There are a lot of Tujia customs in Chongqing, such as crying for marriage, mourning jumping and annual festival.

1. Tujia customs. They worship the White Tiger, live in hammock buildings, drink oil tea soup, sing Tujia mountain songs, dance with swinging hands, cry for marriage, and jump in mourning.

2, Tujia cry marriage Tujia girl's wedding day, is ushered in by crying. Bride more than half a month before the wedding to cry, some to cry more than a month.

3, catching the year of the Tujia most ethnic festivals, is the New Year's Day; festivals in the most ethnic songs and dances, is the "Sheba Day". Sheba day "Sheba", meaning "swinging hands"; "day", that is, "do". Tujia language inverted, "Sheba day", Chinese direct translation for "do swinging hands", meaning "swinging hands dance". It is a Tujia ritual prayer activities, generally held in the annual festival, and the development of rituals, prayers, songs and dances, socializing, sports competitions, material exchanges and other comprehensive folk activities.

4, jumping funeral and "crying marriage" is different, the Tujia people's funeral is done very lively." Sending the dead lively, happy to do the funeral", fully expresses the Tujia people open-minded view of life and death. Tujia people jumping funeral, a song for the dead, the second to comfort the families of the deceased, who are "jumping funeral" as a symbol of friendship, said: "to send not up to the rake to send not up to the love, jumping a night of funeral drums to send people love".