La Mata's father was alive, once here, headman, status after the toast, belongs to a noble family. After the liberation of La Mata family status change, has become ordinary citizens.
La Mata is the local culture is more influential figure. Lugu Lake, China Central Television to shoot feature films, a special interview with him. La Mata After graduating from secondary school, has been working in Liangshan Prefecture. A few years ago, La Mata retired. But he was also obsessed with his health, he raised the lake. Every year the early summer, he had a trip back to Lugu Lake, has always wanted to live in the late autumn season come back to Liangshan. Back to Lugu Lake, La Mata old one for summer, because this is the hottest weather, is 24.5 degrees; two to help his nephew呀sub D Management "Gehm Goddess Garden." He is, after all this house of the uncle, that is the power of a larger higher-status this house the most respected people.
La Mata elderly are a Mosuo pass. He Mosuo people's historical origins, religion, legends, human geography, national customs fingertips. Whether the court room at his house, or in a table meal on the La Mata told me all sorts of Moso story.
He said, liberated, when the nation found that only the Mosuo people assigned to a branch of the Mongolian, but does not consider them as a separate nation, they feel very regrettable. He said historical data records from the point of view, the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongol army stationed in the lake for a long time, there is the history of intermarriage, but it can not be used to identify they are the Mongols. Mosuo people have their own enclaves, have their own language, have their own national customs, have their unique religious beliefs, even their unique national dress. These are equipped with an ethnic character.
Speaking of religion, La Mata old man said: We Mosuo people, beliefs, religion and black education Daba. Daba religion is Mosuo people's own religion, he did not idol worship gods in Mosuo people's minds. And they believe in black education is a branch of Tibetan Buddhism. Historical data from the point of view, the birthplace of black education in the Mir, which is today's Kashmir. To say that the history of black education even earlier than that of Buddhism for many years.
La Mata said the old man, Mosuo people something relatively close to the Naxi, Moso people as if a branch of the Naxi people, they have more ready to accept some.
In my heart to myself, La Mata Moso people's fate in their issues, really has his unique insight. In the past, many of the historical and ethnic division of the Mosuo people regarded as a branch of the Mongolian. I look over maps of Sichuan, when the town of Lugu Lake also as a Mongolian village嘞.
In order to respect the national habit of Mosuo people in La Mata house a stay there, I would like to inquire about their old customs and taboos. He told me that they Mosuo people taboo to eat horses, buffalo, crows, magpies, snakes. In the master's main room, is strictly prohibited from the fireplace across the top. Family together, brother and sister and cousins joke is strictly prohibited. This avoided a lot of good things happen, such as next of kin take marriage problems.
He said that because there is no next of kin Mosuo people take marriage, in their Mosuo people, has yet to find a缺胳膊少腿low IQ people with disabilities. Nevertheless, the people, each generation short. The reason, primarily related to the structure with the food. In their small, the lake produced a Schizothorax, and its high nutritional value. As the now excessive salvage, Schizothorax have been extinct in the Lugu Lake. When they eat the most of small there is a blue thorn fruit oil, which contains a very high amino acids and tall people's material, now that this has been very little blue thorn fruit simply can not afford to eat this kinds of gas.
La Mata love Poetry and Rhapsody, he used their spare time, wrote a song "Lugu Lake Fu." Meal of the day, when La Mata, quite modestly, that he is a Mosuo people, the Chinese are not very familiar with poetry, not to mention even more. He insisted on me to help him amend the wording of the song Fu, intend to write it in the restaurant's wall. After dinner, La Mata from his bedroom out of his draft Fu. I saw them, he pens the words are written is also full of good Well. Made in content of their work, writing is the lake's natural landscape and cultural landscape, and naturally summed up the Moso people's national customs and ethnic customs. I work for the elderly made appropriate changes, and he was very satisfied. He also has to rely on, I will write it with the paint on the wall. I said, I have not written in ink characters for many years, and are afraid to write bad disgrace. He said the re-write is not good, than we have written in Moso people's characters pretty fellow. I said, it a go.
