The taboo of Tujia customs, the most famous taboo of the Tujia family

The most famous taboos of the Tujia are:1. The Turkish people are taboo to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

2. The Turkish people are taboo to eat donkey, mule, horse, and dog meat.

3. When turning the prayer wheel in the Buddhist hall, it must be from left to right, irreversible.

4. At the same time, it is taboo to count the owner's cattle and sheep, believing that this will affect the development of the herd.

5. When sitting on the kang, it is taboo to sit on the pillow and quilt of the master's house.

6. The Tu people also have the habit of avoiding the door, such as giving birth to a child, Anxinmen, or when there is a heavy shirt and spine patient at home, a red paper should be pasted next to the gate, or a fire should be simmered next to the gate, and outsiders are not allowed to enter the courtyard.

7. The bedroom of a young woman is not allowed to enter at will, and she is not allowed to joke or infiltrate unmarried girls.

8. Smoking, spitting, rummaging and loud noise are prohibited in the Buddha hall and main hall.

9. Do not step over the monk's kneeling mat and other items.

10. Avoid sneezing and coughing on the butter lamp.

The Tujia taboos are as follows:

1. Communication taboos.

Tujia people should not use Tujia language for foreigners, and avoid using foul language, contempt and impolite language; The younger generation should not call the name of the elders, the younger generations should not call the names without surnames, and between men and women, the younger generations should not call the elders "catch, feed"; When someone dies, avoid saying "death" directly, but instead use "ancient", "return to heaven", "gone" and so on, and avoid saying "folding, loss, loss, loss, consumption" and other words to businessmen.

Men and women should not sit on the same bench or sit opposite each other, and men should not touch women's waists. Do not spit on others or in front of them. Don't grow a beard. On the occasion of the wedding celebration, it is not allowed to say things like "separation, separation", let alone funerals.

2. Hold the taboo of old travel.

Travel taboos. Seven, nine trembling skin is going out on the day, avoid returning home on the eighth day, Jianma said "seven do not go out and eight do not return, every nine go out to cause trouble". The Tujia people also believe that the Snake Day in January, April, July and October of the lunar calendar, the Rooster Day in the winter month, and the Ox Day in March, June and September are all "red days", and it is forbidden to go far away.

3. Touching the head is taboo.

Tujia men are strictly forbidden to touch their heads, whether in good faith or for any other reason. Except for grandparents and parents. Yan Yun said, "The head of a boy and the waist of a daughter are only allowed to be seen, not scratched."

It is believed that touching a man's head is a violation of the dignity of a man, and no matter how good a friend is, he must strictly abide by this taboo, otherwise he will turn friendship into hatred.

The taboo of the Tujia family:New Year's festival taboos, dietary taboos, banquet into the wheel to disturb the seat taboo, wedding taboos, back to the door taboo.

1. Holiday taboos during the year.

During the big year and small year, avoid grinding. On the 29th day of the lunar month, after the New Year's dinner, women should not use needles and threads. Do not carry water on the 30th day of the lunar month, otherwise it will touch the dragon king and lead to floods and droughts; No killing is allowed, which means that all kinds of animals can celebrate the New Year safely and happily.

2. Dietary taboos.

When eating, it is believed that eating with a bowl held behind the back of another person is believed to cause a person to "eat on their back". Avoid young children eating chicken feet, otherwise they will think that writing will be like a chicken crawling in the future; also avoid eating pig nose, believing that it will sleep and snore in the future; Avoid eating pigtails, for fear that they will fall behind in the future; Do not eat godly offerings, otherwise your memory will be poor. Avoid eating pig's feet forks, so as not to find a daughter-in-law and be "forked" by others; Avoid eating pig tails, for fear that you will always fall behind others in the future.

3. It is taboo to sit at the banquet.

Regardless of red and white ceremonies, there is a custom of "not serving the table if the table is not right". The seating is very particular, there are upper and lower generations, left and right sizes. That is, the person who sits with his back to the shrine, facing the gate is the top, and the person facing the shrine with his back to the gate is down; The person faces the shrine, the left is large, and the right is small.

The family is not part of the age, only the generation is seated; Relatives and uncles are the greatest, followed by uncles, uncles, cousins, etc. Fathers and sons should not sit at the same table, nor should they sit on opposite tables, but the younger generations should sit on either side of the left or right. When drinking, the younger generation should respect the elders first; The elders should also be asked to cook the vegetables first.

4. Marriage taboos.

The bride's sedan chair is taboo and mourning meets, and if it does, it will take a detour. The bride's sedan chair is avoided to pass the Tuwang Temple, and Ladan is generally a detour, which must pass, and the bride has to get off the sedan chair and walk.

5. Back to the door taboo.

When the bride returns to the door, she should not sweep the floor for her mother's family, for fear of sweeping away her family's wealth. On the day of return, when the groom eats the first meal of his father-in-law's house, he should not eat up a large bowl of rice specially served by his father-in-law's family, and avoid eating the two soybeans (golden beans) put in the wine glass in advance.

The above content refers to Encyclopedia - Tujia.