It is also the family dining room and tea-house and for a long time Tujia people have formed a custom of eating Baba around Huolong.

• 土家火笼还是家庭集体活动的场所,是治家方略和总结治家得失的重要会所,也是维系家庭情感的重要纽带,是土家人的终身学堂。