The customs and habits of Miao people getting married

The Miao people's wedding ceremony was very grand. In the month before the wedding, the woman began to cry. Unmarried girls in the village gathered every night to cry, and the sisters-in-law also cried when they persuaded them. They were collectively called "crying marriage" and actually sang wedding songs. Three days before marriage, the man sent a dowry of meat and wine to the woman's house. The woman fetes guests, uncles, uncles, relatives and friends to celebrate. At this time, "crying marriage" also reached its climax.

The day before the wedding is called "Flower Arrangement Day". On this day, the guests in the woman's house gather together, and the man must send a wedding procession to the woman's house on the flower arrangement day. The wedding procession consists of 7-11 young people. The leader's man is called "Big Brother Marry", and the woman is called "Old Lady Marry". Besides, he also follows a group of trumpeters [bands]. When the wedding procession arrives at the woman's village, firecrackers will be set off immediately. The woman will close the door and wait until the wedding eldest brother sends a red envelope to open the door and makes some polite remarks before being allowed to enter the door. When the wedding procession sits at the table and drinks. The girls in the women's village will persuade the wedding guests to get drunk, and they will also try to rub the bottom of the pot on the wedding guests' faces by persuading them to drink, serving food, serving tea, serving rice, etc., so that all the wedding guests will become embarrassed, called "beating", or besiege them with bean dregs and nettle leaves, and beat them all over with bean dregs; The nettle leaves stung the wedding, and it was so hot and painful that it was called "kissing" and "sending". The more you beat them, the more you beat them. Ask the woman to wait until the elderly come out to stop. Then, in the evening, young men and women can sing folk songs and stay up all night. The wedding day is called "the right day". At the dawn of the right day, the wedding ceremony begins. The bride's eldest brother (brother) carries the bride out of the main entrance and puts it in a sedan chair outside the entrance, and carries it to the man's house. If you meet the wedding team in Biezhai on the way, you will bypass from a height first. Outside the man's house, the eldest brother will walk past the brazier in front of the door with the bride on his back, and then the bride and groom will go to the chapel. The man will have a big banquet for three days to thank relatives and friends. After three mornings, the groom will accompany the bride back to her family to visit relatives and stay for a few days.