When people die, all families mourn, one dozen mourning drums and two help , why do Tujia people li

This is a strong local custom of the Tujia people and has been passed down for many years, but there are several special reasons for this behavior:

1. The Tujia people believe that as the funeral sacrifice song and dance of the Tujia people in southwest Hubei Province, the Tujia people praise death in the form of singing and dancing in this green land, showing the fearless spirit of seeing death as home, which is the perfect expression of the Tujia people's open-minded and enlightened view of life and death. Through the inheritance, utilization, reform and publicity of inheritors and cultural people, it has long abandoned its inauspicious meaning of sorrow and suffering, and has become a way to show the optimistic and open-minded emotional expression of the Tujia people, and has become a noble art form that promotes, publicizes and enhances the popularity and influence of this rich cultural tourism resource in southwest Hubei Province.

2. The Tujia funeral dance is a very important activity in the Tujia gathering area in southwest Hubei Province, which highlights the Tujia people's optimistic life, laughter, and free and easy feelings about death, and also celebrates the "Shuntou Road" and return to nature of the deceased. It is precisely because of this good attitude and free and easy feelings that they have a correct understanding of people's life, aging, sickness and death, and returning to nature after death.

3. From the perspective of the funeral, it is a direct reflection of the psychological characteristics of the Tujia family. From the historical origin of the funeral dance, whether it is from the totem worship, or from the relationship between the Bayu dance, the hand-waving dance, the Bashan dance, etc., the relationship between the funeral and them is very close, and they have a relationship of origin and inheritance.

After listening to this, do you have a deeper understanding of the dancing behavior of the Tujia people?

This is a unique custom of the Tujia people to commemorate the deceased, which has been passed down from generation to generation, and it may be that the Tujia people in the past believed that people would reach another world after death, and the people of the present world danced to pay tribute to the deceased.

Similar to the beating of gongs and drums when the Han people commemorate the deceased, dancing to commemorate the deceased is also a way to express remembrance in the eyes of the Tujia people. It means that the deceased wants to go to another world in style.

One of the funeral customs of the Tujia people is to dance the funeral, that is, to commemorate the deceased with a specific Tujia dance, which belongs to a specific custom, and others cannot evaluate anything.

This is the custom and culture of the Tujia people, for them, the deceased was suffering from all kinds of pain during his lifetime, so he would dance a dance on the day of his death, so that the deceased could forget the troubles of the world and leave safely.

This is a custom of the Tujia family, if the deceased suffered all kinds of pain and torture during his lifetime, he will dance a dance after death, so that the deceased can forget the troubles of the world and leave peacefully.

This is the ancient funeral ritual of the Tujia people, which is their special custom, mainly to let the deceased enjoy the last human joy before entering the earth. It has developed into an entertaining dance.

This is a custom unique to the Tujia family, which means that the deceased should forget the dissatisfaction and suffering of the world, and leave this world with peace of mind and go to the other side of the land of bliss.

Each ethnic minority has its own ethnic customs, and dancing to commemorate the deceased belongs to the unique custom of the Tujia people, that is, to commemorate the deceased with a specific Tujia dance, which belongs to a specific custom, and others cannot evaluate anything.

The Tujia people believe in the existence of animism and the immortality of the soul, so they use dancing to liven up the atmosphere and mourn the deceased, so that these dead can be happy in another world, a ritual similar to today's memorial services.

Each people has its own customs, and it may be that they want the dead to be happy after death, and to be able to enjoy the same entertainment as they were when they were alive.