What does it mean for Yi people to go home?

"Going home" is an ancient clan rule of Huayao Yi people in our country. When the bride and groom get married, the bride can't share the same room with the groom, and she must live in her husband's family for at least three years. This custom is called "going home".

When and why this custom originated cannot be verified because of its long history, but it has been passed down to the 1950s and 1960s. The process of "returning home" is like this. When both men and women talk about marriage, they all choose a good day to hold a wedding banquet. On the wedding day, after the wedding ceremony, the bride was pushed into the bridal chamber by other female companions, and the groom could only live elsewhere and could not be near the bride again.

After breakfast the next day, the groom will send the bride home, which is called "confinement". The groom must return on the day of sending the bride home. In the future, both men and women will have to go through a long wait and endure loneliness and lovesickness; The woman can't come to her husband's house alone before the date of returning home, otherwise she will be criticized.

Nowadays, the family rule of "going home" has long since disappeared and will be forgotten by people. Nowadays, young Yi women can't wait to live in their husbands' homes after the wedding, and some of them have been paired with the man before the wedding.