Marriage customs (traditional marriage customs of Yi nationality)

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: marriage custom (Yi traditional marriage custom)

Applicant: Meigu County, Sichuan Province

Project No.: 1214

Project No.: Ⅹ - 139

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Sichuan Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Meigu County, Sichuan Province

Protection unit: Meigu County Cultural Center

Introduction to marriage customs (traditional marriage customs of Yi nationality)

Applicant: Meigu County, Sichuan Province

Meigu County, the hinterland of Liangshan, is the representative of the Yi People's marriage custom system. With its ancient and unique customs, it has become a rare cultural landscape.

According to the Yi epic le'otyi, the ancestors of the Yi people had gone through the matriarchal society of "only knowing mother but not father". In order to find a father, shi'erte went through tribulations, married and married under the guidance of Zini shise, and entered the paternal age of having children and meeting father.

Yi People's marriage customs are extremely rich and unique. Whether it's marriage choice, noisy marriage, diet, water saving, water splashing, carrying the bride, or saikezhi, Crying Marriage and other ancient traditions, they have a wide range of influence and unique value.

The marriage of Yi people is not only an individual behavior of each family, but also a collective behavior of the whole family, in laws, neighbors and so on. It is also a process of cultural transmission and acceptance.

The wedding process is a great display and deduction of Yi culture, whether it is oral presentation of "Ke", "Ke Zhi" and "Zuo" which are poor, rich and difficult to learn from each other, or beautiful singing of "Niu Niu" songs and poems, or tradition of expressing parting feelings and resisting arranged marriage, or entertainment and competitive color of splashing water, wrestling, "Shu Que", beating and welcoming ceremony These customs have profound historical and cultural connotations, express unique folk customs, and have multi-cultural values.

With the change of production and life style, the typical and complete wedding forms of Yi people are less and less. It is imperative to protect and rescue this ancient folk custom.