The village is located in the alpine mountain area in the hinterland of the "Three Parallel Rivers" nature reserve, surrounded by mountains and waters. There are famous natural scenic spots such as gongs and drums and Dayangchang nearby, with a forest coverage rate of over 85% and a good natural ecological environment. Among the residential buildings, dry wooden houses account for 82%, which maintains the traditional architectural form of Pumi nationality and the village pattern maintains the traditional style. Tsinghua Village has a long history, with well-preserved traditional farming and animal husbandry, costumes, food, folk songs and dances, and linen and wool textile technology, and cultural inheritors have great influence in the local area. The combination of traditional village rules and regulations and new village rules and regulations in this area plays a management and restraint role in the daily production and life of villages.
Blue-and-white Pumi women's clothing is solemn and gorgeous, beautiful and generous. Wear a linen gown, a long wool skirt, a sheepskin on the back and a silver chain on the chest. Different age groups wear different clothes. They like to tie their waists with red, green, blue and yellow ribbons, wear bracelets and rings, wear silver rings or jade pendants on their ears, and make headdresses and necklaces with colorful beads. Bao Datou Pa likes to braid yak tail and silk thread on his head, because the braid is thick and beautiful. Men usually wear double-breasted linen, wide trousers, sheepskin collar and robes. Zuo Yi dresses like a Tibetan. Men in wealthy families wear coats and wool coats, and their legs are wrapped in cloth or felt below the knee. Some of them wear homemade half-tubes of pigskin and oxhide shoes.
Featured handicrafts mainly include leather products and wool products. Leather products mainly refer to sheepskin cloaks, which are mostly used for visiting relatives and friends, weddings and funerals, and have the functions of decoration, keeping out the cold and serving as a dowry for girls. Wool products are processed into wool and made into badminton, felt, hat, shoes, etc. According to different needs.
Pumi people believe in natural gods and have frequent sacrificial activities, such as offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, Longtan, mountain gods, iron tripod, ancestors and pillars. The main traditional festival is our season, and we will hold competitions of shooting guns and crossbows. During festivals, weddings and major sacrificial activities, people in the village get together with their relatives and friends to sing ancient songs and dances.
Pumi folk songs are mostly traditional songs handed down by predecessors, and few are improvised. Relatively free in form, not restricted by rules. The wedding customs are rich in content and diverse in forms, mainly including the songs of asking for relatives, welcoming guests, picking up relatives, blocking doors, fruit and vegetable songs, gathering and talking songs, and pillar songs. Love songs mainly include "Life with a Iron Ring" and "Unless the weight floats on the water". Sacrificial folk songs mainly include three-legged tune, dragon worship tune and column worship. The funeral mainly sings guide songs; Traditional ancient songs mainly include Ji Dian, Red Deer Tune, Dawn Tune and Bazaar Fairy Praise. Most of the tunes are pentatonic, and the melody is closely related to intonation. The recitation and singing are closely combined, and the melody is simple and fresh, beautiful and smooth. Some folk songs have a wide range, reaching or approaching two octaves. The rhythm is smooth and symmetrical, with staggered length and liveliness. Lyrics are generally strange, with three syllables, five syllables, seven syllables and nine syllables.
Sixian is a Pumi folk musical instrument and the main accompaniment instrument of Sixian dance. There are many tracks, besides the 12 key of dance steps, there are some ancient tracks, such as four-string vowels, sparrows in trees and so on. The ukulele is not limited by gender and age, and it has been well inherited and protected in Pumi areas. "Rub" dance is widely spread and has a good mass base. It is the main folk dance in festivals. With sheepskin, wooden bowl, wooden chopsticks and splint. The lead dancer slaps the sheepskin with his right hand, and the dancer carries the bowl with his left hand. The splint is tied to the dancer's waist and makes a sound when it hits the crotch left and right.
Pumi people have no writing, and folk literature is passed down orally. Villagers communicate with each other in the process of productive labor, or sit around the fireplace at night and listen to the old people telling or singing. More often, they will tell and sing on occasions such as the completion of new houses, the marriage of relatives, festival celebrations, funerals and sacrifices. In recent years, popular Pumi folk literature has been translated into Chinese, and it has been included in Selected Works of Lanping Folk Literature, Pumi Story Integration, Pumi Folk Song Integration, Lanping Folk Story Integration, Lanping Folk Song Integration and other publications.
Huacun is a big village inhabited by Pumi people, with a long history, good inheritance of traditional agriculture, living customs and national culture, a group of inheritors, and certain influence and popularity.