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Great King Mo Yi Hero Of The Zhuang Minority Group In China, Revered For Wisdom And Bravery.
There are parks in Beijing and near Kunming in which there are buildings and other features that present the ways in which the minority groups in China live, or used to live. Near Nanning there is a purpose developed town devoted to a single minority, and some of the historic events that are associated with the group.
In one part of the town there is a stone tablet that gives an insight of how the Zhang People, passed down from generation to generation, events related to the life of the Great King Mo Yi. It is said that in ancient times there was a Zhuang Hero named Mo Yi. He was born into a poverty stricken family, but became a fierce and mighty man of great wisdom and bravery. For generations the Zhuang people have revered him for his fearless resistance against oppression and exploitation. During his life he was said to have shot arrows at the sun; was taken in by a ruse and changed into a wasp.
Many minority groups have their own distinctive style of clothing; some being very colourful and with much embroidery work. In the minority town we visited there were a number of models of people dressed in attire that would have been worn when going out into the fields to work. Wearing large bamboo hats, the models were wearing protective cloths of long dried leaves, perhaps not very fashionable in the present day, but no doubt very suitable and easily replaced when required.
Milling Grain By Hand To Make Flour, And Burning Insense Before Lucky Buddha.
There were no supermakets or local shopping facilities at the time to buy food. What was needed by the people was mostly grown by them, and an item such as grain, rice or wheat, was made into a flour by hand operated stone mills. There were examples of these mills in one area, and both Xu Jian and Michael tried out their skills on them, with no resulting flour for their efforts!
The Buddha shown in the picture on the right was said to be a 'Lucky Buddha', and before the Buddha, the people would burn joss sticks, go on their knees, and make their wishes known in silent prayers. Of course, nearby, there was an attendant ready to sell you as many joss sticks as you thought you needed for your prayers.
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3rd February, 2009
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