In daofu county, Yajiang County, Sichuan Province, there is an ancient Tibetan tribe with its own unique folk customs, language and culture in the narrow valley of Xianshui River, a tributary of Yalong River. They call themselves' ZaBa Wa' and people call them Zaba people.

The place where Zaba people grow and multiply is called Zaba.

Zaba people were under the jurisdiction of Zhengding Tusi in Kangding in Qing Dynasty, and now they are mainly distributed in Waduo, Murong and Rong in Yajiang County, Zato and Hongding in daofu county, with a population of 1.3 million.

It is customary to call the Zaba people's settlement in daofu county' Upper Zaba' and the Zaba people's settlement in Yajiang County' Lower Zaba'. The folk customs of Shangba and Xiaba are roughly the same. The flowing Yalong River water endows Zaba people with unique spirituality.

Zaba people are generous, straightforward, simple, kind and open-minded, optimistic and sincere about life. In Zaba, there is a proverb "Zado Mu Zhi, Zamumo", which means that most stones tied to the dam will not burn.

Zaba people never lie. When we entered Zaba, we were greeted by a strong wooden and elegant cultural atmosphere. Here, we can hear the Sanskrit sound from Tianzhu, explore the unique Zaba dialect, listen to the ancient legend of this snowy nation, and see the romantic love flying over the eaves.

Due to the traffic jam and isolation from the outside world, people living here have always maintained the custom of' men don't marry, women don't marry', and the ancient custom of' climbing houses' is particularly mysterious.

Zaba male generally began to fall in love at the age of 16, 17, looking for Xia Yi (that is, a lover). When I found Xia Yi, I began to climb the house, went to the woman's house to get married at night, and returned to my mother's place to produce and live the next morning.

The first wedding was a secret. Once a young man has a crush on a woman, he must find an opportunity to show his love to her in broad daylight, usually by grabbing the girl's headscarf or ring. If the other person secretly loves herself, she will fly away with affection and open the window of his attic in the dead of night, waiting for the arrival of the right person.

The houses of Zaba people are generally about 10 meters high, with three to five floors and straight walls. Boys must climb to the roof with their bare hands at night and enter the boudoir of the right person through the window that has been scouted in advance.

If the first marriage is through the door, the man will be laughed at by the woman and her family; If the climbing skill is not too hard and you can't climb the roof, you can only look at the wall and sigh, and there is no chance to meet the right person.

For a damming man, Xia Yi (lover) is basically fixed in his life, and there are also men who own more than two Xia Yi. This kind of divorce is based on the feelings of both sides, without any political background, money and property interests, and is not bound by the divine right and clan rights, and is detached from things.

If the relationship between the two parties is not harmonious, or the marriage relationship cannot be maintained for other reasons, the man will stop climbing the house or the woman will refuse to open the window to announce the dissolution. No property disputes, no complaints, no jealousy.

There are rules for climbing houses, and it is absolutely forbidden for men and women who are related by blood to divorce from marriage. If a man "climbs the house" without the consent of the woman in advance, or climbs wrong, he will be humiliated or severely punished by his people.

Traditional marriage makes Zaba people still retain the vestiges of matriarchal times. There is no husband and wife in the Zaba family, and the maternal side is the main line of family members. The number of family members who live together for generations ranges from several to dozens, and the mother is the core of the family.

Children born of love between men and women are entirely raised by mothers, and fathers have no responsibility to raise children. Men play the role of uncles in matriarchal families, mainly to help sisters raise children.

Zaba people's unique folk customs make them have no fixed relationship between husband and wife, and whether the woman has children has nothing to do with the man.

The Zaba people have a strange diet: eating' rotten pork'.

The accurate translation of carrion in Zaba language should be' old pork' or' old pork'. Because of its peculiar taste, people used to call it rotten pork, which is another peculiar custom of Zaba people.

The method of making this kind of pork is also very troublesome. Then finally, the pig's seven orifices were sealed tightly, and the kitchen ash and red soil were buried in Maikangli. After half a month, the pig could be hung on the beam for smoking.

Put a rope around the pig's neck and strangle it after fattening. Wash it clean, cut a small mouth in its chest, and break the blood vessels in the pig's heart, so that all the blood in the meat will flow back to the internal organs, then take all the internal organs out of this small mouth, and then stuff the whole grains into the pig's body. Finally, the pig's seven orifices were blocked with kitchen ash and red soil, inflated and sealed tightly, and buried in Maikangli. After 65,438+00 days, the pigs will be sucked dry and hung.

Its suspension life can generally reach more than 10 years, and the longest can reach more than 30 years. When you eat, you can do whatever you want. There are many ways to eat raw, cooked and soup. At first glance, taste is more important than' stinky tofu', and it tastes difficult at first. After eating too much, I feel full of fragrance and endless aftertaste, among which' smelly pork' is the top grade.

If a guest comes to the house, the host will treat the guest with rotten pork, which is the highest etiquette for hospitality at home. The number of years and the number of years of hanging have also become a sign of local measurement of the rich and the poor.

Another diet of Zaba people is called "Milule".

Milule, commonly known as ghee jiaozi, looks like a Chinese steamed stuffed bun. It is filled with ghee, sugar and a small amount of Ciba, and made into a gourd shape with leather joints. It's steamed and eaten. When eating, even the skin under the split gourd is soaked in ghee, which is also a kind of food for guests.

If you have the chance to go to Zaba area, please try the "rotten pork" and "Milule" of Zaba people.