"Stolen" Happiness of Tujia Ethnic Group

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: Nu Ethnic Minority Group, which has a long history and mainly inhabits Yunnan Province, Southwest...

: The ancestors of the Xibe ethnic group lived in the Hulunbuir grassland and the Nenjiang river...

: Daur is the title that the people from the Daur minority call themselves. It means "pioneer."...

Stealing has always been despised. However, in stilted houses inhabited by Tujia people in the west of Hubei Province, several unique and interesting "stealing traditions" have been passed on until now. Such traditions have not been spurned by people of the ethnic group. On the contrary, they are much favored by the Tujia people and have been passed on with approval as a story.

What did they "steal"?

Stealing "Beam Tree"

Stealing "Beam Tree"

The Tujia people would place a crossbeam on the ridge of the central hall when building wooden stilted houses.
Stealing Pumpkin

Stealing Pumpkin

At the midnight of the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, several Tujia people walk on tiptoes to a pumpkin garden in the east or a vegetable plot in the west.
Stealing Rice Bowl

Stealing Rice Bowl

Stealing rice bowl is one of the peculiar wedding customs in the stilted houses of Tujia ethnic group.