In China, there is an ancient Tibetan tribe called Zhaba people.

In daofu county and Yajiang County, Sichuan Province, there is an ancient Tibetan tribe with its own unique folk customs, language and culture. They call themselves' Zhabawa', and people call them Zhaba people.

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

Zhaba people were under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty Tusi in Kangding in Qing Dynasty, and now they are mainly distributed in Waduo, Murong and Ba Pu Rong in Yajiang County, Yazhuo, Zhatuo and Hongding in daofu county, with a population of more than 13,.

Traditionally, the residential area of Zhaba people in daofu county is called' Upper Zhaba', and the residential area of Zhaba people in Yajiang County is called' Lower Zhaba'. The folk customs of the upper dam and the lower dam are roughly the same. The flowing Yalong River water endows Zhaba people with unique spirituality.

Zhaba people are bold, straightforward, simple, kind, open-minded, optimistic and sincere towards life. In Zhaba language, there is such a proverb,' If you plant more trees, you will plant more trees'', which means that most of the stones in Zhaba will not burn.

Zhaba people never tell lies. When we enter Zhaba, we are greeted with a strong wooden and elegant cultural atmosphere. Here, we can hear the Sanskrit sounds from Tianzhu, explore the unique Zhaba dialect, listen to the ancient legend of this snowy nation, and see the romantic love that flies over the eaves and walks on the wall.

due to traffic congestion and isolation from the outside world, people living in Zhaba area have always maintained the custom of' men don't marry, women don't marry', and the ancient marriage custom of' climbing the house' is particularly mysterious.

Zhaba men usually start to fall in love at the age of 16 or 17, looking for Xia Yi (that is, lovers). When I found Xiayi, I began to climb the house, went to the woman's house for marriage at night, and returned to my mother's side for production and life 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 the woman in the daytime, usually by grabbing the girl's headscarf or ring. If the other person has a crush on himself, she will run away with affection, and open the window of his attic in the dead of night, waiting for the arrival of the right person.

Zhaba people's houses are generally about 1 meters high, with three to five floors, and the walls are straight. At night, the boys must climb to the top of the building with their bare hands and enter the boudoir of the right person through the window that has been scouted in advance.

If the first marriage comes through the gate, 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 to the roof, you can only look at the wall and sigh, and you have no chance to meet the right person.

For a dam-tying man, Xia Yi (lover) is basically fixed in his life, and there is also a man who has more than two Xia Yi at the same time. This kind of leaving marriage is based on the feelings of both sides, without any political background or interest in money and property, nor is it bound by divine and clan rights, and it is detached from things.

In case of emotional disharmony between the two parties, or because of other reasons, the marriage relationship cannot be maintained, it will be dissolved by the fact that the man stops climbing the house or the woman refuses to open the window, and there will be no property disputes, complaints and grudges.

There are rules for climbing houses, and it is absolutely forbidden for men and women who are related by blood to leave their 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.

The traditional walk-away marriage makes Zhaba people still retain the vestiges of matriarchal times. There are no husband and wife in Zhaba people's family, and the matriarchal side is the main line of family members. The family members of several generations living together range from a few to dozens, and the mother is the core of the family.

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

The unique folk customs of Zhaba people make them have no fixed relationship between husband and wife, and whether a woman has a child or not has nothing to do with a man.

Zhaba people have a strange diet: eating'' stinky pork''.

The accurate translation of rotten pork in Zhaba language should be translated as' old pork' or' old pork'. Because of its strange taste, people are used to calling it rotten pork, which is another peculiar custom of Zhaba people.

The method of making this kind of pork is also very troublesome. Then, at last, the pig's seven orifices are tightly sealed with kitchen ashes and red soil and buried in Maikang. After half a month, the pig can be hung on the beam to smoke.

After fattening, put a rope around the pig's neck and strangle it. Clean it, cut a small opening in the chest to break the blood vessels in the pig's heart, so that all the blood in the meat can flow back to the internal organs, then take out all the internal organs from the small opening, and then stuff the whole grain into the pig's body. Finally, plug the pig's seven orifices with kitchen ashes and red soil to inflate the gas, tightly seal it and bury it in Maikang. After more than 1 days, the pig will be hung on the beam.

its hanging life can generally reach more than 1 years, with the longest reaching more than 3 years. When eating, you can take it as you like, and there are many ways to eat it raw, cook it or cook it in soup. At first glance, it tastes more important than' stinky tofu', and it is difficult to taste it at first. After eating more, it feels full of fragrance and endless aftertaste, among which' stinky pork' is the top grade.

if a guest comes to visit at home, 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 symbol of local measurement of the rich and the poor.

Another diet of Zhaba people is called' Milule'.

'' Milule'', commonly known as ghee jiaozi, looks like a steamed stuffed bun of the Han nationality. It is made of ghee and sugar with a small amount of Ciba as stuffing, and is made into a gourd shape with skin-connected noodles. When it is eaten, the skin-connected noodles below the split gourd are dipped in the ghee above, which is also a kind of food for entertaining guests.

If you have a chance to go to Zhaba area, please try Zhaba people's "stinky pork" and "Milule".