Transparent Mosuo people

Colorful Yunnan has always been a tourist destination that I have longed for. After several plans, I finally realized my dream of many years. I had the opportunity to visit Yunnan for the first time, and I was even more fortunate to have close contact with the Naxi Mosuo people in the Daughter of the East. .

? The local girl personally told us about the customs and customs of the Mosuo people.

The Mosuo people in Lugu Lake live in a primitive matriarchal society. It can be said to be a paradise for men and a world for women. The marriage custom adopts "men do not marry, women do not marry, one husband and one wife" for a lifetime. Maintain the relationship with each other through love, and restrain each other's behavior with the faith of the Holy Spirit in the heart.

? The grandmother will prepare a flower house for her daughter when she is 13 years old, so that she can date her elder brother. The way of making love is to clasp the palm of her hand three times with the elder brother she likes when attending a bonfire party. , if the elder brother likes the younger sister, he will press it three times in the palm of his hand, and they will be in love and can start dating. A-mei values ??her brother's health more than material things, because the traditional education they receive is "a woman's mission is to spread the branches and leaves of the family" passed down by the elders in the family, and the genes given by a healthy brother are more beneficial. Pass it on to the next generation. The elder brother will climb the flower house after dark. Once he makes a date with someone, he will only date one elder brother. The child will take the mother's surname and be raised by the mother and uncle. On the day of birth, the biological father can go to the elder sister's house during the day. I rarely see my children the rest of the time.

? The most noble person in the family is the grandmother who is in charge of money. She lives in the grandmother's house. There is a small room in it. People in the family who want to have children go in to give birth. Old people who are dying go in and wait until they can come out. Those who are inside are alive, and those who cannot get out are dead, so it is called the "Gate of Life and Death", which means the cycle of life and death. After a person dies, they stay at home for up to seven or forty-nine days, and then they are cremated into ashes and scattered into the forest, which means returning to the earth and turning into spring mud to protect all things.

? The family culture advocated by the Mosuo people is not to separate families and to perform filial piety during life. People in the family who are related by blood live together, live together, and work together. Respect the elderly and raise young children carefully. If there is something delicious and useful, the elderly will be given priority. Children are like cattle and sheep, let out early in the morning and go home at night, eating hundreds of meals to grow up. The old man does not depend on his old age, he thinks he can do whatever he can, so he lives till he is old, until he is really unable to move, then he can face life and death with a clear conscience.

? When suffering from illness, if it can be cured, we will spend all our money to save it, but if it is a terminal illness that cannot be cured, we will not treat it. They believe in Tibetan Buddhism and believe that life and death are destined. They usually accumulate virtue and do good deeds, no matter what the result, they do not force it. Their views on life and death are very shocking. Looking back at the surroundings, there are many people who are willing to do whatever it takes to save their lives, even if they know it is an incurable disease, even if they have no savings, they will borrow money everywhere, and even if they take medicine, injections, and chemotherapy I am willing to endure pain just to prolong my limited life.

? Different cultural differences lead to different ways of coping. It doesn’t matter what is right or wrong. Respecting each other’s culture leads to thinking about how to face life and death? How to deal with such an eternal problem that tortures the soul?

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