The origin of the blang nationality

The blang nationality is in southwest China with a long history of an ancient aboriginal peoples.Live ShiDian PuRen, claim to be "black", he said himself, commonly known as "flower which".From day old baoshan (today) to the bottom of the meng (now ShiDian), is now mainly live in wood, old yuan Lang two townships.The blang nationality belongs to the south Asian languages, meng Khmer language dialects brown, without words, XiHanWen, with abundant oral culture, still retains the most distinctive features of national language, clothing, singing and dancing, customs and habits.

The blang nationality traditional festival

Section 1. The flower arrangement

The blang nationality flower arrangement festival, namely the water-sprinkling festival.According to the lunar calendarThe qingming festivalL0 days after.First, eachKill pig, Fried bake clams.Festival day after breakfast, QuanZhai young men and women wear - new, he knocked on bee barrels, elephant-foot drum drum, line up to the river, the girls, with bowls sand piled on to the front of the buddhist temple open stoping, planting flowers.All ages, the whole village surrounded, sand behind elephant-foot drum, bee barrel drum dance, after a few laps, guided by drum, dancing in the village each channel, the celebration lasts 5 ~ 7 days.Flower arrangement during the day, and the activities of the "Buddha".Closed, open the door, with the dai nationality.The Spring Festival, with han Chinese Spring Festival time, stop production, play swing, play gyro.During the festival, an abundance of food.

2. Thick south section

Thick south section: also known as "mulberry publication day", "song festival".The blang nationality grand festival, lunar March 7 after the ching Ming festival, held April 13-15, the Gregorian calendar.The principal activities of the festival is splashed water to each other to meet the sun.So, people call the holiday for the festival of the sun.Now, the festival of song content than in the past, there are a lot of change, in addition to the previous traditional activities, and increase the recreational program of performances and sports competition, is more welcomed by people.

3. Wash ox feet

Wash ox feet: every year in May, ShiDian the blang nationality to wash ox feet.When the old man and the man's head wearing hats, wearing hemp fiber, the hand of willow and peach sticks into the broom, holding the sheep, the branch of a small red paper trail of inserted in the door, said a blessing.Blessed, head of the household should put clean water spilt on the old man and the person you said wash ox footstep, finally put the sheep outside the stockade now can I cooked dinner.

4. The torch festival

Torch festival, also known as the "girl's day", yunnan ShiDian, chang ning, yong DE the blang nationality traditional festival.Every year the lunar June 23 to 24.In places such as ShiDian, chang ning, the blang nationality began on June 23, the torch festival, mainly offering of grain and the great god, praying for good harvest.At the appointed time, the whole village families parents gathered before the village under a tree, kill pig the corn, and praying for good growth.During the holiday and the color (god), several families carrying rice, wine, in god's grove cooking under the tree, and kill pig slaughter flesh.The god's grove, children under 12 can't attend,A pregnant womanCan't touch the pig and pig organs.24th noon, families prepare wine, meat offerings to corn mountain, to kill a chicken, pray for crops such as corn, wheat, wadi grew well.

In places such as yong DE is the torch festival has done to the blang nationality, who have already get married girl, will return to come to the feast.The whole family to kill chicken, meat,drinkingAnd celebrate.On the same day, ready to fire, until the evening, the torch lit, according to the room first, after the old man, and then to loose powder, mouth read "fleas, mosquitoes, burn out, did not have the" scourge such as language, and then hold the torch of fruit trees behind the house, to burn off pests.

5. Vasa

Section kauvar sand: also called "closed", in xishuangbanna in yunnan province and other places of the blang nationality traditional festival.Dai calendar each year on September 15 December solstice is the 15th in xishuangbanna, etc of the blang nationality "closed", in order to concentrate on engaged in agricultural production.During the closing section, every half a yuan, two tube meters, a pair of wax, a handkerchief to village heads to the buddhist temple dedicated fortune, and kill hunting heads, the Buddha, the monk feasts, please.In these two days, members of the village to stop all production labor, adult men and women are to the buddhist temple, listening to the Buddha to chant buddhist scripture.Close the door, banning the young man under the village girl.

Section 6. Abuse

Abuse section: yunnan yong DE the blang nationality traditional farming worship festival.On the lunar calendar in November every year.Erected to day once every 365 day, generally after the autumn harvest timericeHold, when excessive section to have the meaning of harvest festival.The feast, each eat sticky rice, meat, wine to the buddhist temple for sacrifices, listening to the Buddha recitation.On the same day, more than young adults "nian mountain" (hunting).

7. ChengDing section

ChengDing section: xishuangbanna in yunnan province and other places of the blang nationality ChengDing activities.After the blang nationality young men and women to 14 years old, will form a social group and hold ChengDing ceremony.At nightfall, achieve ChengDing age young young men and women are invited to the party of all, by the girls with branches and named "cover" in POTS on the burning of black smoke, in order to help young men are dye teeth, dyed after men and women should be treated as adults, just also love and from now onTo get marriedThe right.

