Yi is basically monogamous marriage. Before the founding of the prevalence of arranged marriages, strict level of support within the marriage and family outside of marriage, the priority cross-cousin marriage, maternal cousin marriage is not the custom. Now, behind Yi marriage customs system has been a great change.
Marriage
When a young girl for dress clothing, head of dressing the hair on the back of the head disclosed a single braid, then at least 17 years old, has grown into a young girl, also to the changing age skirts, dressing the hair from his head draped in double braid back of the head, put on youth dress, no longer with their parents to participate in a festival, which means no longer a family member, but grew up to be married the girl. When a man 17 years old, will be invited to their relatives by the parents, go-between to discuss marriage. Generally by two men to act as a matchmaker, duty is to help both men and women understand each other's door brother, family, character, etc., as long as the door very, matchmaker woman home side to inquire, whether with a family willing to form a marriage. The two sides expressed their willingness, the matchmaker then frequent exchanges in both men and women, bride price bride price negotiations. How much bride price, depending on the woman's level of identity, age, appearance, etc. vary different. Proper bride price changes by both parties, you choose auspicious engagement.
Engagement
First by the man's brother, parents and matchmakers to women at home, to when the pair and the hen with the public and other food and wine gifts. The main task is to carry out engagement pig Bu. On this day we must nail the woman a pig, remove the gall bladder, depending on how much bile and color to see if lucky, more than bile and Huang Zeji, after the two sides are considered auspicious Busuan, the male part of the direction of the woman to pay the bride price of silver. Then the woman also asked the elders to the matchmaker and the man, pig Bu ceremony held again, and further agreed to the marriage, both parties without objection, the engagement is not complete, and both reward matchmaker, usually sent 1-2 silver ingots.
Wedding day
Yi young age of marriage is generally 17 years of age, women's singles years as well, marriage is the best time in October Yi, Yi Jia Chang said: "The goose to get married in October," has become tradition, unless the projected marriage divination restrictions will have few exceptions. Wedding from the bride's "hunger strike" began a hunger strike is indeed a diet, or a daily number of eating only a small amount of savings Dayton food, usually 3-9 days, there are long days, mainly to the distance away from the husband's family may be. It represents reverence for the mother, the girl's attachment to life. The day before the wedding, men and women to be elected, "offered head Su" (first person close to the bride and back). Who participated in the Soviet Union offered head, not with the female family surname. They bring the bride's dress fabric twenty-three system, a pair of piglets, a few pounds of white wine. Wearing exquisite "Lo flutter" (hats), wearing rain clothes, home to the female wedding. Selection in man, "offered head Soviet Union," at the same time, the woman should choose a group of girls, ready for Vitex, cold water and pot ash, "embattled" wedding team's arrival. When the woman came to the door wedding team, "offered head-Soviet" front, back pork, wine of Stone (boys) in the post, the girls would wait for an opportunity to attack, splashing water, pumping Vitex, mixed beans Ma, wipe the pot ash, get boys face was black, covered with dripping water, to avoid all around, men and women suddenly funny trouble, laughing at his door, happy, clever young man will take advantage of the pig, the wine back into the women at home, the woman then the woman will be prestigious out of siege, ending farce, wedding team into the house, the owner money to food and wine, hospitality, guests politely, until the drunken eat meat, held a wrestling match.
Night, the bride uninstall, uninstall from the two girls to sing songs, songs strike, the bride remove old equipment and began singing in antiphonal style. Antiphonal singing, the exchange of both men and women singers, the girls in the circle around the young man, dancing circle dance, while dancing and singing. Antiphonal very broad, from the marriage courtship, the Yi family tree to astronomy, geography, race is an excellent song will be. Antiphonal singing if it is evenly matched, often Tunghsiao Titan, dressing ceremony was held up until the bride.
The next day, at changing ceremony, the girls in the circle around the bride, singing and dancing, the bride to sing "Weeping Song", Yi Jia said the songs for "Nepalese provoke Russia," the lyrics to the effect that the praise of the dignity of women, the girls living attachment. Whatever the case, the bride should sing "cried Grandma." In the song, singing and crying, to show farewell. Changba, the bride dress is completed, "head of the offer" will bring back the bride on the road with a cloth. Bride ceremony reached a climax, the girls all sorts of asylum, boys do everything possible to compete, but also as a symbolic bride refused, take a contention, the bride and reluctantly let the "purpose of this offer" to go back. Back to about a li away from her family far away, choose a tree, put down the bride, again, change clothes, put on "pleated skirt", single-double-braid braid, be the end of the girls life. After the bride back out of her parents, can not let your feet touch the ground, and then change back when the young people on the ground buckwheat straw mat or carpet shirt to show respect for the bride, the way in the back of the pro, the bride may not eat, such as the distance, but also only a few boiled eggs into the dry food for food. Bride and groom arrive, wedding comes to a close, weddings ceremony began, the man let his son if "home" (his son home to live independently from their parents called "home"), directly back into the main room will be the bride, to settle down, it voltage left at the door to build a new "small bamboo house", the bride back into the bamboo house. The bride came in, the new sister or cousin of the bride Niangqin comb equipment, cooking and hospitality sister Executive advised the bride into the first road diet, eating three times to persuade the bride is a look at two of the three try to eat. After the bride entered the room after eating, banquet began.
Yi wedding usually on the grounds of open space around the outside dining, to congratulate all those who, regardless of whether the gift, according to a bunch of eight to ten people, surrounded by a seat, put a gallery broth basin, the number of "Ma spoon" ( spoon), distributed two big cake for each guest, two strings of cooked meat Tuotuo, guests or food, or take along, listening to their own devices, soaked in water to drink wine, and liquor control tube enough, eaten up drunken guests , dinner, two of the opponent still to men and women, held wrestling game. Still the antiphonal singing at night, all night without sleep.
Thirty-five future bride in her husband's family, friends and relatives from the groom rate of seven to nine people, led by a sheep, Xiejiu barrel, kai, the bride back to her parents Huibai. After the bride back to your mother, lived for some time, and then choose an auspicious date by the groom to the bride back to live with than husband and wife.
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