The origin of deang

Chinese history thought that DeAng wa, brown etc with nationality in yunnan is han PuRen seed, tang and song dynasties is referred to as a child, the exploration, yuan and Ming dynasties was known as the gold teeth, pu.Since the qing dynasty, joseon dynasty qianlong donghua record, guangxu "yongchang government record books called the" dragon "alert, such as the local han and based on the characteristics of their women's clothing, respectively called" don't column "lineage" red dragon "alert," you buy "branches, known as the" black dragon "alert," RuBo branches, known as "dragon" "flower crack.

Liberation national recognition was given the name "dragon" alert, then according to the national will, and be submitted to the approval of the state council, since September 21, 1985, formally known as "deang".About PuRen in ancient them more for the southwest of yunnan, the history of ancient "by", takes a "three miles, north and south in the four thousand six hundred" wide area, including now of Dali, baoshan, dehong and fall, in xishuangbanna, etc, state PuRen in ancient times is a large population of ethnic group, one of the early development in southwestern yunnan province is one of the ancient nationalities, so some rivers, the name of the property on leave PuRen mark, now including yuanjiang, called "actual water";Yongchang county big Long Zhuze called "PuZhu", was the ancient emperor PuRen zhongyuan hajj tributes.Legends from literature and other minorities, reflect the DeAng ancients PuRen is yongchang county ancient peoples.They make full use of the full figure making here "land, appropriate grain silkworm" the favourable conditions, planting rice and spinning and weaving cotton cloth, have long han their social and economic development.The central plains of the feudal ruling class, on the one hand, active play to the role of the PuRen advanced production technology, on the one hand, a large amount of convergence PuRen wealth, make PuRen hardship, constantly rebelled against.Yongchang county PuRen is more, residence is vast, but the development is very uneven.

Is located in the traffic along or better regional natural conditions, social economic development is faster, culture is also higher;In some areas of social and economic development is slow, textile industry is not developed, lack of clothes, the ancient historians PuRen this part is called "naked which".Deang had prosperous era in history, they have a lot of branches in the past, such as RuWang, RuGuo, RuE, you come, you this, RuBo, you don't, you buy RuAng, ye, o la, your king, RuKe, you don't, don't done row, you don't I, your winter, RuMengDing, RuMeng ding, if RuGe and so on.Deang in western yunnan area with force in the history of the hero, especially in 12-15 century, ancestors, deang, set up the gold teeth, is a hero, then gradually decline, so that in a long period can only rent others' land for a living, until 1949 years later, they have their own land.

Deang traditional festival

1. The water-sprinkling festival

Water-sprinkling festival is the most solemn deang festival festival, in a year of the Gregorian calendar on 16 April 14 solstice, feast for 3 days.Early in the morning before the water-sprinkling festival, men, women and children were put on costumes, especially the girls dress up bright is dazzing, the old man is ready to food and all kinds of paper cut small flag complications, fragrance wick article, wax to tribute together with the room zhuang gong temple shrine.The disciples then prepared hoses wood slot bracket Yu Xiaofo room, small room around the place with more than 10 small Buddha Buddha, and will turn water cylinder inserted in the tap hole hole.At noon, the Buddha was chanting, began to water ceremony.All the people with little water to spill to QingQuanShui, in a trough, water turn namely shunlong slot into the cylinder to promote turning sprinkler, turning over and over again to turn around the water wash small body.Buddha, all the people in the elephant-foot drum, Mang gong to each other in the water, said good lucky for you.

Section 2. In the rain to (close)

"Into the rain settled" section (buddhist words), held every year lunar calendar in June 15, for two days.QuanZhai believers to carry tribute to the buddhist temple 赕佛, visits to Buddha, listening to the Buddha to chant buddhist scripture, beg the Buddha bless village in peace life and good harvest.16, in the evening, the Buddha will be temple door closed for three months.In the closing section within three months, the monastery where the monks to comply with the rules, namely can't string village, nodrinkingAnd so on.Can't murder, love affairs and believersTo get marriedAnd so on.

Section 3. The rain to (open)

"Out of the rain settled" section (buddhist words), from the section close to the lunar calendar every year on September 15, after the expiration of three months, i.e. for the Open Day ceremony.But the Buddha often between the two festivals to chant buddhist scripture, believers will travel to the temple to chant buddhist scripture.QuanZhai elder to room and prayer, zhuang gong, young people should knock Mang elephant-foot drum, for god bless.Open the door after the festival, monks, is the buddhist temple door opens and can be string village.

4. The white wood burning

"White wood burning" is between 赕佛 festival of the blang nationality people in the Gregorian calendar every year on December 14.Is late, in the square outside the village build a white wood pagoda, 5 meters high ignition burning.Deang people believe that the cold weather season has arrived, afraid of the Buddha seas, white wood to burn, to the fire, in order to drive the cold, warm meaning.

5. Do the pendulum

"Place" is one of deang people 赕佛 activities.Whether "pendulum" date is according to the village has held property condition to decide.Date, for years, every 3-5 days.Elected by village head, long family "pendulum" bearing person.I choose after, then to raise funds, and to the temple worship 赕佛, tribute tribute, etc."Pendulum" meaning is a peaceful village and the people in the home life, praying to remove disaster.Read by the Buddha "long rania", has already eaten to everyone wear, rich every year.

