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MULAM
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  Mulam living in the main city in the Guangxi Nationality Autonomous County in the territory and the rest scattered in Yizhou, melt water, Liu Cheng, Xincheng, security, Liujiang, Huanjiang, Hechi and Liuzhou, and other counties in the suburbs. Mulam living in mountainous, Qi stands, the narrow mountainous, less farming area, the main crops are rice, maize, sweet potato, wheat and so on. Mulam more than the self-proclaimed "cold wood", that is, "Lingren," it is of the Jin Dynasty, "Liao" the records found in the literature. After the Tang and Song, "Liao", "Lingren" in the history books in more then, only until the Qing Dynasty, "al guys" in the name. After new China was founded, according to the Mulam the will of the people, collectively referred to Mulam. Nationality is a Sino-Tibetan language family Zhuang and Dong Dong water languages, the majority-Chinese and Zhuang, non-native language, the Chinese general, traditional festivals have Mulam February Social Chun, Wu Zhen Festival, ancestors of the festival, Anlong Section. This nation and the State Council in 2006 was included in the first state-level intangible cultural heritage: Mulam rice in accordance with section.

TWO

  Mulam marry the scope is not limited to this nation and around the Han and Zhuang ethnic, and so on can be married. Mulam children reach marriageable age, that is, their parents for them to find a spouse, you married removal media. Men who are usually sent to the media the woman, her parents agree to their marriage on the conclusion of the opening prologue, in the before and after marriage, there are many interesting Mulam taste of the marriage custom, which reflects the rich spiritual and cultural Mulam. Then the pro day, then pro-man team arrived home after the woman, the woman in this day banquet in honor of then set off pro, and asked the family, marriage, pro-sent-off for paternity. After the banquet, the women at home two young men and women to select Singer, to accompany the men and women take off pro-2 singer set up two "Song of the Church", gathered in the village accompany the young men and women, men and women go off, the men and women off with a sing-Hop Until dawn. The rich and varied content of the lyrics, the main mutual flattery is the song, the ancient Song of the article (that is, song Story), mutual criticism of the Song of the plate. The next morning, the bride in the room to put on a new pair of white cloth shoes from home out of brother back home, this time, to send pro-off in a red bag to the women, waiting to open an umbrella in front of the bride I will go to the bride's own umbrella, until the house before the groom, the bride can not open his head. Sent several sisters to be escorted to the groom's home village, the pro team will be sent to a halt, the bride's sister, a loved one from the bag hanging out a new pair of white cloth shoes, the bride pair of cloth shoes for the feet down . In the groom's family in front of the large, ranks and came to a halt, the bride's sisters and loved ones took out a pair of new shoes so that the bride changed into a white background. That the civil, so even for a few shoes, marked from birth to a girl in the family today, spotless, clean-hearted.

THREE

  Mulam blue dress with mainly because Mulam people since ancient times like blue, Mulam woman to wear more than Jiantou Xie, Xietou with color on Sixiu Caochong flowers, fine workmanship, making them the Metropolitan cloth shoes, the The way work is also very important. Jian Touxie Mulam with children of baby embroidery, with the costumes for the Mulam of two typical representative of the crafts. Other national characteristics have artefacts straw hat, Myrica bamboo hat and straw sandals, straw hat of Mulam has a rather long history, from the straw hat into the water and lime by its post-whitening From dry, Mulam in a custom, if the girl will not be woven straw hat will not be able to get married. Yangmei bamboo hat sophisticated technology, variety, well-cap eyes, eye hexagonal hat, cap the dome, steeple hat, ducks cap, small cap, and other varieties, and generous light, a wide range of uses, not only the sun, rain can be, Wind. Ma bamboo straw sandals are straw sandals, straw sandals jute, worthless and the heart, such as straw sandals, bamboo, woven Ma, comfortable and durable. Mulam woman's accessories like silver and jade production, silver jewelry: needles, silver hairpin, Yinzan, Yinzhuo, silver rings, multicinctus. About three-inch long needles, the shape of a leaf spring, the next big sharp, such as crude Xiaocong of leaves, plug-in for the bun bun. Silver hairpin column for a small silver feet, the upper end of the hairpin there is a security coins the size of the Yin-hua, Yin-hua, with volumes thin silver into the silver short of the two column, the column set an end Rongqiu a small, silver Chai is also the insertion of hair accessories. Multicinctus and usually do not wear silver hairpin, only married or when a guest to wear, Yu Zhi, there are Hosta jewelry, jade bracelets.

FOUR

  Most of the solar eclipse Mulam used to three meals a day, porridge for breakfast, lunch eating breakfast porridge left, and rice to eat dinner with rich dishes. Agricultural season are generally congee breakfast, lunch and dinner for the meal. Mulam sweet potato is one of the major grain-assisted. The soybeans are usually by speculation, Zhu Hou eat, festivals and weddings when the event used to produce bean curd. The fall of each year, every family has to be done 20-3 pounds of soybean paste for soup and file. Mulam hi always cold, cooked meals, Liang Liang had to eat only one meal could not finish, do not have to eat the next meal reheating. Usually drink unboiled water in general. Mulam used to cook meat, "White boil for a short time", that is, large pieces of pork or to slaughter chickens and ducks as a whole into the net in the water Baizhu, and then cut into small pieces when they eat salt, or salt water dip. With more than fried fish, fried beef often for a single. Mulam like eating hot and sour, every family altar acid have a variety of pickled pickles, pickled beans, garlic and so on. As early as civil, in two meals, only eat hot and sour pickles and file. Used to be boiled with vegetables, plus You Yan. Local coal products Shaguan Mulam is unique cooking, food and drink with the Shaocha.

FIVE

  Mulam folk are not many taboos, is taboo at the time of year: free to get up before dawn, the day the day-to-day not to get up, otherwise it will collapse one year Land collapse. Free to break things and fan the flames, or sewing Duanzhen hoe hoe to break. Avoid sweeping, sweeping New Year's Day may not otherwise be swept out of money, Lucky is no longer in the future. Jichi vegetables, the Lunar New Year's Day may not eat vegetables, or birds will be planted to corn, dug up and eaten, no harvest this year. Ji Chi Hun, New Year's Day Huncai not eat, or sick animals will be, the plague. Free laundry, not New Year's Day laundry, or wash will be a blessing in the future, such as poor wash. Ji beat, curse, beating New Year's Day is to give people their own efforts to make people healthy physique, but their bodies have a weakness. Curse their luck to the others, will be called luck, others will be out of luck. Free firewood, not to split New Year's Day (force) Chai (FC), or else God was so scared after a boarding house no longer had. As early bogey to open the door, early morning on New Year's Day can not open the door to be opened after sunrise Wusan; otherwise evil will come into the house, Rending not thrive, from early morning before sunrise to enter the back door or side door. Avoid dry land sales, New Year's Day of Health can only sell fuel, both sale and purchase of Lucky, who sell their remaining Chai (Choi) to sell that well-off families; to buyers of Health Chai (Choi). Avoid fried beans, fried beans Lunar New Year's Day, the children will be at home festered, Health boils.