Three Manchu Monsters
In the Kanto region, in the daily life of the Manchu people, there are "three big monsters":"the window is covered with paper outside","the big girl holding a cigarette bag", and "hanging up to support children." Doesn't it feel interesting! Then follow Xiaobian to walk into the "three big monsters" of the Manchu!
"Window paper is stuck outside"
In the past, residents in Northeast China were very poor. Most of the houses they lived in were made of adobe and straw, and most of the windows were wooden lattice windows with poor thermal insulation effect. Every time when the weather gradually became colder in late autumn and early winter, people had to find a way to keep out the wind and cold. However, due to limited living conditions or material resources, people often put a net-like homemade hemp rope between two pieces of window paper and paste them to the window frames. In order to make it durable, people would evenly coat the window paper with soybean oil. Make it wide and strong after drying, and no longer afraid of wind and rain. At the same time, it can also protect the wooden window lattice. Since there is no erosion and rainwater corrosion, it extends the wooden window. Service life.
Nowadays, except for some poor areas, it is difficult to see the phenomenon of "window paper being pasted outside". Instead, it is replaced by a modern means of production common in rural areas: plastic. However, this custom has long disappeared in modern cities. It is reviewed as a historical scene.
"Raising children and hanging them up" In farmers in Northeast China, every family has an oval "carriage" about 1 meter long, about 30-40 centimeters wide, with a wooden bottom under it, and a guardrail about 30 centimeters high surrounded by thin wood chips. Whenever a child is born at home, adults will tie it with four pieces of hemp rope on the beam or ceiling and hang it not high above the kang. Tie the rope with toys or colored strips of cloth that the child likes, and lay the quilt and pillows inside, and let the child lie in and swing back and forth to entertain him or put him to sleep.
Children are comfortable and safe in it, either sleeping soundly or wandering leisurely. In summer, they can play the role of fan wind and cool off to drive away mosquitoes and flies. In winter, a mattress made of poultry feathers such as ducks, goose feathers, etc. is laid inside. Maintain a constant temperature and prevent the baby from developing diseases caused by heat. It is said that the original main function of "Yucai" was to prevent fierce beasts from attacking children.
This traditional "leisurely carriage" can not only replace the mother's care, but also allow infants to entertain themselves. It can also reduce the labor intensity for the mother and make full use of the space of the house. At the same time, it can also save manpower and time. It is a scientific parenting tool, because these advantages have been inherited as a fashionable parenting tool in disguise. Now it has become the predecessor of the shaker, but the use method, material, name and shape have changed.
"Big girl holding a cigarette bag"
In the past, due to the monotony of cultural life, the Northeast region had long winters and short summers, and winter was the slack season in the northeastern countryside. At this time, villagers would go to the homes of neighbors, relatives and friends to visit, chat, play cards, smoke dry cigarettes, and work as female workers, commonly known as "cat winter".
When people smoke dry tobacco, they can roll the cigarette powder with paper, which looks like today's cigarette rolls, but has a rough shape. They can also use a cigarette bag pot to fill the cigarette powder and use a match to ignite and smoke. Due to material resources and living conditions, most people choose to smoke in a cigarette bag pot, and the eldest girl is no exception. The eldest girl smoked dry cigarettes in her cigarette bag, which became a unique scenery of that era and was a big one. Strange things have been recorded in history.
Nowadays, except for a very small number of individual girls in the countryside, this custom no longer exists. Nowadays, girls and boys are also fashionable to smoke. They wear famous foreign cigarettes and puff clouds and mist, not to mention occasionally posing, and they have the attitude of never giving up until the eyes of the opposite sex turn blue. Who else is willing to use that cigarette pot that undermines their glorious image? It has long become a special tool for grandparents. In their eyes, it is no different from an antique. Wait to be used as a family heirloom for their children and grandchildren!
Summary: With the changes of the times and the advancement of science and technology, people in many areas have changed their backwardness and poverty through their hard work under good policies. They have already embarked on the road of prosperity with abundant food and clothing. The living conditions of residents have been unprecedented. Improvement, significant improvement has been made, and social development has given the Manchu "Three Great Monsters" a new look and spread them in a fashionable form. I believe that these three customs will undergo more astonishing changes in the near future.