Banquet Etiquette Li people in Hainan Province have a set of food etiquette for their guests. When having a meal, give it to the male guests first, and then to the female guests. The host and the guest sat opposite each other. When inviting wine, the host first raises the wine bowl with both hands, indicating to the guests that he is inviting wine, and then drinks the wine himself. Then, rice wine was presented to the guests one by one. After the guests finish drinking, the host sends a bite of meat and vegetables to everyone's mouth to show respect. Usually, the host only drinks with the guests, but does not accompany them to eat, for fear that the guests are embarrassed to eat.
Reconciliation Etiquette In the Li nationality area of Hainan Province, there is a reconciliation etiquette, which is called "Richa" in Li language, which means "to give a good face". If both warring parties want a truce, they will each send a widow to act as a mediator. At the same time, both sides also have a representative. The widow first put some copper coins into a basin of clear water, and the representatives of both sides took the copper coins out of the water and wiped their eyes. Then, take each other's money and throw it away. Finally, propose a toast to each other to show reconciliation.
Sowing etiquette Li people in Hainan usually plant early rice around the vernal equinox in February of the lunar calendar and late rice around beginning of autumn in July. Before transplanting rice seedlings in each season, Woodenhead should first pick shoots with green leaves and hang them at home. Then Wood's wife puts on new clothes and a new skirt. Early in the morning, she planted 100 seedlings in the field corner, with leaves and rattan leaves beside them, indicating that the rice soul had been taken. After that, ordinary women in the village can plant rice seedlings in the fields. On the first day of transplanting rice, Wood and his wife can't rest in bed during the day, and they can't talk when they meet others on the road. It is believed that staying in bed during the day will slow down the speed of women transplanting rice; Talking with outsiders will leak news and take away good luck, which is not conducive to rice growth.
Funeral etiquette in Hainan Li nationality, when the patient is dying, the family still has to feed water and rice to show filial piety. After the death of a loved one, a gun was fired to mourn, and relatives and friends discussed the funeral ceremony together. Relatives and neighbors in the village carry pigs and pick wine to help. Wash the dead and put on new clothes. You must wear them backwards. If the deceased is a woman, she should also put black ash on her face to show her diligence before her death, which will be welcomed in the underworld.
The custom of Li nationality is that it is unlucky not to make a coffin before death. After death, the two brothers went up the mountain to cut down trees to make coffins. According to Li's habit, coffins are divided into four classes. The first-class coffin is made of fine wood, such as litchi, black ink and mountain silk. The user's funeral is to kill cattle, and the other three are to kill pigs. The second kind is made of bark, the third kind is a bamboo coffin made of bamboo, and the fourth kind is an open bag cushion coffin.
Li people in Hainan hold folk ancestor worship activities on the 14th day of the seventh lunar month every year. On this day, every family kills chickens to buy meat, and cuts five-color paper into paper clothes to sacrifice to their ancestors. In the evening, every family put a few sticks of incense in front of the door by their children to pay homage to their ancestors who were not sacrificed.
Sacrificial ceremonies for rice, male rice and female rice. Every year, when the rice is ripe, Li people hold ceremonies to sacrifice rice, male rice and female rice. Starting from the "fear of elegance" (the person who takes the lead in ploughing), each field is tied with four grains of rice, symbolizing the rice man and the rice woman, and a small rice ball is placed on the table, begging the rice man and the rice woman to eat enough and take care of the rice on their behalf, so as to bless the bumper harvest and the safety of all villagers. Rice men and women are generally kept by Weiya and placed on the lower floor of the barn. After the harvest in the second year, they can make wine and give it to everyone.