San Chi ethnicity
San Chi ethnicity is one of the two ethnic groups of San Chay (Cao Lan - San Chi). San Chi or San Chi is the self-named name of the people. An ethnic minority living in the southwestern part of Guangdong Province (China), about 300-400 years ago, due to the inability of the Han Chinese, a part of the San Chi ethnic group find the way to the south. The San Chi people come to Vietnam in two ways: one part of Lang Son, which is inhabited in Luc Binh, Van Lang (Lang Son) and Luc Ngan districts, Luc Nam (Bac Giang) by sea to reside in Quang Ninh province.
According to statistics in 2014, the Cao Lan - San Chi ethnic group in Bac Giang province has over 25,000 people living in 4 districts: Son Dong, Luc Ngan, Luc Nam and Yen The.
As well as the ethnic minorities living in the Northern Midlands, the San Chi people are one of the earliest inhabitants of the crop economy. The type of upland crop economy, sloping land cultivation is the main and dominant system in the San Chi. However, they also soon receive the wet rice economy from the ethnic minorities living in the lower areas. is the experience of growing rice on terraced fields. The technique of wet rice cultivation has also reached a high level, but not because the slash-and-burn agriculture has lost its important role.
Agricutural production tool is one of the manifestations of material culture of the agricultural population. In the San Chi people, the system of production tools is also very diverse, such as plowing, harrowing, hoe, spade, sickle ...
San Chi people have a number of traditional handicrafts such as weaving, knitting, forging.
The costumes of the San Chi ethnic women are: long dresses, trousers, camisoles, blazers, scarves and headgear. In general, women's clothing has the dark tone of the indigo, a little embroidered pattern, in the brace of the flower pattern shows the hidden and courteous beauty. The waist is usually long, calf-shaped, rounded neck, the left piece, fluttering from the shoulder to the hips. The head scarf is clambered like a crow mouth of the King. Traditional costumes of men in San Chi are relatively simple. Men's shirt is a long-sleeved shirt, shoulder strap, split in the middle, there is a knitted cloth running from the neck down to the lap. Popular pants are leg pants, when worn are fixed with a belt.
The traditional houses of the San Chi people are on stilts, half-stilt houses, half-ground houses and mostly ground houses. The direction of the house is often followed by the taboo of the family or the landlord. Today, most of the new houses imitate the three-room 2 lean-tos model of the Kinh, and the layout of the house is similar../.
