What are the customs of Tujia nationality

1, eating customs

Before the Yuan Dynasty, the Tu people were mainly animal husbandry, and their food structure was relatively simple, mainly meat and dairy products, and they also ate fried noodles with highland barley. After the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Tu people gradually turned to the agricultural economy, and their diet was mainly highland barley, wheat and potatoes.

2. Clothing customs

Traditional men's wear, wearing a satin felt hat, embroidered high-necked diagonal white jacket, embroidered with colorful patterns on the chest, wearing a black, blue or purple vest, or wearing a wide-brimmed robe, embroidered belt at the waist, white socks and moire embroidered cloth shoes on the feet.

3. Wedding customs

According to the folklore of Min and Tu people, in ancient times, Tu girls never got married, and men began to live with their wives, and later evolved into men marrying women. Dola of Minhe and Tu nationality marries children first, then daughters, and all the children are married, which refers to this situation, but this is not reflected in other Tu nationality areas.

surname

Tujia people call themselves "Bizka", "Mijika" or "Bejinka", which means "an indigenous people".

Historically, Tujia ancestors were called "barbarians" or "barbarians". Before the Song Dynasty, Tujia people living in Wuling area, together with other ethnic minorities, were called "Wu Lingren" or "Wuxi people". After the Song Dynasty, Tujia people were called "Tu Ding", "Tu Ren", "Tu Min" or "Tu Man" separately. After the reform, with the increase of Han immigrants, "Tu", "Ke" and "Miao" are often opposed in Wuling area to distinguish Tujia, Han and Miao.

As a clan name, "Tujia" appeared in a late period. The records of Xianfeng County in the Republic of China stated that "the home of Tusi descendants is Tujia, and the local Han immigrants are Hakka".