The origin of the daur

Northeast in our country, the greater hinggan mountains to the east, there is a endless prairie, here bamiyan, fertile land, "the wind blow grass low see cattle and sheep" scenery everywhere.On the prairie, often can see people rush LeLeChe ahead, and that is good at driving, the nation building cars - daur.

Daur is China's ethnic minorities."Arid" is inherent in daur itself.Historical documents in China have to shout, dozen tiger son, da Hu, dozen tiger force, snoring, for your different transliteration name.

Daur is a indomitable people, as a united people.Late Ming dynasty, the southern Russia invaded, a daur people first fired the first shot against Russia.

Because daur without words, only by oral inheritance of history, the history of the qing dynasty before has not fastidious.But according to the daur legends and daur people with qidan people production, life, customs, religion, language, etc of comparative research, most historians agree that the daur belong to the descendants of liao dynasty qidan, but there are also some scholars believe that the daur is developed by the local aboriginal ancestors.Use of DNA technology related experiments show that the qidan nationality and the daur have recently genetic relationship.

Religion shamanism, a few people who believe lamaism.Daur in nature as the object of worship in the past, the Gregorian calendar every year in May, the chariot and the killing of cattle and pig worship, earth, mountains, sichuan and the gods.Every family has a shaman deals with sacrifice, in addition to pray, offering obo (a) mountain, even with magic cure, at the appointed time to kill cattle, sheep, as well as many food thrown in.Such as creme, cream and various kinds of pastries, today worship is rare.

Most of daur belief in polytheism, worship the god, the god, god, the god of wealth, face, etc.Due to various cultural convergence daur living in our country and the transition zone, together with their unique history and culture change, thus forming the characteristics of their social and cultural diversity.The material life of daur, national culture and tradition, it is this kind of agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery, hunting the characteristics of a variety of culture compatibility.

Daur traditional festival

Nie o (1) day

Nie section: is the annualThe Spring Festival, is the largest festival in daur, every family seriously.His family from the laba began to busy, working mother still give children New Year new shoes new clothes, do the "western" day the dog snacks, etc.;Men have to do them - wine, posters, paper couplets, firecrackers, etc.29 that day, busy writing couplets, paste couplets.On the size on the door, the grille with fresh couplets, New Year pictures on the wall and niches of the color on the window to hang a proverb, is to add festive atmosphere to every household.

2. New Year's eve

New Year's eve, namely year, daur called "layout"."Layout" has two meanings.The meaning of a layer is a closed, one layer is completed.Through all the year round, god put this year closed off in thirty night;Through all the year round, things to the last day of this year all finished.The climax of the New Year's eve to start the evening late into the night.In the evening, before the sun does not fall, households will light the muck pile on the front door.A chariot ten hundreds of fireworks, make whole related wrapped in layers of incense, rising from the blue grey twilight chardonnay, presents a harmonious auspicious festive atmosphere, to live and work in peace and contentment.Men, women and children are all, every family of sitting in an atmosphere of auspicious, and kai kang table, enter the first meal - New Year's eve dinner.And prayers of human and animal health in the New Year, the grain harvest.The first is the peak of the Spring Festival.People rushed to get up early in the morning.In a table in the west, placed offerings, and sacrifice to the gods, and began the New Year, until the fifth day.The first is the younger generation to your elders before New Year's greeting, elders with auspicious blessing language, then each other, a string of relatives a happy New Year.During the festival, colorful cultural activities, play hockey, dancing, singing, playing with ankle, play CARDS and so on.

Continues for the activities of the nie: to the fifteenth day of this day, the fifteenth day, daur people call "qin", think this day is the god "grace all day ba day Ken" belong to the world of festival, is off year.After Chris hutchings, nie o activities will end, people no longer inquire after they met.Since the 16th day should work.

3.The qingming festival: the daur people call "cold thin".On this day, every family elder brother to mo or BeiGong's cemetery,grave, put for, kowtow.

4. The fifth: that was the day of resurrection of the water of the world.People gets up early in the morning, giveThe childHung a red cloth, wearing colorful paper flowers, adults led the children to go river shower, think that from this day on youswimming, or use the dew to clean face, think patients with dew off this day, can go to the disease.

5. July 15: considered the grave festival.Grave, grave, burn, some even a cry.

6. August 15: eat good food, such as crisp bread or dumplings, moon cakes, and watermelon for months, for god.

7. On October 25, the Lantern Festival.Do "bamiyan dry table" (thousand lamp) to go to the temple to ignite, believe the more points the geely, hailar district daur people about this festival, is probably influenced by the Mongolian.

8: the day to eat buckwheat core (ji) or yellow rice (pease lattice) do "lele" (ropy laba porridge), served in a bowl, chopsticks, drill a hole through the dip into the butter, sugar or cream to eat, don't have extraordinary fragrance.?9. The twelfth month, however, eat a little bit better.People at night, for the wine meat snacks, think that the kitchen god to heaven, so on his mouth stick on Fried, asking him to heaven said good, then flashing his idol.Stop do great work, since people from this day to holidays, every day to clean the house courtyard atrium.

