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Yugur Nationality

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In the middle of Gansu Province, lives long history of Yugur ethnic minority nationality. The colorful costume is full of character. A man always have a long gown with red or blue waistband; and wear a white terai in summer and autumn. When it is in winter, no matter men or women wear windsnow hats and have high canister shoes. A woman is also wear long gown with embroidered design. The long gown is normal in green or blue; a bright color jacket be worn out the long gown. She also wear a hat with decoration of lace, flowery design. Women in attire wear wide edge hats with red big tassel.

Yugurs' are kind to visitors and keep custom of toast. Ghee tea is to welcome a guest, and he will be invited to eat grasping food and be toasted a double.

Because of a stock raising nationality, they have over three times tea and a meal a day.

The staple-food is rice and flour and non-staple foodstuffs are milk and meat. There is not only for drink but also to fulfill stomach.
The way of making tea is to put smashed tea leaves into a boiler with cool water, and then put in some grass fruits, Jingger and so on. When the boiler is boiled, mix salt and milk, a scoop stirs frequently. Put fried flour, ghee, and other things in a bowl, then pour the boiled milk tea; a meal is finished. They have tea as breakfast in morning. At noon, tea and flour food is for lunch. In afternoon, again they have a meal of tea. At night, a family sit around to have dinner with cooked rice, noodle and other flour cakes.

A wedding ceremony is very joyful. The bride's family takes it important to accompany. They ride horse or camels. in the way, the bridegroom will present Hada to the bride's friend and relatives, after then they go to the bridegroom's house. During the course, many chasing acts bring happiness.

They carry on nature bury and burning bury. When a nature bury, the dead will be pulled down from cliffs to present to the nature. When a burning bury, the dead body will be binding into shape of a embryo, which they called passing away, and then the body will be put into a coffin made by a piece of white cloth to be burned.

New Festival is the most important. Every family clear house in and out, prepare food, firecracker, ghee light, and so on. A whole family will sit around to have family reunion dinner; and then they celebrate a new year coming with happy songs. On New Year Day, they sacrifice to gods. Jiaozi is for breakfast. Visiting friends and relative are beJingning.

They have colorful oral literature.
Plastic arts is good among them. They can weave kinds of bags, carpets and embroider beautiful designs.

They believe in Lama