Daur nationality data

According to 1998 statistics, there are 58,000 Daur people in Xinjiang, mainly living in Tacheng County, and a few in Huocheng and Urumqi. Most of them are descendants of garrison troops sent by the Qing Dynasty from the northeast, mainly farmers. The Daur nationality is rich in folk stories and legends, and it is also a nation that loves art.

The Daur nationality belongs to the Mongolian language family of Altai language family. Because the Daur people in Xinjiang have lived and worked with the local people of all ethnic groups for a long time, quite a few of them can also speak Chinese, Mongolian, Uygur, Kazakh and other languages. The Daur people borrowed Manchu in the Qing Dynasty, and Chinese was widely used after the Revolution of 1911.

Daur costumes are similar to Mongolian costumes. Including pasta, such as meat and milk.

The Daur people practice monogamy. Marriage with the same surname is forbidden. When a man and a woman get married, they have to go through three stages: engagement, ceremony and marriage. According to the traditional custom, the man meets the rising sun to pick up the bride and wishes the new family as happy as the rising sun.

The funeral custom is to bury in coffins, and the children of the deceased are in mourning. There used to be a custom that men killed horses after death and women killed cows after death.

Respecting the elderly, helping each other and being hospitable are the fine traditional customs of Daur nationality.

The religious concept of Daur people is relatively weak, and they used to believe in Shamanism and Lamaism.

The biggest festival of Daur nationality is. On the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month of the Spring Festival, we will worship our ancestors and sweep the graves, and we will play all night at night. On the first day of New Year's Day, people dress up early in the morning, and the younger generation pays New Year greetings to their elders. Then both men and women put it on their faces. It is said that whoever doesn't wipe his face will have a bad year.

The folk songs Za Ender, Da Ao and the dance Ahanbul are the favorite songs and dances of the Daur people.