Russia's familyCustoms and habitsRussian minority festival information and clothing characteristics

Ethnic russians much Greek orthodox faith, people of Russia and abroad.

Our Russian people originally believed in the immortality of the soul, thinkPeople diedIts soul.Greek orthodox church in modern times, most of them were converted, there are also other Christian denominations, not religious people also more and more.Russian minority religious activities has two kinds, one kind is in the home to do morning prayers and the prayers, one kind is that go to church the priest xuan the sermon.Cross their praying, before the bosom, Greek orthodox in crossing when crossing is right rear left first, is different from the first left after the right of the Catholic church.In in urumqi, xinjiang's ili, tacheng prefecture, karamay, heilongjiang Harbin, qiqihar and other places, there are ethnic russians built Greece is the church.

Greek orthodox and Catholic different don't admit that the Pope is higher than other bishops status and power.Claim other than the bishop priest can be marriage.Main festival Easter,ChristmasAnd the baptism holiday.Greek orthodox Christmas began on January 7.Just after the New Year coming is ethnic russians like Christmas (Р о ж д е с т kind guide о).Greek orthodox Christmas festival activities is always called "с kind guide second т seem и" (christmastide), on January 7, and for the last two weeks, to the end of the Epiphany.

Russian food

Ethnic russians diet, in many ways, retains the tradition of the early life in Russia, at the same time, under the influence of the han and other ethnic groups, the staple food is to bake bread, side dishes are passed to Russian Fried food.Ethnic russians eat three meals a day: morning drink milk, eat buttered bread;Lunch is bread, vegetables;Dinner is abundant, mostly rice, cooking, or pilaf, noodles, etc.

Ethnic russians diet not only inherited the traditional Fried, grilled, steamed, Fried, boiled, cooking habits, and absorb the strengths and experience of the han and other ethnic food culture, ethnic russians diet is still keeping the traditional flavor, they make bread, pastry, many varieties of delicious.They especially like to eat the cucumber, tomatoes and other nutritious vegetables.They made with milk,eggsRefreshments, butter and jam for other local people to follow.Ethnic russians herder household production of small smoked sausage, smoked ham and sausage is popular among people of all ethnic groups.

Ethnic russians love drinking, is good at making all kinds of food and drink.Famous is made are baking bread and beer.Russia said beer "BiHong soup", homemade sweet taste, unlike general beer tastes bitter.

Ethnic russians staple food is mainly bake passed (a hard bread) and pancakes, side dishes with meat, eggs, sausage, milk, butter, etc., they like to eat Russian twinkies and without fillings of bread and all kinds of pastries, like to eat roast goose, roast beef, beef, boiled potatoes, eggs, bacon and other Russian hot food, like to eat cucumber, tomato, potato, carrot, cabbage and other vegetables.Love to drink with beef and potatoes all kinds of food made from Mr. Su soup, liquor (vodka) and their sweet flavour of beer.Their daily meals are mainly Russia flavor of black on its essential, shandong, blah, peel it, biro elder brother, Mr. Su, essential, columns, stewed beef and potatoes, is about to, in inside, Allah ji and so on.

Black passed is a kind of bread, is the oldest and most noble Russian food.Its practice is different from general baked bread, make the yeast in warm water basin into first, then each a spoonful of sugar salt, then add the right amount of the dry flour into a paste, placed in a warm place to rise, to bowl batter into a foamy, add dry flour and dough continue to let its fermentation.Again after fermentation, such as surface knead out into a circle or long article, into the pan cover sheet again to fermentation, and then put into the oven or baked in the oven, such as the edible after cooling.

Blah, its essential is a kind of bread is made from raw materials such as flour, butter, sugar and egg stir after fermentation of baking, tender, sweet, high nutritional value, is a kind of ethnic russians often eat breakfast.

"Give" biro what is the meaning of "pie" in Russian.Practice: first rice steamed, Fried beef mince, put onion sauce wait and Chinese prickly ash, aniseed, etc.And then stir-fry beef and rice in a stir into a paste, and good surface, made into a very thin skin, with the hand bag filling, and made into a sector pie, roast until cooked.

"Mr. Su" in Russian is "soup" or "soup".Is the most common and most ethnic russians often eat a soup, element of the two.Essential DE column, also called braised meat pie, made from beef or mutton, potatoes, eggs, dry bread and other raw materials, slightly sour, sweet and not greasy, colour and lustre is bright beautiful, deeply like ethnic russians.

