What are the customs of the Kino people in China?

The time of the Chinese New Year of the Kino people is not fixed, and it is generally determined by "Zhuoba" and "Zhuosheng". Kino houses are replaced by sturdy, fire-resistant wooden pillars and stone tiled roofs, and Kino funerals are generally carried out in earth burials in public cemeteries. The Kino embroidery is very delicate and exquisitely made.

The Kino people live mainly in the Shuangxi Banna Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan, and they have a custom of "drinking wine instead of punishment", and if a member of the tribe does something wrong, they are punished for drinking 10 bowls of wine.

The Kino people in China have a custom of "replacing punishment with wine", if a clansman does something wrong or violates the clan rules, he will be punished for drinking 10 bowls of wine. If the situation is serious, two pigs, 100 catties of flour and 10 catties of wine will be fined, and then the whole village will have to be invited to eat and apologize.

The Kino people mainly live in the Jino Nationality Township of Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, the Kino people are sincere in hospitality, and have always retained the custom of "raw and cooked food" in the folk, that is, after catching the prey, anyone who sees the captor can share a portion when they are born, and they can eat when they are cooked, until they finish eating. The same goes for drinking, as long as the guest does not put the glass, the host must accompany him to the end.

In the folk has always retained the habit of substituting punishment with wine, anyone who violates the village rules and regulations or does something wrong will generally be fined 10 bowls of wine, and the heavier person will be fined two pigs, more than 100 catties of rice and dozens of catties of wine, and the whole village will be invited to have a meal together.

In the past, the Kino people had a rite of passage. When children celebrate the coming-of-age ceremony, they should wrap beef and beef in banana leaves and distribute them to all households in the village to celebrate.

The Jino nationality is one of the seven endemic ethnic groups with a small population in Yunnan Province, the national language is the Kino language, which belongs to the Yi branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family of the Sino-Tibetan language family, there is no writing, in the past, most of them carved wood, carved bamboo, counted, remembered, and used Chinese. According to the Sixth National Population Census in 2010, the total population of the Kino ethnic group was 23,143.

1. Men wear white collarless cardigan cotton tops, embroidered with circular colored light patterns on the back, and wear wide white pants with cotton woolThe woman wears a cape-like peaked hat, a collarless and buttonless gown with seven colors of ornamentation, a triangular bodice pocket with round silver ornaments embroidered on the chest, and a short skirt with black and white shaved and trimmed skirts. Rice, the staple food of the Kino people, is mainly accompanied by wild vegetables, wild fruits and fungi collected by women, as well as their own vegetables, melons, fruits and oranges. Meat is mainly cattle, pigs, dogs, chickens, and the animals hunted by men are also the main meat eaters**.

With the improvement of people's living standards, they began to gradually replace the thatched-roofed bamboo buildings that are not strong and not conducive to fire prevention with solid and stone-based tiled roofs with wooden pillars and stone tiles that are not easy to catch fire.

2. The marriage of the Kino people is monogamous, free to love before marriage, rarely divorced after marriage, and some remnants of couple marriage and group marriage are still retained in the past. Young men and women of the Kino ethnic group are qualified to fall in love after a "rite of passage". Sing to each other in labor, and use leaves as letters to agree on the time and place of meeting; After the two are in love, they can live together.

Weddings are usually held after the birth of the first child. When a wedding is held, the elders must be present in person. The bride returned home 5 days after the wedding and returned to the man's parents a few days later.

3. The funeral of the Kino people is generally buried by the Shiling people, digging a single tree as a coffin, and burying it in a public cemetery, leaving no grave. The deceased's full set of production and daily necessities during his lifetime were used as funeral offerings, and the rich also buried a copper pot of silver. The tomb table is built with a bamboo building, a bamboo table is set inside, and the family members of the deceased go to the bamboo house to offer food 3 times a day, sacrifice for 1-3 years, and then dismantle the bamboo house.

Because there are few public cemeteries and they cannot be expanded at will, the Kino people have the custom of burying new coffins in the tombs of their predecessors. In the event of the death of pregnant women and mentally ill persons, cremation is practiced. The Kino couple was not buried together.

The most solemn festival is the "Temoke" Festival, also known as the Iron Festival, which is generally on February 6 of the solar calendar, as well as the "Sowing Festival" and the New Rice Festival.

Legend has it that Zhuge Liang's army was scattered on the way and left behind in the Kino Mountains, which is the ancestors of today's Kino people. Wu Futong, a man from the Kino Pin's clan, still embroiders gossip pictures on his vest and prays to Kong Ming when he worships the gods.

The Kino people call themselves "Kino", "Ji" is the uncle, and "Nuo" is the back, which means the people who respect their uncle, and he is called "Yule". The existing population is 18,022 (1990), mainly distributed in Jinuo Township, Jinuo Township, Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, and Buyuan Village Office, Mengwang Township, Jinghong City, and the rest are scattered in nearby Mengyang Township, Yunjinghong Township, Sandashan Township, Dadugang Township and Menglun Township, Mengla County.

In June 1979, the Kino ethnic group in Yunnan was officially recognized as a single ethnic minority, which was the last established ethnic minority in China. Since then, the Chinese nation has been determined to be composed of 56 ethnic groups.

The Kino people live in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China. According to the Fifth National Population Census in 2000, the population of the Kino ethnic group was 20,899. Although the Kino are small in number, they have a long history.

Legend has it that their ancestors were part of Zhuge Liang's southern expedition during the Three Kingdoms period, and stayed after being separated from the large army, and then gradually moved from Pu'er, Mojiang and even further north to settle here, so the Kino people believe in Zhuge Liang.

The original name of the Kino people was "Yule", so named because they were an ethnic group that lived on the "Yule Mountain". "Yule Mountain" was later transliterated as Keno Mountain. People may not be familiar with Keno Mountain, but its specialty Pu'er tea is famous.

The Kino people thrived among the mountains and rivers of this outstanding man.

Ethnic customs: Mr. marries after having children.

Marriage is monogamous and free before marriage, and divorce is rare after marriage. After the "coming-of-age ceremony" is held, the young men and women of the Kino tribe are qualified to fall in love, sing to each other during labor, and use leaves as letters to agree on the time and place of meeting, and when the two are in love, they can live together. Weddings are usually held after the birth of the first child.

It is mainly distributed in Jinuo Township, Jinghong County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, and the rest are scattered in the surrounding mountainous areas of Jinuo Township. Mainly engaged in agriculture and good at growing tea. The Kino language is spoken, and it belongs to the Yi branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family of the Sino-Tibetan language family.