In the southwest and southeast Asia of China, there is an ancient nation-Miao nationality.

According to historical documents, the ancestors of Miao nationality were Chiyou in ancient times. They first lived in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and later, their people slowly moved to the southwest of China.

After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, some Miao people migrated to Southeast Asian countries, and in modern times they migrated from these places to Europe and America.

Miao people are generous and enthusiastic. Their love and marriage have always been relatively open and free, and their marriage customs are also very unique. Let's take a look at the interesting marriage customs of Miao nationality!

Before marriage: crying to get married, giving a wedding ceremony.

There is an unwritten rule in Miao marriage custom: men and women can't meet for a period of time before marriage, and the woman's family will hold a crying wedding ceremony, commonly known as "crying marriage".

Crying usually begins three or seven days before the bride gets married, and some families start from the first half month, one month or even three months.

Why are you crying about getting married? There are two main reasons.

The first reason is gratitude.

When the bride is about to marry another party, her first thought is to leave her relatives. By crying, the bride can miss the past and feel the affection.

The second reason is that I am worried about my future.

After marriage, the bride is no longer the daughter of her family, but the daughter-in-law of her husband's family. This sudden change of role will inevitably cause great pressure and burden on women's psychology, and some measures are needed to eliminate their nervousness.

"Weeping marriage" just provides them with a reasonable and effective way. Women are given the right to speak in the wedding ceremony, and take this opportunity to vent their feelings, unload the pressure and burden when changing roles, and be psychologically prepared to accept new roles.

The woman is busy crying to get married, and the man has to make a lot of preparations for the wedding.

The day before the wedding, the man will send the wedding supplies to the woman's home. In these wedding ceremonies, there is a big and thick glutinous rice Baba, which is made of glutinous rice noodles of 25 kg to 30 kg, which means that the bride and groom are round and well-fed after marriage.

Marriage: blocking the road and singing the right song

On the wedding day, the groom will cooperate with several groomsmen and take gifts to the woman's house to get married.

When the bride arrives at the women's village, many women will stick out bamboo poles to block the way and sing a song with the bride.

After each pair of songs is sung, the married people should give gifts to these women, and then take back the bamboo poles to make way. Just walk for a while, sing a song and repeat it several times before reaching the bride's house.

In the meantime, the bride should also prevent the groom from being taken away by women, because if the groom is taken away, they will hide the groom and prevent the groom from marrying the bride on time.

Wedding: meeting the bride and robbing her relatives.

After the bride gets married, there will be a ceremony in memory of the bride and groom. The bride and groom will toast their elders and guests and accept their congratulations.

In the meantime, the girls of the woman's family can take the opportunity to cover the groom with a bamboo basket, so that the groom can't move, adding a little fun to the wedding.

In some places where Miao people live in compact communities, the ancient custom of robbing relatives is still preserved.

Kidnapping originated in primitive society, that is, men got married by robbing women of other clans and tribes.

Nowadays, young Miao men and women are free to get married and rob their parents. This is by no means a violent act in primitive society, but a symbolic ceremony when love matures.

At that time, the man asked several good partners to take the bride home. It is said that in the future, if the husband and wife are not in harmony or the man likes the new and hates the old, the woman will have reason to speak.

After taking the bride back to the man's house, the two sides will hold a wedding according to the rules of the Miao family. At the same time, the man's family will send someone to the woman's house with a gift to explain the situation and apologize. The woman's family will also symbolically reprimand and scold a few words, and then accept the gift money.

In some areas, robbing relatives will become a fun-filled fight: when the girl knows that the man is coming to rob herself, she will deliberately hide and invite several female companions in the same village to wait with brooms and bamboo poles.

When the man's robber came to the scheduled place, there was no sign of the bride In doubt, the ambush suddenly came out, and countless brooms and bamboo sticks fell on the head and body of the robber.

Boys suddenly realize, but according to the custom, they can't fight back. They will avoid brooms and bamboo poles and look for brides warily.

When they found the trace of the bride, they joined hands with Qi Xin to avoid the pursuit of the girls and brought the bride back to the man's house.

Miao people have many wedding customs, and the significance of these customs is to make the wedding day more memorable. It may be troublesome to do it now, but we will understand later that these customs make our wedding colorful, and those moments at the wedding mixed with surprise, joy and emotion are good memories that we can remember for a lifetime.

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