He asked his nephew went to town, bought a bottle of red paint, two lower case letters and pens. He was busy playing on the wall lattice. He hit vertical grid, I am writing on the wall on the bustling about Huang Huang. Open the first few rows is relatively neat, but afterwards the refuses to write. Is not up, that is, by the next, how could not it be rectified. To be endowed whole finished, and I looked down from the bench, the entire site works like a hand waving red flag fluttering in the breeze.
I feel very guilty. I looked at the La Mata smiling old man said, hey, just blame my haste, did not play well lined, have been busy writing. La Mata speaking, I can write is also full of good Well, so good ink to write the word here may be hard to find not go again. I know that La Mata to console me, I said, that's it, next time, you should first re-painted the wall, and lay a solid lattice came from the new bar.
In the lake a few days time, La Mata were represented by three of his nephew, with motorcycle ride I went to Rigby Peninsula, Caohu, Mosuo Jing-tang, Zhao Jia Wan, Princess Island, Yunnan Luohe and so on play. I am not used to go mountain, especially the kind of steep slippery mountain. Whenever the event on the 8th day, the weather is very fine. Ding Ding and呀呀two to accompany me through the boat to Yunnan Luohe Zhao Jia Wan. By Zhao Jia Wan, just listen to the lake shore, Greenfield again and again. Hill and dale, cattle and sheep flocks. Strangely enough, there are still big and small Zhuer slopes in Hong Hong in food. I think this is a strange landscape, it is difficult to see the pigs in the mainland open to feed, where the pigs are now the same as cattle and sheep feed. We are along the shore, the lake came to a marching Qingqing bays, not far from a fisherman Zhu Caochuan greet our eyes. 呀2 Tin Hla his voice and, alas Hei hei! Boat Lo! I saw Yo-boat squeak at us to draw to.
I looked forward to boating the young man, black face, was short, tall, well-developed muscles, his face with a shy smile, a glance know this young man is a kind-hearted person. Sitting in boat, when I inquired, knowing young man surnamed Zhao, living in Zhao Jia Wan.
Lugu Lake, Zhao Jia Wan is the only one Han River village. It is said that in the long, long time ago, our ancestors Zhao with his wife in order to asylum, came to the lake. Raising a breeding here, and now has more than 100 Zhao future generations of. For a long time, Zhao family in the nurture of Mosuo people, the body already has a lot of good quality Moso people. They live in harmony with the Mosuo people, has never been any unnecessary disputes.
On board, yeah 2 Ding said, we went back and forth to give you 30 yuan Luohe what? However, when we also went back inside to see works more than the peninsula.
Hey! It does not matter, give a price on the list, anyway, is idle idle. Zhao small group do not care to say.
I think this is not a bit too ill-treated people. Are said to Luohe boat, unilateral is 100 yuan. While in Sichuan cheaper here, unilateral also have to give 50呀!
Lugu Lake, really a very charming. Crystal-clear lakes, a full can see tens of meters deep bottom of the lake. Fish in groups, in the Graceful lake algae in the shuttle freely. When calm, blue sky, white clouds, one after another is reflected in the lake, it is difficult to distinguish that you are in heaven or in the lake?
After the breeze, I was awakened. At this time, the lake and sometimes blue, such as Ying, sometimes shimmering; sometimes wave of glorious gold, sometimes raging billows roll ... ...
Of a sudden, ferocious winds, thick clouds about face from crowded in upon each. Then, a lightning pierced the pitch-black sky. Long a pillar of a cloud from heaven, wow! Lung!
Do not want to speak up, it is the Dragon King lords it down and drink plenty of water! Mo disturb him tens of millions of elderly people! 呀two quietly Ding Coudao my ear told me.
A moment later, from the lake water column Tengqi a long, straight into the sky. Lung! Lung! I saw the shore of Lake tail in the Yi Bai, Jigen century-old trees down the middle and off.
呀2 D told me that the Dragon King master drink enough water, went to heaven.
Eer, Lugu Lake has returned to the quiet at first. Blue sky, white clouds, azure waves of the lake. Illusory cloud like a flower girl Moso belt gently winding mountain goddess in Begum.
