The characteristics of Tujia costumes in Chongqing wedding customs are: Tujia costumes are "vulgar and simple" and "endless luxury";
"Men and women work hard with * * *, and the vulgar have not yet dressed"; The natives "don't wear clothes"; "Men and women have drooping hair, short clothes and feet, and they like to wear clothes." It can be seen that Tujia costumes have the overall characteristics of "respecting simplicity". On the wedding day of crying to marry Tujia girl, she was greeted by crying to marry. The bride cried more than half a month before the wedding, and some cried for more than a month, at least three or five days. Tujia people also regard whether they can sing wedding songs as a sign to measure women's intelligence and virtue. Weeping songs include Weeping to Marry Parents, Weeping to Marry Brothers and Sisters, Weeping to Marry Uncle, Weeping to Marry Matchmaker, Weeping to Marry Hair, Weeping to Marry Flowers, Weeping to Marry Father from Mother, Weeping to Marry Ancestors, Weeping to Marry in a Sedan, etc.
Crying in Chongqing's wedding customs stems from women's lack of freedom in marriage. They accused the evil marriage system with weeping songs. Today, marriage is free. Tujia girls also want to cry when they get married. Now it's just a ceremony to cry for marriage.
The most national festival of Tujia nationality is the Chinese New Year Festival, and the most national song and dance in the festival is "Sheba Day", which is also a wave dance. Waving dance is a representative form of Tujia folk dance, which originated from Youshui River Basin in Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing. Hand-waving dance is called "Sheba Day" in the local language, and some are called "Sheba".
It is an activity of Tujia people to pay homage to and pray for blessings, which is usually held on the first day of the New Year's Day. Now it has developed into a comprehensive folk activity such as paying homage, praying for blessings, singing and dancing, socializing, sports competitions and material exchange. Tujia people in Bo activities recall the hardships of their ancestors' entrepreneurship, cherish the memory of their ancestors' achievements and show the life scenes of Tujia ancestors. The whole activity has a strong trace of ancestor worship.