The Buyi people take rice as their staple food, and also eat corn, wheat, red barnyard grass, buckwheat, etc.

The Buyi people especially like glutinous food, and there are many ways to make it, such as making glutinous rice cakes, round sugar cakes, ear cakes, pillow rice dumplings and triangular rice dumplings.

During festivals, glutinous rice is eaten and glutinous rice cakes are given as gifts to relatives and friends.

During the festival, people also like to eat various "glutinous rice" dyed with flower juice and leaf juice.

Non-staple food includes various vegetables, beans and meat.

Vegetable processed products include the famous "Dushan Hydrochloric Acid" and "Sour Chili Pepper".

Meat processing includes smoked and cured bacon and sausages; they also like to eat dog meat. The processing methods vary from place to place and the flavor is unique. The more famous ones include "Huajiang Dog Meat", "Duyun Braised Dog Meat", "Ceheng Dog Meat Full Banquet", etc.

Soy products mainly include tempeh, tofu, blood tofu, etc.

Extended information: Buyi families practice a patriarchal system.

Parents have the power to control the family's finances and direct members.

Male elders are respected, and those who are upright have more prestige.

Disputes within the clan can be mediated by oneself without the need to appeal to the government.

Women had lower status than men, and widows could inherit property but not if they remarried.

In some places, there is a marriage system of "brothers last until brothers marry" (commonly known as "house filling").

The Buyi people believe in their ancestors and various gods.

Mountains, water, wells, caves and ancient trees with strange growth are all considered to be the incarnation of gods.

There are earth temples built in every village.

Some specific religious ceremonies require the worship of sacred bamboo.

The Buyi people in various places also worship the God of Thunder, the God of Doors, the God of Kitchen, the Dragon King and so on.

These reflect the original religious beliefs of the Buyi people as a farming people.