"Mushroom Room" - The Cradle of Hani People
The design and construction of the "Mushroom Room" is the result of the hard work and wisdom of the ancestors of Hani people. The design and construction of the "Mushroom House" are the result of the hard work and wisdom of the Hani ancestors. The Hani "Mushroom House" has good heat preservation and heat dissipation performance due to its special structural form: even in the cold winter, the house will be warm; and in the hot summer, it is very cool inside.
The inner part of the "mushroom house" has three layers: the bottom layer is used to keep the horses and cows, and to pile up the grain boats, plows and harrows and other agricultural tools; the top layer is used to put the grain and firewood; and the middle floor layer is enough for the owner to live in; cooking, resting and meeting guests are all on this layer, and there is a small wooden door on one side of the layer which leads to the flat sun terrace. The middle layer is the main part of the "mushroom room", its setup is very distinctive, especially in the center of the rectangular fire pit that has been jing fire continuously for many years. The fire pit symbolizes the fire-like character of Hani people, the fire-like passion of the people, and the prosperity of the nation. If you come to this ancient dwelling, the hospitable host will invite you to sit around the fire, let you suck on a long water pipe, drink a cup of hot glutinous rice tea, drink a bowl of fragrant "mulled pot wine". Taking advantage of the wine pleasure host "Ha Bajaja (wine song)" voice open, to show you the Hani people like the mourning mountain bamboo has branches and joints have roots of the past and present, and wish guests good luck as you wish, deep friendship long. By the fire, continues a section of the history of the Hani people ......
"Long Street Banquet"--Shenzhou one of the best
"Long Street Banquet "is an ancient and unique Hani folk feast, still circulating in the Hani cottages, it is the main ceremony of the most solemn traditional festival of the Hani people, "Angmadu".
There are many Hani festivals with unique cultural connotations. The festivals are generally combined with the seasonal and important farming activities in the terraced fields, and are closely connected with the national rituals. Among them, the most important "Angmadu", "toil Zaza" and "October Year" 3 major festivals.
"Aung Ma Thu": means to worship the god of the village. In the Hani area, "Ang Ma Thu" is the village of the village of the most solemn collective public worship of the God, generally in the second month of the lunar calendar, the first day of the dragon, is the first year of the full start of farming production of the landmark festival, is the beginning of busy labor before the start of the God of the most grand rituals and the relaxation of the body and mind of the Hani people. Once the "Ang Ma Thu" is over, the intense and busy spring plowing production will be in full swing. The festival culminates in the "Walled God Sacrifice Ceremony" and the characteristic "Long Street Feast". The festival is held in the village's "Zai Shen Lin". "The festival is usually held for three days.
"Toil Zaza" also known as the June year, is by the Hani villages to drive out the evil spirits, blessing the peace of mankind, the development of the six animals, in the first of each year in June of the lunar calendar, the first of the dog day to the day of the rat festival. During the festival, the Hani tribe chooses a spacious lawn in each village, the head of the village or the center of the village as a recreation ground for celebrating the festival, where they set up milling autumns, drums and swings, renovate the god's house, and kill cows for sacrifices. Every family pounds poi, cooks glutinous rice, and drinks stewed pot wine; young people put on colorful and brightly colored costumes and gather in groups to grind autumns, swing on swings, and celebrate the festival on the grinding autumn field. At the end of the three-day festival, the whole village people dressed in festive costumes to grind autumn field, celebrating the festival of Hani people immersed in carnival.
"October year" is called "Gan Tongtong", is the biggest festival of the Hani people, equivalent to the "Spring Festival" of the Han people. October is the Hani calendar in the end of the year, "October year" foot Hani people celebrate the harvest, pray for the next year of rain and wind rituals and national carnival, every year in October of the lunar calendar, the first of the genus Longkou to the genus Horse Day for the festival period. During the festival, every family kills pigs and chickens, makes soup dumplings, pounds poi, honors heaven and earth, and dedicates to ancestors. Relatives and friends treat each other to meals and congratulate each other on the festival. Young men and women are invited to the mountains to play the three strings, play the Ba Wu, sing to the mountains, talk about love, and search for their soulmates.
