1, eating customs

Before the Yuan Dynasty, the Tu people were mainly engaged in animal husbandry, and their food structure was relatively simple, mainly meat and dairy products, and they also ate fried noodles with highland barley. After the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Tu people gradually turned to the agricultural economy, and their diet was mainly highland barley, wheat and potatoes.

2. Clothing customs

Traditional men's clothing, wearing a felt hat with brocade edge, an embroidered high-necked diagonal white jacket, a colorful embroidered pattern on the chest, a black, blue or purple vest, or a robe with a wide edge, an embroidered belt on the waist, white socks and moire embroidered cloth shoes on the feet.

3. Wedding customs

According to the folklore of Minhe and Tu nationality, in ancient times, Tu girls never married, and men lived from their wives, which later evolved into men marrying women. The Daola of Minhe and Tu nationality married their children first, then their daughters, and married their children to the full house, which refers to this situation, but this is not reflected in other Tu nationality areas.

Family name

Tujia people call themselves "Bizka", "Mijika" or "Bejinka", which means "a native".

Historically, Tujia ancestors were called "barbarians" or "barbarians". Before the Song Dynasty, Tujia people living in Wuling area, together with other ethnic minorities, were called "Wuling Man" or "Wuxi Man". After the Song Dynasty, Tujia people were individually called "Tu Ding", "Tu Ren", "Tu Min" or "Tu Man". After the reform, with the increase of Han immigrants, "Tu", "Ke" and "Miao" are often opposed to each other to distinguish Tujia, Han and Miao in Wuling area.

As a clan name, "Tujia" appeared in a later period. The Records of Xianfeng County in the Republic of China called the "home of the Tusi descendants" Tujia "and the local Han immigrants" Hakka ".