- Cdch thii ha: Phong phap thang thi&n l&n trcfi,
LUAT TUC CHIN (My-an-ma)
(My-an-ma)
NgUdi Chin s6'ng chu ySu cr cac mifen dbi niii di§p
trung trai tOf mf&n tay M c My-an-ma sang m6t phan da't An D6, vdi nhifeu t§n goi va suT dung nhieu phUcfng ngiJ khac nhau.
Lang Chin nam tr§n liXng chtfng niii, d d6 cao trung binh tOf 900 met den 2.000 met. Dxidi chkn niii c6
ngubn nirdc ttf nhien. Ducfng din vao lang thifcfng hep, quanh co, kho di lai, va d6i khi gom ca m6t doan dai chui vao long dat. C6ng lang Chin rS't viJng chai, do vSy ra't khd dot nhap vao lang.
NgUcfi Chin d nha san. San cao chCfng hai met. L6n
h&'t c^u thang, tdi gian d&u ti§n. Gian nay danh tiep khach. Tr&n vach thifng bing g6, treo nhilng dau thii. Trifdc gian ti§'p khach la san phcfi. Th6ng tCr gian tiep khach sang gian thi? hai la cai cufa hinh tron. Gian thiJ hai toi ban cac gian khac. Va cuoi cung la gian thi? ba. Gian nay c6 loi thong qua phia sau, nen sang sua.
Nha, ngifdi Chin lap tranh, c6t dxXng b§ng nbiJng than cSy to, vach va san lam hhng g6 t4'm.
Ngtfdi Chin d6't rhy lam niTcfng. Cai gay nbon d&u
dvfcfc dung kha c6ng dutig trong vi§c choc 16 tra hat
truyfen th6'ng. Ngoai Ida, dau, cac gid'ng cky phd bi§'n khac gbm chud'i, dt, caxn'^\i Chin dung rifcfu
trong cac nghi thxic, t6n giao va trong sinh boat. Giong nhvf nhieu dan t6c d Vi6t Nam, ngUdi Chin cung u6'ng
rtfcm can.
Ngvfcfi Chin biet che thu6'c siing. NbiJng cuoc chi^'n tranh giCta cac lang Chin xtfa kia tbi/dng dien ra nbSm tranh cha'p ngubn nifdc, thung lung. Ben thua tran rut ve lang tit tren nui cao, difcfc phong thu vijtng cbSc,
dhu rkng cac d6'i thu tbifdng khong them chiem linh.
NgLfdi Chin kha thvfdng v6. Dudi cac trieu dai phong kien, cac thi toe Chin thifcfng xung nbufng dcfn vj linh
chi§'n tinh nhu6, dtfdi sxX chi buy ciia cac si quan trilSu
dinh, tham gia vao cac tran danh. Vinh quang cung
nhiJng Igi loc gianh diTcfc trong chien da'u la ni^m ttf
hao cua m6i thi toe. Ten cua cac thi toe thudng gcfi len tinh quan sif chuyen nghi&p cua cac dcfn vj - thj toe Chin nhir "Nhilng ngtfdi cam giao", "NhiJng ngtfdi
cam cung"... '''^' Tham gia cac dcfn vi chien da'u Chin la nhi?ng ngifdi
con trai Idn trong cac gia dinh. NhiJng ngiTcfi con trai nay hifdng phan di san cua cha me it hcfn so vdi ngifcfi
con lit. ,
(1) Surg-Lieut. Col. A.S. Raid. M.B. Chin Lushed Land.
Calcutta. Thacker. Spink and Co. 1893.
D a s6' ngii&i C h i n theo t i n n g i f d n g vSt l i n h , t i n vao
stf t b n t a i cua cac loai t h ^ n ma d k h i p m o i nai. Gi6'ng
ngtfcfi MiS'n, ngtfdi C h i n goi th'an ma la n a t . T r o n g s6'
cac t h ^ n , p h u n\3 C h i n c h i i tikm the; c i i n g t h ^ n cho. H u y i n t h o a i cua ngifcfi C h i n ki rkng niJ t h ^ n H l i
de r a 100 qua t r d n g . Sau m 6 t thcfi g i a n dxxgc t h ^ n u t r o n g b 6 n g , 100 qua t r i t n g s i n h r a n h i J n g t h u y t6 dku
t i ^ n cua cac gi6'ng ngvfcfi tr§n th&' g i d i . R&i n i l ttikn H l i l a i de t h § m qua t r i ^ n g niJa. T\ikn dat qua t r i ^ n g