Eating habits of the Bai people 1. Etiquette and taboos in daily life The Bai people are warm and hospitable. It is the etiquette of the Bai people to treat guests first.

When guests come to the house, they are treated to wine and tea.

The famous "Three Courses of Tea" is the Bai people's hospitality gift.

However, when Bai people pour tea, they usually only fill half a cup, while pouring wine requires a full cup. They believe that "full cup of wine is respectful, full cup of tea is deceiving."

When receiving warm hospitality from the Bai people, you should say "Nowei Ni" (thank you) to express your gratitude and gratitude.

Respecting elders is a traditional virtue of the Bai people.

When you see an elderly person, you should take the initiative to say hello, say hello, give way, give up your seat, serve tea, and pass cigarettes.

The first cup of morning tea after getting up should be served to the elderly.

When eating, let the elderly sit at the table and use the chopsticks first.

Don't say bad words or cross your legs in front of the elderly.

Among the Bai people in some mountainous areas, family members have relatively fixed seats. Generally, male elders sit on the upper left, female elders sit on the upper right, and guests and juniors sit below and above.

The fire pit of the Bai people is a sacred place. It is taboo to spit into the fire pit and it is forbidden to step over the fire pit.

It is also taboo for Bai people to sit on the threshold of their homes.

It is forbidden for women to step over tools used by men.

It is taboo for people wearing Xiaopa to enter the family, as it is believed that this will bring uncleanness to the family.

2. Etiquette and taboos in festivals and sacrificial activities March Street is a grand festival of the Bai people. The festival takes place from the 15th to the 20th of the third lunar month every year.

In addition, the Bai people, like the Han people, celebrate the Spring Festival from the first to the tenth day of the first lunar month every year, and the Ancestor Worship Festival is held on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month.

The Bai people have many etiquette and taboos during festivals.

The Bai people in Yuanjiang County are prohibited from killing during the annual March Festival or the Tianzi Temple Fair.

The Bai people in Dali are not allowed to use knives, carry water, splash water, or sweep the floor on New Year's Day.

When the Nujiang Bai people worship their ancestors before dinner on New Year's Eve, they are taboo about the presence of outsiders.

On New Year's Eve, you need to get back things you have lent to others, otherwise you will have trouble finding money and food in the coming year.

Therefore, things borrowed from others must be returned to others before New Year's Eve.

The seventh day of the Lunar New Year is Women's Day. Women do not cook, carry water, or do any other work, but play to their heart's content. The ninth day of the Lunar New Year is Men's Day, and men take a rest.

The Bai people in Yunlong County do not allow people to walk around on the half day of July.

3. Etiquette and taboos in weddings, funerals, and childbirth. After Bai women become pregnant, they wear a hinged double-room apron and fold the front page in half and pin it to their waist as a sign of happiness.

When outsiders see you, you must know how to pay attention to key points of protection.

If a pregnant woman is accidentally injured, make sure that the mother and child are safe after delivery.

For the Bai people in some places, pregnant women are not allowed to enter the bride and groom's bridal chamber.

After the baby hits the ground, whoever is the first to step through the door of the mother's house will be born.

The Bai people believe that whoever steps on a child will have a child's temperament in the future.

The Bai people are most taboo about people wearing filial piety coming to the baby, so after the baby is born, the family should immediately spread three arcs of white lime on the door and wrap a green bamboo strip around the threshold.

If a boy is born, a straw sandal is added under the bamboo strips, and some even nail a steamer bottom on the gate to show taboos.

Anyone who accidentally breaks into a pregnant woman's house must give her a bowl of fresh thick rice soup, brown sugar, eggs, sweet white wine and an earthen pot of pig's trotters stewed with leek roots.

On the morning of the third day after delivery, the mother's family will invite a "porridge and rice guest" or "porridge guest".

When you go to a Bai family to make rice porridge, you have to use a bamboo basket to carry eggs, brown sugar, children's clothes and hats, etc. to congratulate them.

Among the Bai people in Dali and Jianchuan areas, after a woman gives birth, the host will treat the first guest who enters the house to eat poached egg dumplings. The guest cannot refuse, otherwise the host will be angry.

Edit this paragraph Ethnic Diet The daily diet in the Dali Bai area varies with local products.

People in the Pingba area eat rice and wheat as their staple food, while those living in mountainous areas eat corn and tuna as their staple food.

Commonly eaten vegetables include cabbage, green vegetables, radish, eggplant, melons, beans and peppers.

Among the Bai dietary customs, the following are more distinctive.

Rawhide Rawhide is a unique dish of the Bai people.

This is a whole pig or sheep roasted over a straw fire.

When roasted until half-rare, remove the hair and roast again until the skin and meat are golden brown.

When eating, cut the meat into shreds or slices, and add seasonings such as ginger, onions, garlic, stewed plums, chili peppers, and Umei. It is fragrant and fresh and is a national delicacy for entertaining distinguished guests.

Boiled fish in sea water (boiled fish in live water or spicy and sour fish) When fishermen on the Erhai Lake cook fish, especially fatty fish such as "oil fish" locally known as "oil fish", they generally do not fry it.

They scooped water from the Erhai Lake, and when the water in the pot boiled, they added fresh fish, and then added thick chili powder and Sichuan pepper powder. It tasted delicious and spicy, and was commonly known as "sea fish boiled in sea water."

Xiaguan Fish Casserole This is from Xiaguan...>> Specialty food of the Bai people. The Bai people in Pingba area eat rice and wheat, while in the mountainous areas they mainly eat corn and buckwheat.

The Bai people like to eat sour, cold, spicy and other flavors, and are good at curing ham, bow fish, oil chicken brown, pig liver and other dishes. They also like to eat a unique flavor of "raw meat" or "raw skin", which is roasted pork.

Make it half-cooked, cut into shreds, and eat with ginger, garlic, vinegar, etc.

Bai people also like to drink roasted tea.