Chapter 354 No one will come to save you even if you scream until your throat is broken
"The newly built gates now are not called Longba Gate, because there are tea mountains and tea factories here, and there are more people coming from outside. We outsiders will be shy when they see it, or look at it with curious eyes, so they just give the statue
Put on clothes.
But there is not just one Longba Gate. There are several Longba Gates in a village, serving as the road into the village.
In these woods that are not close to the road, they will continue to keep their Longba gate on the small road. Most people come in through the gate and take the main road, and they will no longer pay attention to the door on the small road."
The tourists nodded, "It's us who influenced them."
"Yes, national integration. People are coming and going. Everyone is embarrassed and feels strange when they see this. They may not be too lazy to explain to every outsider, so they just set up new statues in places where outsiders pass by a lot.
So we just walked along the road and we didn't see this beautiful view."
"Hahaha……"
"Although this is more in line with the traditions of mass society, they are unwilling to give up their own traditions, so they continue to maintain their original statues in these places that are not easily noticed."
The tourists laughed and said: "Sin, sin, sin."
"Longbamen is the boundary between the Yin and Yang worlds. Once you enter, you will be protected from ghosts and monsters. So for the Hani people, Longbamen is very sacred.
There are a series of important ceremonies on the day when the gate is established. Outsiders are not allowed to enter the village. A man from each family participates in setting up the village gate. These wooden figures are carved by themselves. Women and children are at home and cannot work. They can visit the village, but they must be inside the gate.
After the gate is built, a sow and a boar are killed to sacrifice the village gate. If there are no boars and sows, roosters and hens, male ducks and female ducks are needed. Anyway, it must be one male and one female. This also comes from their ancestor worship.
After the sacrifice is over, the meat is divided among the whole village, and every household has to get a share. Then the Longba Gate needs to be renovated every year, and it is another busy work for the whole village to eat."
“It feels so fun!”
"That's right! We live in a collective! Leaving the Longpamen means leaving the collective and God, and will not receive protection. To get the protection of the Longbamen, you must be clean.
Their innocence, in addition to not stealing or stealing from others, also involves some factors beyond human control. For example, those who died accidentally outside cannot enter Longbamen.
If a defective baby or twins are born, the baby will be killed, their home will be burned down, and the baby’s parents will be kicked out of Longpamen.”
"Ah! How could this happen? Twins?" The tourist was shocked, "The flaws are understandable, although they are also cruel, but what happened to the twins?"
He Huan said: "So many tragedies have happened in this sect. The twins are not only implicated in one family. If it is Zima, the leader of the village, and twins are born in the family, it will cause the entire village to be relocated.
It probably stems from their concept of the soul. They believe that only one soul can be reincarnated. If two babies are born, they will think that they are reincarnated by evil spirits and will be executed."
"How miserable!"
"Yes! In fact, the twin taboo does not only exist among the Hani people, but also exists among many ethnic groups around the world. Because people did not have such advanced concepts in the past. The population was small in that era, and it was rare to have twins in a century.
People will use some concepts of gods and ghosts to understand this kind of strange thing, which arouses everyone's fear. In the final analysis, the taboo of twins is also related to ancestor worship. Some people regard it as a blessing, and some people regard it as a curse.
Different Hani tribes have different taboos on twins. But overall, the Hani people living in Banna are the most taboo. So talking about twins with them is also taboo."
"oh!"
"But the Hani people in Mojiang also have a twins festival!" said a tourist, "I have been there before! It is said that they gave birth to twins because they drank the water from the twin well. Now it has become a tourist attraction, and many people go to drink it."
"Yes." He Huan nodded, "This was built with investment from the government and the tourism company. The Hani people over there originally had this taboo. But they were more gentle. They usually gave away one of the twins after they gave birth to twins.
Moreover, the treatment of twins in the collective society is also very low. Even if the other one has been sent away, the remaining one cannot participate in major group activities. They are inferior to others in wedding and funeral etiquette."
"ah!"
"The stories surrounding that well are stories told specifically to tourists. They worshiped that well because they worshiped the water god, not because drinking the water from that well would give birth to twins."
"Ah!" The tourists looked at him, and other tour guides said that the little white dragon was really different.
Besides, the government and tourism companies all promote it like this. If you don’t have an in-depth understanding of the Hani people, you might think it’s true!
The tourist rubbed his forehead and said, "I saw many people drinking at that time and thought it was real!"
He Huan said with a smile: "But there are also advantages to this. This festival conforms to the psychology of other ethnic groups who want to have twins, and it also brings benefits to the local people. The twins also receive preferential treatment from the government.
The local Hani people no longer regarded twins as freaks and felt honored. Many years later, perhaps they also believed that they did not have a twin taboo, but worshiped twins."
Everyone nodded.
He Huan looked at Long Bamen again, "Although there are two villains who are so honest with each other, they can't fall in love here, nor can they quarrel here."
"Then where did they fall in love?"
He Huan looked at them, "I know how to fall in love in one day!"
The tourists started laughing again.
"The Moni people also fall in love in a collective form." He Huan did not enter the village and walked to the nearby mountain.
The tourists followed him curiously, listening as they walked.
"The village will build a public house for boys and girls. The boys will have a boy's head, and the girls will have a girl's head. Then there is the October Festival in Hani, which is their most solemn and longest festival, lasting about a week.
