Customs in Jiulong County

In some areas around Gongga Mountain, such as Kangding, Daofu, Jiulong, Yajiang and other places, a small number of people speak a Muya language, and they are called Muya people.

Due to the influence of Tibetan culture, the customs and beliefs of Muya people, such as marriage customs and burial customs, are similar to those of Tibetans. Muya people have celestial burial, water burial and burial, and believe in Buddhism. In terms of decoration, men are the same as Tibetans, while women are different from Tibetans. Tibetan decorations are usually placed on the head, while elegant ones are placed on the neck or waist. Moreover, although Muya people have long braids, they don't hang back, but wear them on their heads, folding them into tiles with a piece of black cloth or blue cloth and covering them on their heads. Sometimes put a little ornament on your head, but not too much. The decoration on the belt is like a bullet in a pistol bullet bag, wearing a waist knife. Some also wear wide pleated skirts and cloaks made of woolen cattle and black white-collar workers, and the collars are woven with red wool to create auspicious patterns.

A house form of Muya people is similar to that of Qiang and Jiarong people. "Blackstone House" is a few feet high, generally three floors, the lower level raises livestock, the middle level lives in people, and the upper level basks in firewood. People live in a hall, a teahouse, a bedroom, a balcony, a studio and a toilet. They seldom live on the hillside, and their houses are usually built on flat ground.

The history of Muya people is very long, and the history of people who speak this language is recorded in the past Sino-Tibetan documents. Since modern times, Chinese and foreign scholars have studied the language and history of Muya people and published many papers. Most articles believe that the residents who speak Muya are closely related to the ancient Xixia people. Some articles even think that Muya people are immigrants who moved south after the demise of Xixia.