The song "Fifty-six Nationalities, Fifty-six Branches" is familiar to every Chinese, and the concept of 56 nationalities has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but in fact, in addition to the 56 names, there are also some unidentified tribes, just like the "green people".
Some time ago, a photo went viral on the Internet, the photo was just a simple ID card, but the content on it surprised everyone.
You know, on the ID card, the ethnic option is generally their own nationality, but this photo is an exception, and the three words "wearing green people" are written on it.
What kind of ethnicity is this?
Are there "people wearing blue" among the 56 ethnic groups?
The Qingqing people are distributed in the northwest region of Guizhou, in more than 20 cities and counties, half of them are concentrated in the two counties of Zhijin and Nayong in Bijie City, but the Qingqing people do not belong to the 56 ethnic groups, and they cannot even be called ethnic groups.
The number of people wearing green is actually not very large, there are as many as 670,000, you must know that some ethnic minorities in the mainland only have tens of thousands, but they have become ethnic minorities, so why have they not become "green wearers"?
In fact, in the first national census in 1953, more than 260 "ethnic groups" applied for registration in Yunnan Province alone, and "people wearing green people" were one of them.
However, it is not so simple to identify a nation, and it is necessary to see whether it has the characteristics of a single nation from various aspects such as ethnic origin, history, language, living habits, and customs.
First of all, from the historical origin: there are many different theories about the origin of the Qingqing people, but it is currently generally believed that they came from a "mixed group".
In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, the smoke of war had not completely dissipated, and there were many bandits and chaotic armies throughout the country, and the southwest region with difficult terrain and complex population composition was the top priority.
In order to stabilize the frontier, the Ming Dynasty sent the general Mu Ying to lead 200,000 soldiers and civilians to station here, because the number of people was too large, the pressure for logistical support was too great, so the "military reclamation" system was implemented here: soldiers worked in agriculture in peacetime, and returned to the army in wartime.
Later, although a large number of soldiers were recalled, many soldiers and civilians who had already established themselves remained, and they slowly began to integrate with the locals, and their living customs influenced each other, forming a new ethnic group.
Until the early Qing dynasty, some people made vassals to the Qing dynasty, but others considered this behavior shameful, and they spontaneously put on cyan clothes to show that they were separated from them. Later, over time, a special ethnic group slowly formed.
This is the most convincing statement about the origin of "wearing green people" at present.
From the linguistic point of view: the Qingqing people do not have their own language, but mainly in the southwestern official dialect, even if the "old" dialect circulated among some elders, it has a great relationship with the Chinese language of Hunan and Jiangxi.
This supports the mixed group claim.
In terms of living habits, although there are some differences from the local people, there is not much difference in general.
From the point of view of custom:
The Qingqing people use the mandrill as a totem, because its face has a colorful special pattern, resembling a ghost, so it is called mandrill, they believe that the mandrill represents strength, wisdom, longevity, and their awe of their ancestors, and in many places there are carved mandrill patterns.
In addition, the green wearers do have their own characteristics in terms of weddings, funerals, and sacrifices.
Taking weddings as an example, people who wear young people are very particular in this regard, there is a saying of "eighteen gifts", and it even takes several months for the couple to prepare for the wedding to get married.
Funerals and sacrifices are also more cumbersome and have their own characteristics.
Of course, the biggest feature of the green wearers is that they wear cyan clothes, which is also the origin of their name, with a large area of cyan fabric as the main body, made of clothes, in the local environment is very concealed, very practical.
Of course, in addition to these, other aspects of the Qingqing people have also been examined, including the history of production tools, the degree of sinicization, and so on.
After a number of studies, it was finally determined that the Qingqing people did not meet the conditions for becoming a single ethnic group and should be a branch of the Han people, but the Qingqing people did not agree with this statement, and they always considered themselves to be a single ethnic group.
Therefore, in order to take care of their emotions, the state still gave the treatment of ethnic minorities who wore young people, becoming a unique existence that is not a minority but has minority treatment.
This is why the ID card is marked "wearing green people" instead of wearing green people.
Although the Qingqing people are not a separate ethnic group, they have their own characteristic customs and should be better passed down as an intangible cultural heritage.
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