Deang custom taboo

Marriage taboo

The day of the solar eclipse and the eclipse cannot be spoken and marriage;Newlyweds starting GuoLi this day to the end of the meeting the bride, can't wear green clothes and so on;Escort team doesn't have wupregnancyPeople take part in;To chant buddhist scripture of meeting the bride AnZhang cannot be a man without a wife;One day, two couples get married can't to go a way, if you can't go with a way, after the first couple, the couple must be sent after the road swept to pass;Set out on the way can't step on the bride's heel;When the bride and groom meeting the bride marry, can't let people from the middle of the bride and groom through;The wedding banquet cannot smash his bowl;Start the ceremony, the temple of the Buddha, a monk cannot place of the wedding, can't knock the elephant-foot drum.

Introduction to the forbidden

Deang bamboo house is generally has two doors, the front and the back door.A room in a fireplace, a room is on the wall, a buddhist shrine dedicated to put the figure of Buddha and buddhist stories, pictures, etc, to sacrifice the ancestor spirit tablet.Guests can only from the main entrance of the stairs bamboo building, banned across the fireplace;Ban into and through the back door of the main out the front door, if the guest does not follow, the host will think is Lord deceit.Niches that prohibit guests touch, otherwise you will sin against the gods;Guest cannot sit within the family of the main long bedding, if sit, will think is parent disrespect.The room can't spitting, spitting master looked down upon.

DeAng northwest to honour a fireplace, a family, to be the oldest man to sit, if there are elders to home, the host had to offer his seat to the elder that position.Ban hang put things on niches, if violated, would offend gods.Wood to burn after the root tip, fail to burn, otherwise, the women in the home in the futureTo have childrenFootling presentation;Can't use the stamped on the fireplace in the fire, this is disrespect for vulcan, who stamped on the fire is burning in the fireplace, go out not smooth, also will be a kick;Not sitting on the firewood, sitting on the firewood is lazy;Can't sit on the threshold, otherwise, the bucket will blame god.

As long as the family, the father one day, no matter how old son can't beard before his father.If you grew a beard, is considered a big negative, disrespect for elders.Carry long pipe is a symbol of elders and family, up a long pipe is home to the oldest male host.If the host elders came to the home, the host can't carry long pipe, otherwise, will also be considered tampering and disrespect for elders.

Holiday taboos

The water-sprinkling festival, water appliances must be clean, must also be water.Shut the door and open the door during the day, not love.Year changxin as tribute rice mature been section, the descendants of successors to the new rice added to the elderly first taste, then the family began to eat.

The name taboo

DeAng people have "heard only and should not be" custom.Heard someone call his name but didn't see who is calling, DeAng won't casually dropped.Especially when only heard a loud, DeAng people will think that is a ghost in its own name, will not allow.After marriage, taboo others call on the birth of himself and his family,The childSpat between, one angry parents' birth would shout each other, be called on one side and the other party didn't talk for a few days.DeAng people every household knows this, call is banned from the old man and the name of the elder, more can't birth, or be considered rude.

Women's taboo

Deang "see kill don't eat, heard not eat" custom,A womanIs not to kill, and the fish can't touch shrimp.Can't sit 煻 northwest of fire.When sleeping waist band should be placed under the bed or on the floor, may not be hung on the wall, and shall not hang on high;Skirt, waist band taboo by men touch, is the skirt and the waist band of his wife, the husband won't touch to touch in public.Maternal full moon may not be a string, can bring bad luck to be a somebody else of a string of a string.Women can't on the roof;Can't climb banyan tree.And so on.

In addition, there are many taboos, such as under the age of 40 men can't location to build houses.WaiCunRen may not ride a horse through the stockade, stockade to dismount, not dismount is for the village people don't respect.

The funeral taboos

, every village has a village public cemetery, both rich and poor alike, all can be into the cemetery burial of the dead, the usual generally does not allow people to enter and touches the graveyard;Unified memorial to the buddhist temple of dead loved ones, regardless of whoLoved ones die, are not allowed to casually buried;Shall not pile of grave;Shall not be made a;All the dead are buried to the designated area.The villages of burial sites, from the very beginning village as clearly stipulated that, western buried where people must be in the stockade, shall not be higher than stockade, range can be divided into three infants and young children, young and middle-aged and elderly area, anyone shall not be violated;gravesThe trees in the logging ban, taboo in the trees to build houses;Bereaved families in held during the period of mourning shall not eat the vine crops.And so on.

Trees taboo

DeAng stronghold was Lin are all around, it is god lived, prohibited deforestation was every inch of the forest.Was the trees of the wood even if die, also can't take it home to burn, otherwise, was will blame god.Also can't literally put livestock and falls in love was forest.Was the patron saint of god and stockade, banning urine in the neighborhood."Was fierce" (DeAng said "was"), the same below average for within ZhaiBian small thatched bamboo house in the forest, to offer two cans of water, the general does not allow outsiders into the holy place, also not allowed to touch.The surrounding forest logging ban "was fierce."Buddhists cannot enter was Lin, can't attend the activity was.

God is the patron saint of deang village village, deang or village near the village of a tree as a village perched place of god, "the present" village god activities every year, and banned logging in making village, also banned in the urine.Deang village and village "services", usually with a pointed stakes in the middle of the stockade, said sand is banned in urine and touch.

The banyan tree in the stockade now banned logging;Sacrifice the trees down.

Open flowers need not to build a house, bamboo furniture, can't get back home;Cherry trees also need not to build a house;Insect like trees also need not to build houses;Basket tree skin cannot be used for tied or tied the things for others.