Is there polygamy in Vietnam?

Vietnam is monogamous and basically realizes freedom of marriage.

The legal age for marriage is 20 for men and 18 for women.

Marriage must be registered.

Traditional wedding generally includes four steps: asking for a name, ordering a wedding, giving a bride price and holding a wedding.

All ethnic minorities keep their traditional marriage customs.

There are three main steps to get married in Nanjing.

First of all, the man's family sent someone to the woman's house to find out the woman's age, so as to calculate whether the birth dates of both men and women are consistent. If both men and women have the same birth dates, they will propose.

The man sends a bride price to the woman's house, and betel nut must be included in the bride price. The other party agreed to accept betel nut marriage.

After consultation by the matchmaker, the engaged parties sign an engagement in front of their relatives and friends, and put it in front of the ancestral tablet on the shrine of the man's house.

Before the wedding, the man's family will also give gifts to the woman's family, including a pair of big white geese, whose wings should be tied with red lines, indicating that the newlyweds "grow old together."

During the period from engagement to marriage, the groom will go to work for the future Zhang Yue family on a certain day every month, which is a remnant of the ancient custom of serving marriage.

Finally, the wedding banquet and wedding.

Weddings are usually held on auspicious days, and the man goes to the woman's house to pick up the bride.

Both families should arrange wedding banquets and entertain relatives and friends.

On the wedding day, the bride worships the ancestors of the groom's family and bows down to her parents, and the wedding is over.

Newcomers should raise their glasses to celebrate their wedding night.

The groom pours the wine, drinks half of it first, then hands the glass to the bride, who drinks the rest.

Three days later, the newlyweds paid a return visit, and both of them visited the woman's house.

According to the custom, newlyweds have to pay part of the bride price to the village in order to get social recognition. Payment methods vary from place to place. For example, in some areas, people cross a rope on the road to stop the wedding procession and pay the money before they can pass.

The wedding custom in Thailand is that the man goes to the woman's house and is adopted by her. It takes 8 ~ 10 years to hold a formal wedding, and the woman returns to her husband's house.

When a husband dies, he can only "transfer" and pass it on to his younger brother. If no younger brother or younger brother gets married, he can only be widowed for life.

Miao people also have the custom of robbing marriage.

In some ethnic groups in central Vietnam, it is popular to adopt the marriage custom of "raising a husband by children".

Families without boys often spend money to buy boys as adopted sons, and then recruit them as son-in-law when the boys grow up. Such son-in-law may not set up another door.

Once upon a time, the rich people of the Yue nationality had the custom of polygamy. When a husband marries a concubine, he must get the consent of his first wife, who is always the housekeeper.

Although men are in power at home, any family problems should be discussed with their wives.

Divorce is easier. The husband divided a coin in half and gave the other half to his wife, indicating that he was divorced and she could remarry.