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Heilongjiang Travel Notes
Manchu gift

Heilongjiang Manchu ancient history described as "handsome manners of the family." Manchu traditional ritual performance in clothing, food, play, home, words, lines, lift, only aspects, very careful, just greeting etiquette, can be seen.

According to seniority, gender difference, divided to Guikou Manchu gift ceremony, Baoyao ceremony, rubbing shoulders ceremony, shaking hands, ask the coming ceremony, and so on. Guikou ceremony for young men and women to older people line gift. Old people sitting on the kang, a young man kneeling three Koushou. Men kowtow, the hand should help to; woman Koushou said the line "Hail" ceremony, hand on leg three Koushou, the hand on the temple after the up, coming after the same generation of people ask ask temples called nod salute ceremony. Bao Yao Li also Manchu gift, loved ones or guests to meet the temporary line of this ceremony. Salute those right leg Qiangshangyibu, hands open, his hands clinging to the recipient the waist, such as the older the recipient, then the left leg Bangui; the recipient to ask those who bow down the back as a salute. Rub shoulders ceremony, commonly known as "touch the shoulder head", that same generation when men meet each other hand courtesies, Hu Peng shoulders to show close. In addition, young men and women meet, shake hands or handle more than to pay tribute, not more uncommunicative, commonly known as shaking hands or handle ceremony.

In the numerous gift, the most common gift to be playing one thousand and squatting Ann ceremony. "Playing thousands" of ancient times is the Liao and Jin Li, extended to the Qing Dynasty is still in use. The action is the first sleeve to sleeve Shan arrow head down, then left knee bent, right leg bent, head and upper body to bend forward, backward, left hand close, right ptosis, I said, "to xx adult greeting." The recipient bend, reach both hands, palms up that salute. "Squatting An" salute is the way to the Qing Dynasty woman. Bow legs parallel when standing, shaking hands placed on the left waist, knees slightly bent into a squat-like, I said, "to xx adult greeting." Married women in the morning and evening to say hello and saw her mother guests, underwent the ceremony.

Manchu avoid killing a dog

Engaged in hunting because of the Manchu, the dog is indispensable "assistant", also used dogs pulling sledge in winter, has become an important "production", as well as housekeeping and the role of military intelligence passed on. So Manchu avoid dogs, eating dog meat and the use of sticking, sticking not to wear a hat.

According to legend, early Nurhaci revolted, pressing harder and harder because of pursuers, in the reed marshes in the point of being out of the fire surrounded by soldiers, thanks to a dog with his body hair flooding, save the overworked sleep Noor Hachi. Therefore, there is King Manchu custom of dogs, usually well-fed dog, dog dead buried, they do not dog kill a dog, do not eat dog meat, do not wear dog fur hat, not sticking mattress shop, foreigner wearing a dog fur hat into the Manchu family, the owner will unhappy. However, the Ministry of Manchu Hada no such taboos, customs and from the Department of Nurhaci, Shenyang Dongling that's tomb after the survey data.