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What is the area of western Liaoning? Chaoyang City, Fuxin City. The Mongolians living here have different living habits and manners.

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During the nomadic period in Mongolia, they mainly lived in yurts, commonly known as "yurts". Its design is simple, but reasonable and practical. Mud houses, stone houses and building construction, Christina houses developed in agriculture, animal husbandry and agricultural fields, and the building structure became more and more perfect and settled in rural areas.

Before liberation, there were obvious differences in housing construction: 7 housing aristocrats, never ending, 1 prince with wings and close relatives, 5 elders and 3 good luck. Prince of Wales, County King, Beizi, Baylor, Wang Zhenguo, Guo Fu: Tushilege (quasi), did you catch a glimpse of the "Rolling Dragon" roof? The "fish scale" tiles of Meilin, Zhang Jing and Bai Dai designated by Zasak. Ordinary people, even if they are rich, can only build three main buildings in the case of official positions, and the quantity between the top-level duplex buildings on both sides of the main building is continuously built. Buildings show strict grade boundaries and cannot be changed, otherwise they will be punished for "crossing the border". This is taboo and even requires sexual housing construction, housing, if it thinks that 46 has shaped the form of future generations, said, "46 shape." Most of the houses face south, facing the fierce northwest wind, which also makes the room full of light. The room facing the west is large, and the respect of western habits is the easternmost kitchen. The windows of Taiwan Province, Chef and Kang are all covered with wooden windows.

The Chinese and western problems in the living room are often called "bending kang", and they are used to the south wall and the west wall. Population, south, west and north, one branch is Shangkang, commonly known as Qianzi Zikang. Under normal circumstances, the elderly live in Nankang and the younger generation live in Kang Bei. Five rooms. Who lives among Dong Zi's daughters-in-law? The respect of these three houses in Nankangxi. When guests come, sit beside them, or spend the night in the west, asking Nankang for respect. Juetou's foot is north and south, and he comes to the window near the foot of pillow kang.

After liberation, people's living standards improved and housing conditions improved, but people still use them.

Traditional design habits require a large west area, a small east area and a kang on the south wall. Nowadays, in rural areas, more than 35 large houses have also changed their structures, commonly known as multi-frame masonry, known as "sea bluestone". In recent years, many changes have taken place in the form of housing, such as the design of bungalows and youth cottages in Beijing.

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The agricultural production of the combination of agriculture and animal husbandry in modern western Liaoning is very different from the past eating habits. The staple food is grain, beef and mutton, and all kinds of vegetables are cooked into various cooking non-staple foods, forming a delicious regional "sticky bean bag", "Mongolian pie", "calf soup" and "meat porridge".

Sticky bean curd is a favorite food for the masses. The skin of Mongolian millet flour is stuffed with cowpea or adzuki bean, wrapped into a ball, steamed in a pot, and soaked in Xiongnu, brown sugar and white sugar. Before the Spring Festival, Mongolian farmers have time to concentrate on the first month, steamed and stored in large pots and vats. Eat a lot of sticky bean bags and other foods for breakfast every day, and some people eat them first.

Mongolian cake Mongolian farmers and herdsmen have produced food with distinctive national characteristics in their long-term production and life. The fabrics of wheat flour, wheat, millet and other crops and all kinds of vegetables and meat are not good to improve, and it is not good to cut them into thin slices and add seasoning to make stuffing. Cake, put in a hot oil pan, covered with a film, then cooked, and then fried well, fragrant, delicious, shape and taste, enjoying a high reputation. The Mongols wrote an image and a humorous poem:

The filling is thin, and the milk cake is sweet but not greasy; Kudo, a Mongolian pie, laughs after eating, which is obvious to his Han brothers.

Mongolian pie has become a food with unique ethnic flavor for entertaining guests. Leg soup, also called sesame soup. Put forward the name "Cow gives birth to calf" during the family holidays, and wish the six animals prosperity, eat sesame paste and drink calf soup. The general practice is to roll the wheat flour into small squares, boil it in boiling water, then take it out, and then pat the soup with sesame sauce and water to supplement the taboo food.

Mongolians drink black tea, also called "clean drinking water", which is different from Mongolians in pastoral areas and is a favorite drink of Mongolian people. Drink the nutrition of milk tea, help digestion, eliminate fatigue and heat some morning tea. After getting up in the morning, don't think about eating, soak in water first, drink tea after dinner, give it to the guests and have a drink at night. According to the custom of "drinking tea at home", the Mongolians in this area can't give the tea they have drunk. You have to fill the beer and the glass to show your respect. Drinking black tea is an important part of Mongolian life and is regarded as the joy of life.

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The adaptation of funeral customs to the social and historical development of Mongolia has gone through a long evolution process, including sarcophagus burial, deep burial during wind burial, liberation of cremation and burial, and general burial of Mongolians in western Liaoning.

