The origin of the moinba nationality

With a cozy ethnic Tibetan - the moinba nationality, one of China's ethnic minorities.Now a total of 50000 people, controlled area only 7475 people in our country, the rest of the life in Indian centralization.Mainly live in motuo county and cona county, Tibet nyingchi, every corner county also have distribution.Mainly engaged in agriculture, good at bamboo cane implement and producing wood wan, have their own language.

The moinba nationality and ethnic minorities are mainly distributed in China's southeastern Tibet autonomous region, mainly live in the south of cona county door corner area, and the rest live in motuo, nyingchi county, etc.Population and more than 50000 people, of which the distribution in our country, the actual control area of only 7475 people live within, and the rest of the life in cona county in the south of the centralization."Memba", the original is Tibetan call to them, for the people who live in the door corner.After the founding of new China, according to the national will.The formal name for the moinba nationality.

The moinba nationality district is located in the roof of the world the Himalayas, the door of the south corner area, north high low south door corner area, high altitude of 3600 meters, the height is only 100 meters or so.The overlapping overlapping peaks, dense virgin forest.Pentium in nyingchi, ink to take off the yarlung zangbo river area turn south, the formation of the fertile river valley, mild climate, abundant rainfall, evergreen, known as "jiangnan" in the history of the qinghai-tibet plateau.Door corner area is located in the Himalayas foothill, west of chongqing.Plentiful rainfall, fertile land.Here, the mountains stretch, fast-flowing rivers, beautiful scenery, rich products.Crops include rice, upland rice, corn, buckwheat, barley, chicken feet valley, wheat, soybean, cotton, sesame, etc., can be two or three times a year.Fruit has a banana, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, apple, etc.The virgin forest, growing the pine, cypress, maple, birch, blue river, Chinese fir, nan, bamboo, etc., timber reserves is extremely rich.Medicine gastrodia elata, panax notoginseng, astragalus, snow lotus, angelica, dangshen, etc. Dozens of.In cona county Loeb area, there are small pieces of pasture.There are cattle, horses, sheep, donkey and mule and other livestock.Wild animals there are bears, jackal, roe, bison, blue sheep, pigs, snow panda, fox, golden monkeys and so on.In addition to mica, crystal and other rare minerals.

The moinba nationality traditional festival

1. QuKe section:

Held annually in June when the crops mature.Holiday when the people gathered together, held a grand worship ceremony, then under the guidance of lama and ba, recite scriptures for prayer, a week turn around the villages and farms, pray for god bless, prosperous, a good harvest.People bring their own JiuFan, singing and dancing in the farm field, the whole activity for 2-3 days.

2. SaGa dawa section:

From the birth of the Buddha of Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhism with muny and parinirvana day is April 15th, Tibetan in order to commemorate the day, all the moinba nationality regiontemplePray to chant buddhist scripture, held various religious activities.Then each to take out a certain number of zanba, ghee and barley wine, to the temple, temple monks to eat zanba to make "measures" to everyone, they eat and drink a toast to each other, until the evening, every point SuYouDeng even behind the house, to celebrate, and to this day as a symbol of entering farming, from this day, people will start to do farm work any more.

3. The main the solution will be:

Is the ink to take off the solution of sexual and held in the bumper year between November to December, after 3-18 days, failure of years.The main activities are to chant buddhist scripture, TiaoShen, religious drama performance, etc.Together, people bring their own wine meat, food, drink to watch TiaoShen performance during the day, night lit a bonfire in the field, singing and dancing, to celebrate the festival.

4. Tawang solution will be:

In Tibetan 29th November each year, lasted three days.Festival, in addition to watch people TiaoShen performances, traditional drama "zhuo Eva slim, yak dance, etc., also hold some self-entertainment activities, such as horse racing, tug-of-war, archery, etc.

5. The New Year:

TibetanNew Year's DayLanguage is the most important holiday, the moinba nationality memba called "lothar," wrong that the moinba nationality from Tibetan New Year began on January 1, to the end of January 15, and the Tibetan New Year basically no difference, and ink to take off the region the moinba nationality is different in the New Year, they have two year New Year's day, January is a New Year, from the Tibetan began on January 1, for 2-3 days;Another New Year is December.December New Year is the ink to take off the moinba nationality festival, the most characteristic from the Tibetan began on December 1, after 10-15 days, first, every family will clean the house, killing cattle and sheep, and slaughter with an abundance of dining tables, entertain guests.During the festival, people wear costumes, visit each other, singing and dancing, binge drinking.Also held a variety of recreational activities, such as tug-of-war, wrestling, archery, stone, etc.

