Shepama and Shemima in the Founding Myth of Achang Nationality

In ancient times, there was no heaven and earth but chaos, and there was no light, no up and down, no support, only a vast expanse.

I don't know when a white light comes out of chaos, so with light, there is naturally darkness. And with darkness, there is yin and yang, and yin and yang coexist, giving birth to God Gai Palma and Mother Earth Gai Rice and Ma.

Zapama, with a whip in his hand, moved mountains and opened rivers to fly. He made gold sand into the sun, silver sand into the moon, and tore off his breasts to make mountains. He threw a mountain whip and threw thousands of stars in the air, creating the sky, the sun, the moon and the stars.

His breath turned into white clouds, and his sweat turned into endless rain. He lifted the moon and put it on the top of the moon to give it a rest. He lifted the sun and put it on the Sun Mountain, so that the sun also had a rest place.

He planted a Alsophila spinulosa tree between two mountains, and let the sun and the moon revolve around the Alsophila spinulosa tree. The sun comes out during the day and the moon comes out at night.

He also sent four gods, east, west, north and south, to live in the four corners of the sky.

While Zapama made the sky, Zamima, the mother of the earth, began to make the earth. She used her throat as a shuttle to pluck hair from her face and weave the earth. The blood on her face turned into rivers and seas, and her body propped up the earth.

The sky is made, the earth is woven, and heaven and earth meet at the endless top of the mountain in the middle of the earth. They got married. A few years later, Mama Shemi gave birth to a gourd, and Mama Shepa buried it in the ground.

A few years later, the gourd sprouted and blossomed, forming a big gourd, and nine little dolls jumped out of the gourd. This is primitive man.

Shamima taught them to carve wood to keep records, and used divination and cooperation to drive away diseases and disasters. Zapama taught them to hunt, cook and build houses.

Since then, human beings have begun to multiply.

When I first read this story, I found it particularly interesting. Kind of like the story of Adam and Eve. More specifically, God built Parma, and after Mom built Mima, they gave birth to a gourd together. Seeing the plot of Huluzi, I can't help but think of the cartoon-Huluwa.

As a multi-ethnic country, there are many interesting stories among different ethnic groups. These stories are particularly interesting for us to understand the customs and culture of this country.

Achang nationality is a unique minority in Yunnan province, and its population is not large at present. They mainly live in Dehong Prefecture of Yunnan Province and the border between China and Myanmar.

It is said that I used to live mainly in high mountains. No wonder there are many plots related to mountains in the story.

March 20th every year is the oldest and most traditional festival of Achang nationality-Aruwolo Festival, which is a festival unified with the traditional Huijie Festival by Achang nationality to commemorate the legendary human ancestors Zapama and Zamima Wolo Festival.

On this day, people put on beautiful clothes, laugh, sing and dance, which is very lively.

It is said that this nation's forging tools are highly skilled, which makes people yearn for it.