What are the customs of the Naxi people

Customs of the Naxi people: 1, the Naxi people returned from the hunt, all the pedestrians can share a share of the prey. The Naxi people used to have three meals a day, the staple food is mainly wheat, corn and rice, and they use "three stacks of water" to entertain their guests, generally using three different sizes of bowls to hold food, forming three levels of height.3 The Naxi people generally have to go through the process of betrothal, invitation to bride, wedding ceremony, and so on, and the people with the same surname and different clans have to go through the process of wedding. Wedding program, people with different clans of the same surname can intermarry, but intermarriage between the same clan is prohibited.

Most of the Naxi dwellings are made of earth and wood, and the following forms are more common: three houses and one wall, four houses and five patios, front and back yards, one house and two yards, etc. Among them, three houses and one wall is the most common form. Among them, Sanfang Yizhaobi is the most basic and common form of Naxi houses in Lijiang.

The Naxi people celebrate the Spring Festival by slaughtering chickens on New Year's Eve, feeding the dogs with rice and meat, worshipping Zaojun with a pig's head, and then sacrificing their ancestors. The first day of vegetarian, do not go out, the whole family with poi, vegetables, wine and other things to the ancestors' graves to pay homage to the New Year. On the second day of the month, they wash their heads and feet. On the third day of the lunar month, the whole village is dedicated to the same activity, and in some places, only men are allowed to participate in the festival. The purpose of the festival is to pray for the prosperity of people and animals and a good harvest. From the first to the fifteenth are not labor, play at home, the young people with the custom of singing or archery and other recreational activities.

"Three Duo" is the Naxi national faith in the national protection of God, also known as "Apu three Duo", meaning "ancestors (or grandfather) three Duo". Legend has it that he belongs to the sheep, is a god of war. Every year on February 8 and August Sheep Day of the lunar calendar, the people of the four townships to the three Duo Pavilion to burn incense; Naxi people who go out to the three Duo Pavilion to worship, and seek blessings from the three gods.