The origin of the jing

In the early 1950 s, jing once known as the "YueZu".Wu head, heart, tail Wan mishima had respectively established YueZu ZiZhi Township.On May 1, 1958 to build large county (December 25, 1978, changed its name to fangcheng county, this and renamed shen, and upgraded to city-level), according to the characteristics of history, language, culture, living custom and the national will, approved by the state council, officially named as "jing".

Jing-nationality has a long history of ancient people.All of her ancestors in the era of qin and han dynasties nanyue, after return in county, and Locke has a certain relationship.Jing and is now living in China, whose ancestors is in the early 16th century began arriving from north Vietnam TuShan (now) around the city of haiphong, migration, has less than 500 years of history.

In 1951 the central delegation contact group was deeply jing area survey, and write the witch head, Wan tail, fangcheng area of mountains of survey of heart of Vietnam, he wrote: "inclined according to legend, the Vietnamese (i.e., jing -) originally lived in Vietnam peach mountain (namely TuShan - led) to do the sea for a living, probably more than 10 generations ago, liu, ruan two name is fishing in the sea, driven by a group ofThe big fishTo the island, at that time no one to live on the island, grass trees, tiger beast, many more people see this person less, sea fishing do easy, namely live down.Followed by two surname liu, ruan back to peach mountain invited to li, li is to do with the sea, then sons multiply, have so many people."1953 central ethnic affairs and guangxi ethnic affairs and social history of jing joint investigation, more detailed account of the material: in mount wu head, heart, Wan mishima, jing a total of 25 surname, all surnamed people accepted liu, ruan, two family name comes first.In 1958, the guangdong minority society history investigation survey materials (fangcheng as guangdong) also said: fangcheng in jing, a total of 30 surname, the largest surnamed lu, accounted for 20%, nguyen, yellow,, su wu, wu five times, accounted for 41%, is the earliest, nguyen surname liu has 16-17, to the latest pei, once, butyl three surname only 2 to 3 generations, generally about nine generations.From Vietnam TuShan, qing jing in the name of flowers, the appropriate Ann, feng, red creek, mans street, Wan Zhu, Angle of white moved to.

Jing is a traditional festival

Section 1. Ha

Jing at the age of customs in the grand national holiday as "ha festival", including sacrificial, ancestor worship, recreational and township drinking four important activities."Ha festival" around the date is different.Wan tail, wu first two islands in the lunar June 10th, mountain island on August 10th, red on the fifteenth day of the camp village."Ha pavilion built everywhere," villages "pavilion" select wood, has a unique national style.The ridge of the roof in the middle of the plastic was decorated with auspicious image of dragon playing bead, the booth in the left, and right temple main hall.Main hall is equipped with Beijing family believe in gods and god, the pillar in the house of all carved with ethnic customs characteristics of couplets written or poetry.

The entire process of festival activities, can be divided into the following four parts:

(a) to meet god: in "sing," the day before, set team flag with umbrella carried to the sea, god, is to meet god and god face into the pavilion.By "like" (in fact, the pigs) to the pavilion around three weeks.Then until the middle of the night to kill, presided over by the tassili "ha festival" activities of the organization to participate in "ha festival" township drink, listen to the people (i.e. qualified sitting people according to the sequence of registration on the book, a year before his turn in the most a certain number of, for the "head" for offerings.)Each have a big pig head, to make the pig have the raise and may not be soiled, nor curses, known as the "elephant".To the festival to see which raise pigs, I'd choose his biggest after the pig to the gods, only eight pounds of pork to the people to eat, "than a" door to dominate the rest.

(2) of the gods: the specific time of god for the festival at about 3 o 'clock in the afternoon, the gods when read eulogy.When offering to god, sing the song "tin", jump "pilgrimages dance", "into the wine dance", "day lantern dance" and so on.

