Local customs and customs

Women in Sanya, Hainan have always been frugal. Their diet is mainly light seafood, supplemented by vegetables, wild vegetables and fruits, and they never overeat. Besides, they have scientific hair care, which keeps them young, healthy and long-lived. As early as before the Qing Dynasty, they knew how to use castor oil and vanilla to nourish their hair and beauty. According to the records of Yazhou in Qing Dynasty, "Ricinus communis has purple stems or blue leaves. The seeds can be oil. Women take it and moisten it. " "Vanilla, which is bluegrass. Purple stems, flat branches, red nodes, green leaves, opposite nodes, fine teeth, aroma. The woman soaked the leaves in oil and painted them. " During the harvest season of castor, they collected fresh, mature and hardened castor capsules from hillside and Tanobe, and exposed them to the sun for three to five days. The shell naturally cracks, and the seeds are taken away and left behind. Then use tools such as stone mortar to grind the seeds into mud, then steam them in an iron pot to extract castor oil to moisten hair and beautify.

Every morning, dressing up is essential for women in Sanya. They comb their hair smooth first, and then drop a small amount of castor oil on their palms. After their hands are adjusted evenly, they apply them to the back of their hair repeatedly, then comb them back and forth repeatedly, and finally go out to work. More young Asian women collect herbs from the wild, and dip their leaves in castor oil and smear them on their hair, which not only adds touch to their hair, but also has a refreshing fragrance.

The Miao people in Sanya were called Man Jing and Miaoli in ancient times. Miao ancestors came from Guangxi as soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, and then settled in Sanya, living in the mountains, with their own unique costumes, songs and dances, festivals, weddings and funerals. There is a traditional Miao festival called "March 3rd", and it is also interesting to watch "Sister Festival". Every year from March 15 to 18 of the lunar calendar, Miao girls wear national costumes and happily go to tourists (synonymous with free love between young men and women) to sing folk songs, play lusheng and dance lusheng. At this time, not only the native youth can freely express their love with the objects they admire, but strangers of different nationalities can also talk about duets freely, and the people are not allowed to interfere.

Miao people are monogamous in marriage. Most marriages are concluded by young men and women through singing and free love, but they all go through the procedures of divination, fortune telling and gift giving. Some people, because they have no children, recruit a son-in-law to take over the heir. Some men are poor and can't afford the dowry, so they work in the woman's house for several years. Now Miao people also intermarry with Han and Li nationalities. Miao women wear collarless clothes, a silk bag tied around their waist, short skirts, hair tied on their heads and a square head with patterns, which is very distinctive.

The Spring Festival of Miao nationality is similar to that of Han nationality. In late December of the lunar calendar, every household cooks glutinous rice and buys new year's goods. Married women also go back to their parents' homes with their husbands, and they can't go back to their in-laws' homes until the seventh day of the first month.

Miao people's religious belief is mainly ancestor worship, and they make zongzi on the second day of February and the sixth day of June every year. Nature worship also occupies an important position.

Sanya is home to many ethnic groups, such as Han, Li, Hui and Miao. Until now, ethnic minorities in many villages still retain their unique culture and customs. Rich local flavor, colorful national customs and colorful national arts have attracted a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists to visit.

It is the earliest resident of Hainan Island. Their living, diet, clothing, marriage, festivals and other aspects have unique customs. In the early days, the Li family used thatch, mud and bamboo to imitate the shape of a boat to build a living room; Looking for slimming bamboo rice, Shan Lan glutinous rice wine, sweet cakes, etc. ; Clothing is generally hand-woven brocade of Li nationality, and Li women are used to wearing floral towels, shells, corals, two bells, pearls and other ornaments on their tops and skirts; Li women used to have the traditional habit of tattooing, but now it is rare. The bamboo hats of the Li nationality are also very distinctive. The traditional festival of Li nationality is "March 3", and the traditional dances include "firewood dance", "rice paste dance" and "Qianling double knife dance", which are rich in national roots and have strong artistic charm.

Li nationality is one of the ethnic minorities with a long history in China. In China's ancient books, besides the Han nationality, there are many different names for the aborigines of Hainan Island. In the Western Han Dynasty, they were called "Li" and "Ren". Sui and Tang dynasties were called "slang" and "Liao". However, most of these appellations were general terms for some ethnic minorities in southern China at that time, not specifically Li nationality. The word "Li" first appeared in the literature of the late Tang Dynasty.

Why is it called "Li"? Some people think this is because the place where they live is called "Li" or "Limu". Others think that "Li" is transformed from the ancient "slang" sound. Due to the differences in distribution areas, dialects and costumes, Li people have formed different dialect areas and have different appellations, such as filial piety, Qi, Mobil, Run and Sai. However, when Li communicates with Han nationality and other nationalities, it is generally called "Sai". The evolution of Li nationality's name may be related to the pronunciation changes of Li nationality's self-proclaimed "Sai" in different periods. Before the Sui Dynasty, it might sound like "slang", and in the Middle Ages it sounded like "Li". The reason why "Li" is mistaken for "Li" is because the ancient people corrected the word "Li" according to the actual pronunciation advocated by the Li nationality at that time, so "Li" and "Li" are transliteration advocated by the Li nationality.

Li nationality is the earliest resident of Hainan Island. The history of Li nationality in Hainan Island can be traced back to the Neolithic Age of primitive society or earlier. The Li people have always regarded themselves as aborigines, calling other ethnic groups on the island "beauties" (meaning of guests). The Li nationality is closely related to the Zhuang, Dong, Shui, Dai and Buyi ethnic groups in southern China who speak Sino-Tibetan Zhuang and Dong languages. It developed from the ancient Baiyue nationality, especially with Luoyue, a branch of Baiyue.