The way to entertain guests is also reflected in "entertaining guests with wine". If relatives and good friends come home, be sure to treat them to rice wine and dinner to show their respect and sincerity to the guests. If a distinguished guest comes from afar, he will be invited to drink "Jinzhai wine" at the entrance of the village.
Achang people, regardless of their relatives, neighbors and friends, often come and go, and everyone takes the initiative to help anyone who has a wedding, funeral and building a house. In Achangzhaizi, during the slack season at the end of the year, more young people get married and hold happy events, and the atmosphere of sending invitations is booming.
People respect and love each other, watch and help each other, and usually give each other gifts such as candy, biscuits and drinks. To attend the wedding, you can send money or daily necessities.
Achang Architecture:
Achang people mostly live in dam areas and mid-level areas, and villages generally choose places with abundant sunshine and water resources. Before the founding of New China, Achang people lived a hard life. Most of them live in thatched houses, that is, bamboo and wood are used as roof trusses, and the fences are plastered with mud and thatched roofs. After 1949, the number of thatched houses gradually decreased, and since the reform and opening up, they basically disappeared.
A typical Achang house is a "quadrangle" with a main room, two vertical wings and one wall facing the other. Generally, it is a tile house with civil structure or brick-wood structure, and some houses with flat roofs with brick-concrete structure are also built. The main house pays attention to the orientation of sitting, and the gate of residential houses maintains the ancient custom of "opening the door with the back of the mountain". Generally, there are three main rooms, with a hall, a shrine and a fireplace in the middle, which are places for eating, heating, meeting guests and offering sacrifices.