What are the customs of Qinzhou people getting married?

There are many Zhuang people in Guangxi, and the marriage customs in Qinzhou are similar to those in bulk ~ ~

Brief introduction of wedding customs of Zhuang nationality

Zhuang is the most populous ethnic group in China, mainly distributed in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Qujing area, as well as in Guangxi, Lianshan in Guangdong, Congjiang in Guizhou and Jianghua in Hunan. Zhuang people have languages, and Chinese is widely used. It belongs to Zhuang-Dai branch of Sino-Tibetan language family.

On the basis of concentrating their folk literature, music, dance and skills, the Zhuang people created Zhuang drama. Tonggu is the most representative folk musical instrument of Zhuang nationality.

Agriculture is the pillar of Zhuang nationality, and the famous Sanqi, Gecko and fennel oil are well-known specialties in Zhuang area. Sugarcane production ranks first in the country.

Villages of Zhuang nationality are generally composed of members with several surnames, without clan organization, and have obvious characteristics of village community. The basic form of Zhuang marriage is monogamy. Branches generally practice intermarriage, but different ethnic groups with the same surname can intermarry. Four generations later, the "natives" family thought that they were not related by blood and could get married. Cousins can get married, cousins can't. An "arbitrary" clan can marry through a single cousin, and an aunt's son can marry an uncle's daughter, but it is forbidden for an uncle's son to marry an aunt's daughter. Historically, early marriage was widely practiced in Zhuang nationality. According to local records, "early marriage is common for different people", and the form of marriage is basically a dual-track system of free love and arranged by parents. Young men and women have social freedom before marriage, but even if they are congenial, they need their parents' consent to get married. The main way of free marriage is that young men and women choose their spouses by singing folk songs. This way is called "singing the stream" or "catching the wind" locally. For a long time, it has become a system in the marriage life of Zhuang nationality. Until liberation, the Zhuang area in Guangnan was still very popular. In Zhuang society, men and women generally learn to sing a few folk songs from the age of 12 or 13, and they will be able to learn instant love songs at the age of 17 or 18. There are strict rules about where to sing folk songs, whether in a secluded mountain village or in a busy street, they must be recognized by everyone or seen by anyone. Time depends on the local agricultural production season. It is held in different places every year. "Sand People" is held on the first street day of the first month of each year and in February and March. "according to people" is held every year after harvesting and before sowing. During the year, unmarried men and women and married women who don't "sit at home" each carry rice candy, glutinous rice, small towels, small mirrors and other items to sing folk songs in fixed venues. If a young man falls in love with a girl, he can try his best to flirt with her in the stage of group duet. If the girl also has admiration, the two sides will form a pair by asking and answering folk songs. After the duet, you can sit down for dinner and give each other small things as keepsakes. You can also invite them to meet on street days or festivals in the future. Even if the lovers who sing folk songs are congenial in the future, the man should ask the matchmaker to make a formal request.

Matchmakers usually have to arrange several marriages. Once or twice, they go to the woman's house, and if the woman's parents are interested, they can provide meals. After going back and forth for three or five times, you can agree on marriage and get engaged with a "eight-character". Wedding silver jewelry is very heavy, so it is generally necessary to give the woman a full set of silver jewelry. Parents' arranged marriage also occupies a certain position in Zhuang nationality. Men and women are usually married by their parents at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and some are as early as seven or eight years old. Zhuang society generally retains the marriage custom of "never leaving the husband's family" after marriage and before giving birth. On the third day after marriage, the woman went back to her family to accompany her husband until she became pregnant. At this time, she is called "sitting at home" or "leaving her husband's home". In fact, this is a custom left over from the transition from matriarchy to patriarchy. During the period of "not sitting at home", married women are still regarded as girls in social concept and have the right to sing folk songs and engage in other free social activities with young men. But if you have sex with another man, or even get pregnant, if you are found out, the "old man in the village" must come forward to mediate and punish the adulterer. The punishment method is usually to hang five feet of red cloth on the door, indicating that the ex-husband "receives red"; At the same time, compensate her ex-husband for part of the gift money as an apology. In this case, many people don't divorce, and even the parents of their ex-husbands struggle to make their sons laugh at them, so they don't have to mind. If the adulterer abducts and sells women, the ex-husband has the right to ask relatives and friends to investigate, and the kidnapper must return all the money to the ex-husband. The time a married woman "stays at her husband's house" is generally limited to whether she is pregnant or not. If you can't have children after three to five years, and your sister-in-law has grown up and got married, you should "stay in your husband's family" even if you can't have children, or you will remarry. Zhuang nationality has the custom of adopting an adopted wife. Families of adopted women usually send matchmakers to the man's house, and the man's surname living in his wife's house is changed to the woman's surname. A dead wife can remarry or change rooms. But the transfer is limited to the death of the widowed brother, and the sister-in-law is transferred to the brother's wife.

But the last time someone's sister got married ... it was completely China ~ ~ Now there are many of them ~ ~