Jing Nationality Customs and Taboo Culture

Every place has taboos, some of which stem from religious beliefs, and more because people are afraid of supernatural forces or take negative preventive measures because of superstition. The Jing people live along the coast, and fishing in the sea naturally becomes their main economic life. In this process, the Jing people have produced many taboos and formed a unique Jing culture. Let's take a look!

Taboos of the Jing nationality are closely related to the social life of the Jing nationality and widely exist in all aspects of the daily life and productive labor of the Jing nationality. For example, put fishing nets on the beach to prevent people from crossing; The newly built bamboo raft that has not yet entered the water is forbidden for people to sit on.

When you stick to the new network, avoid others talking near, otherwise you will think that you can't catch fish; Avoid meeting women when you go out to sea and get off the first net; Please don't cook raw fish or cooked rice when you ask someone to pack fishing foil; Choose an auspicious day to build a house, otherwise you will think that you will be hit by natural and man-made disasters; Avoid living in a house that is not built according to traditional rules. There is a saying that "it is better to buy a broken field than to live in a broken house". No one dares to live in this kind of house even if it is built magnificently; Avoid borrowing money from others after dark; Avoid borrowing fire on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar.

During pregnancy, pregnant women should avoid moving the bed and putting on the hat, otherwise they think that the born child will have a crooked mouth; Don't put the dishes upside down on the boat, don't hang your feet outside the boat, and don't sit in the place where the bow burns incense; Avoid whistling or singing in the Woods at night, thinking that it will attract ghosts and take people's souls away.

Many taboos of the Jing nationality are homophonic, and "reef" and "reef" are homophonic. It's unlucky to hit the rocks at sea, so cooking is forbidden. "Oil and water" and "swimming" are homonyms. Swimming at sea means something is wrong, so it is not called "oil-water" but "water skiing". Moving objects should be picked up and not dragged around, because they are suspected of being "stranded". Every time Jingmen goes out to sea, old people, women and children will see them off on the beach and hold some sea worship activities.

With the social and cultural progress and development of the Jing nationality, the taboo customs of the Jing nationality are also changing, some are not as strict as before, and some even disappear.