Because Jiamusi is a place where ethnic minorities live together, the ethnic minorities here have different beliefs. Take the Kirgiz nationality as an example. When a woman goes out after marriage, she must wear a headscarf and cover everything except her eyes, nose and mouth. The wedding is very grand in the local area. This must be a very lively thing, which family wants to marry their daughter. Weddings usually take three days, and the date is usually chosen at the end of the month. During the wedding, there will be horse racing, sheep catching, wrestling and other activities. Through these recreational activities, the atmosphere can be mobilized, so that people can be in a more pleasant joy these days.
Ewenki people respect fire very much, so newlyweds should respect Vulcan. Remember, when you worship Vulcan, don't throw water on the fire, and don't throw some dirty things into the fire. The ceremony of Vulcan is very important, just like offering sacrifices to ancestors here, telling new people to get married and hope to be blessed.
Take another ethnic minority, the Manchu, which we are familiar with. The marriage customs of Manchu are similar to those of Han nationality now. Generally speaking, it begins with a proposal, and the man goes to the woman's house to send him to work. The bride price that the woman's family will receive should be properly rewarded. After that, the man's family needs to kill pigs, set up a hi-shed stove and entertain relatives and friends outdoors. At the wedding ceremony, the man's family asked a little boy to press the sedan chair Before the bride gets off the sedan chair, the groom will shoot three arrows in the yard. This is a ceremony, and the master of ceremonies will also shout at this time, shoot Sirius, shoot demons and shoot red evil. The next step is to uncover the hijab, and the drummer begins to play. The elders of the groom's family sent women to bring brown sugar water to the bride to drink, indicating that it was sweet, and steamed eggs to wipe her face, indicating that the bride would not grow pockmarked in the future. Then let the groom come forward and take off the bride's veil with a whip. After uncovering the veil, touching the hair with your hand symbolizes a married couple. Now, many rural areas still retain the form of uncovering the hijab.
Different from other areas, on the third day of Manchu marriage, the bride led the groom back to the door. On the seventh day, the bride went back to her parents' home for one night, and then one month later. Where ethnic minorities live in concentrated communities, Jiamusi's marriage customs are also very ethnic.