What are the wedding customs of Dongxiang nationality?

interesting Dongxiang marriage custom

It is a special custom to get married and have sex in the bridal chamber, which has been handed down from ancient times as an act to celebrate the newlyweds' wedding. In different places, the custom of making bridal chamber is not the same. Every place has its own customs. So, do you want to know any interesting customs of Dongxiang nationality?

The harder you hit a pillow, the more painful it is.

In Dongxiang nationality, there is a wedding custom of "hitting a pillow". This kind of activity is mostly held on the wedding night. At that time, the folks and friends who come to congratulate her will look at the dowry of the woman. Especially the color and pattern of embroidery on the pillow, as a standard to evaluate the ingenuity of the girl. When the bride enters the bridal chamber, the boys will pick up the dowry pillow and smash it at the bride sitting on the kang. The harder, the more painful, the better. And the girls and boys who protect the bride by the kang will also play with each other with pillows until they enjoy themselves late at night. This wedding custom of playing with pillows is a way for Dongxiang men, women and children to express their warm welcome to the bride.

It is difficult for the groom to steal the kitchen, and the tight encirclement is prominent

When the Dongxiang people get married, the groom will also have the custom of "stealing the kitchen". On the wedding day, after the groom and the wedding procession arrive at the woman's house, the woman will hold a banquet. At the end of the wedding banquet, the groom should send the wooden comb prepared at home to the bride's boudoir, and thank the harem who helped the bride dress up.

Then the groom and the best man sneaked into the woman's kitchen, thanking the chef and the girls who lit the fire politely, and finding the right opportunity to "steal" a kitchen utensil from the kitchen. But the girls all know the real purpose of the groom, so it's hard to "steal" the equipment from their noses.

ordinary girls won't miss this opportunity to tease the groom. They will catch the groom and paint his face black. In this chaos, the groom quickly "steals" something, hides it in his body, and then rushes out of the tight encirclement. In the laughter of the girls, he runs away.

It's such a hassle that the opera man plays in public.

In some places, Dongxiang people have activities of playing the opera man at their weddings. When the bride entered the bridal chamber, the guests in the farewell party began to play the uncle. Gongbo refers to the groom's father, uncle and other elders. Their faces are coated with pot soot, their heads are wearing tall paper hats, a string of red peppers are hung on their ears, their bodies are wearing sheepskin jackets, their hands and feet are pretending to be tied with chains, and they are held in an overturned table and carried for public play.

In some places, a male uncle dressed like a clown will ride backwards on the back of a donkey or an ox. With all this trouble, the men won't be angry, and some even deliberately make strange and difficult moves, because in the eyes of Dongxiang people, doing so is the most sincere welcome of the man to the arrival of the bride.