The original name of the De'ang tribe is "Benglong tribe".

It is one of the oldest ethnic groups among the current residents of the southwest frontier.

They mainly live in Santaishan, Luxi County, and Junnong, Zhenkang County, Yunnan Province.

On September 17, 1985, it was officially renamed De'ang with the approval of the State Council.

The De'ang people have their own language and do not have their own written language. They use both Dai and Chinese.

Believe in the Run sect of Theravada Buddhism.

Mainly engaged in agriculture, planting rice, corn, buckwheat, potatoes, etc., and is good at growing tea.

The Water Splashing Festival of the De'ang people. The De'ang people also celebrate the Water Splashing Festival, which takes place on the seventh day after the Qingming Festival. In addition to the water-splashing blessings and elephant-foot dancing and encouragement programs that are consistent with the Dai Water-Splashing Festival, the most distinctive custom of the De'ang Water-Splashing Festival is the

The elders wash their hands and feet.

At that time, the younger generations of each family should prepare a basin of hot water and place it in the center of the hall. They will invite the parents and other elders to sit in the hall, kowtow to them and ask them to forgive the younger ones for their unfilial behavior in the past year.

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The elders should also review their shortcomings in setting an example for the younger generation over the past year.

Then, the younger generation washes their elders' hands and feet, and at the same time wishes each other a harmonious and diligent atmosphere in the coming year.

If a parent dies, the brother, sister, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law will be the ones to wash their hands and feet.

This custom comes from an ancient legend: A rebellious son was working in the mountains on the seventh day after the Qingming Festival. He saw the scene of the chicks feeding back, and he felt inspired and determined to serve his mother well. At this time, his mother was asking the mountain to

I was walking up to deliver food to my son and accidentally slipped.

Her son came to help her, but she thought he was coming to beat her, so she hit her head against a tree and died.

The son was so remorseful that he cut down the tree and carved it into a statue of his mother. Every year on the seventh day after the Qingming Festival, the statue was dipped in warm water sprinkled with flower petals and washed.

It later evolved into a custom.

Customs: Most of the De'ang people believe in Hinayana Buddhism. Most villages have their own Buddhist temples, worshiped Buddhas, and young monks.

All the young monks' fasting meals are donated by the whole village in turn.

Some De'ang people have always had the habit of refusing to eat when they see someone being killed or not eating when they hear someone's voice.

It was not until after 1950 that these conditions changed.

Every festival, it is customary to entertain each other. No matter how many dishes are served at the banquet, there must be a bowl of vegetarian dishes boiled with fresh vegetables. When eaten, they are dipped in chili pepper water. It has a unique flavor and is really unforgettable!

It is a wedding custom for young men and women of the De'ang people to cut off the head of a chicken during the engagement ceremony. If the head and the body of the chicken become two halves, neither party can regret it; if the woman does not agree with the marriage, the chicken is not allowed to be killed.

The wedding usually lasts for three days. Within three days, all the men, women, and children in the village go to the bride and groom's homes to congratulate them. The parents of the bride and groom host a banquet, accompanied by antiphonal songs, and they stay up all night singing and laughing.

Food customs Most of the De'ang people eat rice as their staple food, with cereals and potatoes mixed in some areas.

They are all eaten by steaming and stewing, and are good at making various grain products, such as pea flour, tofu, rice noodles, rice cakes, dada, glutinous rice balls, etc.

There are many kinds of vegetables. Bamboo shoots are one of the vegetables that are available all year round. In addition to being eaten fresh, they are often processed into sour bamboo shoots or dried bamboo shoots for consumption.

When eating other vegetables, it is customary to add sour bamboo shoots when stewing.

Sour bamboo shoots are very versatile and can be used as seasoning when stewing chicken, stir-frying meat or cooking fish.

Influenced by the local Han people, many Han-style pickles and fermented bean curd are also common side dishes on the tables of the De'ang people.

The De'ang people have a long history of growing tea. Tea is not only a common beverage among the De'ang people, but also the best gift for relatives and friends.

The De'ang people also drink sour tea, also known as wet tea, which was called valley tea or Gu tea in ancient times.

It tastes sour and astringent, and can produce body fluids and quench thirst.

It also has the functions of relieving summer heat, clearing away heat and digesting food.

Drinking is mostly home-brewed bamboo tube rice wine.

Festivals Most of the traditional folk festivals of the Deang people are related to Buddhist activities.

For example, on festivals such as the Water-splashing Festival, the Close-Door Festival, the Open-Door Festival, burning firewood, etc., all must respect the Buddha.

During the Open-Door Festival, villages with temples will hold a "Geting Festival" (to celebrate the harvest and enjoy new rice). Preparations will begin on December 13 of the Dai calendar. There will be activities such as pounding new rice, cooking new rice, making rice cakes, etc.

Two pieces of rice cake are selected and sent to the public house of the village (a house specially used for the whole village to worship). The next day, the whole village holds sacrifices, and the skilled craftsmen in the village have to make a small house (called Geting in Dai language) out of bamboo strips.

, with rice cakes inside, was carried by people to the temple to worship.

On the day of burning firewood, each family will kill chickens and prepare wine, and the whole village will gather for a meal. Each family will also make various glutinous rice cakes, wrap them in banana leaves, steam them and carry them with you as gifts, and taste each other's various glutinous rice cakes.

For the flavor of home, newlyweds should bring sugared rice cakes to the homes of the village chiefs and elders to say goodbye.

The De'ang people also have sacrificial customs such as offering sacrifices to family halls, village gods, earth gods, dragons, and grain goddesses, among which dragon sacrifice is the most interesting.

It is usually chosen in the spring, when pigs and chickens are killed, the priest draws a paper dragon, and everyone bows down. Then they have a picnic together, where they beat and scold each other drunkenly to vent their usual dissatisfaction with each other.

No one is allowed to dissuade them here until both parties are exhausted from fighting, and then apologize to each other the next day.

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1. When two friends who have reunited after a long separation greet each other or chat, you cannot put your hands on each other’s shoulders.