The History and Culture of Yongshun County

Yongshun County belongs to Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province. This is the birthplace of Tujia nationality, and it is also the seat of the old city of Tujia dynasty in history.

The vast majority of the population are descendants of Tujia nationality and have their own unique "Ba culture".

Tujia nationality, Neolithic site, found in many places.

Dating back to the end of the Tang Dynasty, Jiangxi Peng entered Xizhou, governing 20 neighboring states.

The bronze pillars of the Western Zhou Dynasty were listed as national key cultural relics by the State Council in 196 1.

Laosicheng Site is a treasure house for studying Tujia politics, economy and culture, and it is listed as a national key cultural relic by the State Council.

The village has preserved the complete Tujia language and customs, and provided many experts and scholars with detailed empirical data and original ecological cultural remains.

Tujia Maogusi entered the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.

Past taboos mainly include the following points:

On the first day of the first month: no unlucky words, no crying, no quarreling, no swearing, especially before eating in the morning, no words with the sound of death, illness, pain, poverty, nothingness and parting.

So on this day, everyone got up early, and it was natural to eat and talk.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, after dinner, women should stop needlework and wash clothes.

It is forbidden to draw water from the well on the 30th, saying that it is the year of the Dragon King Alliance, so we can't surprise him, otherwise the Dragon King will make trouble and flood and drought will occur in the coming year.

On this day, livestock and poultry will not be slaughtered, and life will not be harmed, so that all kinds of creatures can spend "thirty nights" safely.

When eating New Year's Eve, it is forbidden to soak rice in vegetable soup, otherwise the flood will wash away the soil when it rains heavily next year.