What are the characteristics of Dong people's marriage customs?

Most Dong marriages are concluded by matchmakers after men and women have a love foundation. Dong people do not avoid the same surname when choosing a spouse, but they cannot intermarry with the same family. There are customs of "marriage between aunts and uncles" and "prohibition of marriage between aunts and uncles".

Before liberation, the basic social unit of Dong nationality was patriarchal clan system with feudal patriarchal system. Women's status in society and family is lower than that of men, and women are forbidden to touch bronze drums; Men or elders are downstairs and are not allowed to go upstairs. Dong girls can only enjoy the "private houses" accumulated by their parents and themselves and a small amount of "girl fields" and "girl fields" after marriage. Men inherit the family business, and those who have no heirs can adopt adopted sons.

The marriage of Dong people, whether it is a free love or someone else's marriage, must be completed after the man invites the matchmaker to the woman's house and obtains the consent of the woman's parents. There are also some young people who abandon the old adage of "parents' orders, the agreement of the media" and freely combine. Apologize to the woman's parents after marriage, recognize relatives, and some even break with their families. Dong people's weddings in Liping, Congjiang and Rongjiang counties are simple. On the evening of the wedding reception, the "daughter-in-law" took the bride to Lang's house with lanterns and bedspreads.

When the bride came in, the whole family withdrew. After the bride entered the door, she sat on a new stool by the fireplace. A venerable old man read the wedding words and wished the newlyweds well. Then, the bride began to cook, indicating that she was a housewife from now on. Just kill one or two ducks and have a family dinner.

Invite at most a dozen relatives and friends. Brides from neighboring villages will come back immediately after dinner, and new wives from other villages will come back immediately after three days, depending on their feelings and age. Older people with good relationships can settle down in their husband's family in about a year, while younger people can only live with their husbands in two or three years or even seven or eight years.