Flower waist song and dance: ethnic flavor bloom oddball
In the mountainous area in the north of Shiping County, inhabited by Yi Nisu "flower waist people", because the women wear flowers adorned with, beautiful and unique clothing, so there is a "Waist" this title in the long history. In the long history, the Yi people have created a splendid national culture, the flower waist song and dance is one of the most dazzling a wonder.
Floral waist song and dance, Yi live called "Zebi", commonly known as "jumping music". It can be roughly divided into two categories: miscellaneous tunes and large groups of music. Waist song and dance is characterized by: singing and dancing, the word a tune, a tune a dance, dance steps are different, varied, dance a large number of people, the atmosphere is exceptionally warm and joyful, infectious,, villages and cottages, self-contained. Gelao waist song and dance to several people, a dozen people ranging from the circle and dance, four-string accompaniment, dancers chest clapping and music, singing and dancing. The dance steps are varied, smooth feet, joint feet, hook feet, forked feet, shaking feet, flinging feet, half squatting, swinging buttocks, wai knee, a variety of combinations of movements, infinite variations, the atmosphere of the scene is very warm and cheerful.
"Yang Ana"
The "Valentine's Day"
"Yi Che" is a branch of the Hani tribe. is a branch of the Hani ethnic group, who mainly live in the area of Yangjie Township, Honghe County. Yicha people have many traditional ethnic festivals, the most distinctive of which is to be counted in the Hani Lover's Day - "Yang Ana" girl festival, every year after the completion of rice-planting in March of the lunar calendar, the first monkey day, the Yicha people have to hold a "March Festival! "The The outside world is called "Girl's Day", and the Hani language is called "Yang Ana". That is after the labor, a large social event for young men and women, is a light love to say love, brewing the fruits of love event.
This year's "Yang Ana" is scheduled for May 1st. On this day, the sky is clear, in the square of the township of Da Yangjie held a cultural performance, all the young men and women dressed up Yiche have to "girl mountain" forward, began their "love date". The whole mountain is full of songs and laughter, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, all kinds of activities are carried out in their own unique way. On the top of the mountain, the brave Yiche youth singing a melodious ancient tune, while raising a cup of wine, from the sitting around the table, boldly to sit across from the desired girl to song to show love, and ask the girl to drink the wine in his hands, to accept his love.
On the other side, the powerful and fast-paced sound of drums tells us that there are men and women dancing and reveling in the Yicha. The men were playing the traditional cowhide drums, "dong dong dong dong", which was their message to the gods, while the Yicha men and women, in pairs, danced and danced. The whole mountain is crowded, the Upper Train girls wearing strings of silver jewelry moving with the wind, in the dense forests that do not see clearly let a person listen to know that they are here; the Upper Train men's songs are through the mountains across the forest straight into the heart of the girl, I do not know to whom it is to express their love ......
"Yann A Na The "Yang Ana" is an annual event that has been going on since the Yicha people migrated here a thousand years ago. "Yang" means gathering of people, "A" means fun, and "Na" means rest. The influence of the matriarchal society is still present in the Upper House, where women are highly respected, and the festival is called "Girl's Day" because it focuses on girls.
"Men's Day" - interpretation of the Dai, Zhuang folklore legend
Located in the Sino-Vietnamese border line of the rice township is Jinping Miao Yao Dai Autonomous County of a remote mountain township, where live the Dai, Zhuang, Lahu and other 6 ethnic minorities. Every year at the beginning of the second month of the lunar calendar, the Dai and Zhuang compatriots in the township celebrate their own traditional festival - "Men's Day".
Legend has it that a long, long time ago, in order to resist foreign intrusion, defend the homeland, the men spontaneously organized, take up the sword and gun into battle. When the victory, triumphant return, the traditional Spring Festival has been over a month, in order to comfort the heroes, mourning the sacrifice of the brave, the women met at the end of the first month of the lunar calendar to the beginning of February, specially for the men to hold more than the Spring Festival is also a grand celebration, named "Men's Day". From then on, "Men's Day" will continue to this day.