I plan to travel to Dali, Kunming, Yunnan. There are many ethnic minorities there. I want to know what I should pay attention to when I go there.

Prevention of Taboos of Yunnan Tourism Minorities

1. It is forbidden for Naxi people to throw garbage, waste, spit and wash excrement cloth into water sources and rivers; It is forbidden to destroy, block water sources and cut down trees near the water. Don't swear and say ugly things in front of your elders. In the house, you can't sit on the threshold, you can't break into the delivery room, and pregnant women can't enter the new house. Don't spit in the fire pit.

2. Yi people should not step on the pot and village stones, and should not cross other people's fireplaces; Pregnant women can't attend the wedding, so praise language such as "beautiful", "chubby" and "heavy" should be avoided for children. When entering Yi Jia, you need to sit above the fireplace as a guest. You can't sit wrong, and you can't laugh and scold Bimo (the sacrificial teacher). No horses, mules, dogs, cats and monkeys.

3. Lisu people are forbidden to swear in front of their elders, to hurt people with malicious words, to steal and other bad behaviors. Don't move anything in the corner dedicated to ancestors. You can't cross the fireplace at home. Don't sit on the threshold, cut down the sacred tree and hurt the cuckoo. Do not eat horses, mules, dog meat, etc.

4. Other ethnic groups: Dai people avoid outsiders riding into the village. Jingpo Village is hung with cow's head bones, which can't be touched. Seeing the Wa people put wooden poles in front of the door, they had to retreat. Don't wear shorts in Tibetan areas, don't enter Tibetan rooms, don't step on the threshold, don't spit in front of others, and don't hurt livestock and birds at will in Tibetan areas.