The Tujia people, who call themselves "Bizka", were historically known as "Wuling Man" or "Wuxi Man", and are descendants of the ancient Ba people. More than 50% of the population in Yinjiang County is Tujia. Tujia songs and dances include folk songs, weeping wedding songs, coir yangko, hand-waving dance, eight-treasure bell dance, maogusi, flesh lotus, etc., and are accompanied by unique suona, Konoha, and dongdongquin musical instruments.
As early as more than 2,000 years ago, the ancestors of the Tujia nationality flourished in Guizhou and other Wuling Mountain areas, gradually forming a single ethnic group and living together with the Han and other ethnic minorities. The Tujia people in Guizhou are distributed in Yinjiang and Yanhe counties. The Tujia people have their own language, which belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The vast majority speak Chinese. They do not have their own written language, and they generally use Chinese.
Tujia Etiquette
Tujia people attach great importance to etiquette. They should greet each other when they meet. If there are visitors at home, they must treat them warmly. The Tujia people usually live a simple life, but if guests arrive, they will first drink a bowl of glutinous rice wine in summer and a bowl of steamed dumplings soaked in boiling water in winter, and then entertain the guests with fine wine and delicacies. Generally speaking, inviting guests to tea means eating camellia oleifera, glutinous rice balls, glutinous rice balls, poached eggs, etc. The Tujia people worship their ancestors and also believe in ghosts and gods.
Tujia Festivals
The Tujia people have the same ethnic festivals as the Han, Miao, Dong and other brother ethnic groups, but also have their own unique ethnic festivals; they have the same festivals as everywhere. , and there are special festivals in various places. The main festivals of the Tujia people include the New Year, Ox King Festival, Tomb Sweeping Festival, June 6th (dragon robe drying), Daughter's Club, Society Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Half Moon Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiaonian Festival, etc.
Tujia Food
Tujia people eat rice and cereals as staple food, and wheat, sweet potato and potato as non-staple food. They generally like sour and spicy food, with distinctive local characteristics; rich dishes It is colorful and has strong national characteristics; the tea culture and wine culture are colorful; the iron, wooden and bamboo utensils in the eating utensils and cooking utensils have their own characteristics; and the cooking methods are flexible and diverse.
Tujia Handicrafts
Tujia arts and crafts include Tujia brocade, cross-stitch, embroidery, pottery, printing and dyeing, carving, weaving and other categories. They have been created and enjoyed by generations of Tujia people. Therefore, it is deeply rooted in the customs and habits of the Tujia people, silently and constantly present in the lives of the Tujia people, and truly expresses the aesthetics and artistic charm of the Tujia people.