The strange customs of the ten "last tribes" in China
Most of these "last tribes" have less than a thousand people and cannot even be called "minorities." The special cultural customs they have long inherited have been protected by the poor mountains and mountains for hundreds of years. With the expansion of tourism and the invasion of modern civilization, everything seems particularly precious.
The last gunman tribe
Basha is the last gunman tribe in China. The men there call themselves descendants of Chiyou. They respect heaven and gods and believe that the souls of their ancestors are hidden in the vast forest of Moon Mountain. The Miao people in Basha have only language but no writing. Their culture is mainly reflected in witch culture and oral culture. What is most unbelievable is that until now, almost every man over the age of 14 carries a musket and a waist knife. In Basha, the presence or absence of a waist sword is a symbol of a hero and a coward.
The last hunting tribe
There is such a nation. Most of them live a semi-settled and semi-hunting life in the mountains and forests. The creatures that accompany them day and night are reindeer. They are the secret Ewenki reindeer people, and they are "the last hunting department of China to break up disputes." When releasing deer, the Ewenki reindeer people use a unique sounding device "deer whistle" to make a high-pitched sound. The deer can hear the owner's call in the silent jungle. It was a natural sound that moved people.
Birdman tribe
The Kemu tribe lives in the nature reserve of Xishuangbanna. Locals also call them birders, people who live like birds. The entire tribe has less than 1000 people, so it cannot be counted as a nation. It can only be called Kemu people. The Kemu people have no words and cannot understand our language; when greeting each other, they slap their mouths with their hands and make wah, wah, wah. When you say goodbye, use your right hand to slide your arm from bottom out to top on the wrist of your left hand, never from top to bottom.
The last fishing and hunting tribe
Chagan Lake is currently the only primitive fishing tribe in northern China that still maintains traditional fishing methods for winter fishing operations. Sacrifice is required before fishing.
The people of the fishing tribe surrounded the altar with nine Sulu ingots, placed nine kinds of offerings, a table with nine pillars of sandalwood lit, and nine burning sacred lights circled clockwise three times, and the nine lamas closed their palms. Standing in front of the altar table and recited blessings; then they walked to the horse-drawn sledge loaded with fishing gear, sprinkled the wine in the bowl on the fish net, and then returned to the altar table to pick up the red silk bag wrapped with sheep's tripe placed on it, held your hands high, and went to the ice cave and threw it into the ice cave.
The Last Feet Tribe
Starting south from Kunming, you will find Liuyi Village, a small village in Tonghai County. There are still more than 300 old ladies with foot-binding lives here. They are called "the last foot-bound tribe in China." Old ladies with bound feet can be seen everywhere in the labyrinth of old houses and alleys of this rural castle. These old ladies all began to secretly bind their feet when the "Tianzu Movement" was at its peak. When foot binding had become a complete bad habit, they superrealistically shaped their slender and jade feet and extended their challenging "three-inch golden lotus" to history.
The most primitive matriarchal tribe
When it comes to matriarchal society and the walking marriage system, most people may think of visiting Lugu Lake while visiting Lijiang. In fact, on the other side of Lugu Lake, the Mosuo people in Muli, Sichuan are the place where the living habits of the matriarchal clan are best preserved. The wild beauty is purely preserved because of the alpine meadow. When foreign tourists visit, it is usually the hostess who greets everyone in, while the male host only appears later and just greets everyone. All arrangements are up to the hostess. Most of the people present at home are women, and the men are all watching the drama. The family pattern formed by the traditional "walking marriage" is still completely followed here.
Yi tribe: You can bring a knife into the Great Hall of the People
The people are also known as the people of the people of the villages. The Yi people are the smallest ethnic minority in Xizang. Before liberation, the vast majority of the Tibetan people lived in deep mountains and forests, living a very primitive life, practicing slash-and-burn farming, and practicing the marriage and sales system of polygamy. Today, the lives of the Tibetan people have undergone earth-shaking changes, and the leader of the Tibetan people has even become the only person allowed to enter the Great Hall of the People with a knife.
Since the age of eight or nine when women wore skirts in childhood, their parents had to strictly discipline their daughters and not allow them to eat beef, pork and chicken (but rat meat, sparrow, fish, and pheasants were not prohibited). Otherwise, they would be condemned by public opinion and accused of being a "woman who eats meat." This is the greatest shame for women. She was not allowed to eat meat until after giving birth to three or four children.
Mysterious Nude Tribe
"Axi" is a branch of the Yi people. The Axi people advocate fire. It is said that in ancient times, humans ate raw food. Since discovering the use of fire, they learned to eat cooked food. In order to thank fire, Axi's ancestors held regular fire sacrifices every year, which has been passed down to this day. Axi people have been associated with fire all their lives, so Axi people respect fire as a god. Adult men exaggeratedly decorate their penises in order to show masculinity. It is said that only such a man can become a loyal defender of the Fire God.
The last caveman tribe
Zhongdong Miao Village is 161 kilometers away from Guiyang and located on the bank of Ziyungetu River, 76 kilometers away from Anshun City. The inside of the cave is not as gloomy as the outside world imagined. The sun shines into the cave from the top of the bamboo forest, and everything in the cave looks particularly lively. Families in the cave are separated from each other on both sides of the cave body, and there is basically no need to cover it. The cave is just a large roof that naturally blocks the wind, rain and sun. Households are separated by strong bamboo fences. There are chickens and ducks foraging on the ground, domestic bees are flying under the rafters, and thrushes are singing. Crops such as harvested corn and millet are hung on the Sichuan Fang. There are women spinning at the door of the house, and there are girls weaving upstairs. Men weave bamboo, while children jump on rubber bands and play hide-and-seek.
Fish Skin Tribe
Tongjiang City, Heilongjiang Province is located on the Sino-Russian border and is the main settlement of the Hezhe people in China. In history, the Hezhe people made a living by fishing and hunting. In their early years, most of their clothes and bedding were sewn with fish skin, and they were known as the "Fish Skin Tribe". The fish skin clothes of the Hezhe people began to gradually disappear fifty years ago, but now they are almost invisible. Only a few elderly people can make such clothes.