Brief introduction of Li nationality's customs, gathering places and major festivals

Li people mainly live in Lingshui, Baoting, Sanya, Ledong, Dongfang, Changjiang, Baisha, Qiongzhong and Wuzhishan in Hainan Province, and the rest are scattered in Wanning, Danzhou, Tunchang and Qionghai provinces in Hainan Province.

2. Customs and habits: dancing

For example, in the firewood dance, two parallel long sticks are arranged on the ground, a few feet apart, and then several people hold several wooden sticks or bamboo poles in their hands and cross them, and the dancers jump in the middle. With the speed of the rhythm, various movements are performed, and the atmosphere is cheerful and lively, and the atmosphere is warm and humorous, which is loved by the majority of Li people.

3. Customs: Marriage customs

Li people have to go through the process of "playing with women" except that both men and women have been engaged since childhood. There is a custom in Li society that boys and girls can't live in their parents' homes when they are thirteen or fourteen years old. Parents should build another small house for them-"Lombdoyle", or boys should go up the mountain to prepare materials and cover them, and women should be covered by their parents.

"Longboudoir" is usually built next to parents' homes or on the edge of villages, and it is only 8 ~ 10 square meters in size. Living in a "boudoir" means that both men and women have grown up and need to have their own world of free communication. There are differences between men and women in "Dragon Robe". Several or even a dozen boys and girls live in the "Dragon Boudoul" where men and women live together. This is a place where young men and women socialize, fall in love, play musical instruments and have sex with songs.

4. Festival: Ox Festival

Li people think that cows are a symbol of wealth and good fortune, so they set up a "cornucopia of cow souls" at home and a cow temple in the village. Every July (Li Li), the Year of the Ox, an evocation ceremony is held. On the day of the Cow Festival, we will build a cowshed, give the cows drinks to keep fit, and gather people to beat gongs and drums and dance happily at night to attract the souls of the cows and wish them a prosperous family. Killing cattle is forbidden in the Year of the Ox.

5. Festival: March 3rd

The third day of the third lunar month is a traditional auspicious festival for Li people to remember their ancestors, celebrate their new life, praise life and pursue love. 1984 The Guangdong Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee and the Guangdong Provincial People's Government agreed to the reports of the former Hainan Li and Miao Autonomous Prefecture People's Congress Standing Committee and the former Hainan Li and Miao Autonomous Prefecture People's Government, and formally designated March 3 every year as the traditional festival of the Li nationality in Hainan. ?

On this day, people must get up early. Women are busy cooking glutinous rice on the mountain and preparing food for the festival. The girl went up the mountain to pick the leaves dyed with rice, and the men worked together, letting dogs go up the mountain to hunt and catching fish in the water. Every household kills chickens to buy meat and wine, and girls dress up, wear gold and silver, sing and dance to celebrate the annual March 3 rd Festival.

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