Where is Buyi village?

Buyi people have a population of nearly 55,000, mainly living in Qujing, Wenshan and Honghe. The Buyi stockade was built by the water, and the two houses were loyal to the folk architecture, realizing the perfect combination of Qionglong system and board house system. The winding path of the waterside cloister in the village is secluded, which is not only the concentration of folk customs, but also the creation of garden landscape, which is quite representative.

National architecture

The distinctive feature of Buyi folk houses is that they live by mountains and rivers. Most houses are dry-fence buildings or half-story stone houses. Stone slab houses are made of stone strips or stones, and the wall height can reach five or six meters; Slate paving, neat diamond paving or scale paving, stone houses are not only weathertight, but also simple and beautiful.

Religious belief

Historically, Buyi people believed in polytheism, worshipped their ancestors, and believed in land gods, offering sacrifices to strange stones, trees, mountains, rivers, wells, caves and bronze drums. Popular "chicken divination", "egg divination", "wool divination" and "copper coin divination". Men who engage in divination and sacrifice are called "Laomo" and women are called "Milla". When encountering diseases, natural disasters or ominous signs, please ask "Lao Mo" and "Milla" to exorcise ghosts and sweep the village for blessing. Totems include dragons, eagles and tigers. Because people believe that dragons can conserve water and prevent floods, the worship of dragons is more prominent. In modern times, Catholicism was introduced into Yunnan and some Buyi people converted to Catholicism.

language

Buyi language belongs to the Zhuang-Dai branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family Zhuang-Dong language family and has no national language, so Chinese is widely used now.

marriage customs

Buyi people's marriage is monogamous, and it is forbidden to intermarry with the same clan or surname, and there is a custom of "aunt and uncle expressing marriage" and a system of passing on brothers and sisters. When engaged, the man's parents entrusted the matchmaker to the woman's house to send some gifts such as wine and meat rakes. If the other party agrees, the second matchmaker will verify the "eight characters" of both men and women, and if they match, they can choose the wedding date. Pay special attention to the number of "six" or "double", because "six" is the homonym of Lu, which means that both of them are blessed after marriage. When getting married, the groom does not say hello to the bride, but only invites a few lovers to say hello. Brides usually walk to the man's house with umbrellas, and some ride horses in sedan chairs. On the wedding day, newlyweds don't-they will go back to their parents' home the next day.

Dress

Both men and women like to wear blue, blue, black and white clothes. Young and middle-aged men often wear headscarves, double-breasted jackets (or long-breasted robes), headscarves and trousers. Most elderly people wear double-breasted jackets or robes. Women's clothing varies from place to place. Some women wear right-handed clothes, trousers or pleated skirts, as well as silver bracelets, earrings, collars and other jewelry. Some like to embroider clothes, while others like to wrap their heads with white towels.

culture

Buyi's poems include ancient songs, narrative poems, wine songs, vegetable songs, love songs and nursery rhymes. Buyi people like to sing, and "March 3rd" is a traditional song meeting. There are many ethnic and folk musical instruments, and ancient bells have been unearthed; The bronze drums, Xiao Jie, ukulele and oral strings in the past dynasties are quite distinctive. Buyi embroidery and brocade have a long history, exquisite skills and rich contents, and are often used as clothing, curtains, door curtains, quilts, pillowcases, headscarves and uppers. Buyi bamboo weaving is exquisite and has a wide range of uses, especially bucket sticks, summer sleeping mats, lunch boxes and schoolbags. The stone carving and wood carving skills of Buyi people are complex and diverse, which has high artistic value.

prescribe a diet

Buyi people generally like to eat glutinous rice. Cold dishes, frozen meat with moss and bean jelly are Buyi people's favorite foods. Sauerkraut and sour soup are almost essential for every meal, especially for women. There are also blood tofu, fresh bamboo shoots, and various flavor dishes processed by insects. Everyone is good at making pickles, bacon and lobster sauce, and the unique pickle "hydrochloric acid" is famous at home and abroad. Traditional snacks such as rice noodles, bait pieces, pea powder and rice cakes.

singing and dancing

Buyi people love to sing, and their simple and melodious songs will reverberate everywhere on the moonlit night when labor and production become festive festivals or lovers meet. Buyi songs are basically divided into major and minor.

festival

Except New Year's Day, Duanyang and Mid-Autumn Festival, the traditional festivals of Buyi nationality are basically the same as those of Han nationality, and there are festivals with their own national characteristics such as February 2nd, March 3rd, April 8th, June 6th and June 24th, and Cow King Festival.

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