This tribe is an ethnic group, with at least hundreds of people, just like the Hute people living in the Alxa Desert. Although they are out of touch with civilized society, they also need some things that civilized society has, such as some treatments for colds and fevers.
Special effects of western medicine, iron tools, salt, jewelry, etc.
Don’t women need to change that thing every month? I heard from Brother Biao that now all the young girls in the tribe have begun to use it. His four wives still use the famous brand Leerya. It’s all done by Brother Biao.
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In the past, they just used a piece of cloth to pad it, which was quite unhygienic and I thought it would not be comfortable.
It costs money to make these things in the tribe. In addition to selling some sheep in fixed seasons, the traditional handicrafts made in the tribe are also one of the channels for cashing in. They mainly include silver jewelry, authentic sherpa beads, and three-color U-shaped hats.
This hat is the name I gave it. It is a high hat in the shape of a "U", placed upside down on the head. The color is composed of red, yellow, blue and three colors. There are holes on the left and right sides of the hat, where peacock feathers and various other materials can be inserted.
Bird feathers, in addition, the Sherpa people will punch a hole in the front of their hat and tie it with a hemp rope to tie a row of silver coins, which are old silver coins from the past. The numbers of these silver coins are all odd numbers, like 3, 7, 11, etc.
There was an issue of National Geographic magazine that interviewed Sherpas living in Chentang. The girl on the cover was wearing this kind of hat. I personally think the combination of bird feathers and coins is very beautiful and full of exotic style.
There are several people in the tribe who are responsible for making this kind of handicrafts. They have a unified name, "Gela", which means a clever person.
When we arrived at the place, we saw two wooden houses not far away surrounded by a fence.
There was a big pot set up in the courtyard. It looked like something was being burned. There was thick smoke and no one could be seen.
Brother Biao patted me and said, "Did you see that? There is smoke right there. Sherba Zhu is boiling in the pot. Lao Ge La is very bad-tempered. Please try not to talk to him later. If you have any questions, just ask him directly.
Ask me, I know everything."
I nodded and followed him.
When I got there, I saw a pot of "dark water" boiling in a large iron pot. It was opaque, very thick, bubbling from the fire, and accompanied by black smoke.
I think the color is a bit like boiled corpse wax? If the mysterious thousand-year-old sherpa beads are made of corpse wax, who will lead whom to death?
I was watching curiously when an old man came out of the house. He was dressed in ragged clothes and had a brass pipe pot in his mouth. He was smoking. He was Lao Gra.
Brother Biao took out a septwolf and handed it over, smiling and greeting people. Lao Gela looked at me sideways.
After asking Lao Gela a few questions, Brother Biao immediately said to me: "This step is to mix the materials. Crush the ore used to make ordinary colored glaze, add water and boil it. It will take three days to cook, and today is the last day."
I frowned and asked, "Isn't that right, Brother Biao? It's so black. How can the glazed ore be this color? If it is that thing, it should be gray-white."
Brother Biao asked again and said: "Lao Gela said that you need to apply a base color first. The base color is black. Only by doing this can the sorbet beads look redder. The reason why they are so black is because he added four
Jin of hematoxylin powder.”
Sappan powder?
In my impression, this seems to be something that can be dyed in ancient times. During the Western Han Dynasty, some people used hematoxylin powder and cinnabar to paint ancient tomb murals. It can occasionally be seen in some large ancient tombs in the north.
I asked if you could demonstrate it again?
Lao Gela was reluctant at first, so Wuliwala said a few words loudly, which I couldn't understand, but it felt like he was swearing.
Brother Biao took him aside and chatted for five minutes, and finally agreed to let me watch the complete process at the cost of three packs of seven wolves.
But I have to abide by a rule, and I also swear that the whole process I saw will not be spread to anyone else, otherwise I will be punished.