10. The Lantern Festival

Daur traditional religious holiday, daur region in Inner Mongolia hailar area.Lunar calendar on 25 October, people are making all kinds of lamps, to the dalai lamatempleTo ignite.The more points the geely.Thousands of Lantern Festival originated in the gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism lamaism, namely the shamanism.Shamanism is at the beginning of the 15th century by tsongkhapa founding in Lhasa in Tibet (1357-1419), Mongolia the an of incoming Mongol khan (1507-1581) period, since then, lamaism deep impact on the politics, economy, culture of the Mongolian and the social fashion for hundreds of years.I sweat himself converted lamaism, daxing buddhist temple, built temples, his upper lama.October 25 is the day when death of tsongkhapa, the temple monks and nuns to chant on this day, all regions and the sect has some public memorial activities.Hailaer is the capital of the hulun buir city, and the surrounding area is the cradle of the Mongolian rise.Daur affected, so there is the day.

11. Mr Tong (layout)

The thirty.Cleaning in the morning, Posting pictures and couplets, for elder brother's relative various gifts, old man at the gate for a heap of dry cow dung, ominous cloud of light to disperse before dinner, and went to put some meat on the fire, pastries and dumplings, beg god bless people and peace.Give priority to in order to hand the meat for dinner.After the meal, the old man go on behalf of, with wine meat, pastry ancestor worship god, religious worship.'s, making dumplings frozen storage, so that the first cooking at any time.House, the younger generation to your elders toast kowtow, wish the old man longevity and health, also wish all happy old man.That night fireworks, lights long out.

12. The twins

The fifteenth day, daur people think this day is the day of god belongs to the world.The night before, to a god incense kowtow.The twins day, people wear new clothes, eat hand or the meat dumplings, etc.

13. Mr Wu all day

On the 16th.Also known as black ash.Early in the morning, the boys hand daub oil mixing pot black ash, scrambling to wipe in the girls' face.Such entertainment, daur youth during the Spring Festival is a unique event, symbolizes the auspicious and wish a good harvest that year.

The daur nationality custom taboo

(1) marriage taboo.The women'sTo get marriedAge avoid is even, think not.15, 17 and 19 odd reason often choose the age of marriage.Male not the taboo.Avoid the man to marry him once or twice, the woman answered.Think many times to marry him, side show master your daughter home.If it should be less time to marry him, the base, the family of the folksay "good female one hundred o".Therefore, the matchmaker must run a few times more relatives and friends.The procession that he must fall has arrived.After one thousand the setting sun to on the west side of the door hung a mirror, in the generation of the sun.Marriage or not.

(2) have taboos.A pregnant womanDon't look in the kitchen, are not allowed to spread bearskin, in order to avoid a miscarriage.Avoid men into the delivery room, it is said that man is easy to step on children.If a man has no intention into the delivery room, go after the sick children, such as nasal congestion, will think is trampled by the delivery man to have to find him, his toenails cut pieces, to get the maternal home and mugwort burn together, such as smoking, the baby on the smoke a few leisurely, a few mouth spit, said: "the salivary salivary, pathogens, run away!"Common letter so can eliminate the evil except eritrea.After 3 days to avoid strangers into the house;Women are not allowed to 1 months out of the door or outside the northwest for the place of god.Avoid children measles, door sign for the door hung a grass or grass, tied a red cloth, at the bottom of the see this flag, outsiders are allowed.Children measles, avoid is cooking, lice, dog and cat, to sew, couples room.No kids standing in threshold that long is not high, no child eating pig tail, think that night there will be a noise behind him;Children do not eat animal brain, afraid not smart;No child night look in the mirror, be afraid ofDream heck。

(3) the funeral taboos.People die die before, the whole family are not allowed to sleep, afraid of the dead souls will sleepers.Avoid nailed coffins.Have can't see them outside of the injured or pivot, to avoid the "jump", that is afraid of the wound.After physical death, do not get out of the door, must be carried out through the window.It is forbidden to two-day funeral.Not married women, pregnant women, childless women and children are not allowed to be buried after the death of ancestral grave;After the death of a pregnant woman must cremation, or "hydro-engineering";After the death of a child, must be the wind was buried.Mourning period avoidA fightFights, avoid hair, nails, avoid is sleep on the kang, avoid the wedding, entertainment, the out of town and marry a woman, ban sex of husband and wife.

(4) at the age of taboo.New Year's eve, good doors and Windows must be paste before dark.Japanese, forbid from outside to inside, don't look in their glass, or demons, taken by the devil to mind.Day up automatically, avoid is people wake up, or you will lazy 1 year.The first to fifth shall not cleaning the room, otherwise it will sweep away good fortune.