(3) the sitting, listening: to god, sitting catering to listen to, called "sit" (also known as "the banquet"), per seat six to eight people.Wine food, besides a few supplied by "head", most of the self-provided, meal by sitting people take turns out food, and eat while listening to singing "sister".Women can only hold dishes on the table, a seat to sit.Women and children are listening to outside the "pavilion"."Sing," is the main activity of "ha festival", "sing," the main characters have three people, that is, a man called "elder brother", also known as "the piano", two women called "sister", also called "gu" peach.Lead singer "sister" standing in the middle of the hall "pavilion", in his hand the two pieces of small bamboo, sing while swinging the knock, sang the "sister" sitting next to the ground, his hands beat of bangzi and bamboo."Sister" each end of the song, "brother" is in accordance with the transfers play balalaika piece section.So a singing and accompaniment, until the singer "sister" were heavy, by another "sister" singer, "sing," for three days in a row.

(4) to god: "sing," finished off the gods.When send god must read "send the god", and "dance HuaGun".Give god the yili whole "ha festival" has ended.

2. Yuan in "you"

Jing hungry ghost festival in July 15.On this day, waxy rice and glutinous rice sugar cook porridge in the morning for our ancestors, to kill the chicken at noon kill duck cooked pork and so on for our ancestors, then dinner drink.Folk believes that if no one support of wild ghost food will harass village, so please mage in July 15 and clothing, known as the "shi".In the passing of the empty flat list of necromancy, stand on both sides lays two lines of banana, put Fried corn, rice, cake, surplice, MingChao, paper, several people wear masks play am, a mage in drums ChiFa knife, calling on all directions am collection before the "list of evocation", read read a list of words, to divide ghoul and clothing are the village.ABU 珓 to cup, winning 珓, am is affected by food.Then the mage commanded, dress up as a hungry ghost then and onlookers children rush, will be food and light, folk believesThe childGet the "deep and remote" foods as "good".Rob food, put a banana boat into the sea, plantain Marine banana stem Mosaic, two meters long, 1 meter wide, put on the red triangle paper flags, chair of a few meters, some surplice, MingChao, paper, banana boat into the water, the soundSet off firecrackersAnd burning list of evocation and surplice, MingChao, paper, the ghost away.

3. The hanis living

Lunar 10th October afternoon, various cooking new meters for worship fathers, "hometown" and new rice, and then the whole family to eat and eat behind closed doors, not to see outside.

Jing custom taboo

Close relation with jing jing taboos in social life, and widely exists in the jing in everyday life and production of all aspects of the work.Such as fishing nets on the beach, avoid people across from above;A new creation and not into the water bamboo raft, avoid people sit on it.

New glue, avoid is approached to talk to others, otherwise think it couldn't catch fish;Carried out to sea, when the first network, avoid is metA woman;Please people fishing a foil, avoid cook raw fish, boiled coke rice;Build houses, pick an auspicious day to day, otherwise think being of natural and man-made disasters;Avoid live not according to the traditional rules to build houses, there are not "ning sent field, sent house", even if the house was built palatial, also no one dare to live;Avoid after dark to borrow from others;Every month, 15 avoid this.

A pregnant womanpregnancyDuring, avoid moving bed, avoid into the pavilion, otherwise, think that children are born to her mouth;Will avoid the dishes on the boat upside down, avoid the feet hanging outside the ship, avoid is sitting in the bow and burn incense unto their drag;Avoid to whistle or singing in the woods at night, think so will attract ghosts, was taken to the soul of the people.

Many taboos, jing is the result of harmonics, "jiao" and "reef" homonym, unlucky to sea rocks, cook all avoid burning."Oil and water" and "swim" unisonant, put out to sea to swim out of the accident, so don't say "grease", which is called "water".Moving objects take up, can not evading the mobile, because there are "stranded".Jing men every time out to sea, the old man, women, children will see off to the beach, and held some activities.

With the jing social progress and development of culture, taboo custom of jing also is changing, is not as strict as before, some of the taboos some even disappeared.