8. GuoNianJie

Than Michael GuoNianJie: the blang nationality with lauguage is "Beijing", is by far the most grand festival, brown people this day, every household to eat brown sugar BaBa, glutinous rice and wrapped in banana leaves two copies of each article on a pair of wax, two flower, stay home than the President home: a long into the family bed of hanging above the "tire honk roll" ghost (family), as a sacrifice to the home of god;Another is dedicated to "high roll ga (family).Families male parents all want to take off his turban, to as a representative of the whole roll "honk" (family) family row new kowtow rites.Water and symbolically for family long baptism, from head to foot, for long life, peace and prosperity for the coming year.Family long also bless the people: "the whole family's children, at the feast to the blessing, this is handed down from ancestors GuLi, do not forget.Old days passed, and a New Year coming, best wishes all the children and grandchildren to take leave, you are blessed.I wish you the crops flourish, people and prosperity."To finish, long for family "tire honk roll" (god) family socks? · generation socks that prayer god worship.Village as a family as the unit to the sunset direction, for the drop of ceremony.

Section 9. Close the door

The blang nationality is the same as the dai called "hao vasa.Members of the family of the day as usual to send a flower to the family long article, a pair of wax, go to the "roll", and run a long for family to hold hand washing, wash feet, said.Family of all ages, sexes and to the door, stair and furniture sundry ghost spirit "Su Ma" kowtow), respectively in two pairs of wax as an offering, pray for the people and the coming year.

The blang nationality customs and taboos

Etiquette and taboos in daily live

The housing of the blang nationality has to type and bamboo house two kinds, general points back room and the outhouse, back room of the master bedroom and storing things, outsiders are not allowed to enter.The blang nationality live in xishuangbanna bamboo building, boarded the blang nationality bamboo house need to take off their shoes or slippers.Upstairs on the indoor fireplace tripod prohibit trample, cannot cross from the fireplace, outsiders will not for my own use of a tripod in a brown house on the fireplace.The blang nationality every family for there is a god, in general, for in the home of the inside of the main column with banana, tied to plunge into leaf, wax and sugar cane, untouchable.Most of the blang nationality man bag is white or black headscarf.Headscarf is the symbol of the blang nationality man of dignity, it is forbidden to touch.

Holiday and ritual activities of the etiquette and taboos

The blang nationality general dai calendar, GuoNianJie also and the dai water-splashing festival at the same time (i.e., the Gregorian calendar on April 13, 15), but no rowing dragon boat doesn't hold water.On this day, every family to eat brown sugar BaBa glutinous rice, happy New Year to each other, to attend GanBai and promotion, etc.In the history of the blang nationality hinayana Buddhism, general each stockaded village has zang room.In the blang nationality village zang room to take off their shoes.Zang room bedplate and the Buddha, in front of the buddhist monk's bedroom, not randomly access.Can't use hand to touch the Buddha, the monk and the old man's head.

The blang nationality each village and village "that man", have to put up a stake in the middle of the stockade, base on the stone around;Among others in the five stake, represented a sharpening."The man" does not allow anyone to touch, around also banned in the urine.Lunar month and July each year, to the village god QuanZhai sex activities, ritual activities for 3 days.The village outside hung wood carving, dismiss plate, etc., in a show of not allowed into the village, the village and the village of the guest cannot access village gate, offenders fined the pig a head.The blang nationality also near the village of old trees as making, dragon tree, the ancestors activities every year.Is not allowed during the ancestor worship, whistling, prohibit to play a musical instrument.Within 3 days after the date of ancestor worship, it is strictly prohibited inside the village, also don't allow anyone to close to the dragon tree.Usually banned logging in making it and the surrounding forest, in which no digging lithotomy, more do not allow anyone in god's grove area.

Marriage funeral, birth of the etiquette and taboos

To attend the wedding of the blang nationality should accept washing baptism to the bride and groom.Generally when guests come to the host family before the bamboo house, standing on the stairs to meet the guests of the bride and groom, a person holding the kettle, the other a towel, water for visitors, roll sleeve, let a guest to wash their hands, and then come to the table.

The blang nationality village village public cemetery "nanshan".Huangshan place does not allow outsiders to speak into, courageously mountain are not allowed to cut down trees, also can't pick the leaves.The blang nationality womenpregnancyBreak the Buddha, taboo to class room and prayer.Pregnant women also taboo in other people's weddings and funerals, generally can't join all kinds of the festival.babyAfter birth, hanging in the partial mansion or cracks under the eaves of a bunch of branches, with green quills annunciation to relatives and friends.To congratulate the blang nationality birth, according to the national habits, should take two bowls of rice, a chicken, a piece of brown sugar.Foreign guests visual presented corresponding money to show congratulations.