What clan is the traditional festival
The origin of the clan
Clan in China are mainly distributed in the nu river in yunnan province Su Su ethnic autonomous prefectures, running, a water filter, good fortune gong LanPing County, diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture weixi county and zayu county of the Tibet autonomous region and other places.With Su Su, drung,, bai, Tibetan and han, the naxi ethnic group staggered.Mainly engaged in agriculture.According to the 2000 fifth national population census, clan population of 28759.
Clan has its own language, no text, use Chinese mostly.Anger belongs to the sino-tibetan language hide myanmar language, dialect between difference is very big, almost can't talk to each other.But with Su Su clan of long-term coexistence, most people can speak Su Su language.
Clan is the nu river and lancang river on both sides of the ancient inhabitants.Clan region overlapping mountains and rivers converge.From the point of view of tourism, countless here, not over the mountain peak, cliffside spring waterfall, waters, trees dendrocalamus giganteus, indeed the dizzying, linger.However, from the perspective of life, here, in the barren land, blocking traffic has caused clan people's production and living difficulties, leading to the social development is quite slow.Until before the founding of new China, with flowers and trees withered flourish as timing, by knotting carved wood passing information, slash-and-burn farming methods and many other ancient human life picture can still be reflected here.Still, one thousand years, the clan of the industrious and brave people always did not stop the struggle and struggle with nature, with their wisdom and hands constantly changing history, compose the new chapter of The Times.
Clan is a traditional festival
Nu language called "JiJia mu", also called "contributed to the festival, the time for late December to the first month of the lunar calendar, the feast of 15 days.Each to the end of the twelfth month, every family to cleaning the yard, remove all those ashes in the fireplace, cosmetic, and pine on the ground and cookers, tableware, all kinds of vessels covered with a layer of green pine MAO (leaves), symbol to the old orientation.Family reunion dinner on New Year's eve, every family want to eat.The first in the morning, young man to beat auspicious to well water, inquire and give your elders, elders to take out wine, camellia, twist, etc. To serve.To burn a good first meal to the ox and a dog gives off a bread and soup, for cattle do not eat meat, he will break the cow by hand mouth poured in.During the Chinese New Year,Kill pigSlaughtered sheep, give gifts to each other, village invited friends and relatives, dinner together, dining tables, interest is full.
Section 2. The fairy:
Also called "flowers festival", is living in gongshan clan is a traditional festival, around the feast for lunar calendar March 15 solstice 17.Holiday early in the morning, clan people dressed up, sacrifices and take already prepared picnic, bundles of flowers in hand, to the village near the cave to sacrifice, worship their heroes, "fairy", chopped, and held a dinner party and all kinds of recreational activities.The people ate and drank, and sing, the whole valley is immersed in the of primitive simplicity and ceremonious festival atmosphere.
About the origin of flower festival, there is an interesting legend: "nu house hold, long time ago there was a hardworking, smart and beautiful girl, chopped, she spares no hardships, split the gaoligong mountains, from the spring, the perennial drought and barren anger more fake got water, on both sides of the rock turned into fertile soil, barren hills became a wizard, but she was hateful person burned to death in the cave of gaoligong mountains.This day is lunar calendar March 15, the day of march, nujiang river on both sides of the flowers in full bloom, the clan people to commemorate the chopped, as a flower festival this day, in order to commemorate their devotion, love, chopped."
Section 3. The mountains:
Living in yunnan province LanPing County Tu I the clan (claim to be "soft") for the sacrifice to the woods and the festival.Feasts in wide spreading trees held between June and July.Cult to close family, and rule out other members of the nation.Their focus to the mountains before a is regarded as "god's grove" forest, presided over by the wizard, kill black sheep worship, pray that god will protect forests, exempt from all kinds of pests,fireSuch harm, make trees grow trees gao gan thick.Share offerings, in situ boil sheep.
