Red Land-Shangrao Huaiyushan There are 28 ethnic groups in Shangrao City, and the Han nationality accounts for 99.8% of the total population. The most populous ethnic minority is the She nationality, mainly living in Taiyuan She nationality township, Qianshan County, and other ethnic minorities are scattered all over the city.
Qianshan County in Shangrao City is the main gathering place of She people in Jiangxi Province, with a population of more than 3,. She people can sing and dance well, not only during weddings and festivals, but also during daily production and labor, reception of guests, leisure and rest, love affairs and even during funerals. On the wedding night, men and women gathered in the stream, in the forest and on the flat ground, singing all night. When getting married, the man should appoint one of the best singers to act as the "in-laws" and go to the woman's house with gifts. The woman's friends "gang up and attack"-singing songs with the in-laws. Only when the in-laws win a total victory can the man get his wish and marry back the bride. Before the bride gets married, her mother or sister-in-law must comb the "phoenix head" for her, wear a trapezoidal "phoenix crown", and cover the crown with a "phoenix thunder towel" and four silver square decorations symbolizing the four ancestors of Pan, Lan, Lei and Zhong.
She people have the custom of praying for blessings all year round, hoping that the weather will be favorable and the grain harvest will be good all year round. On the first day of February, making "Spring Blessing" means the beginning of spring ploughing, hoping that the seedlings will grow sturdily. Long summer, do "long summer Fu", and everyone does long summer Fruit. In the Millennium season, be a "Millennium blessing". Autumn harvest season, do "autumn blessing" to celebrate the harvest. Winter solstice, do "winter blessing" and eat mashed fruit. On New Year's Eve, I will be "full of happiness", eat a long-lived meal, and wish you peace throughout the year.
On March 3rd every year, every household of She people steamed glutinous rice to offer sacrifices to their ancestors as a gift to their relatives and friends. On March 3rd, the glutinous rice festival came from a history. According to legend, Lei Wanxing, a hero of She nationality, was arrested by the government, and the villagers wanted him to eat in prison. He dyed the glutinous rice black with leaf juice. When the jailer saw that the glutinous rice was black and black, he thought it was dirty and dared not detain it. After Lei Wanxing was released from prison, he led everyone down the mountain for revenge on the third day of the third lunar month. After the victory, he steamed glutinous rice to celebrate, so eating glutinous rice on the third of March became a festival.
She people live in mountainous areas, attach importance to physical exercise and love sports activities. Martial arts, knife dancing, wrestling, playing fireball, climbing bamboo poles, wrenching, squeezing hands and climbing cliffs are all very interesting and unique sports activities among the She people. The wind of practicing boxing and martial arts is prevalent. After thousands of years of inheritance, it has formed a unique folk martial arts. She nationality is rich in literature and art. Folk songs and folk oral literature are the main components of She literature. Even when working in the fields in the mountains and visiting relatives and friends to welcome guests, she people often talk with songs. There are about 1 folk songs handed down, with 4, to 5, lines. Among the long narrative poems, the most famous one is Song of the Emperor Gao, also known as Song of Pangu, Song of the Dragon Emperor and Song of the King of Pan Hu, which is a seven-character epic with 3 to 4 sentences. In the form of myth, it narrates the legend that Pan Hu, the ancestor of She nationality, made great achievements and gave birth to descendants of Pan, Lan, Lei and Zhong without fear of difficulties. She people also painted more than 4 portraits of this legend on a piece of cloth more than ten feet long with colored pens, which has been treasured for generations.
She people's traditional costumes are gorgeous and colorful. Clothing advocates cyan, and the material is mostly self-woven linen. The collar, cuffs and right lapel are inlaid with lace, and there is a habit of wearing shorts to wrap leggings. Especially women's hair styles are different from those of Han nationality. Girls like to tie red wool with their hair, braid it into a long braid and put it on their heads. Married women usually wear crests, that is, a small and refined bamboo tube is wrapped with a red cloth handkerchief, and a HongLing one foot long and one inch wide is hung under it. Women of different ages, old, middle and young, also have black, blue or red wool in their hair. The crown is decorated with a round silver medal, and three small silver medals are hung on the card; Hanging on the forehead, I also put a silver hairpin, and then put on a silver collar, silver chain, silver bracelet and earrings, which is particularly gorgeous.