National customs and habits are the product of social and historical development stages. In the development process of human society, customs and habits have experienced a development process from scratch, from simplicity to complexity. Ruining hair, drinking blood, and living in nests are common customs of humans in primitive societies. With the development of production, the diversification of social life and the formation of a national unity, national customs and habits have gradually formed.
The customs and habits of various ethnic groups in our country are gradually formed in the long-term social development. Some national customs and habits are related to major historical events and historical figures of a nation. There are also some customs and habits that reflect the economic and cultural life of a nation in a certain historical period.
For example, various ethnic groups engaged in animal husbandry, agriculture, forestry, or fishing and hunting have different taboos, likes and dislikes in diet, residence, travel, clothing, marriage, funeral, etc. The customs and habits of some ethnic groups are closely related to religious beliefs. For example, some religions have regulations on weddings, funerals, weddings, and diet for believers. Some of them have slowly become national customs and habits.
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1. Dai nationality
The Dai nationality mainly lives in Xishuangbanna and Dehong areas of Yunnan Province, and is also distributed in Lincang, Dali and Lijiang. . Rice is abundant in the settlements of the Dai people. Rice is the staple food of the Dai people, and they like to eat glutinous rice the most. They can also use glutinous rice to process food, such as putting the glutinous rice into fragrant bamboo and baking it into bamboo tube rice, wrapping the glutinous rice and peanuts into rice dumplings with reed leaves, and using glutinous rice to make rice dumplings. Rice milk is steamed into rolled noodles. Deep-fried into glutinous rice oil fruit, glutinous rice rolls, etc.
The Dai people like sour, spicy and fragrant food. The main cooking methods include steaming, roasting, boiling, pickling, etc. Among them, grilled fish is very unique. The method is to remove the internal organs first, chop the onion, garlic, ginger and pepper into a puree, put it in the belly of the fish, then wrap it with lemongrass, and bake it slowly over a dark fire until it turns brown. Crispy and tender. Dai people regard sour bamboo boiled chicken and fish as the best dishes to entertain guests.
2. Qiang ethnic group
The Qiang ethnic group is mainly distributed in the northwest mountainous area of ??Sichuan Province. The Qiang settlements have high mountains and steep slopes, many rocks and thin soil, and low temperatures. The Qiang settlements mainly produce corn, potatoes (potatoes), wheat, highland barley, buckwheat and various beans, but the yields are not high. Vegetables include cabbage, radish, green vegetables, etc.
The Qiang people’s staple foods include gold-coated silver noodles, buckwheat noodles, gnocchi, sour soup noodles, corn dumplings, fried noodles, steamed buns, etc. Common non-staple foods include sauerkraut, meat, white tofu, fried potato chips and bacon. The Qiang people eat horse, dog and wild animal meat. The "Qiang live fish" produced in Beichuan looks like a four-legged snake and is also eaten by the Qiang people. I also like to eat pork belly bones.
The famous local products of the Qiang people include pepper and tea from Maowen and Beichuan. The main drinks of the Qiang people are wine and tea. The drunken fermentation wine brewed from highland barley, corn, etc. is smoked with a long bamboo pipe when drinking. Qiang people in urban areas also have the habit of drinking morning tea in the early morning.
3. Bai Nationality
Most of the Bai nationality live in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, and the rest live scattered in Kunming, Yuanjiang, Lijiang and other places. Food crops in Dali Autonomous Prefecture include rice, wheat, corn, potatoes, buckwheat, etc., and cash crops include sugar cane, flue-cured tobacco and tea. Rivers and lakes are rich in fish, and mountainous areas are rich in plant and animal resources.
The Erhai Lake in Dali Prefecture is famous for its fish, especially bowfish. People like to eat casserole dishes. The method of making fish casserole is to put ham slices, tender chicken pieces, mushrooms, cured liver slices, magnolia slices, tofu and other more than a dozen raw materials in proportion to the fish in a casserole. Add pepper, star anise, salt and other condiments, and put it on the fire. Stewed over low heat, this dish tastes extremely fresh.
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