May, she is the people prayed to the good crop weather, the grain and make it plentiful entertainment festival.The day she not people engaged in farming, people put on holiday best, going to dance happily, in a mountain plateau, 田垅 to "play" folk song, the lyrics sing more labor, harvest festival, and express love, such as singing festival scene is very touching.On June 27, 1986, May 21st (lunar calendar) in fujian province, the first "dragon quarter" sing-song inferior in quoting county park, she a singer is people from all over the country compete for the minority unprecedented event in history.Fook, lake kasumigaura, fuding, tens of thousands of minority people, in "divide the dragon festival this day have to mastery in baiyun mountain, lake kasumigaura YanTou, fuding taimu mountain, climbing competition held public sex.Mountain people mountain people sea, both participants, there is also a tribute to watch, the end of the game in the peak of the mountain.The destination is to "flat peach", as winner received "xiantao" and "fairy wine" reward.At night, song began, pairs of young men and women subduction, nestled in the mountain forests in the memory, sang beautiful love songs.Holiday climbing competition, therefore, is not only a useful exercise, cultivate perseverance, is also a great opportunity to young love "mountain".

Section 5. Recruiting

Is employed to honor our ancestors religious festival, now only popular in the northeast region of guangdong, guangdong minority areas.Legend has it ancient times panhu took the king's head to the nation, by soldiers pursued, to the beach, get the help of magic, just returned home safely.People to commemorate their ancestors, thanks to magic, held every three to five years "recruiting", and offered a sacrifice unto them.But according to the on-the-spot investigation, guangdong she held "recruiting" have taken different ceremony time, fengshun fuxing county feng ping village she held on December 24th the day before the lunar calendar.Chaozhou shek kwu ping she held two times a year, for the first time (lunar calendar) "New Year's eve" "please god above, Ann Wells Xie Zao, push the dragon thank soil, please soldiers camped, xie", known as the "festival", please;The second () on the 4th, "please god, reward, the operator and ratholes", said "section to send soldiers.Phoenix mountain area now she has to "please" and "send" two for five years for a merger, system called "recruiting day", the activity time in lunar between "snow" and "winter solstice" auspicious day, feast generally for three days and three nights."Recruiting" ceremony was held in the auditorium, please mage, praying for good harvest, the people to live and work in peace and contentment.The village men, women and children attending, very lively.Northeast guangdong nine lianshan minority areas "recruiting day", the activity of time, usually in a bad year, wind and rain years, by the people to discuss and decide.Activities of worship and prayer, worship of the content and the guangdong phoenix mountain she section "recruiting" basically the same.But a prayer, is the creation of the nine lianshan minority, it makes the original "recruiting day" totem religious ceremony for the development of human and the traditional folk custom activities.

Minority customs and taboos

Family 【 taboo 】 :

A pregnant womanBedchamber nail cream or flipping, worried and frightened move TaiQi;Pregnant women to avoid picking fruit, is said to pick the fruit tree is not the result;Maternal avoid eating duck, duck eggs, because there are "July half a duck know death";Not full monthbabyDon't see a stranger;The childDo not eat mustard dozens of days after the measles.

【 taboo 】 communication:

To go out on the 7th, 8th avoid return;The bride first accommodation number of visits to avoid is singular.

【 taboo 】 production:

Tide time avoid sowing rice;Seedling tian in the paddy field water first dial;The first day, fifth, ninth avoid pick dung; the first lunar monthThe twenty day avoid doing field;March 3 avoid cultivator;"Seal the dragon day" avoid of iron;4 avoid plough buffalo down;"Autumn" avoid tour field.

【 taboo 】 life:

The fifth, the ninth day cream in the open-air kuang hanging clothes on the floor;Stoves avoid dog meat, snake meat stew;Avoid handkerchiefs to give people, avoid up road heritage towel;Gift-giving avoid singular;One hand was excellent tea hospitality.Avoid playing cat with chopsticks.

【 worship taboo 】 :

Avoid women on behalf of the family on the altar to burn incense candlelight and worship, avoid is offering to the duck, avoid is in front of the mother goddess temple, stone, the ShuWang defecation.