Hainan is a multi-ethnic province, Hainan Island, 37 in the great family of nationalities, only Li are indigenous, but also are located in Hainan, China's only a minority, with 1.3 million Li people in Hainan living history more than 6,000 years. Li also points Qi, filial piety, Run, race and Mobil five tribes. Mainly live in central and southern Hainan Province, the East, white sand, Lingshui, Changjiang Li Autonomous County and joy East, Qiongzhong, Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County, we went to visit Sanya is located in the vicinity of Lingshui County coconut Tamura, that is, the Li and Miao set home of the village. Vehicle to the parking lot (the exact point is in front of a vacant village), saw the high walls of the village committee Chairman Mao's portrait hanging. Chairman Mao's death 25 years, but is still hanging pictures of Chairman Mao Li family's customs, not only hang on the walls of village committees, villagers are also at home in the middle of the main room hanging, and even the bridal chamber, where the bride and groom get married are also visibility to Chairman Mao's kind smile. The formation of the country until after the liberation of the Lebanese family practices, not only in rural areas, and with the Li family has also brought the city out of the cottage. Li village tour was not without pride to introduce, in Hainan, as long as the trip to see the President hanging a portrait of a taxi, the owner certainly no doubt that the Lebanese family. Zhe Fan seemingly ordinary words, reflected the Li family's honest kind-hearted, inevitably touched the hearts of visitors.
May be retained for a thousand years old customs, the city seems to be no hot air blowing stone's throw away from the village of Sanya. About Zhai Men, tall coconut trees, to see is full of old canopies Mao bamboo boat-shaped roof house. House appearance very much like a bottom to the days of the sword, a general use timber, bamboo, grass, red and white buildings made for materials such as rattan, wall multi-purpose coconut leaves, into the bamboo, mangosteen, etc. Circuit Tenth Circuit woven into the roof mostly the grass, coconut leaves, sunflower leaves weave. Legend of the shape of this house, symbolizing the Li ancestors came by boat crossing the sea to move. Li villages in the valley more than a buffer between the basin slopes or the mountains into the village retains around the dense trees. Plains villages around the spiky bamboo planted to form a business event, so called "Richelieu." Compatriots are concentrated in the Hainan Island Li edge of village life, people tend to see some sporadic small independent house. These small houses built in the village and more, Walled last or the woods in the hills outside the village, at first glance seem like home home, not a family household, nor as guards of the arbor set of crops. In fact, this is a Lebanese family tradition of folk houses, "Bloom's apartment," or "cage Gui", meaning "not set the house furnace," Han called "Liao Fang." "Liao Fang" is the Hainan Li family, a special home, "Bloom's apartment," the origin, and Li family has always emphasized the young men and women socialize, love of freedom and respect for Lebanese youth live independently at home the custom of the. In accordance with Li's habits until the child is 17, 18-year-old daughter to 14, 15-year-old roommate, but can not sleep with their parents. Men to cut their own wood covered mountain "cage's apartment," a woman covered by the parents, "cage's apartment" for their living, social skills, mate with. There are so many parents not far away from the election but it is rather quiet place. Liao Fang great to live four or five people, a small one person living alone, living a large number of people. ? ? ? ? ? Bloom's apartment, "the masters of the vast majority of women, when seeking a partner to sing folk songs as a medium. The whole process normally am," oral, "" Interview "," tokens of love, "three steps carried out. Whenever the discharge night Qingdouchukai the Li girls, as long as the "Bloom's apartment," where admirers eager to sing a song, courtship song eager young man will be heard from. with folk songs and the girl "talk", echoed each other, you come to me to only heard and not seen, people, scenes both tense and fun, sing Xingnong, you can reach Dan sixth grade, sang one endlessly lingering affection. thirsty, and the girl will automatically transmit to you from the window, sweet and delicious cup of coconut water. When the two sides intended to sing love to vote and Office, the girl to set their own loved one, they will languishing from the window, gave each other a bunch of "Bren" sticks (a wild tree), to express love. This beam, "Bren" sticks, in fact tantamount to a "taking notice" of the. Li and young people of this strange "love trilogy", without parents, matchmaker, money, status, external factors such as interference, for the loyalty of love after marriage has laid a good foundation. For thousands of years, do not know how many young men and women in this chic Liaofang years, by joking, singing in antiphonal style, nose Hsiao, playing mouth bow put up a love seat bridge. Liaofang humble, nurturing the number of brightly colored flowers of love, sake of the number of people happy marriage!