4. JiJia section.
Clan's most popular festival.JiJia.Nu language translation, meaning is the meaning of the Chinese New Year.Seasons in a year after the autumn harvest, typically after 15 days.Festival, CunCunZhaiZhai kill pig roast wine, singing and dancing night.During the holiday season and the first day after to kill the swine's happy day for the festival.On this day, the girls dress up, dressed in embroidered with lace dress, wearing a stand with strings of coral, agate, shell, silver plastron.Boys also whole body new suit, carrying a pipa, the tune is repeated, song idea on the rise.People dance with the piano.The house of the old people also took advantage of the removal sing the toasting song, wish happy growth.
5. The valley of god:
Anger language called "ye", the original garden jiang county horse river clan people's traditional festival, the time for the annual lunar December 29, held in the day to worship, pray god bless.
6. Hanis living
Clan is orchid area traditional festival.Hanis living in a yearriceWhen ripe.Families cut some rice from the cultivated land, pounded into meters, and to kill a chicken, a new rice, chicken and rice for the dog to eat first and then the whole family to eat new rice.
7. New
New is not open a portal in the insensitive room.Mainly is to kill the goose that first, offering a new wizard please then in insensitive cut open a hole in a wall.At the same time, the villagers take flesh came to congratulate, wine drinking and dancing, the night.
8. Peach flower festival
(time: 8 February lunar calendar), the main activities: heishui dance, with round the village to show auspicious, Tibetan buddhist activities, worship devils and etc.Location: running the barrel
Clan custom taboo
Room in the middle a fireplace, fireplace with iron tripod or heishui stone, used for cooking and warming himself, family's patron saint.Above the fireplace for a god, at the feast to put sacrifices for god to enjoy here.All the old man's seat left for home.The clan family, which shall not use the foot of the iron tripod or heishui stone, more cannot cross from the fireplace.A god can't sit above the fireplace and shall not pass through here.Host family back bedroom outsiders are not allowed to enter.
Life taboo
1, what the old man not to touch, from before the old man can't walk through, don't call the old man's name.Voice speaking in front of an old man wants downy, don't cross your legs, not vulgar joke.Clan high equality between men and women, no discrimination against women, advocating men marry a wife, is not affected by the family and the woman discrimination.Family and neighbors get along and stop generally prestigious village elders judicial right and wrong, please, do not advocateA fightA fight.
2, unmarried man cannot walk far away with young women, or sedentary.Don't allow outsiders into the master bedroom.Guests visit, ask a guest to eat flake scones and free time.Women do not participate in religious activities, women can't plough.Married women without their husband allowed not to participate in social activities.Can't cut down making it or urine under making and the rock of god.The childLying down with can't waste food, eating and drinking.Can't literally in and out of the familygraves.Can't stamped on, across the triangle or any slanderous triangle.
pregnancytaboo
Clan women subject to key protection after pregnancy, such as notClimbing the mountainCan't cross rivers, and could not enter the fairy cave;Can't see form ugly;Not to the old man went to the position ofCan't go to the mysterious place;womenTo have childrenMen can't present;After a month can't use cold water washs a face;Women cannot cross bows and arrows and long dao and back, can't participate in, kill chickens, pigs can't major ritual activities involved in the family.Women during nursing, outsiders can not enter the maternal home.
Etiquette taboo
According to the clan of the etiquette, should take to the clan home.purchasing them like smoke, wine as a gift.The guest does not accept concentric wine is not polite to our compatriots in clan, losing the trust of the clan compatriots.A god can't sit above the fireplace and shall not pass through here.Taboo other people trample your shadow.Children to fast bear, tiger, jackal meat, fasting, chicken feet, chicken blood, before the age of 40 women don't eat heart and lung.
Marriage taboo
Gongshan clan are strictly prohibited in marriage, the family nephew have priority to marry uncle women's rights.After the introduction of the Catholic church, religious people in the clan marriage is restricted by the church, the provisions of muslims are not allowed to marry with non believers, with the approval of the abbe Christian marriage, wedding presided over by a priest, and took place in the church, not dinner guests.