Thank the matchmaking rituals, nothing more than to give the matchmaker to send sugar and wine and so on, have not really seen to the matchmaker's home to send a pig's head.
However, in addition to these regular gifts, there is one thing that is essential in this part of Phoenix, which is the pig's head.
Phoenix people believe that the head is the most important part of a creature, but also the most important part of the essence, so if you kill the chicken head, always be dedicated to the elders, the fish head always leave the young children to eat, it is to honor the old and love the young. The pig's head is dedicated to the matchmaker, is to thank the matchmaker to matchmaking, is the most sincere thanks to the matchmaker's gift.
Phoenix seventh strange: love in the middle of the river
The first time I saw the ancient city of Phoenix outside the Tuojiang River on top of pedestrians constantly walking from the river, is very puzzled, amazed by the sky! Thought the Phoenix people even have water walking stunts, and later found that the original Tuojiang River, called a jumping rock crossing facilities, is in the water every foot or so distance, buried a square stone columns, water from the stone columns between the flow, people from the stone columns on the walk, because the water level and stone columns just flush, from time to time, there are river water diffuse on the stone columns to the foot of the river can be felt in the soup soup, cool air along the pants on the percolating, have some fun, and the ancient city of Phoenix, the river is the center of the river. I can't see the stone pillar from afar, only to see the people from the water to go.
But the most thrilling part of the rock hopping is nothing more than walking in opposite directions, in the river to make way for the narrow stone columns, often need to be careful. At this point, the woman is most likely to jump. Many of the first Phoenix couples holding hands in the center of the rock jump to achieve a breakthrough. The situation: the woman is forced by the situation, to find security; the man has been planning for a long time, and can't wait, two hands together, love is born.
Phoenix eighth strange: the knife mountain under the sea of fire pedal
On the knife mountain under the sea of fire before just in the TV to hear some of the jianghu people to repay the benefactor of a promise, what on the knife mountain under the sea of fire in the resignation and so on, in the Phoenix Ancient City, but really have on the knife mountain under the sea of fire. Phoenix Hmong, there is the so-called "old division", that is, in a series of major events such as rituals to drive away the ghosts, prayers, blessings of the magician.
"Lao Si" practice and singing and dancing, there are stunts, such as eating fire coals, eating bowls, touching the oil pot, chest broken stone, fixed rooster, the most extreme than on the mountain and under the sea of fire (this kind of secret skills CCTV has a special program reported).
The so-called knife on the mountain, also known as the knife ladder, knife ladder by a 10-meter-high iron column, 72 incomparably sharp steel knives and the top of the top side of the 3 chilling steel fork composition.
Miao Lao Si dressed in national costume, barefoot, bare bladder, have done the rituals and read the scriptures, after the hands grabbed the silver, chilly knife blade step by step, climbed up to thirty-six cross-cutting knife, to the top, cross-body lying on the top of the knife and fork, the knife and fork can be rotated, but also rotated a few times, to set up a more thrilling posture and action. The viewers all look nervous, but the old division of the natural demeanor, such as walking on level ground.
And under the sea of fire, also known as stepping on the plowshare, under the sea of fire show, performers to step over the fire burned for an hour and a half, red and incomparable several pieces of iron plate (Xiangxi region, mostly plow iron plowshare plowing as props). The iron plates are placed on a long wooden board, and because of the extremely high temperature, once the iron plates are placed on the board, the board immediately bursts into flames. The performers take turns stepping over the hot iron plate with their feet. After the performance, they not only to raise their legs to show people without damage to the bare feet, but also put the hot iron plate into a large basin full of green water, suddenly the water in the large basin by the iron plate burned boiling up, bubbling up the rolling water bubbles; white mist also rises up.
Going up the mountain of knives and going down to the sea of fire are the two secret skills of the Hmong people, and the performance process has accumulated skills, guts and work, which is a masterpiece.
Phoenix, the ninth strange: beauty on the "jingdang" wear
Phoenix County, known as Phoenix Miao Autonomous County, naturally, is to the Miao as the main ethnic minorities, we all know that the Miao people have an indissoluble love affair with silver jewelry.
Phoenix Miao beauty, are happy to wear silver jewelry, silver jewelry all handmade, fine workmanship, some accessories with silver wire winding and become, Miao silver jewelry craftsmen only by hand to play the silver wire, can be as fine as hair.
A full set of Miao silver jewelry, from head to toe, nowhere not decorated. In addition to head ornaments, chest and neck ornaments, hand ornaments, clothing ornaments, back ornaments, waist pendant ornaments, individual places and foot ornaments, the total weight of several pounds, of which the most handsome and exquisite, no more than the crown.
When the Miao festivals, the girls are wearing silver jewelry, fair and handsome, handsome and moving, silver jewelry on the small bells and accessories with the girl's footsteps and hit each other, issued a crisp "ding dong" sound, very beautiful. If it is a group of girls, the sound is as pleasant as a symphony.
Phoenix tenth strange: Wo Wo Lane out of the generals
Phoenix word "Wo Wo Lane" is to refer to and inconspicuous and remote small alley and the meaning of the alley. Phoenix people since ancient times, the ancient city of Phoenix for military construction, the first barracks army, and then there are cities and residents, the history of Phoenix, almost everyone's life revolves around the army and the existence of the military, or their own family members in the military, or for the army to provide services and supplies, when the military to become the only way out of the age of the Phoenix men, the Phoenix went out of the first batch of characters are generals.
But these people, many born very humble. Wo Wo Lane out of the generals, that is, these generals are often born and inconspicuous, and even very humble, just the historical wind and clouds, coupled with their own bravery, often end up with a gunshot wound in exchange for a reputation and legend, so that their children and grandchildren can be among the so-called upper class society.
Such as the suppression of the Taiping Army in Guangxi and ultimately did the governor of Guizhou, General Tian Xingshu, this is just a barracks cut horse grass boy, Shen Congwen's grandfather, Shen Hongfu, governor of Guizhou is just a common farmer in the village of Zhongzhai in the south of the city of Phoenix. Phoenix generals, many of which were born. Probably born in the "Wo Wo Lane", growing up in the bottom, so in the willpower and determination from childhood to get exercise, suitable for the occupation of the general.
From the end of the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, the generals who went out of the Phoenix army were probably more than three to four hundred. Only the Republic of China, major generals and above, there are nearly a hundred soldiers, including a number of members of the League of Nations, the Whampoa Military Academy members and war heroes. Until the nineties, there is still a residential house near the square of Phoenix ancient city with the sign of the Phoenix Fellowship of the Whampoa Military Academy, this famous school in such a remote Phoenix can actually have so many cadets and set up a fellowship, which is also rare in the country.
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Source: Baidu information collation /