Basic characteristics of patriarchal society

In a patrilineal clan society, a man and his children and grandchildren form a large patrilineal family (family). The man not only marries his wife, but also keeps the man in the family and marries off his sisters or daughters. , the only ones left in the family are men. If this inheritance continues, it will be easier for men to calculate their lineage. The essence of this kind of calculation of lineage is for the purpose of financial inheritance. In a matrilineal clan, when there are no girls, adoption or adoption is needed to ensure that the matrilineal lineage is not extinguished and passed down. In addition, in a paternal clan, when there are no men, adoption or adoption is used. Or adopt a man to ensure there is a successor.

Women are worshiped in matriarchal clans. The goddess statues and naked goddesses unearthed in Hongshan Culture are manifestations of female worship. However, male worship is prevalent in patrilineal clans. In the Chinese culture of Longshan Culture, Taozu was found in the Quanhu Village and Xi'an Keshengzhuang ruins, Shizu was found in the Dujiagang ruins in Anzhang Commune, Anxiang County, Hunan, and a clay pot with a naked male figure was unearthed from Liuwan in the east of Qinghai. They are all physical evidence of patriarchal worship. There are about 30,000 Baikuyao people in China, more than 90% of whom live in the two ethnic townships of Nandanlihu and Bawu. Baikuyao, who settled in the Dashi Mountain area with numerous volcanic peaks and sparse cultivated land, created a unique Baikuyao culture through long-term production practice and aesthetic pursuit, which has gone through thousands of years and is still well-preserved today.

In November 2004, the Guangxi Baiku Yao Ecological Museum was completed in Lihu Township, becoming the first Yao ecological museum in China and the first ecological museum in Guangxi. The museum's protection scope covers the three natural villages of Manjiang, Huaqiao and Huatu in Huaili Village, Lihu Township, involving more than 100 households and more than 500 Baikuyao people.