Nu nationality has its own language, and Nu language belongs to Sino-Tibetan language family of Tibetan-Burmese language family. Nu people don't have their own writing, and they use Chinese after liberation. Angry people used to worship totems and believe in animism. Some Nu people believe in Lamaism or Catholicism. Nu people are mainly engaged in agriculture, handicrafts and commerce.
custom
Nu people are hospitable. When guests visit, the whole village should provide the best games. As long as the guests enter the room, the housewife will prepare food for them as quickly as possible. At the same time, she will bring two stones with an fried egg or roast pork in the middle. Two glutinous rice cakes symbolize husband and wife, with eggs or meat between them symbolizing reproduction. Finally, the host will drink concentric wine with the guests.
marriage customs
The wedding banquet is the biggest of all banquets. Before getting married, the groom should take pork, rice and other things to his father-in-law's house to help cut wood and plant land, and then he can hold a wedding reception. At the wedding banquet, not only the wine and meat should be rich, but also the venue should be well arranged. At that time, the bride and groom would toast together, and the girls would throw flour at them to show good luck.
Dietary customs
Angry people are used to two eclipses. Its staple food is mostly corn. The eating method of corn has gradually developed from popcorn to cooking, steamed corn porridge and steamed corn Baba, among which the most distinctive is slate Baba. A few Nu people who believe in Lamaism also eat ghee.
Common vegetables are green vegetables, Chinese cabbage, radish, melon beans, peppers and so on. Every May and June, we need to collect wild vegetables in the mountains. Bamboo shoots, wild lilies, various tubers and ferns, ginger, onions, peppers, etc. Often used for seasoning. Starch-based plants can be eaten as Baba grain or powder.
Meat comes from cows, pigs, chickens, dogs and sheep. They are often captured and hunted. Angry men began to fish and hunt as soon as they came of age. The wild animals they often hunt are bison, wild boar, muntjac, rock sheep and pheasant. People who eat dog meat and get angry are not common. Children should also abstain from bears, tigers, jackals, chicken feet and chicken blood.
Women only eat heart and lungs when they are 40 years old. I like lacquer oil. I often stew chicken and roast mutton with lacquer oil. Good at making wine. The glug wine of Gongshan Nu nationality is the most distinctive. When drinking, it is thick, pure and sweet, which is very appetizing for bees. Both men and women can drink a lot of wine. They can sing and get drunk. Nu drinking tea is a kind of lacquered camellia made by imitating Tibetan butter tea. It is often used as a tonic for pregnant women or the infirm.
Typical foods are: braised chicken with lacquer oil, roast lamb belly, lacquer oil tea, glug wine and so on.
Holidays and festivals
The traditional festivals of Nu people include Spring Festival, Flower Festival, Sacrifice Festival and Mountain Forest Festival, among which Spring Festival is the strongest, grandest and simplest festival. At the end of the twelfth lunar month, every household should clean the courtyard, remove the ashes from the fire pool, decorate the facade with pine branches, and spread a layer of green pine branches on the ground, cookware and various utensils to symbolize the farewell of the old and the welcome of the new. On New Year's Eve, every family will have a reunion dinner. Early in the morning, young people will go to the well to get auspicious water and pay New Year greetings to their elders, who will take out wine, camellia and twist for entertainment. When cooking for the first time, cows and dogs should be given a piece of bread and broth. Because cows don't eat meat, the owner had to break the cow's lips with his hand and pour the meat in. During the Chinese New Year, we will kill pigs and sheep, give gifts to each other and invite relatives and friends in the village to have dinner together. It is full of food, wine and fun.
In addition to Chinese New Year, there are flower parties, Cereal Festival and Mountain Forest Festival. During the festival, in addition to essential wine, there are also