Li also an ancient custom, that is, the body profile of women get tattoos face, folklore, one of the Hainan 18 strange, "the girl like Granny, Granny, as monster" refers to the matter. Tattoos body face pattern is already quite a long history, legends, ancient flood period, the brother and sister survived the two hiding in the pumpkin. In order to form families, they decided to split up to find other people, and an appointment to join coming Lunar New Year March 3. The results of a few years later, the two are not delivered. See her sister could not find someone else, we reluctantly use bamboo stick on his face and thorns pattern, but also with plants infected with color, let my brother identified himself, in order to knot the couple, so that race can survive. This is the Li women, the origins of facial pattern, but also Li, "March 3" section of the legend. Li Qing women's body patterns for the face is a very painful thing, but because tattoo body profile face is the clan tag, is said not to profile the face, after the death of our ancestors do not recognize, soul has gone into nowhere, this practice has not changed over North Korea Chronicles . Li various branches, living in different geographical, tattoo body graphics have also been the face pattern differences as a tribal mark which is very obvious, but do not pattern after the death of their ancestors do not recognize the face of the legend is the term Yaguchi. Comrade Kuo Mo-jo had no small part to this feeling: ? ? ? ? ? There are rumors that face to spend the door pears, today only be found in the Baoting. Li Ji-Buddhists into the habit yet, women tattoo ink capacity full surprise. Although the cloud trail kept folk, think this is the child slave legacy left emblem. Koki uncles every liberation, Su-Yan no longer class time. "After the liberation, especially since the nineties, the Lebanese women are no longer at home face tattoo body pattern, but in older women, can still see the ancient legacy of such practices.
Li is mainly engaged in agriculture, but also handicrafts, farming and commerce, had essentially self-sufficient rural life. Li place of residence, in the sub-tropical, rice can be cooked three times a year, but also China's major producer of tropical crops. As surrounded by the sea, fisheries, salt rich in natural resources suitable for the development of aquaculture and forestry. The history of the textile industry is relatively developed, the weaving, "Li Jin," famous, with Li Jin to do flower pieces, wall hanging, flower belt, Bag and other popular people's favorite crafts. The development of Hainan's tourist industry has brought Lebanese village, the genial spring, bamboo-tube rice fragrant rice has incurred a group of group of tourists, jumping from time to time the beats of bamboo rings, the primitive stage scene Chuli home landscape pictures, Qinggemanwu host and guest fun, enjoyable. Walled Village Office has played a commodity market, that shelf full of crafts luring the tourists pour in, enthusiastic girl with the Li family mascot wearing a red ribbon decorations homemade wild boar teeth blessing guests from afar, but also created a warm atmosphere .
Hainan is not only inhabited by many ethnic minorities, but also due to historical reasons, Xinglong Overseas Chinese Farm since its establishment has placed 18 countries from around the world and regions of the returned overseas Chinese, the number to reach hundreds of thousands of people, Hainan has become a famous hometown of overseas Chinese . The warmth of the motherland as the mother of the sons of the heart, returned overseas Chinese were also obtained by painstaking efforts to bring them the results they bring, such as rubber, cocoa, coffee, and those abroad, rare seedling production technology has also brought in Southeast Asia (primarily Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand) countries, cultures and exotic. In the booming Southeast Asian style village covers an area of 300 acres, where coconut trees forest, dazzling variety of tropical fruits. Village style building features all kinds of bamboo house in Southeast Asia, promenade, bridges, pavilions, as well as a variety of strange shapes and distinctive pagoda temple hall, reproduce foreign land interest in life. Accompanied by a slight coconut, with the beautiful sounds of the Indonesian ethnic music, dressed in Indonesia, Thailand, returned overseas Chinese clothing sometimes sang, sometimes joyfully jump local dance. Actors are mostly old overseas Chinese living overseas for many years, the vicissitudes of the years so that black hair dyed white hair, the ups and downs of life any nostalgia brew became a naturalized Italian, but they proudly that lingering sound of singing, dancing was easy active fully demonstrated the sons and daughters love Peace, love life, at panic disorder, the valuable character of perseverance.
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