Guizhou in the village of Quest: boys and girls have whatever one's heart desires

����GuizhouIn the village in the ordinary Chinese map could not find, because it is too small and too remote, less than 16 square kilometers area. In the village is located in the embrace of the mountains, belonging to theQiandongnanCongjiang County of Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture jurisdiction, here not only the environment is beautiful, but retained the rich ethnic customs.

The mysterious mountain village

This a tiny area because of a world wonder "zero record" and famous overseas: the natural population growth rate has been close to zero. Family Planning Bureau data according to Congjiang County, from 1952 to 2000 48 years, in the village of population grew by only 9 people, the natural population growth rate is very low, almost zero. This phenomenon is significant increase in the population generally era, which is regarded as a great miracle, therefore in the village is known as "China Population Culture in the first village".

����For the origin of unique birth village concept

The people can do almost zero population growth, the village planning plays a big role. As for the origin of the village regulations, must start from the origin in the village.

According to the village for the elderly, the human ancestors from 1368JiangsuNow, after a long journey, theGuangxi(micro-blog) Wuzhou eventually settled here, in the village of its name comes from its ancestor "Wu for" and "Wu". Due to the geographical environment is good, after the ancestors settled here, reclaim a lot of land, live very rich stand aloof from worldly success, enjoying the happiness of life. Gradually, the population gradually from the first two to more than 100 households. However, with the increase of population, the contradiction between people and land begin to appear.

Everyone is a man and a woman

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the contradiction between people and land have made once rich in the village began to decay. At this time, a villager named Wu Gongli step forward bravely, he found the village old man continue to negotiate, determined to find a solution. Finally, a strange village planning is worked out: "50 Tam rice couples to have two children, but it must be a male and a female; 30 Tam rice couples only one child. For violators, the light will be forced feeding of livestock were killed; or be expelled from the village gate".

Now, in the village every year to hold the two birth control oath ceremony, respectively in lunar February (Wu Zhanhe Wu Li left Wuzhou in early August (date) and arrived in the village of settlement date) two days. The ceremony by Wu clan organization, village people of all ages and both sexes by other surname chiefs concentration led to the drum tower side held a pig, drinking blood wine ritual sacrifice. Those who marry young men and women have to swear at the ceremony: after marriage, children must be planned, only two children ("one couple only can bear children each one, are not allowed." this clause in the village regulations six terms in the first). In the village, in order to control population growth, "boys and girls grow up is not allowed to marry daughter-in-law or married. In addition, in the village is also popular with many corresponding songs, such as: "the bird nest tree, a brood to starve", "accounts in a boat, the boat will turn more people." Wait.

Village planning birth control, in total, has been followed for hundreds of years, the Li people form consciously control the growth habit, deeply influenced by dozens of accounts in people's life, so far no one has broken.

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