Miao customs

This kind of marriage is the marriage of parents. When young men and women grow up, the man's parents decide to give their son a blind date. They think it is appropriate to marry a daughter, and the man's family will invite the matchmaker to the woman's house as a matchmaker. If the woman's family also thinks that the two houses are suitable, they will readily agree.

There are also women's families who don't know much about men's families. They often make two gestures, neither flatly refusing nor immediately agreeing, but setting aside a period of time for inspection. This situation is generally considered to be intentional, so the man's family will invite the media to be matchmakers for the second time on an auspicious day. If the woman's family agrees, the old people of both sides will negotiate to decide the wedding date and confirm the amount of the bride price.

There are also women's parents who think it is inappropriate. The second matchmaking, they flatly refused, and this marriage was impossible, so they had to choose another in-laws. This kind of marriage, most of them can live happily after marriage, but a few are unhappy and divorced.

2. Awkward marriage

This is the marriage custom of Miao people living in Qiaogang, Zhangpi, Zhanglei and Taojiang in Leishan County. Young men and women have grown up. Although the media are engaged, it doesn't count, and they have to eat "corn wine" to draw a conclusion. On the auspicious day of the zodiac, the man's house carried a rooster, prepared some gifts such as rice wine, glutinous rice and meat, invited uncles and brothers to wait until the woman's house, killed the rooster sent that night, cooked it and put it on the table, and an old man came to see the corns.

If the chicken's eyes are all open, it is considered lucky, and the elders immediately bless: "You have two good corns, rich on both sides and full of children and grandchildren, and you have the blessing of two families. Congratulations to the two in-laws for good luck. " Then everyone raised their glasses to congratulate each other, and the marriage became.

If one corn is open, the other is closed, or both are closed, it is considered unlucky. The elders who look at corn will say something to persuade both sides to choose another spouse. Everyone will have a hasty meal and break up after dinner, so this marriage is impossible. But sometimes the two sides are old relatives, very familiar, and the children are suitable, and they can get married with the consent of both parents.

3. Return to the bride's first marriage

This is the marriage between menstruation and her cousin, that is, her blood cousin. When the girl born to my aunt grew up, she asked her uncle for the first time if she would marry her as a daughter-in-law. My uncle replied that she would not marry her, and my aunt dared to marry her.

If my uncle decides to marry my aunt's daughter as a daughter-in-law, he thinks it is natural and my aunt dare not refuse. The marriage of blood relatives is rarely happy, but most of them are very painful. With the popularization of scientific knowledge, people's understanding has improved. Nowadays, there is little or no consanguineous marriage.

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Miao taboo

Dietary taboo

1. When having a meal, the chicken head should be given to the elderly, the chicken liver and chicken offal should be given to the elderly women, and the chicken wings should be given to the young men and women. I wish them a bright future and the chicken legs should be left to the children. Don't let children eat chicken blood, thinking that they will blush when they grow up and talk.

2. Avoid cooking and eating snake meat indoors.

(B) holiday taboos

1. During festivals (especially during the Spring Festival), you can't fight or say unlucky things.

2. On the first day of the Spring Festival, women can't go to other people's houses without moving knives, carrying water, sweeping the floor, knocking on partitions, wearing shoes barefoot, eating Baba, washing their faces and falling out of the house.

Don't hang clothes in the village from the first day to the third day of the Spring Festival. In my opinion, if you do this, it will be more thunder and less rain. Women can't take needle and thread at home, but they can use it for external use. Women sew outside, which is what some people call "sitting for many years" (Chinese transliteration)

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