堕民是我国旧社会的一个贱民阶层 ,他们在逢年过节时上平民家讨彩头 ,红白喜事时充当吹鼓手和喜娘等 ,不准科考捐纳 ,平民不与其通婚杂居。堕民在有些地区又称“轿夫”。关于“堕民”的起源 ,众说纷纭 ,几乎无一例外地认为堕民是政治或民族压迫的产物 ;而在兰溪女埠镇 ,则流传 Falling into the armies is a pariah class in the old society of our country. When they clamored for money during the Lunar New Year holidays, they used to act as drummers and hi niang in red and white happy events. In some areas, the fallen people are also called “bearers.” As to the origins of the “abolishment of the people,” there are divergent opinions, almost invariably the idea that decolonization is a product of political or ethnic oppression;