What are the taboos of the Miao people during the New Year?
As mentioned before, different ethnic groups have different preferences when celebrating the New Year, so let’s take a look at the taboos that the Miao people have when celebrating the New Year. The festive culture of the Chinese New Year is rich and colorful, and extraordinary. If you want to know more related content, just search in the 2019 Chinese New Year and Spring Festival special topic carefully compiled by Shuimoxiansheng.com!What are the taboos for the Miao people during the New Year?1. On the first day of the Spring Festival, people are not allowed to use knives, carry water, sweep the floor, knock on the walls, wear shoes instead of going barefoot, eat rice cakes, and wash water cannot be poured outside the house. Women cannot go to other people's homes. 2. Do not dry clothes in the village from the first to the third day of the Chinese New Year. It is believed that if you do so, there will be thunder and strong winds that will blow down the houses. Women are not allowed to use needles and thread at home, but they can use them outside. Women doing needlework outside is what some people call "zuonian" (a transliteration of the Chinese meaning). 3. During festivals (especially the Spring Festival), you are not allowed to fight or say unlucky words. 4. When guests come to the house, the male host will accompany the male guests during the meal, while the female guests will be accompanied by the female host. Violating this rule is considered impolite. 5. It is not advisable for a woman who has just given birth to someone to visit other people’s homes. If there is a woman who has just given birth in the house, a "straw sign" will be inserted in front of the door to indicate that outsiders are not allowed to enter the house, but relatives are allowed. 6. Women should not sit on the same bench with their elders.What are the customs of the Miao New Year?1. The Hundred Lions Meeting The most interesting folk activity of the Miao New Year custom is the Hundred Lions Meeting. Miao people from the surrounding villages and towns dance with nearly a hundred or dozens of lions and gather in traditional villages or towns, beating gongs and drums, firing ground guns and muskets, almost turning the world upside down. 2. Setting off firecrackers to usher in the new year is a very important New Year custom of the Miao ethnic group. The time is at 12 o'clock on the night of New Year's Eve (that is, 0 o'clock on the first day of the following year), when firecrackers are set off to usher in the new year! There are many rules for ushering in the new year. Setting off firecrackers too early is not good, as it is equivalent to sending away the old year; setting off firecrackers too late is not good, as it is equivalent to others having snatched the new year away. So you must wait until 12 o'clock on time to set off the fireworks together. The custom of setting off firecrackers to usher in the new year is very common in both urban and rural areas. 3. Eating family dinner The Miao ethnic group is a hospitable nation. For thousands of years, the Miao people have followed a rule: in the same village, no matter which family has guests or how many guests there are, every household in the village must take turns to invite them and use all they have to warmly entertain the guests. Guests who are invited must never make excuses to refuse, otherwise they will be considered as looking down on others. Guests accept the invitation but do not need to bring any gifts. They can only say goodbye and go home after every household has eaten. The Miao people call their way of entertaining guests "Nong Lierang", which literally means "eating Pai family food" in Chinese. The village with more households and the longer time it keeps guests for "family meals" has a higher reputation. Not only are there people who listen to what you say and help you with things, but it is also much easier for young men to find a partner than in other villages. |
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