Miao Culture in Panghai Town
The Miao culture in Panghai Town belongs to the original ecological national culture, which has attracted tourists at home and abroad, especially the Miao costumes and ethnic customs in Panghai Town. Among them, the silversmith Yang Sen's silverware works in Houchang Village of Panghai Town have high artistic and practical value, and the superb silverware making technology has attracted many customers to make an appointment and order!
The original ecological tourism of silver ornaments is more
potential for development. The Miao family in Binhai Town is a small family system centered on the paternal line. Generally speaking, they live in wooden houses made of Chinese fir or pine for generations, living a garden life with men plowing and women weaving, and strictly practicing monogamy. It is forbidden to intermarry between cousins and cousins. And the conclusion of the married husband comes from. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, there have been several categories, such as "independent freestyle" and "free style of speaking and combining". The so-called "freedom of marriage" means that the old man first proposes to invite someone to match him, and after the woman's family agrees, the young men and women can establish feelings through "traveling", and the two sides can get engaged and get married when the conditions are ripe.
"Traveling" is the most common way for young Miao men and women in Panghai Town to love and choose their partners. It is usually carried out during the slack season or traditional festivals. During the holidays, it is generally limited to the slopes around the village with landscape trees, and at night, it is in the "Traveling Hall" in the village. Whether traveling during the day or at night, young men from neighboring villages or outhouses arrive first, with whistles and leaves as signals. When young women hear the news, If you meet someone who is satisfied, besides singing and questioning, you should also seize the psychology and send some small gifts, such as hand tin, ring, waist, etc., to keep them going back and forth. After many trips, visits and inspections, and seeking the consent of both parents, you can enter into an engagement. On the auspicious day, several men went to the bride's house to pick up the bride and set off at dusk, and arrived at the man's house in the early morning. The next day, the man's house sent two respected old people to the woman's house to negotiate and pay the gift money, and returned on the same day. Twelve days later, several people from the woman's house went to the man's house to pick up the bride, and the man's house also sent several people to escort her. On the other hand, the woman's family set up a roadblock wine not far from home, pulled up a long table in the main room and put on wine and delicacies. Guests from all over the world came to congratulate her, drank wine and cleaned up the main room, and placed dowries in turn in front of the gods. The male singer sang "Open the cabinet song" with her uncle and aunt. After all the dowries of the bride were carried out, the man drank the roadblock wine and led the bride out.
In addition, due to different customs, the Miao people in Panghai Town also have their own characteristics in their costumes, especially women's dresses, which are mostly purple-based, with embroidered tops, birds, insects, fish and other patterns, embroidered flowers, a centenary skirt, silver inlaid pieces, silver bells, a "horn" silver crown, and a silver collar and necklace around their necks. When the Miao people in Wengxiang area and Diwu area of our town wear casual clothes, they tie their heads and temples, wear wooden combs, insert silver substitutes, trip over a red rectangular head handkerchief and wear ear posts, and wear plain clothes with white inside and plain clothes outside, with plain skirts over their knees and cloth shoes on their feet. When dressing up, the headdress is covered with a silver headpiece or a silver crown flower, wearing a silver collar and necklace, wearing a silver finger ring and wearing a white, medium and blue dress.
There are many ethnic festivals in Panghai Town due to the large number of Miao people's residences, especially "Celebrating the Miao Year" (the 16th day of the winter month), "Eating New Festival" and "Lusheng Festival" (June and July of the agricultural calendar). The Year of Miao is to worship ancestors, while the New Festival and Lusheng Festival are to celebrate the harvest. During the festival, every household kills pigs and sheep to entertain relatives and friends from all over the world. During the festival, there are also grand activities such as Lusheng dance, Miao flying songs, bullfighting, horse racing, tug-of-war and basketball match. During the festival, young men and women dressed in Miao costumes came to the Taige Hall as scheduled, dancing with the melodious melody of Lusheng, and the whole venue became a world of dancing, a sea of songs and a very warm atmosphere.