Death found a kang and covered his face with a white cloth. "The shroud is not only fragrant, but also changes with the seasons; Junior students knelt on the altar, kowtowed and washed their hands, and then gave them wooden coffins through this window and held a funeral. According to family economic conditions and seasonal conditions, it hurts for three to seven days, but most of them are at the funeral the next day. Mongolians wake up to etiquette and do not break the rules. During the funeral, undertaker's family and relatives did not wear brightly colored clothes, did not greet others, did not accept greetings from others, and did not fight. As far as the Spring Festival in China is concerned, people don't paste Spring Festival couplets, but paint with blue paper, even after the Spring Festival. BR/>； In the hospital, the stung old man and the fruit of the memorial ceremony were taken away by outsiders and given to the children.

Young people, young people pray for longevity food. On the contrary, there are no requirements for some kind people, the funeral of the elderly and the custom of family dinners.

At the funeral, undertaker's eldest son took the coffin of her story, which was a driver. The second son, who lacked the services of his eldest son and relatives, took the coffin and went into the grave. Young men without children can fill it a little higher than the ground for three days, then join the wheel grave, and seriously form a bigger and higher soil.

The funeral also burns paper money and provides fruits, wine and other displayable items for the soul to enjoy the "57th", "100" and "anniversary" dates of each person's relatives and friends offering sacrifices to their children's sons' graves to show their grief for the ancestors of the graves. An annual festival to show successors.

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/& gt； In Mongolian festivals, the most solemn sacrifice is Aobao, also known as "Aobao". The meaning of mound is artificial gravel, which is in front of the mound.

The custom-made offering of Aobao began Mongolian Buddhism, because the heaven and earth of man has gradually evolved into respect for Tiande Festival, but people can't find that God is an idol, so they piled up Aobao and became the object of worship. a>

The time of offering sacrifices to Aobao in different parts of western Mongolia is not fixed. To worship Aobao in Aobao, first insert branches or paper flags, hang colorful cloth scriptures on the branches and write them on the paper flags.

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The four major blood sacrifice ceremonies, namely, blood sacrifice ceremony, fire sacrifice ceremony and jade sacrifice ceremony, are generally in front of Aobao, where cattle and sheep worship to show their gratitude to the gods of heaven and earth. Cattle and sheep offer people milk, ointment, milk and other drink offerings sprinkled on Aobao, praying for heaven and earth to provide a safe and happy fire sacrifice. First, before burning, Orbotech products are put into the fire, and people bow down to the fire and pray for God to give happiness and peace to mankind. When making their favorite precious jade articles, the ancients in the Yu period would sacrifice Aobao to show their piety.

A certain ceremony was held in honor of Aobao, including walking around Aobao three times from left to right. After bowing according to etiquette, a grand banquet will be held to provide dinner. I am very happy to hold traditional grand horse racing, archery, wrestling and nadam dancing.

Feed the children and tie them up.

Folk custom of children sleeping in leisure cars in Northeast China. The excellent car, also known as the back-car waist car and rocking car, is actually the cradle of many types of leisure cars. Different regions and races have their own characteristics in choosing and using the excellent car. In houses in western Liaoning, children will get a rocking car to sleep. "

Rocker was first born in the hunting nation in the northeast of China. According to the Records of Customs of East Mongolia, the first hunter of Mongolia, Manchu, Hezhe, Xibe, Oroqen and Daur put his rocking cart on a tree with animal skins and hung it on the right to let his children sleep on it to prevent the invasive wild animals 1240 from harvesting. According to the secret history of this book, it is the child-rearing tools of cars, the progress of forests and grasslands in Mongolia and other nomadic peoples, and the original hanging cars are shaken from side to side.

The use of wooden rocking carts in western Liaoning pays great attention to the choice of materials, because these materials are generally used in a group of seed trees, such as elms and pine trees, and some people specially use willow rocking carts. Because Liu and Liu have similar voices, I hope that children will grow up safely and stay in the world. Lightning shook the wooden cart, saying that the devil does not exist, so the wooden cart can resist evil and children can live a long and safe life.

The rocking car is generally made of a whole piece of wood, about three feet, about one foot wide and one inch thick. It is more convex than the flat back, so try to shake it from side to side. The semi-cylindrical wind cloth on the rocking roof is supported by fine wood, and the two ends are respectively inserted with the hanging wind cloth, red cloth, ancient coins, small mirrors or other symbols, and four or five pieces are drilled on the wooden board of the wooden hole to fix the children.

For a car with a "kang bag" on the handle, the size of the mattress in the kang bag is similar to that of the car. The kang bag made of buckwheat or other grains has strong water absorption, good air permeability, easy heat preservation, convenience and practicality, and is popular. Put an extra diaper in the kang pocket. In the above situation, the baby's arms, legs, knees and ankles are tied, and the baby is shaken to sleep with a cloth belt.

In the west, it is also said that families are customized with baby carriages, and children who can't shake the queen or often fly by car for a day. People with handsome children broadcast cars, and sometimes they have two babies and enjoy an amazing car. "

Babies usually sleep in faded cloth to hold their babies. The elders feel that the baby sleeps in a rickety car, but they feel comfortable and safe. When I grow up, I shake the car bravely, and the flies and mosquitoes fly away, making the children suffer less. It's not easy to sleep with a baby rocking the car, and it lacks "O" legs. Therefore, western women in western Liaoning often say: "Children who sleep in rocking cars are very strong!"