6. "sun FoJie"

"Sun FoJie", also called deep FoJie and bath FoJie, most Tibetan area and April every year in early February or held in mid-june, temple of different date.The so-called "Buddha", is the giant brocade silk embroideries in the collection of the monastery of Buddha, carried out (at ordinary times is roll up collection protection) is shown in broad daylight and the general believers in front, let there much more.

7. "the Tibetan New Year"

Tibetan New Year is the moinba nationality traditional festival of the most solemn festival.Tibetan is basically the same as the lunar, therefore, the feast withThe Spring FestivalWas similar.New Year's eve, and should be carefully prepared, to make a call "cut" of the grain, to symbolize the good harvest in the past year, I wish in the New Year was a very good again.

During the festival, the whole family dressed in ceremonial dress, size according to seniority seated, elders end grain bucket, each grab something to eat, and wish each "zha-xi-de-le" (luck) and "happy New Year".2 friends and family visits, seated, the host end to "cut", the guests came in turn dot zanba face scattered into the air and came into his mouth, and then said to share good harvest.Then, is to propose a toast.Guests must use first ring finger under the wine bowl midpoint three drops of wine behind to the air, and then you can drink.In order to show respect to the host, the first bowl of wine to drink three his mouth.Then again even dry three bowls.Because of barley wine degree is low, sweet, bowls, such as the size of a small bowl, so don't get drunk.Now there are many people drink beer, and certainly will be a problem.If the guests drink not over, the people stood up and singing the dance, enthusiasm vomiting-inducing toasts, the guest will feel to refuse would be impolite, not equal to happiness, just check in song, toss off.And then everybody casual, to play the piano dance, joke.

8. "the action"

"Pass any (some translated as" subpoenaed ") solution ", is the supreme Tibetan Buddhism founder of the gelug sect Ming yongle tsongkhapa seven years (1409), the first in Lhasa to commemorate sakyamuni in variable subdue demons and creating wish god can.Buddha, Buddhism and muny in tianzhu who place and in the Tibetan dragon years (511 BC), the first to the fifteenth day, with heretics, game, god finally won, the festival was first preached, later on in the fifteenth day of the Lantern Festival, to achieve orgasm.Eighteen solstice 23, hundreds of young, dressed in ancient times knight costume with prayer and hand weapon, in droves on horseback cruise downtown, and public recreational activity in the square.24 scatters wish spirits.

The moinba nationality customs and taboos

The moinba nationality think a month of five, ten, fifteen, twenty, thirty days for the funeral day, these days can't introduce marriage, banned down labor, bans on up the hill and firewood and down the riverTo catch fish, also prohibit to murder, only do housework at home.

Hunters hunt out three days before, the home can't cooking wine, outsiders can't go in.The family out of town trips or exchange, the day can't sweep the floor, violated the think people and animals can't peace, exchange is not smooth.

However, hunters will not beast tau kok PaoZhi mountains, or others, because the gods in the memba people think beast tau kok, is the habitat and spirit beast, not to offend.Hunter to hang tau kok beast in the kitchen wall and the strangers shall not touch.The hunter hunting tools shall not be lent to a stranger, stranger cannot touch.Taboo in all things, all want to a double murder sacrifice, and repent.

Someone is sick in the home, want to plug in at the door barbed branches to outsiders into the, lest bring ghost into aggravating illness.In the middle of the taboo heard a dog called call, roosters crow unlucky omen, handle affairs not smooth;Snake in the house or saw a dead snake thinks bad omen.

Is taboo for men's and women's marriage animal sign in some places, such as mice and dogs, horses, cattle and sheep and dragon, pig and the snake, tiger and monkey is a collision of men and women can't marry together.Think people every 12, 25, 37, 49, sixty-one, seventy-three, eighty-five years may run into disaster.The moinba nationality according to the age of "ga".

The bride and groom get married, son in law by adoption to the on the way, taboo in back empty basket or empty tank, such as, bypassing a predict ominously after marriage.

Taboo in front of the guests, must go to guests from behind.The guestHave a mealDon't eat drink, must let the host family pot, bowl with some food.Not to throw dirt and spit in the fireplace, cannot play, the steps, across the fireplace or hearth.When the guest did not sleep, the host can't sleep.Someone is out of town in the home, the day can't sweep the floor.If home have patient to pressure branches have a thorn in the doorway, visit declined to outsiders.Door corner of northern memba people don't eat own livestock, only for exchange.