On Tibetan wedding banquet

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Tibetan wedding banquet

Declaration area or unit: Qinghai Province

Item No.: 564

Project No.: I-77

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: Folk Literature

Region: Qinghai Province

Type: new item

Declaration area or unit: Qinghai Province

Protection unit: Qinghai Provincial Cultural Center

Introduction to Tibetan wedding banquet

Declaration area or unit: Qinghai Province

The 18th theory of Tibetan wedding banquet is a kind of folk oral literature which is popular in the Tibetan settlements in the eastern agricultural region of Qinghai Province. It is formed with Tibetan Marriage Customs and has rich national cultural connotation.

There is a folk saying that "the wedding banquet lasts 18 days and nights, and the wedding speech has 18 procedures", that is, the true situation of the wedding banquet 18. Wedding banquet 18 said throughout the wedding, mostly rap, are improvised, generally by more than a dozen people in stages, sometimes takes a few days. The specific contents of the eighteen theories of Tibetan wedding banquet include: offering sacrifices to gods, braiding, combing, weeping wedding songs, outlet songs, parents' admonitions, horse stories, mats, land songs, houses, tea, wine, wedding banquet stories, belt tying, clothes, blessing, entrustment and auspiciousness. Along with the wedding banquet, there are colorful singing and dancing activities, delicious food, and gorgeous Tibetan costumes. The scene is warm, romantic, solemn and gorgeous.

The eighteen theories of Tibetan wedding banquet have high academic research value in history, folklore, ethnology, language and literature, and play a very important role in enriching our national folk culture, improving the overall quality of the people and promoting social development. With the change of the social environment for the survival and development of the eighteen theories of Tibetan wedding banquet, many traditional folk activities show a declining trend. The platform for the eighteen theories of wedding banquet is getting smaller and smaller, so the protection work is imminent.