In the tenth month of the lunar calendar, after the autumn harvest, the village is cleaned, rice is pounded to make cakes, chickens and pigs are killed, new clothes are worn, ancestors are worshiped, and relatives are visited. It is equivalent to our Spring Festival.
During this period, the young man will make an appointment with the young lady and set a date to get together. Then the young man will take the young men to prepare the dishes. If he doesn’t know how to cook, he will invite the chef to come and prepare wine, meat and food in the public room, and hold a grand banquet."
"Wow!"
He Huan looked at them, "Are you greedy?"
Everyone nodded, "I really want to participate."
"Wipe your saliva." He Huan said.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"Then at the appointed time, the girl's head came with the girls. The boy's head and the girl's head sat together, and the other boys and girls sat down one by one. They sang, drank, chatted, and danced together when they were happy.
When the banquet is over, it is usually late at night. The boys wrap the vegetables and meat in banana leaves and give them to the girls to eat on the way. The girls then go back to their villages with torches.
Generally, the banquet is very pleasant, and we have made an appointment for the next time to get together. Next time, it will be the boys' turn to go to the girls' village, and the girl leader will bring the girls to entertain them. They call it a string of girls."
"Wow! It feels like a sorority party!"
"Yes. After a few times of stringing together, each village has basically become a pair. Then you can string the girl alone.
When the Hani people build a house, they usually build a side room, where they usually store farm tools. It is next to the extended family and independent of the home. It is very similar to the flower house of the Mosuo people.
Then the young man can go to the penthouse to play with the girl without going in and seeing the girl's parents. Except that they can't live together, there are no taboos, just like when you fall in love."
Everyone laughed and said, "Now we are in love and living together! Xiao Bailong, are you too pure?"
"Yes! Do you know it now?" He Huan looked back at them.
"Hahaha……"
He Huan continued: "After you have been in love for a period of time, you have to pass the test of your parents.
The young man will invite a matchmaker to the girl's house to propose marriage. In order to express the preciousness of their daughter, the girl's parents will make things difficult for the matchmaker. Therefore, the matchmaker must be able to talk and be thick-skinned.
But generally it won’t be more than three times. As the saying goes, things don’t last more than three times. Two refusals means that the daughter is precious, and three times means that she really disagrees with the marriage. The matchmaker will lose."
"Ah! What should we do?"
"They have so many ways! The young man will make an appointment with the girl, for example, she will go to the bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots the day after tomorrow." He Huan turned around while clinging to a thick bamboo.
"Then the young man went back and invited the leader of the village. The day after tomorrow, he led a group of young men to the girl's village, got into the bamboo forest, snatched the girl and ran away."
"Ah!" Everyone laughed in surprise.
"The girl is full of joy, but she must cry and shout, ah! Mom and Dad! I have been snatched away! Woohoo...someone come and save me!"
Everyone covered their faces and went up to hug Xiao Bailong, "I'm here to save you! Miss Long!"
He Huan was startled for a moment, then smiled sweetly.
Then he continued: "You are not sensible! That's why we say you are outsiders! The villagers in our village all know what is going on. When they see this situation, they usually smile and don't stop them. They even give way to the guys.
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"Hahaha..." Everyone let him go and gave way.
"The parents also heard their daughter calling for help, but they would not come forward. Having reached this point, it means that the two of them have made up their minds. There is no point in stopping them. This is why no one will come to save you even if you shout and scream until your throat is broken.
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"Hahaha..." the tourists couldn't laugh or cry.
"Then the poor girl cried and cried with joy that her sweetheart had snatched her away."
“It feels so lively!”
"Well." He Huan said, "When we arrived at the young man's house, of course the young man's parents knew what their son was going to do. They were already prepared to comfort the girl. Please don't cry. Just stay at my house and we will treat you well.
The girl stayed at the boy's house for a few days, and everything was cooked. In these days, the girl's parents would not go looking for her. Then, the boy's parents came to the girl's parents' house to apologize and give gifts. My son is not sensible, so he
I like your girl, blah blah blah..."
"Hahaha……"
"At this time, the girl's parents will no longer object. Not only will they no longer make things difficult, they will also be very polite and say that my girl is lazy, careless, and spendthrift.
In short, they all talk about my daughter's shortcomings. What I mean is that the ugly words came first, and I don't agree with it. You insist on marrying my daughter and taking away everyone. When the time comes, don't dislike her in this way or that."
"Ah!" everyone exclaimed, "so simple!"
"Yes! Then both parties will set a date for the wedding."
"Wow!" Everyone said yearningly, "How fun!"
He Huan looked at them with a smile, "Then those of you who are not married can go through this procedure. Those who are married and divorced can go through the procedure again."
Everyone started laughing again.
The taboo against twins just now was cured by this strange wedding custom!
“The customs of ethnic minorities are really interesting!”
"Isn't it now the tenth month of the lunar calendar? Can we join in their collective love affair?"
He Huan looked at them, "Now that information is so advanced, who still uses this method to fall in love?"
"Pity!"
"That's right! The Internet has brought strangers closer, but it has isolated the people around us." Ms. Lan said, "Can you believe that my husband's mistress met through a game?"