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Essay about the customs and customs of our city by Dachang

During the Spring Festival this year, my parents took me to the long-awaited coastal tourist city-Sanya. At that time, it was still snowing heavily in Beijing and the temperature was zero degrees Celsius; but the hot land of Sanya was full of greenery, with warm winds blowing, and the daytime temperature was as high as 30 degrees. Not only is it like spring all year round and the scenery is beautiful, but it is also full of wonders of mountains and seas, and sunny beaches. Not only can you see coconut trees and coconut breeze everywhere, but the unique ethnic customs of the Li people also make me forget to leave.

In the Li and Miao customs village, I visited the traditional boat-shaped huts of the Li people, watched the unique playing of nose flutes and copper flutes, watched cockfights, beat gongs, dance with bamboo poles, and eat bamboo tube rice. I'm a little too busy. Hey, there are two old ladies sitting on the ground weaving! I ran over quickly. A simple loom is made from a few simple bamboo strips and a few thick hemp ropes. Two old ladies spread it flat on their legs and added colorful threads to weave colorful brocades.

I walked up to the old lady excitedly and visited this magical weaving art. Suddenly, I found green patterns on the old woman’s face, so I asked curiously: “Grandma, why do you have patterns on your face?” The old woman smiled and told me: “In the past, women of the Li ethnic group had the custom of embroidering their faces. To protect myself." As she spoke, the old lady told me a touching story:

A long time ago, there was a poor girl named Oona in mainland China. Her father died when she was a child, and she only depended on her mother. There was a young man named Lao Ke who was a neighbor. Oona and Rocco have a good relationship. One day, the emperor was choosing beautiful women and chose Oona. Oona refused to comply. The emperor sent people to snatch it. Oona and Luo Ke jumped into the sea, grabbed a piece of wood, and traveled across the ocean to Hainan Island. After the emperor found out, he sent people to Hainan Island to arrest people. Oona pricked her face with thorns. When the emperor saw her like this, he let her go. From then on, Oona and Lao Ke settled on the island. In order to protect their daughters from being harmed by the emperor, women of the Li ethnic group have the custom of embroidering their faces.

The old lady told me: Face embroidery is to carve various patterns on the face after dyeing it with dye. The two sides are symmetrical and slightly lined. Why use light green? Because they feel that the light green lines combined with the yellow skin of Li women have a soft and delicate beauty. Now, this custom of face embroidery has long been abolished among the Li people, and this legacy can only be seen among grandmothers in their seventies.

The two old ladies took the initiative to perform at the Li Folk Village. On the one hand, they show the past and present of the Li people, and on the other hand, they make money by taking photos with tourists. I really didn’t expect that an old lady who couldn’t even speak Mandarin would say “Thanks” to foreign tourists in English in a graceful and generous manner, which attracted Chinese and foreign tourists to frequently raise their cameras. See this photo? I also knelt down and sat among the old ladies and took a photo. In the photo, you can vaguely see the green patterns on the old woman’s face.

That pattern is a testimony of history, a symbol of Li women's defense of themselves, and the crystallization of their wisdom and bravery