10, Full Moon Full Moon Wine wine is a very grand celebration Mosuo people. It is the Ashok marriage gave birth to their first child to go at least one month at a ceremony. Wine by the full moon is actually the official Ashok to disclose their identity, the two sides should bear some responsibility, and can not be free to go, he Ashok had. Opportunities for wine by the full moon, bilateral Yehao see the parents of friends and relatives to meet each other before that they do not know, because they walk out of marriage is also a secret stage.
Do the full moon, when wine is the busiest time of men and Ashok. He would like to invite all over the Lugu Lake River Mosuo people, telling them to eat the full moon time and place of wine. But also to prepare the full moon wine Meat cakes, in the full moon the day before the wine delivered to M Ashok home.
I want to leave the lake two days ago, yeah Ci Ding told me that Au boast of his relatives to do the full moon the village wine, asking him to help make banquet. Asked me not to feel the full moon to the taste of wine.
I said, Well, I was about to collect the material point in this respect it!
Eat full moon day of wine, yeah two small entrusted me with the motorcycle to the village of Au boast. I saw wooden room on the edge of the streamer facing the breeze of the morning breeze in Hua Lala's flying Yuanba where voices from time to time came the waves of Mosuo dance.
I followed呀2 Ding came to the courtyard. One into the courtyard, you see the first guests are the four drinking creation to shout three paddled boxing, big chunks to eat meat, bowl to drink. Flower upstairs, decorated, filled with rich atmosphere of jubilation. Division 1 teams off to see us and greeted us very warmly of the main room.
Main room had filled with old and young Guys and Dolls of the Mosuo people, it seems, my Han Chinese, today fell into a minority here.
At this time, the hostess to our client to Sullivan Mary wine, a great variety of Flower sugar. We sip the delicious cuisine while enjoying the exotic ethnic customs here. Soon, teams set off large and small red palm division Duanlai Yi dazzling notes, piled up in the next shop fire god cupboard. 呀2 D told me that customer support division is the village chiefs, in what are weddings and funerals, he consciously assume the role of branch-off division. I looked lively and cheerful customer support division, reverence heart wells up.
I ask him two small, eating moon wine, courtesy they gnaw to send Nang?
呀2 Ding said that when eating banquet, branch-off charge of the division will be carrying his plate to scattered smoke, then you can put your gift money placed in charge of tray.
Cash gifts are generally loud noise to Nam? I asked, puzzled.
He said that mainly depends on the individual, there are two to one, while others are 10 to 5, that there is no strict requirement.
Oh, I see.
Ding said呀2, where the full moon wine, from a quiet early in the morning to eat a better person. With people coming to eat, eat leave.
I think their wines with our Liushui Xi moon almost.
At this time, the division went into the branch-off, and do not know what the mouth grumble li uproar cried. 呀2 D told me that he told us to take a seat in it.
I am going to come Yuanba呀two small, square table after another four was fully occupied with people. Mosuo dressed in national costumes of several small group, Satisfy palm plate, palm dish filled with steaming dishes, shouting the shuttle from table to table in the seats. Soon on the desktop bowl filled with seven or eight pigs cattle and sheep the broader market, there are steamed, fried, and salad, and roast the ... ... Mary Sullivan each side stood a bowl of wine, a bowl of咣when the wine, but also there is a small glass. Open seats, and seats long first of all to me full of doped glass of white wine, let me Chihaohehao.
Mosuo people's cooking really good, with good color, the smell, but also full and my taste it. I kept drinking, kept taste for every dish. People kept Quanzhuo wine, hanging out with each other vegetables, spoke of the Ti Ji Hua Er, fully demonstrated the Mosuo people are very warm and hospitable nature of people.
Drunk a lot of people have eaten, and after another put down the chopsticks. At this time the division held out palm branch off plate was filled with snow-white cigarette, a case of loose tobacco. Behind him was also followed by a Mosuo girl held out beat up disk Flower sugar, the women who do not smoke exudes Flower children of sugar. At this time, branch off the division came to my side and said, thank somebody show up. I work out hundred dollar bills from the purse inside, respectfully placed the palm plate, and from palm tray out a cigarette. At this time, issued a tut here crowd is amazed at the sound of ... ... (To be continued)
