1. Whether drinking, eating or eating meat, Dulong people are housewives in the family, and the guests share equally. After nightfall, the man drank by the fireplace and read a toast, then threw the wine bowl on the bamboo shelf on the fireplace, with the bowl mouth facing the sky as a good omen.

2. Dulong people are very hospitable. In case of hunting wild animals or killing pigs and cattle, it will form a banquet where distant relatives and neighbors get together for a big meal. In addition, Dulong people also have the custom of entertaining strangers, warmly entertaining passing guests and staying at home. It is a shame to think that there is no food and no guests to stay in the dark.

There is a good traditional custom of not answering the road and not closing the door at night, and stealing is regarded as the most shameful behavior. When the Dulong people carry out some primitive sacrificial activities, tourists are not allowed to visit.

4. The original custom of group marriage of Dulong people no longer exists. Both men and women are distributed, and girls have the habit of tattooing. Dulong people believe in animism, worship natural objects and believe in ghosts and gods.

Second, history.

There are no clear clues about the origin and formation of Dulong, but from the perspective of language family, Dulong, as a Tibetan-Burmese language family of Sino-Tibetan language family, should come from the frontier strong ethnic group.

There are mainly two kinds of legends circulating within its ethnic group: one is that Dulong is an indigenous people. Second, the Dulong originally lived in the Nujiang River Basin, and later came to the Dulong River Basin by chance because of hunting. Seeing that there are not only wide hunting grounds, but also relatively flat platforms, they moved here one after another and gradually developed from north to south.

Among about 15 clans in Dulong, it is said that 8 clans are from Nujiang. In addition, judging from the cultural characteristics such as language and literary customs that existed in the past, the Dulong people are also very similar to the Nu people in Gongshan.

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Distribution of lone dragon:

Dulong is one of the ethnic minorities with a small population in China. According to the sixth national census on 20 10, the total population of Dulong is 6930. Dulong people are distributed in Gongshan Dulong Nu Autonomous County, and Dulong Township in Dulong River Basin is the most important Dulong inhabited area in the county. Adjacent to Weixi County and Chavalo Township in Chayu County, Tibet, there is also a small distribution.

Dulongjiang Township, Gongshan County, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province is not only the most important Dulong inhabited area in China, but also the Dulong cultural heritage protection area in China (listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list), the Gaoligongshan national nature reserve and one of the core areas of the "Three Parallel Rivers" world natural heritage.

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