It is customary for the Manchu people to respect their elders and pay attention to etiquette. When they meet their elders on the road, they should bow slightly sideways, lower their hands and salute, and wait for the elders to pass by before proceeding. Not only the younger generation must salute when they see their elders, but also the younger ones when they meet the elders among their peers.

Greetings.

When relatives and friends meet, in addition to shaking hands and greeting each other, some also hug each other and greet each other.

During the Spring Festival, people have to pray twice, once on the eve of the New Year to bid farewell to the old year, and again on the first day of the new year to welcome the new year.

Traditional Manchu houses generally have three rooms: west, middle and east, with the door opening to the south. The west room is called the west upper house, the middle room is called the main room, and the east room is called the east lower house.

The house on the west side is equipped with three Kangs on the south, west and north sides. The Western Kang is the most expensive, the North Kang is the larger, and the South Kang is the smaller. Visitors live on the West Kang, the elders mostly live on the North Kang, and the younger generations live on the South Kang.

Taboos: No sitting or stacking of debris on the Western Kang indoors; no beating, killing, and eating dog meat; no dog-skin hats or dog-skin mattresses; guests wearing dog-skin hats or dog-skin sleeves are taboo.

Wedding customs Manchu weddings not only have strong characteristics of their own nation, but also incorporate many customs and etiquette of the Han nation. Generally speaking, they go through the following procedures: Engagement: There are two forms of engagement for young Manchu men and women.

First, the parents of young men and women are acquaintances or friends. They understand each other and intend to get married, so they ask a matchmaker to make a lifelong promise for their children. In some cases, the man proposes to the woman, and in some cases the woman proposes to the man.

The other is that the man and woman do not know each other, and ask a matchmaker to engage their children, and the matchmaker will hand over the "portal sticker" of both parties, which will issue the banners, resumes, surnames, and three generations of both parties.

In addition, each other's birth dates and horoscopes must be checked.

Put it down: deliver financial gifts.

It is divided into two types: large setting and small setting.

Fang Xiaoding means that the future daughter-in-law will receive property when she visits her aunts, brothers, sisters-in-law and other close relatives in the groom's family.

The enlargement is called "excessive gift", commonly known as "delivering a big meal". It means choosing an auspicious day and the man will send the betrothal gift to the woman's home.

The day before the wedding, the bride-to-be is asked to drink "Wind Wine".

The bride leaves home and stays in the apartment borrowed by the groom, which is commonly known as "laying down hair".

In the early morning of the next day, the bride's family sent the bride off in a float, escorted by her brother.

When the float arrives at the groom's house, a brazier is placed on the ground in front of the bridal chamber, and the wedding car carries the bride over the brazier. This is commonly known as "excessive fire to avoid evil".

In order to drive away or kill the ghosts that come with the sedan, the groom will shoot three false arrows at the sedan door; some actually shoot them, but they usually shoot towards the bottom of the sedan to avoid hurting the bride.

Then, the bride is helped out of the sedan chair and comes to the front of heaven and earth. Together with the groom, she kowtows to the north three times, which is commonly known as "worshiping the Beidou".

After worshiping the Beidou, the world-famous "Zhan-Lefting" ceremony is performed.

That is, the bride and groom wearing red hijabs kneel in front of the sacred table in the courtyard, facing south. On the table are a pig's knuckle, three cups of wine, and a sharp knife. The shaman kneels on one leg in front of the table while chanting sutras in Manchu.

, while using a sharp knife to cut the meat into pieces and throwing them into the air, at the same time he took the wine cup and poured the wine on the ground.

The main purpose is to beg God to bless the newlyweds so that they can have children and grandchildren and grow old together.

After the above ceremonies, the bride is helped into the bridal chamber by a family member (that is, a person with parents and children).

When the bride crosses the threshold, there is a saddle on the threshold, and the bride must step over it.

The bed in the new house must be laid by everyone. After the bridal chamber is laid, music must be played in the room, which is called "ringing the room".

When the bride enters the bridal chamber, a little girl holds two bronze mirrors in her hands, takes a look at the bride, and then hangs the bronze mirrors on the bride's chest and back.

Then, another little girl handed over two tin pots, which were filled with rice, money, etc., and the bride either held them in her arms or clamped them in her armpits, commonly known as "Bao Bao Vase" or "Bao Bao Matchmaking Pot".

When the bride sits firmly on the bed, the groom uses a scale to remove the red cloth covering the bride's head, which is called "uncovering the hijab".

Next, the couple drinks a cup of wine and eats Hexi noodles, longevity noodles, or descendant cakes.

Food customs: Manchu people eat three meals a day during busy farming periods and two meals a day during slack farming periods.

The staple food is mostly millet, sorghum rice, japonica rice, and dry rice. They like to add adzuki beans or beans to the rice, such as sorghum, rice, and bean dry rice.

In some areas, corn is the staple food, and corn flour is fermented to make "sour soup".

The Manchus in most areas of the Northeast still have the habit of eating rice with water. That is, after making sorghum rice or corn pancakes, rinse them with water, then soak them in water, take them out when eating, and put them into a bowl. They are cool and delicious.

This way of eating is most common in summer.

Manchu cakes have a long history and became the staple food of the palace in the Qing Dynasty.

The most representative one is Yushan's "Chestnut Noodle Wo Tou", also known as Xiao Wo Tou.

Manchu snack Saqima has also become a famous pastry in the country.

The more famous ones include Qing Dongling pastry, also known as Qing Dongling large pastry, Beijing snack Dun pastry, Hebei Chengde snack oil pastry, Hubei Jingzhou snack lard pastry, etc.

The weather in the north is cold in winter and there are no fresh vegetables. Manchu folk often use pickled Chinese cabbage (ie sauerkraut) as the main vegetable in autumn and winter.

It is said that the pickling method of storing vegetables began in the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty.

Boiled white meat and vermicelli with pickled cabbage are dishes that the Manchus often eat after winter.

Manchu people love to eat pork and often cook it by boiling it.

The Manchu restaurant Na Guan in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province has a history of more than 100 years. The white meat blood sausage sold in this restaurant is known as the authentic Manchu flavor.

Typical foods: The Manchus live in scattered places, and there are representative typical foods in various places, mainly including: ① White meat and blood sausage.

②Hot pot.

Traditional Manchu cuisine.

③Sour soup.

Typical food of the Manchu people in Xiuyan, Liaoning.

④Qing Dongling cakes.

It is also called the Dongling Tomb of Qing Dynasty.

Festivals The main traditional festivals include Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, February 2, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.