How much do you know about those marriage customs of the Yi people?

There are still a lot of ancient customs preserved on the marriage customs of the Yi people, among which there are crying marriage, splashing water, smearing the black face, the bride fasting before marriage and other ancient marriage customs, the following Xiao Xiao will share with you about those marriage customs of the Yi people.

Yi historical name "U barbarians", '"Luo Luo", "toms shoes outlet", there are Nuosu splash, Nie Su splash, toms shoes outlet, Xiangtang, Menghua and other self-proclaimed. A long time ago the Yi people in Ning'er this piece of land to flourish, for the development and Ning'er construction made a positive contribution, but also in the long river of historical development created the civilization of this nation. The most important festival of the Yi people is the Torch Festival on the 24th day of the 6th month of the lunar calendar.

6 Marriage Customs of the Yi People

1. In the Yi people, if a man and a woman have mutual intentions, the man's parents will ask the Bima to choose an auspicious day and get the woman's parents' consent to hold a wedding ceremony for them.

2. A woman can't eat or drink before she gets married, a custom that we don't quite understand and is a bit inhumane. But the Yi people believe that if the bride eats and drinks before the wedding, it will go to the toilet, so it is very bad luck, so it is generally "bride hungry food and water".

3, in the wedding day, the middle of the yard will be built with branches of a green shed, shed inside and outside will be red and colorful, placed in the middle of the Yi family god of joy tablets. Yi singers constantly sing the rich national mood of the green shed, everyone gathered together, *** with the celebration of the bride and groom to tie the knot.

4, at the same time, the groom to go to the bride's home to welcome the bride, the bride's brother or brother to the groom to splash water, to the groom to splash water is to express congratulations. Splashing water on behalf of the bride to the husband's family will not lack of water to drink, in fact, is to bless the bride will be happy after marriage.

5, in the woman's hall set up incense, the groom first show his bride price to the woman, and then the bride to show their dowry. After the display, the bride will invite the groom and the bridegroom to drink tea, after drinking tea, and then drink sugar water, meaning that life is "first bitter, then sweet".

6, the bride into the door, there will be an old woman with prosperous children and grandchildren to the bride to hand wine blessing, and then her hair into a double braid, tied up with a red headband, coiled in the forehead above the wedding party can begin, the night all eat beef, mutton, pork, drink bowls of wine until the end of the fun.

Yi marriage customs taboos

Taboo play moving head; taboo in the crowd of loud farts, swearing; taboo whistling at night; taboo to take the primate meat when the house, but also to eat their meat (bears, dogs, monkeys, cats, etc.); regardless of gender, taboo across the fire pit; taboo wedding and funeral slaughter goats; taboo to make chopsticks of the bitter Penny pole and hit people; fire buckwheat poop When taken out of the fire, it is taboo to immediately turn and penetrate with a stick; taboo hoe and axe together; taboo hoe or axe in the house on the shoulder; taboo in the fire at home to burn prickly milk bag tree and Masan tree; avoid the tree of the different roots love hold.