Folklore of Gongshan Dulong Nu Autonomous County

Gongshan County is located at the junction of China, Myanmar, Yunnan and Tibet, where many nationalities live together, and Catholicism, Christianity, Tibetan Buddhism and primitive religion coexist, making Gongshan a place where multi-ethnic cultures meet with eastern and western religious cultures. There are many ethnic festivals and colorful ethnic cultures here, including the Dulong "Kaiqiangwa" Festival, the Nu "Fairy" Festival and the Lisu "Kuanshi" Festival.

Delong

Dulong is the least populated ethnic group among the endemic ethnic groups in Yunnan, mainly living in Dulong River Basin of Gongshan Dulong Nu Autonomous County in northwest Yunnan, and some of them are scattered in Fugong and Weixi counties on both sides of Nujiang River. Historically, Dulong people were called "Ren Xun" or "Quren". Dulong is divided into more than 50 paternal clans, and each paternal clan is divided into several fraternal nationalities. The traditional lifestyle of Dulong people is the primitive production system centered on family commune, under which * * * jointly produces and * * * jointly owns the means of production and living. The head of the household is responsible for handling and coordinating, the clansmen plow the fields, the daughter-in-law takes turns to cook, and the housewives are evenly distributed according to their heads when eating. Friendship and friendship between nations, the road is not picked up, the door is not closed at night. The production and life of Dulong people are mainly concentrated in river valleys and foothills. The four walls of Dulong houses are just surrounded by bamboo rafts and covered with thatch. The whole building is simple in structure, and some of them pile the whole log on the stone foundation to build a solid cabin. When you walk into Dulong people's house, the first thing that jumps into your eyes is the Dulong blanket that you put on your body, put on the bed or spread on the cabinet as an ornament. This blanket is hand-woven with cotton and linen and colorful threads. Soft, simple and elegant, it is a national handicraft that Dulong people are proud of.

Female (female)

Nu people are mainly distributed in Lushui, Fugong, Gongshan and Lanping counties in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Weixi county in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Chayu county in Xizang Autonomous Region. Mixed with Lisu, Dulong, Tibetan, Bai, Han, Naxi and other ethnic groups. Mainly engaged in mountain agriculture. "Angry people live on the top of the mountain" and "bamboo is the house and bamboo is the wall", which is the description of the living life of the Nu people by the ancients. Nu people's houses are dry-fence-style, and most of them are built on the mountain. There are mainly two kinds of wooden houses and bamboo houses. Most Nu people in Gongshan area live in wooden houses or semi-wooden houses with half earth walls. Religious belief: In addition to primitive religious worship, ethnic minorities have converted to Tibetan Buddhism, Catholicism and Christianity. Most clan names are named after animals. In the legend of clan origin, animals are regarded as the ancestors of the clan, or worshipped because of their special relationship, with the color of totem worship.

Lisu people lived in Jinsha River valley at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan in the early days, and then gradually moved to Nujiang area in western Yunnan to settle down. Lisu is a unique ethnic group in Yunnan, mainly living in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture and Weixi Lisu Autonomous County in Yunnan Province, and the rest are scattered in Lijiang, Baoshan, Diqing, Dehong, Dali and Chuxiong in Yunnan and Xichang, Yanyuan, Muli and Dechang in Sichuan. Delong

The traditional clothing of Dulong usually wears black and white linen or cotton clothes, while men wear shorts. They used to pull a piece of linen from their left shoulder and armpit to their chest, exposing their left shoulder and right arm. Most women wear dyed rattan rings around their waists as decoration, which is a custom of tattooing. Men and women don't wear hats, have long hair and go barefoot. Clothing has been greatly improved. Women wear long-sleeved clothes, colored beads and chains like Lisu people. Men like to carry broadswords and crossbows.

Female (female)

Nu people have language, but no writing, and most of them use Chinese. Anger language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. Because of the long-term relationship with Lisu people, I speak Lisu language. Nu people are ancient residents on both sides of Nujiang River and Lancang River. Before the founding of New China, many ancient scenes of human life, such as flowers and trees dying in sequence, tying ropes and carving wood to transmit information, slash-and-burn farming methods, can still be reflected here from time to time.

Lisu

Lisu people are descendants of Li Qiangren, a branch of Tibetan-Burmese language family. Lisu people have their own language, which belongs to Yi branch of Tibeto-Burman language family of Sino-Tibetan language family. The original text is not perfect. A new text based on Latin alphabet was created in 1957. In some pun poems, there are often clever metaphors with fresh artistic conception, which is the most prominent feature of Lisu poetry. Lisu people are mainly engaged in agriculture. Marriage is monogamous. Lisu people are mainly engaged in agriculture, planting corn, rice, buckwheat and so on. Lisu people believe in primitive religion and worship nature. Some people also believe in Christianity and Catholicism.