Humanistic customs of Yao nationality township in Yao area

Yao Township in Yao District is a multi-ethnic mountainous township dominated by Yao nationality. Yao is an ancient nation with a long history of folk customs. Because the place where they live for a long time is a mountainous area, the Yao people in Yao Township in Yao District have a kind of love that cannot be separated from mountains. Life is inseparable from mountains, legends are inseparable from mountains, life is inseparable from mountains, and death is inseparable from mountains. The mountain stays in the heart, flows in the blood, and is the soul. Therefore, Yao people have a mountain-like personality and broad mind.

Along the Nangong River under the jurisdiction of Sharen Village Committee in Yao Township, Yao District, after a lot of ravines and mountains, it is the most famous Nangong Mountain in Yao Township, Yao District. The mountains are towering with ancient trees, gurgling streams and dense virgin forests. Being in it can't help but make you fantasize.

Speaking of Yao nationality, Wang Pan Festival is a festival that must be mentioned. 1986165438+1October 17 (that is, October 16th of the lunar calendar) The first Yao Festival celebration was held in Mengla County.

Wang Pan Festival is a grand gathering for Yao people to commemorate their ancestors Wang Pan and celebrate the harvest, and it is also a festival for young men and women to engage in social activities. This festival comes from the worship of Pan Hu. There are many legends about the origin of Wang Pan Festival among Yao people. According to legend, in ancient times, King Ping and King Gao fought and the king was rewarded. Who can win the high king, not only has a reward, but also can marry Yincui gorge to him. No one dared to respond at that time. Pan Hu, the ancestor of Yao nationality, went out to war at the invitation of others, and crossed the ocean to retrieve the head of Gao Wang. He was worthy of Yincui gorge and was crowned the king of "Nanjing Huiji, Mountain Ten Treasure Hall". King Pan and Princess Yincui gave birth to six men and six women, and handed down the twelve surnames of Yao. Therefore, Yao people regard Wang Pan as their ancestor and set up Wang Pan Festival to commemorate it. When the festival comes, the Yao people put on holiday costumes, set up song tables, beat bronze drums, sing, dance and dance for a long time to celebrate the festival.

Biting hands and making promises is a way of love between Yao men and women lovers. After the lovers confirmed their love relationship by singing folk songs, in order to show their loyalty, the man bit the woman's right wrist hard to show that she would not marry, and the woman accepted it and said that she would not marry. Usually, the more painful the bite, the deeper the love.

Biting hands is a traditional habit of Yao nationality for thousands of years, and it is the pursuit of beautiful love for young men and women. It is also special to express the specificity and eternity of love with the pain of 56 ethnic families.