2. "White Stone" culture: The Qiang people have a special liking for white stone and think it is "sacred and auspicious". One of the reasons is the traditional white worship; Secondly, Baishi helped them defeat the enemy in history, and ended their long-distance migration and persecution in today's residence (Minjiang River and Fujiang River Basin in Sichuan), and finally settled down.
3. Shibi culture: In the national and religious beliefs of the Qiang people, they are called "Shibi" as ancestral clergy. They are religious leaders, priests and wizards of the Qiang people, acting as intermediaries between God and man, and between man and ghost. They are the most authoritative cultural inheritors and knowledge masters among the Qiang people.
4. Traditional natural stone houses, towers and city walls: Building towers is a unique traditional skill of the Qiang people, which is generally made of natural stones, but it is very strong. Qiang people's city walls are also quite distinctive.
5. Sabre, pottery jar and wine culture: making characteristic pottery jars, especially corrugated ear jars, is a specialty of Qiang people, especially Yi people. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, almost all Qiang men had swords.
This is related to their frequent wars and their convenient use in life, such as cutting meat and firewood. "Miscellaneous wine" is a grain wine made of highland barley or wheat, which is drunk collectively; "Drunkenness" is a major feature of the Qiang people. Qiang people, regardless of gender, are proud of being drunk and often get drunk at parties.
6. National Dance: Salang Dance, just like Zangguo Village. No matter men, women and children, Qiang people like to dance together in a circle. This dance forms a circle, which means that all villagers are of one mind, respect God and enjoy collective harmony and happiness. Qiang culture pays attention to "Yin and Yang", and sometimes dancing divides men and women into circles. Sometimes a man and a woman dance hand in hand.
7, especially the etiquette of marriage customs: compare etiquette and hijab. Its legend is that the hijab was handed down from Qiang people to Han people.
history
Qiang people can be divided into pre-ancient Qiang people (before Qin Dynasty) and post-ancient Qiang people (after Qin Dynasty, the "Okoyi" ethnic group in Xiqiang was also called Qiang people). After the reunification of Qin, the Qiang people in ancient times merged with the population in the East, forming the embryonic form of the Han nationality.
Some scholars believe that countries including Xia, Zhou and Qin may all be related to the ancient Qiang people. During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the custom of the Qiang people offering sacrifices to the gods was considered to come from prisoners of war and was a symbol of frequent contact and friction.
After the Qin Dynasty, the post-ancient Qiang people poured in from the northwest and developed into some ethnic minorities of Han, Qiang, Tibetan and Burmese languages in the southwest, including Tibetans, Yi, Bai, Naxi, Pumi, Lisu, Jinuo, Achang, Jingpo, Dulong, Nu and Tujia.
Today's so-called "Qiang people" are just one of the ministries of the ancient western Qiang. Today's Qiang people and the descendants of ancient western Qiang people have experienced many migrations. Today, this ancient western Qiang tribe "Qiang" called itself "Zila" before entering the Minjiang River and Fujiang River basins where it lives today.