Tujia Taboo Customs
There are many ethnic minorities in China, and these ethnic groups all have their own ethnic taboos. For example, Han people are not allowed to stick chopsticks on a bowl or knock a bowl while eating. So do you know what the Tujia taboos are? In this issue, I will take you to see the taboos of the Tujia people.
1. Communication taboos Tujia people should not use Tujia language to foreigners, and avoid using vulgar words, vulgar words and impolite language; younger generations should not call their elders by name, and should not use their names without surnames. Men and women should not call "arrest, hello"; younger generations should not call "arrest, hello" to elders; avoid long calls, such as "ah--"; some patients should avoid saying words such as "not high, not long, dead, dead, finished"; When someone dies, they should avoid saying "death" simply, but use "ancient times","return to heaven","gone" and other alternatives. To businessmen, they should avoid saying "loss, and consumption". Avoid men and women sitting on the same bench or watching each other. Avoid men touching a woman's waist. Avoid meeting others or spitting in their face. Avoid growing a beard. During wedding celebrations, words such as "separation, separation" are not allowed, let alone talk about funeral matters, otherwise, you will think that it will bring disaster.
2. Travel taboo Avoid going out on the seventh or ninth day, and avoid leaving home on the eighth day. The construction staff said,"Don't go out on the seventh day and don't return on the eighth day, and go out on the ninth day to cause trouble." Tujia people also believe that snake days in the first, fourth, seventh and tenth months of the lunar calendar, chicken days in the winter months, and cow days in March, June and September are all "red evil days" and avoid going far away. There is a saying that "when you encounter a red devil when you go out, you will never return home when you go." When people go out to visit relatives and friends or do business, the first person they encounter is a woman. If they meet, they should not go out and wait until the next day. If the first person you meet is a man and the second person is a woman, don't be afraid.
3. Touching head taboo Tujia men strictly prohibit others from touching their heads, no matter in good faith or for any other reason. Except for my grandparents and parents. As the proverb goes,"A man's head and a daughter's waist are only allowed to look at, and no scratching is allowed." It is common belief that touching a man's head is a violation of a man's dignity. No matter how good a friend is, he must strictly abide by this taboo, otherwise friendship will turn into hatred.
4. Dietary taboos 1. Avoid eating leftovers with dogs. The Tujia people believe that human souls are also attached to human leftovers. If the leftovers are poured out to dogs, it means that the human souls are also eaten by dogs, which will inevitably bring great harm to human memory and even life. harm.
2. Avoid eating chicken heads or fish heads by people who are not your father or the oldest. Tujia people believe that chicken heads and fish heads have lifelong authority and extraordinary divine power, and can only be eaten by fathers or the oldest person.
3. Avoid throwing rice grains. The Tujia people believe that food and drink are controlled by the god Thunder, and anyone who wastes wantonly will inevitably anger the God of Thunder and be struck by lightning. This is a reaction to the extremely common belief in God of Thunder in China.
4. Avoid eating hen and sow meat. Tujia people believe that these two types of animal meat are unclean. Eating them will inevitably lead to the filth and uncleanness of the eaters due to their uncleanness, and even cause disaster.
5. Avoid randomly fiddling with the food on the plate while eating. Tujia people believe in ancient gods, and fiddling with food is disrespectful to the grain god and will attract punishment.
6. Avoid eating the internal organs and blood of some animals. The Tujia people believe that these things are unclean and that eating them will bring disaster to themselves.
7. Avoid killing tigers and eating tiger meat. Tiger is the totem of the Tujia people. Tujia people believe that they and the white tiger originate from the same ancestor, so this taboo is a reflection of typical totem belief.
5. Omen taboo 1. In case of solar eclipse or lunar eclipse, it is considered that the country is in chaos and the people are in disaster, so it is necessary to beat drums and gongs to save them.
2, think that crows call someone dead or by evil; in the middle of the night there will be fires and thieves.
3. Avoid sneezing, thinking that someone is saying bad things about yourself behind you, or using witchcraft to harm you. Therefore, the Tujia people immediately cursed: "Good people call me good-hearted, evil people call me rotten teeth." This can eliminate the disaster.
4. Avoid dreaming about elephants. When you dream of clear water, you must wash your face with tears. When you dream of white cloth, you must wear filial piety. When you dream of children, you must guard against thieves. When you dream of chickens, birds, and small fish having quarrels. When you dream of jumping over a hill, you dream of getting sick. When you dream of going down the hill, you must bear the blame.
6. Digital taboos
The most taboo number for Tujia people is 36. In the minds of Tujia people, the number 36 is a "disaster", and even numbers such as 3 kilograms and 6 taels, 3 yuan and 6 jiao, and 3 feet and 6 inches are taboo. If you remember the serial number, when the number reaches 35, you will remember it from the first place. In my life, I am most afraid of my 36th birthday. At that time, you will have to wear red cloth underwear or tie a red belt. It is said that this can relieve the evil aura brought by the age of 36.
The folk proverb goes: "Thirty-six, if you succeed, if you reach thirty-six, you will sell your house if you don't file a lawsuit." When some people reach the age of 36, they invite relatives and friends to set up banquets to celebrate their birthdays in advance. Guests have to set off firecrackers in the host's house to avoid the evil spirit. At the banquet, relatives and friends also congratulate the birthday guests in order to be auspicious.
7. Animal taboos 1. Avoid crows. Whenever a crow chirps on the roof in the morning, or flies in front of people or hovers above their heads, and after you drive away, it flies and chirps again, people think it is an unlucky sign at the beginning of a disaster. Whenever people encounter this, they will immediately slam their feet and scold: "Shorten your life!" Immediately spit or spit to eliminate the disaster and turn it into good luck.
2. Avoid hearing the chirping of rhododendrons. Every spring, the sunbird chirps. If you hear the chirping of the sunbird for the first time while you are in the toilet, you will think it is unlucky and must be explained. The method of solving the problem is that the person who heard it (if young, the mother must answer it on his behalf) dressed up as a beggar, went out to beg for food for 1 - 3 days, and asked for rice. He had to cook the cooked food in the wild where the sound of chickens and dogs was not heard to eliminate the disaster. Tujia people also use the cry of azalea azo dye to divine their luck for a year. If you first hear the cuckoo cry while sleeping in bed, it will be a good fortune. If you first hear it while walking or during labor and production, it means that you will be working hard for a year.
3. Avoid hearing owls. In the eyes of Tujia people, owls are unlucky birds, and they are especially taboo to hear their chirping. It is said that when you hear owls call, people will die in the village.
4. Avoid seeing snakes entangled. The so-called snake entanglement means snake mating. It is said that if people see it, they will suffer disaster. There are two ways to solve this problem: First, quickly take off a pair of trousers on your outer side and cover it on your head or around the snake. The second is to frame the blame on others, and if there is a companion, immediately call the companion's name. If the other party agrees, disaster will befall the person who responds. However, in general, the person who sees it will kill the two snakes with a stone or a wooden stick to eliminate the disaster. There are also words that use words to resolve without fighting: "I wish you to become an immortal and go to heaven, I wish you twist ropes and wear copper coins." The Tujia people's solution says: "It is the rise of dragons, the penetration of snakes, and the wealth of people." 5. On the New Year's Day, livestock enter the house, and "pigs come to poverty, dogs come to get rich, and cats come to wear filial piety clothes"; wild raccoon dogs enter the house, chickens go to trees, dogs go to the house. If there is no disaster, there will be disaster and they will never die and lose their shells; Anyone who goes out to do business or talk about relatives and hears a crow crowing, it is unlucky and must return.