Marriage customs of ethnic russians

Ethnic russians for freedom of marriage, love freedom, butTo get marriedMust obtain the consent parents agree with you.Ethnic russians with other ethnic groups are available.Russian minority traditional wedding is very grand, also has the complicated and complicated programming and ceremony.Wedding prior to inform the relatives and friends, if can't invited, is considered a disrespectful behavior, can lead to the master's displeasure.Wedding held in the family first, guest dining, singing, dancing, lively, ended, consist of the male relatives and friends and the groom set out to the woman's home to escort.Set out quickly to the bride's home, her friends and family close the door, and sent a group ofThe childAfter the money to open the door to the groom, give money to groom into the door of the family.According to tradition, the bride and groom will go to church held a ceremony ceremony, the bride wearing a white dress, wearing a crown, and groom stand together in front of the gods, the priest asked whether the men and women both parties agree to married, after both sides must answer, the two sides pledge to the exchange of promise, then prayer shall be prescribed by the priest who recite scriptures, and best wishes for newlyweds.Ceremony is completed, by the man home fete relatives and friends and guests, then held the party.Night also to simulate the habit of han Chinese, make a teasing the newlyweds.

Ethnic russians family practice monogamy, father, parents, in charge of the domestic economy.Children grow up to marry later, another portal, independent life.Parents' death, heritage is divided into by the children.The Greek orthodox church is forbid, ethnic russians influenced by Greek orthodox, rarely divorce.

Ethnic russians are strictly forbidden to uncles cross-cousin sibling incest, but does not limit the intermarriage with other ethnic brothers.They mainly through love freedom, although there are arranged marriage, but do not dominate.

Russian names, the name first name and last name, father of three parts.A womanAfter marriage, husband's surname, there is also a male with female surname or both sides of the same name.To name or nickname usually called minors.For adults usually say name and father name, for cheek kiss or junior, to a first-name basis;In informal situations between friends, can also be a first-name basis.

Ethnic russians

Russia's national traditional festival is mainly related to religious beliefs, the Gregorian calendar every year on January 7, ethnic russians celebrate Christmas.Jesus was born.The day after the russians into the church to pray, families get together to celebrate.Every year on March 21, the Greek orthodox commemorate Jesus was crucified, three days after the resurrection of Easter.Forty days before Easter, christians to fasting, vegetarian.On Easter Sunday held a grand memorial activities.50 days after Easter for whitsunday every year.Whitsunday also called Pentecost, is Greek orthodox commemorate the disciples of Jesus received the holy ghost festival.Mainly has "Easter", "Christmas", "JiuLiNian","The qingming festival", "Lord, shall receive baptism festival" and so on.

Easter: Russia attaches great importance to the family of traditional festivals, especially in the lead "Easter"."Easter" is also called "pass the cameroonian festival", is to commemorate the resurrection, Jesus has no fixed date, the vernal equinox was held on the first Sunday after the full moon, on April 4 solstice commonly between May 10.First, according to the religious tradition 49 days of fasting, people only eat a full meal a day, the remaining two meal eat only the customs, and don't eat meat, a vegetarian, quit or to sing and dance.But in addition to the elderly and the christians, our country has a lot of ethnic russians no longer keep quit.Every in addition to the preparation of rich and colorful festival that day, "than dick cheney" (cake), prepare to boiled eggs (Easter eggs), the boiled eggs painted with red, yellow, blue, coffee, green, violet wait for color, when the guests arrive, master a eggs, as a token of life and prosperity.During the festival, people want more than good snacks, biscuits, open house, relatives and friends came by to congratulate, young men and women are singing and dancing, dance with a strong beat Russia tap, pull the balalaika and accordion, enjoy happiness.50 days after every Easter as whitsunday, whitsunday also called Pentecost, is Greek orthodox commemorate the disciples of Jesus received the holy ghost festival.

