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Biting love is an interesting emotional expression in the marriage and love of Yao people in Xishuangbanna, that is, when young men and women are engaged, partners need to bite the girl's hand to express their loyalty to love.

Freedom of marriage and love of Yao nationality in Xishuangbanna. In the past, young men and women were only allowed to marry within their own ethnic group, and were not allowed to marry other ethnic groups. It is very popular with aunts, uncles and cousins. According to the ancient custom, the aunt's daughter should marry the uncle's son, and the uncle can marry someone else without children. The dowry at the time of marriage is collected by my uncle, who enjoys certain privileges in the marriage of future generations.

After the rite of passage, young Yao people are free to engage in social activities and find partners. What was the name of the first relationship? Sing a romantic song? That is, exchange feelings in the form of songs. ? Sing a romantic song? Sometimes, you can't talk about love naked, but you can only use argot and metaphor to express your feelings. According to the traditional ancient rules, young men and women in this village are not allowed to sing duets, only one man and one woman are not allowed to sing duets, and they are not allowed to sing duets at home and at work. ? Sing a romantic song? Most of them take the opportunity to hold festivals and weddings, and can only sing in groups. Most young people want it? Sing a romantic song? We had to team up and ask the girls in our village to sing outside the village. The invited girls also set off for the village and gathered teams to sing with the young people. If you are invited to avoid it, you are a person who doesn't know manners.

Young people get to know each other through festivals and activities in productive labor? Sing a romantic song? Use songs to communicate feelings, secretly choose people you like, and then look for opportunities to get in touch alone to express your affection. After repeated contact to establish feelings, they had a tryst. The two sides feel congenial, and when they want to determine the love relationship, Tian Youth must bite the young woman's arm to express the firmness of love. There is a folk proverb that says: Biting hands hurts, but love is faithful? . When the lovers are engaged, the gang will take a bite off the girl's snow-white arm. When you bite your hand, you should master the discretion of strength. If the bite is too light, girls will think that they don't have deep love. Bite too hard and leave a wound on the girl's hand. Once found, it will become a laughing stock. Therefore, when those people bite the girl's hand, they should slowly exert themselves to make the girl feel unbearable pain, that is, they must not bite the skin. In fact, the men and women whose hearts correspond to each other have a heart in mind. To what extent do they bite? Deep love? The man knows that the woman will give a hint. Once a hand is bitten, it means engagement. Both parties should inform their parents that they are going to get married, and with the consent of both parents, * * * will negotiate with them about marriage.

Once upon a time, before a man and a woman got married, the man wanted to take gifts such as pork, rice wine and silver dollars as betrothal gifts, and the quantity was determined by both parties. People who can't get a dowry can't get married, so they can only go to the woman's house to be adopted and do as others say? Recruit a husband? This situation is so common that it has formed a custom of being a wife.

When a wedding is held, not only a banquet should be held to entertain friends, but also wedding attendants should be organized to take decorated mules and horses to the woman's house to greet the bride. Men, women and children in the village will come to sing congratulations, and unmarried young people will also take the opportunity to get together? Sing a romantic song? , looking for an object. The next day, the newlyweds will go back to the woman's house to visit their parents. Back to the door? . Do what? Recruit a husband? That man, is he there? Back to the door? There should have been a matchmaker, relatives and friends at that time. Back to the door? After that, she lived in her parents' house and became a member of the woman's family. The children took their mother's surname.

Husband and wife divorced, do you need to please? Old? Stand up and break it. Husband and wife each hold a firewood knife and a bamboo tube. When they go outside the village, they break the bamboo tube in half and walk away with their backs to each other, which means that they are divorced from the husband and wife relationship and can remarry. After liberation, divorce was governed by the Marriage Law.