Marriage is a special custom, handed down from ancient times as an act to celebrate the wedding of newlyweds. In different places, the custom of making a bridal chamber is different. Every place has its own customs. So, do you want to know what interesting customs Dongxiang people have?

The harder you hit the pillow, the more painful it is.

In Dongxiang nationality, there is a wedding custom of "smashing pillows". This kind of activity is mostly held on the wedding night. At that time, the villagers and friends who come to congratulate her will look at the bride's dowry. Especially the color and pattern of embroidery on the pillow, as a standard to evaluate the girl's ingenuity. When the bride enters the bridal chamber, the boys will pick up the dowry pillow and throw it at the bride sitting on the kang. The harder you work, the more painful it is, the better. The girls and boys who protect the bride by the kang will also play with each other with pillows until late at night. This wedding custom of playing with pillows is a way for Dongxiang men, women and children to express their warm welcome to the bride.

The groom has a lot of difficulty stealing the kitchen.

Dongxiang people also have the custom of the groom "stealing the kitchen" when they get married. On the wedding day, when the groom and the wedding procession arrive at the woman's home, the woman will hold a banquet. After the wedding reception, the groom should send the wooden comb prepared at home to the bride's boudoir and thank the harem for helping the bride dress up.

Then the groom and the best man sneaked into the woman's kitchen. On the one hand, they thanked the chef and the girls who made the fire politely, on the other hand, they found the right opportunity to "steal" a kitchen utensil from the kitchen. But the girls all know the real purpose of the groom, so it is difficult to "steal" the equipment from their noses.

The average girl won't miss this opportunity to tease the groom. They will catch the groom and blacken his face. In this chaos, the groom quickly "stole" something, hid it in his body, and then rushed out of the tight encirclement. He ran away amid the laughter of the girls.

To show off to the public, it's really hard to tell the difference.

In some places, Dongxiang people also play Gongbo at weddings. When the bride entered the bridal chamber, the guests at the farewell party began to act as uncles. In-laws refer to the groom's father, uncle and other elders. Their faces were painted with pot ashes, their heads were wearing tall paper hats, strings of red peppers were hung on their ears, they were wearing sheepskin jackets, their hands and feet pretended to be tied by chains, and they were carried on overturned tables and played in public.

In some places, men dressed as clowns ride on the backs of donkeys or cows. With these troubles, the man will not get angry, and some even deliberately make strange and difficult moves, because in the eyes of Dongxiang people, doing so is the most sincere welcome of the man to the arrival of the bride.