Erdos wedding

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Erdos wedding

Applicant: Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Project No.: 503

Project No.: Ⅹ - 55

Time of publication: 2006 (the first batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Type: new item

Applicant: Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Protection unit: Erdos Institute of culture and art creation

Introduction to Erdos Wedding:

Applicant: Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Ordos wedding originated in ancient Mongolia, formed in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. In the 15th century, with the Mongolian Erdos entering the Erdos Area, the "eight white rooms" offering sacrifices to Genghis Khan were placed on gander Oboo in Erdos, and the Mongolian Erdos wedding ceremony spread among the people of Erdos with its unique ritual procedure. Up to now, the ceremony procedure of wedding ceremony in Ordos area has been completely preserved, and it has developed into a kind of folk culture phenomenon of etiquette, standardization, custom and song and dance.

Erdos wedding ceremony has a series of specific ceremony procedures and activities, such as hada engagement, Bow Wedding, bar door to welcome son-in-law, offering sheep toast, asking for name and Geng, unloading sheep neck, distributing marriage, mother's blessing, robbing hat, holy fire baptism, kneeling down to mother-in-law, lifting veil, bride offering tea, big and small return door, etc.

These ritual procedures and activities are different from other ethnic wedding procedures, and are different from other Mongolian wedding ceremonies. They are the most distinctive, attractive and grand forms of Mongolian wedding. They unite the essence of Mongolia's Ethnic Etiquette and custom, and become the most complete and rich Mongolia folk style scroll. The wedding ceremony of Erdos is based on the wedding of the man, concentrating the essence of Mongolian marriage process, singing and dancing, lively and cheerful, humorous, joyful, healthy and elegant, highlighting the national character of the Mongolian people who are bold, vigorous, courteous, and courteous. Erdos wedding is a collection of Erdos Mongolian traditional advocating culture, sacrificial culture, palace culture, catering culture, costume culture, etiquette and customs, national song and dance. It runs through with happiness, auspiciousness, festivity and enthusiasm. It shows the national charm and expresses people's good wishes for a happy life. It has rich and profound cultural connotation.