The Bai nationality is the 15th largest ethnic minority in China, mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and other provinces, with the largest population of the Bai nationality in Yunnan Province, mainly living in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. In addition, it is also distributed in Sichuan Province, Chongqing City and other places.
Traditional festivals: March Street, Torch Festival, Rao San Ling, Shibaoshan Song Festival, this main festival, Butterfly Festival, etc.
Wedding custom: at a wedding, tea should be served first, and then four dishes, four plates, four pots, four bowls should be placed. Back marriage is a popular marriage custom in the Bai area of Eryuan County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. At every crossroad, crossroad or gathering place, the guests would stop and code the dowry into two piles, so that the groom would carry the bride around the dowry and circle the word "8".
Food customs: The daily diet of the Bai nationality is mainly three meals a day, and one breakfast or lunch is added for busy farming or festivals. In Pingba area, rice and wheat are the staple food. In mountainous areas, corn, potato and wheat are often eaten. The staple food is usually steamed as dry rice and carried on the ground. In addition, I also like Baba, Baikuai, Tangyuan, rice noodles, porridge, sugar rice (made of glutinous rice and dry malt flour), etc.
The meat is mainly pork. In addition to using fresh pork to make various fried dishes, it also likes to pickle the New Year pig and process it into ham, sausage, sausage, pig liver, steamed liver, rice sausage and other exquisite flavor foods. Most Bai people like to drink. Due to the different raw materials and methods used, there are many kinds of wine. When making wine, more than 40 kinds of herbs are often used to make distiller's yeast and various kinds of liquor, among which kiln wine and dry wine are traditional wines. In addition, there is another kind of glutinous rice sweet wine, which is specially made for women and pregnant women. It is said to have the function of nourishing and hastening lactation.
Daily etiquette: The Bai people are warm and hospitable. It is the etiquette of the Bai people to treat guests first and then host them. When guests arrive at home, they treat each other with wine and tea. The famous "three courses of tea" is the hospitality of the Bai people. However, Bai people usually pour only half a cup of tea and a full cup of wine. They think that wine is full of respect and tea is full of deceit.