What are the wedding customs of Mongols?

With the popularization of grassland culture, ancient Mongolian weddings with more etiquette attracted many Mongolian young people. So what are the wedding customs of Mongolian people? Let's take a look at them together.

What are the marriage systems of Mongolian wedding customs: grabbing marriage to hiring marriage.

Mongolian people have two marriage systems: grabbing marriage and hiring marriage. Marriage robbery is a form of marriage in slave society. /kloc-before the 0/3rd century, most Mongolians practiced the "robbing marriage system". /kloc-After the 0/3rd century, Mongolians entered the feudal society, and then the engagement system was widely implemented.

Asking for relatives: asking too much is expensive, but asking too little is cheap?

Before a young man and a young woman get engaged, the man must propose to the woman, and the woman's family agrees before they can get engaged. However, according to the traditional customs of Mongols, the man has to ask for relatives from the woman's house many times before he can get her consent. According to the first volume of the Secret History of Mongolia, should Artu lead his son Temujin (Genghis Khan) to Germany as soon as possible? Snow Zen family asks for relatives. De? Xue Chan said:? Give it a few more times and you will be respected; Ask a few times less, you can give it. You should be looked down upon. ? So it was later formed by Mongols? Asking too much is expensive, but asking too little is cheap? View of finding relatives.

Engagement: Hada, milk wine, goat fork? Make up your mind

After relatives and friends reach an agreement, the man needs to bring Hada, milk wine, five forks or whole sheep to the woman's house? Make up your mind. The woman's family will invite relatives and friends to accompany the guests to drink, indicating a formal engagement.

Date selection: Lama divination and auspicious day selection.

In the traditional marriage custom of Mongolian people, after engagement, both men and women should first ask the Lama for divination, choose an auspicious day and determine the wedding date. After choosing an auspicious day, the man's family will send matchmakers and relatives and friends to the woman's house to discuss marriage with their parents with gifts such as Hada, wine and candy. After the negotiation, the couple began to prepare for marriage. Generally speaking, cleaning the wedding room, or building new yurts, slaughtering cattle and sheep, preparing dowry, dowry and other wedding supplies, and notifying relatives and friends of both parties to come and congratulate.

Employees: cattle, horses, sheep, jewelry, clothing.

After young men and women are engaged, the man's family sends a bride price to the woman's family, which is also called a bride price. The amount of dowry depends on the economic situation of the man's family. Cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock are used as dowry in pastoral areas, and gold and silver jewelry, cabinets and clothes are used as employment in agricultural areas.

Getting married: How much is the dowry? Number of bride price

Mongols are very particular about dowry. According to the Mongolian marriage custom, the woman will accompany the dowry of the corresponding amount as much as the man sends. Usually, a woman marries more than a man gives to her family. So there is a popular saying among Mongolians: Huh? You can afford a daughter-in-law but not a girl. ?

Wedding: The groom takes a three-way float to welcome the wedding.

When getting married, the groom put on a gorgeous Mongolian robe, tied a ribbon around his waist, put on a domed red tassel hat, high boots and held a bow and arrow, which made the atmosphere happy. After arriving at the bride's home, the groom and the best man held Hada and wine, toasted the bride's parents and long-term relatives one by one, and bowed down. After the ceremony, the married people sat down for dinner. The next morning, when the bride left, she was carried on the float by her father or uncle. The groom must ride around the bride's float three times. Then, the bride-to-be and the bride-to-be leave together.

Worship of fire: the most important ceremony in a wedding

Fire worship is the most indispensable content in Mongolian weddings. On the wedding day, the bride and groom have to go through two fires and be baptized by fire in order to make their love more pure and faithful; It also makes their lives happy and grow old together.

Wedding: A wedding reception lasting two or three days.

Mongolians attach great importance to weddings. Although different regions have different forms, they are all grand and lively. Wedding banquets are generally decorated with sheep backs or whole sheep mats, and all kinds of milk and sweets are available. At the wedding reception, the groom carries a silver pot and the bride carries a silver bowl to present Hada and toast to the elders and relatives one by one. The boys held the silver cup high and drank to their heart's content; The girls sang loudly with Ma Touqin. Wedding banquets often last for two or three days before relatives and friends leave. And the woman's farewell will accompany the bride for one to three days. Sometimes, the bride's mother will see her off, and stay for more than ten days. When breaking up, the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried, indicating that they were reluctant to part.