Li compatriots in Qiongzhong Li Autonomous County are good at singing and dancing, and it is essential for them to wear national costumes at the wedding. In the whole process of the wedding, the eight-tone team played by Li Traditional Musical Instrument walked at the front of the team, followed by the groom and the best man, and finally the team with bride price.
The bride price of Li nationality is generally betel nut, tobacco, mountain orchid rice, mountain orchid wine and pork, which varies according to the groom's family conditions. When the woman arrives, the betel nut will be broken and distributed to everyone. In the past, Li people had to walk even if they climbed mountains and crossed rivers. Although many customs have changed now, and the process of picking up relatives has changed to walking by car, we still have to get off the bus to show our sincerity in picking up relatives.
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At this time, the bride's family has prepared bowls and chopsticks and waited at home. Three days before the bride's wedding, she should be clean, dressed, plucked and trimmed. The bride wears traditional clothes, a silver collar and a jade bead ring on her neck, a silver medal, a silver bell and a bead chain on her chest, a silver chain and a silver bell on her waist, bracelets and rings on her hands and a silver ring on her feet.
As the music of the groom's team became louder and louder, the bride's father lit firecrackers to welcome him. At the bride's house, the bride's parents will check the bride price, and the groom can only enter the house to meet the bride if he is qualified. In this process, the groom should wait outside with the best man and go in to pick up the bride when the time comes. After a period of waiting, the groom finally met the bride in the dress.
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Before the groom picks up the bride, he should have a meal at the woman's house. On the wine table, the wedding procession and the woman's family drank and sang, and the atmosphere was very lively. An elder will nail the bone with an arrow shaft for everyone to see, which means that the bride will promise to give it to the groom, but not to other families, and no one is allowed to rob relatives. This is the engagement of Li people wearing broken arrows.
After dinner, the team sending the bride should arrive at the village entrance of the man's house in time for the wedding. The octave team played again, and the bride and groom came out with red umbrellas. It didn't rain. Why do they have umbrellas? It turns out that this is the custom of the Li nationality, for good luck. It symbolizes that today's days are thriving.
At this time, we saw an old man of Li nationality, who was stopped in the middle of the road into the village. Why?
Originally, according to the custom, an elder of Li village, holding a bow and arrow or sickle, spread a banana leaf in the center of the village entrance, put an egg on it, and read a prayer of peace to the bride's team, to the effect that "today, when they get married, I hope the future will be lucky and happy, and I hope to have children as soon as possible." After blessing the bride and groom, the elders break the eggs, which means auspiciousness and auspiciousness, thinking that this will make the family safe. In the past, brides and farewell parties returned to the groom's house at night, so people in the groom's village would light torches in front of the village to light the way home for the upcoming bride.