The custom of marrying women in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia

Mongolian wedding has a long history, with unique national characteristics, rich flavor of life, melodious song and dance forms and warm and grand scenes. It expresses the industrious, brave and intelligent Mongolian people's passionate pursuit of a better life and their rough, bold and kind character.

The wedding process can be roughly divided into three parts: engagement, wedding and returning home.

Engagement:

When the son grows up, parents should find a girl whose age, appearance, sewing and business are suitable for him as a spouse. Then I found a matchmaker to go to the woman to act as matchmaker. After several exchanges, parents can walk around each other, choose an auspicious day, hold a "wedding ceremony" around gossip, and agree on a specific time to greet relatives and friends, and then the two sides can send wedding invitations to each other.

Distinguish between marriage:

The wedding procession will leave in the evening. Dressed in a red robe, with a gold belt around his waist and high riding boots, the groom, accompanied by the team leader and Zhu Songren, came to the yurt under the red chess pole of Mani, and the guests present sang a cheerful wedding song: "The wedding promised in Genghis Khan's era is the happiest time on the grassland. Carry out the fat cattle and sheep, put on the rich milk, let's have fun in this harvest season ... "After that, the wedding team whipped their horses and walked to the bride's house.

New clothes to get married:

On the wedding day, there was a yurt near the man's house as a new house. Inside and outside the bag are men and women wearing bright Mongolian robes, laughing and laughing. The groom has put on new clothes and is busy preparing for the wedding reception. The bride dressed up in her yurt to welcome the groom.

See her husband behind closed doors:

According to traditional etiquette, the wedding team first rides horses around Haute where the bride is located. Just as he dismounted in front of the bride's yurt, relatives and friends gathered at the bride's house greeted him. Hada was picked up by the chef of the bride's house with a matchstick before the other party greeted him.

At this time, the bride's relatives and friends form a half-moon circle around the bag, pretending to refuse to get married, and blocking the guests attending the wedding with ribbons. This is the so-called "zonal zoning". So the lyricist who is good at rhetoric sings Erdos folk songs and asks, "Do you close your house every day or watch us close it?" Is it because too many people came, or because we missed the time? "A glib bridesmaid will retort with folk songs. In this way, the two sides sang and answered, which was full of fun. It was not until the end that the bridesmaids put away the ribbons and let the wedding guests into the bags.

Toast the sheep:

After entering the bag, Zhu Songren took out the bride's jewelry and clothes, invited her parents and relatives to have a look, and presented milk wine and whole sheep. After that, the bride's family held a banquet to entertain the guests attending the wedding. In the yurt, men, women and children sit together, cups and lamps are staggered, and songs are heard until late at night.

Mother and daughter say goodbye:

The next day, when the bride wants to leave her family, she often tears and looks very sad. In fact, this is the custom of "crying and marrying" in weddings. At this time, Zhu Songren led the groom to "grab the bride". The girl who accompanied the bride protected the bride. The man couldn't persuade, so he squeezed into the crowd to "grab" the bride. The scene is very lively.

On the way to the wedding:

So the bride said goodbye to her relatives, and the people who saw her off sang farewell songs. In the song, the bridesmaid puts a red veil on the bride, then rides a horse around her yurt, and then rides to the groom's house.

Bow to your in-laws:

After the bride dismounted, she first held a "jumping fire" ceremony under the Mani red flag pole in front of the yurt to show her wealth. When the bride enters the yurt, undertaker should ask the groom's parents if the new wife can show her face with her head covered. After the answer, the mother-in-law unveiled her daughter-in-law, then presented a gift and gave the bride a new name. Then, the whole lamb mat began and lasted until dawn.

Lift the hijab:

Pass the tea spoon. The next morning, the newlyweds held a farewell banquet. Everyone at the farewell party will have three drinks, then jump forward and set foot on their way home.

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