Taboo culture of Xibe

The Xibe people's taboos are very wide, including marriage, funeral, etiquette, diseases, and living, transportation, and diet in daily life. Taboos are a negative preventive measure against folk beliefs. Some have gradually disappeared in the course of history, while others have been passed down to this day and have become an important part of folk etiquette and social morality.

The Xibe people used to have many rules that they had to abide by in their diet. For example, the dough cakes that they were often eaten were served with the sky and the ground. The sky and the surface must face up and the ground face down, and they must be cut into four pieces and placed on one side of the table. You are not allowed to sit on the threshold or walk standing when eating. It is forbidden to beat the table, rice bowl with chopsticks, or put chopsticks across the bowl. It is forbidden to throw leftover steamed buns, noodles and other grains outside, and it is not allowed to step on them. The whole family should eat according to the eldest and the youngest, with the west as the top. In the past, fathers, sons, wives and daughter-in-law were not allowed to sit at the same table.

And he never kills dogs or eats dog meat, and he does not even use items associated with dogs, such as dog skin products-hats, gloves, trousers, jackets, mattresses, quilts, etc. When relatives and friends of other ethnic groups come to the Xibe home and wear dogskin hats and gloves, they cannot be brought into the inner room but should be placed in the outer room.

When younger generations meet their elders on the road, they should say hello and make way; when they meet, they should say hello to each other. When a guest visits, the daughter-in-law must come out to fill cigarettes and pour tea. If the person filling cigarettes and pouring tea is of the same seniority as the guest, the guest should stand up or bow with both hands to accept it; when the guest says goodbye, the whole family must come out and deliver it to the gate.

should not touch guests 'things, should not discuss the price of things in front of guests, and should not ask guests when they leave. Guests should not stand on the door frame of the owner, sit on the west kang, etc.

You are not allowed to sleep along the smoke kang road. Don't put your pants and shoes and socks high when sleeping. Don't step over your clothes, hats and pillows, let alone sit on your pillows.

From the second day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, women are prohibited from doing needlework, which is called "taboo".

It is forbidden to chop firewood on the second day of February. Avoid eating at other people's homes on New Year's Eve. From the first day to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, dust and sewage are not allowed to be poured out.

Children are prohibited from marrying when they are old; marriages are prohibited between cousins and siblings with the same surname; one-day marriage is forbidden because marriage is a happy event for couples; weddings and houses are forbidden in leap years; weddings and weddings are forbidden to be held during parents 'birthdays; weddings are forbidden to be held two or three happy events within a year; married girls are not allowed to spend the Spring Festival at their parents' homes and watch their family lanterns within three years after marriage.

Women should avoid binding feet, do not do heavy work while pregnant, do not see dead babies, hear about bad things and sad things.

During confinement, women are prohibited from eating cold food, touching cold water, and being too sad. They are not allowed to do work with needles and needles, and they are not allowed to read and write. If there is a patient at home, a child has chickenpox, a woman gives birth to a child, etc., a red cloth strip or a small bundle of grass should be hung at the gate to prohibit outsiders from entering to prevent infection.

After the death of the Sibe people, relatives should not wail loudly before baptizing the dead body and putting on the shroud. Otherwise, they would think that the soul of the deceased could not enter the underworld safely. Avoid cats and dogs jumping over human bodies indoors; avoid holding funerals on the next day. When announcing a funeral, avoid saying the word "dead" simply, but use words such as "dead" and "hundred years old" instead.

The younger generation cannot compete with the elders in the road or door, and cannot call the elderly by their names. When elders speak, young people cannot interrupt casually. When encountering elders, young people have to get off their horses and pay tribute to their elders.

These taboos of the Xibe people have been disappearing with the development of society, changes in lifestyle and improvement of cultural quality.