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Tujia Nationality
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lives a brave minority on the beautiful and fertilized ground in Hubei Province
and Hunan Province, which is named Tujia.
They call themselves ' Bizika', which means native, and they call the Han nationality 'Hakka'. Two thousand years ago, they dwell nearby west of Hunan Province and Hubei Province. After five generations, they became steady-going community and became a single nationality. The highland attitude is from four hundred to fifteen hundred with lapping over mountains and Wuling Mountain Chain traversing through. With the flush rainfall and agreeable climate, there is a good place to develop agriculture, forestry, stocking raising and so on.
Their houses build near water and at the foot of mountains, which is named Diaojiao Tower. A house is made up by one hall and two wing-rooms. The hall is a place where to offer sacrifice to ancestor, welcome guests, holding a marriage or a funeral. A house in any measure is built stairs. A board floor is on the bedroom for storing. The wing-rooms for girls, guest room and study room.
Crying marriage is a traditional unique custom. A young girl will learn to cry for her future marriage very early. When she can leave her mother, she will cry a time. Tiao song dance in Qiangjiang area is for a funeral. When some one is dead, his relatives and friends will dance for his funeral all night. The tone of the music is high but not crazy, low but not sorrow. The rhyme is blear and skip. The steps of the dance are fine and smooth.
During every Spring Festival days, millions of people will attend Swaying Hands Dance Collection. The day before the eve of the new year, it is also a year festival. They prepare lots of food, make new dresses for children and buy firecracker and lantern. In table, a meal must be with tuotuo meat and hecai. In some area, they will present flowers to cocks.
one or more jars t pick cabbage and every family dry chilli. He zha is made from soybeans and mixed with leaves of vegetables. They grind corn into powders and brasize it, which is called Bao Guzi Fan, mixed with hazhi is very delicious and nourishing. They like wine on any occasion and they brew sweet wine to entertain guests. You cha soup is also a favorite food. After tea is fried in oil, it is cooked in hot water, and when the fluid turns into brown tea plasm, pour some water to dilute it, next put in fried rice, oil fried bean curd and egg's slice, the attacting You cha soup is ok.
Their religion is affected by that of Hans. They mainly believe in ghost and immortal. They also worship ancestors.
Daughter collections are for young people to fall in love. On that day, young people go to collection. The percent of women is more than the men, so it is called daughter collection. Women get colorful dresses on that day. Young people may find his lover and a married person can communicate with his old lover. Swaying hands dance is an ancient dance, the actions of which include hunting, military affairs, farming and banquet. They rhyme is vivid, the actions are fine, and the postures are simple, which display national character distinctly. During the period of Spring Festival, thousands of participators attend the collection The epic depicts their good wish, oriJingal of human beings. The verse are elegant with histrionic. Folk songs tells their true feeling, so they are entitled 'seas of songs'. Weaving is also more developed. They can weave cloth in hundred designs on.
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