Christmas: Christmas is also China's ethnic russians a great religious festival, to celebrate the birth of Jesus.Russian Christmas in ELi each year on January 7, the day before Christmas, namely, January 6 is called Christmas Eve (с о discusses some related problems е л ь н и seem), known as in the westOn Christmas Eve.On Christmas Eve muslims fast all day, until the evening to Obama.On Christmas Eve the night of the believers and non-believers by habit to eat Christmas goose, it is necessary for Christmas dinner.People will buy back the goose belly fill in apple, bread, and the onion oil, add a variety of ingredients, baked cooked food.When the festival comes, ethnic russians with a cypress or pine trees decorate the Christmas tree, preparing food festival.The night when they were reunited, dress up Santa Claus to give a Christmas present for everyone, but also sing.The Christmas tree is still is an essential part of New Year and Christmas decorations.Christmas fir (р о ж д е с т kind guide е н с seem а second ё л seem а), also known as the Christmas tree, Chinese fir, such as parker is commonly used evergreen shrubs of the tower, symbol of longevity and health.Christians began to decorate the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve, on January 14, and has been put into (namely ELi lunar New Year), rather than a Christian is on New Year's eve decorating the Christmas tree (fir) in the New Year.Decorate new fir the custom became popular from the 18th century in Europe.Legend god hidden in evergreen pine tree, when New Year is to worship them, must prepare gifts for them.Fir is hung in the New Year filled with all kinds of gifts to it.Decorating the Christmas tree in the family is the most happy time the whole family, old and young.People on the Christmas tree hung with tin foil bag of fruit and sugar and with tin foil cut all kinds of animals, the long string of colored lights, buy beads around the Christmas tree, the tree was the hiding of parents send children gifts.Some families also please Santa Claus (Р о ж д е с т kind guide е н с seem и й д е д, also called Ё л о discusses some related problems н ы й д е д or Д е д - М о р о з) gifts for the children.Santa and his granddaughter snow girl (С н е f р о discusses some related problems seem а) is the main character in the New Year.Santa Claus is the embodiment of western fairy tale kind and generous, he is the most attract thousands of pure childlike innocence back to the big gift bag, he gave the children warm and joy.Every year on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus deer by the sled from the north to the chimney into every family, with children quietly put gifts in new stockings or tucked under the pillow, a surprise for the children.The snow girl is a symbol of youth permanent, happy forever.Santa Claus and snow girl is mostly young people play, by the parents of the children telephone appointment, came to him, and a happy New Year, give gifts.

Good day: xinjiang to Russia at the age of traditional activities, such as general held in lunar calendar in early march.According to the "new testament" load: the virgin Mary received angel announced to her on this day the will of god, she will be made by "the spirit" feeling conceived and gave birth to Jesus.During the festival, people want to undertake a variety of celebration activities.March 4 children to bring good lark in the shape of a baked biscuits fields, thrown into the sky, and then, in early spring.Women on March 9, put a piece of linen cloth on the ground of the village, was put on a great circle of bread, please enjoy spring mother.The girls use paper or cloth into various birds, branches with the rope broke off.Every one of them asking for mountain, roof and woodpile higher place, shake the branches, chun singing.Also in some places celebrate good day on March 25, and when the spring has come, migratory birds have been returned.On this day, people chun singing.

Baptism: xinjiang ethnic russians of traditional religious holiday, the Gregorian calendar every year held on January 19th.Load according to the new testament bible: Jesus three times according to the divine, a second baptism, "the spirit" and the pigeon drop on his head, shows that he is the son of god.Pay attention to the visions Greek orthodox, is due to the Gregorian calendar January 19 for this festival.Baptism is a kind of proselytize Christianity.In baptism holiday that day people get rid of the church to pray, even to the river ice "holy water", some people into the hole and washing.Late 18th divination time is according to the customs and habits, especially the girls to foretell his lifelong event.

Harvest festival, xinjiang and other ethnic russians traditional farming worship activities, the Gregorian calendar every year the second Sunday of October.At the end of the harvest, people deliberately left in the field the last bundles of wheat, will clean the weeds around it, and then placed offerings, such as bread, salt and milk cool thank the gifts of the earth, begged for greater harvest next year.

Xie meat section: also called "holiday", xinjiang and other places see Russia's traditional festival.Time by the Gregorian calendar every year before the end of February or early march changed as lent (Greek orthodox fast date 7 weeks before Easter, there is no fixed date, generally no earlier than the annual March 22 or later than April 25) held a week before.The feast for seven days.According to the folk custom, the feast every day has a different content: Monday is a day;Tuesday is the entertainment;Wednesday is food;Thursday is drunk;Friday is a new in-laws recalls day;Saturday is girl new sister-in-law day;Sunday is the winter and forgive their words and deeds.In xie meat during the festival, every family big pendulum banquet, because in thank the fasting period can't eat meat and after the meat sectiondrinking。