What are the customs of the Kyrgyz people?

The Kyrgyz people are one of the ethnic minorities in our country, with a long history and a unique culture, let's take a look at the customs and culture of the Kyrgyz people!

The diet of the Kyrgyz people is mainly based on cattle, sheep, horses, camels, yak meat and dairy products, and meat, milk and dairy products are inseparable from almost three meals a day, while wheat, barley and vegetables are only supplementary foods in the diet of the Kyrgyz people. The Kyrgyz practice exogamy, and generally relatives of the seventh generation and the fifth generation of the collateral line cannot intermarry, and men and women who have grown up on mother's milk are also afraid that ants cannot intermarry. The Kyrgyz ethnic group in China is mainly distributed in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in southwest Xinjiang and Turks, Zhaosu and Emin counties in the north, and a small number in Fufu counties in Heilongjiang Province.

The customs of the Uyghur people are as follows:

The Uyghur people are a very warm and hospitable people, and whenever friends come to the homes of Uyghur friends, they will be warmly entertained. The first procedure for Uyghurs to entertain guests is to first invite the guests to tea. When drinking tea, you should bring out naan, fangjian jianhuai candy, rock sugar, raisins, dried apricots, jam and all kinds of snacks and biscuits made by yourself.

In summer, the host will also take out a variety of fruits, watermelons, and melons to entertain. When entertaining tea, there is never a need for overnight tea and leftover tea, but to re-burn the tea. People with good conditions also use large bowls of milk tea to entertain guests, and like to break naan into small pieces and put them in the tea bowl, so that guests can eat and drink well.

After drinking tea, the Uyghurs also cook food to entertain guests.

Great hospitality

Ruoqiang's friends of the Uyghur people are hospitable, simple and kind, and they are very particular about etiquette. When meeting, it is generally necessary to salute, and even if they usually meet, they should shake hands and greet "Tisilekmo". In normal times, we pay great attention to and pay attention to each other's addresses.

The addition of "Jiang" after the name of the little boy and the addition of "Guli" or "Kizi" after the name of the little girl indicate endearment.

Most of the Uyghur residences are courtyards, and the gates are generally not open to the west. The house is square in shape, with a deep front porch, and the courtyard is planted with flowers, grapes, and fruit trees, and is very clean. The interior is built with clay kang, tapestries are hung on the walls, niches are opened, and a variety of floral patterns are decorated with them.

In terms of diet, they eat flour and rice as their staple foods, and like to drink milk tea, accompanied by flour roasted rancid.

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - Uyghur.

Kyrgyz Festival: The main festivals are Rouzi, Eid al-Adha and Nowruz.

The largest festival of the year for the Kyrgyz is the Noroz Festival, according to the Kyrgyz calendar, each new moon is one month, and twelve months are a year. The festival of Noroz is celebrated in the first month of the year. Similar to the Spring Festival of the Han nationality, every household will put good meals and good dishes on display to celebrate, and also use more than seven kinds of grains such as small plum vertical wheat and barley to make a kind of food called "Ke Shortage", wishing a rich meal in the new year.

The traditional Kyrgyz marriage ceremony takes place in the woman's home. On the day before the wedding, the bridegroom takes the slaughtered sheep or other livestock, accompanied by relatives, groomsmen, etc., and rides them to the woman's house. Before the wedding, the woman's family also slaughters livestock and sets up a feast to entertain relatives and friends. The Kyrgyz people are hospitable, and whenever there is a visitor, whether they know each other or not, they are to be warmly entertained and bring out the best food to entertain them.

When inviting guests to eat lamb, they are invited to eat lamb tail oil first, and then eat the blades and Kenai lamb's head, especially the lamb's head meat. Before eating meat, the guests should take out some of the women and children who have been distributed to the host's family, and when they eat other foods, they should leave a part of the plate on the table and not eat it all, so as to show the richness of the host's hospitality. If you can't finish eating, don't dump leftovers on the floor, and don't leave leftovers in the cutlery used by the guests, this taboo is not only for non-Muslim guests, but also for Muslim guests.