Xing'an County ancient Baiyue land, when the Warring States Chu Dao Wang "Nanping North Vietnam", Xing'an area is the state of Chu. Original residence in Xing'an of the tribe was forced by defeat south, the Central Plains people have moved south, in part to settle in Xing'an. Qin unified Lingnan, a large number of immigrants from the Central Plains Shu Five Ridges, live together with the Serbs. Which accounted for the majority Han Chinese, live plains; Yao and Miao basically Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties from Jiangxi, Hunan moved, mostly living in remote areas. After the liberation of peoples to settle in Xing'an increase, the county has the Han, Yao, Zhuang, Miao, Hui, Dong, full, Mulao other 18 ethnic groups, therefore, Xing'an long history of folk customs and colorful.

Mamoru Ryoboku

Building ceremony to be held on the beam, the beam selection Chunya tree, with a rich aroma. After the tree carried back at night, working from a master carpenter, wooden beams and red rooster with snow, will read, "On Liang Taiji," the words red color cloth wrapped in the middle of the beam, called "warm beam." After these steps have been well into the night, the owner sat next to the wood beams, until dawn, called "Shou Liang." The next day dawn, wood, build two drink maker loudly sing, like gun went off everywhere, Xu Xu rose to the roof beams of wood, placed in the stringers below. At this point the owner to throw on the beam Baba, some flip a coin to represent good fortune and gratitude.

Wash

Spring off the farm, each household of the village field are inserted over, leaving a small seedling to final plug. At this time, invited friends and family to help clean up the seedling, commonly known as "wash seedling", indicating that households planting farm work coming to an end.

After the plug seedling, planting side of people to help cheer, while Pakistan grabbed the mud on the edge of the field, "shabu" to the owner. According to customs, the more the owner of this seedling body mud, then it means that the more rice junction. Interestingly, this old custom has been passed down to today.

Weddings and funerals

Xing'an red, white wedding, refers to the "marriage" and "funeral." To talk of marriage age, by both men and women agree, you can "engagement." Engagement old, men and women to be exchanged G paste. Date fixed for both men and women married, the groom's wedding when the bride price Xing prepared gong drum, pig, sheep, chicken, meat, clothes, fruit tea and other gifts, please introducer led to the woman home. Women at home is also equipped with cages, bedding, bed nets and other past dowry the groom, commonly known as "over ceremony."

The occasion of the wedding, the couple came to the classroom, with paying respects to ancestors, Mr. Chan told the ceremony after reading the article, citing people bride bridal chamber. At night, the room furnishings along Jiuyao candy, relatives and friends singing lead the bride into the bridal chamber, while drinking and singing songs until late Lang Ho. Finally, the bride end Ribes express gratitude for the guests, happy ending, this act is called "weddings married."

The next morning, the new wife boil Ribes worship relatives. A few days later the couple with back home, Meet the father-in-law, her husband returned today, commonly known as "three in the back door."

Funeral, also known as "white wedding." First gray bags, paper money, coins cushion in place when encoffining coffin, crying and Spirit Gun, wrapped in blankets and then placed in the coffin of the deceased, the children cut their clothes, on the side of the dead, and finally covered with coffin cover.

After the death of the elderly, with white paper to write on, "when event" in the name to the first door, door stickers Ying funeral Union. Hair in public places obituary and servant heard dispatch of relatives, families and friends. Walking through the countryside newspaper, commonly known as "Xiao see."

After the elderly funeral, the families of the deceased and the following direct blood relatives, all the white plain crown, tied with twine or rope, in some places Hing top white or black sleeves wear, collectively, the "Pimadaixiao."

Day hanging open, the bereaved family and relatives of equipment set up refreshments, paper incense, candles, firecrackers, elegiac couplet, filial piety cloth, lay the dead hanging. Dutiful son turns paternity coffin, day and night separated. Relatives and friends came to condole, it is a peer who bowed, then kneel younger, dutiful son to Huibai. Towns, offices and factories, by way of flowers circle to open memorial service will be called "the hanging lay."

Before the funeral, relatives and friends went to the funeral home, accompanied by vigils, while playing drums, sing some songs filial piety, in turn be kept, but also distribute candy, eat "midnight meal" sing until dawn, folk called "sing the song of filial piety" or " No. sing the song, "" downtown funeral song. " Now this custom is still urban and rural areas.

When the funeral, relatives, family members, friends lift elegiac couplet, with the coffin funeral wreaths. Spread all the way to paper money, firecrackers, until the cemetery or funeral home. After this funeral affairs, dutiful son Pimadaixiao, in the "total Diao" guided bow to each funeral banquet, expressed gratitude to friends and relatives, while escorted to the wind and percussion music, folk known as "Xie Xiao."

Health downtown funeral

This is the oldest Xing'an, unique folk customs. People to old age, some of the rural elderly woman had no children, was auspicious choose, invited a bunch of friends and family, held during his lifetime for his funeral.

That day, "funeral home" in front is temporarily placed a large board (some with life coffin), covered with mats and blankets, the owner peacefully lying on top., Pretending passed away. Who participated in downtown funeral burning fragrance, paper money, big release sadness; host funeral oration ready for the "deceased" old feats, Turn Undead, this ritual scene is very moving. Shou-old male experienced a funeral, but a lifetime wish.

Health downtown stop mourning, the owner repairing banquet, hosted friends and relatives to come to the festival, reportedly born downtown funeral can exorcise of good fortune, good health and longevity.

Chimi Fen blind date

Lingqu people on both sides, special love rice, all year round, eat a hundred tire. Young men and women in love in the past, most like to go to the streets to a blind date. If spotted, the man sure to face in front of a matchmaker, please go to Chimi Fen woman, the woman ate rice, the marriage will pick up three fingers snail, shoo. Conversely, if the man would not please the woman Chimi Fen, or the man invited the woman and do not want to receive this love, that this marriage ten eight or nine is a "blow" the. Xing'an mean when they say "rice bowl set for life", this simple quaint custom of dating, older people have been inherited. Of course, now the rural young men and women free love, no matchmaker Yue He, but to the street to meet, it must be Xing'an rice to eat.

Send Baba to go pro

Xing'an Baba is a local traditional food, but also the first month-to-door visiting relatives essential gifts. After the twelfth lunar month every year, every household to play Baba, Baba refined it from a pure glutinous rice, a small general four or five double, big reunion to put ten pounds, all shiny sleek, scrub can be grilled or cooked, tastes sweet and delicious. Zouqinfangyou January day, put on a package brown sugar, bacon, and one of nine Baba (meaning long length) to go visit. In addition, there are young couples wedding day of the first month of the New Year-to-door, to give the younger elders to send large reunion Baba, meaning the couple and live in harmony, unity and happiness, so Xing'an Baba became a visiting friends and relatives of the superior gifts; but also become thousands years whom unchanged folk customs and life.

Sharing the "Four Hills meat"

In ancient times, Baiyue people to reclaim planting a living, then around the mountains to hunt during the off-season, the guardian of crops. Mountain people who have a custom that those who prey name, first head cut off to worship gods (Buddha land), then awarded to the Gunners hit prey; the remaining points to the mountain, whether old rare a portion. At night, to get the jackpot hunters repairing banquet, dinner the other gunman, eating the ancients called the "Four Hills meat."

Share "Four Hills meat", which is the guardian of the mountain people who live in harmony ancient custom homes.