Mongols are forbidden to ride horses, dismount and get off in front of yurts. Why?

Mongolians are forbidden to ride horses, dismount in front of yurts, and bring whips and swords into private rooms. It is forbidden to sit in the northwest corner of the yurt, and extend your feet to the northwest when sleeping or sitting. Don't roast your feet on the brazier, and don't touch the fire or cut things next to you with a knife and axe. Gifts should be given in odd numbers, and it is forbidden to beat and scold watchdog, cattle and dogs.

Mongolians hate black and think it is an ominous color. In diet, Mongolians avoid shrimp, crab, fish and seafood. ? Mongolians taboo others (including guests) to dismount and ride sheep at the entrance of the yurt and enter the yurt with a whip.

Guests are not allowed to enter the bag privately, sit casually in the yurt, squat down or extend their legs to the northwest or the stove. Don't cross the host's coat, bedding, pillow, spit in the private room, and don't step on the threshold when you leave the private room. Mongolians also taboo others to point at their heads with tobacco bags, knives and scissors, chopsticks, etc.

In daily life habits, Mongolians are forbidden to dismount and ride into the sheep at the entrance of the yurt, and it is forbidden to bring whips into the yurt. Guests are not allowed to enter the bag privately, sit casually in the yurt, squat down or extend their legs to the northwest or the stove.

Don't cross the host's coat, bedding, pillow, spit in the private room, and don't step on the threshold when you leave the private room. It is forbidden for others to point at their heads with tobacco bags, knives and scissors, chopsticks, etc.

Fire taboo: Mongolians worship fire, Vulcan and Kitchen God, and think that fire, Vulcan or Kitchen God are sacred objects to ward off evil spirits. Therefore, after entering the yurt, it is forbidden to roast your feet on the stove, let alone wet your boots and shoes by the stove. Don't cross the stove, or pedal the stove, don't knock on the cigarette bag, throw things or throw dirty things on the stove. You can't pick a fire with a knife, you can't insert a knife into the fire, and you can't take meat from the pot with a knife.

Water taboo: Mongolians believe that water is a pure god. Don't wash your hands and bathe in the river, don't wash women's dirty clothes, and don't throw unclean things into the river. Grassland is dry and short of water, grazing by aquatic plants, and it can't survive without water. Therefore, herders are used to saving water, paying attention to keeping water clean and taking water as the source of life.