Marriage customs (traditional Kazakh marriage customs)

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: marriage customs (Kazakh traditional marriage customs)

Applicant: Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Project No.: 1214

Project No.: Ⅹ - 139

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Type: new item

Applicant: Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Protection unit: Institute of culture and art of Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture

Brief introduction of marriage customs (Kazakh traditional marriage customs)

Applicant: Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

In Kazakh, "wedding" is called "Kelen Tusu entering tuoyi". As a horseback nationality, Kazak's marriage custom also shows the legacy of ancient nomadic nationality. Kazakh wedding ceremony includes a series of strict procedures, including the ceremony of marriage, engagement ceremony, betrothal gifts ceremony, marriage ceremony and welcoming ceremony. When Kazaks marry in the same clan, they are not allowed to intermarry within seven generations. No intermarriage within seven generations is mainly calculated by the clan blood relationship of the man.

"Kazakh marriage customs" are mainly distributed in Tacheng and Altay, 10 counties and cities directly under the jurisdiction of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Mulei and Balikun, Urumqi, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture and Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture.

Kazakh marriage custom originated in ancient Wusun. Since the formation of the Kazakh community in the middle of the 15th century, there have been some customary laws, such as the code of Kazakh Khan, the customary law of yesimu Khan, the code of toukehan, etc. these customary laws have stipulated Kazakh marriage, funeral, marriage and other customs. Since then, the wedding ceremony of Kazakh people has spread among the people with its unique ritual procedure, and it still retains the ritual procedure of Kazakh wedding completely, and has developed into a folk phenomenon with nomadic characteristics.

Kazakh marriage customs cover Kazakh history, culture, life customs, aesthetic taste, value orientation and other contents, with strong grassland culture characteristics, is the most prominent manifestation of Kazakh traditional culture, involving all aspects of Kazakh clothing, food, housing and transportation, rich in strong local characteristics and unique national characteristics, is an important carrier of Kazakh traditional culture It is of great academic value to study Kazakh culture, history, folk customs and so on.

At present, the older generation who master the traditional Kazakh marriage customs and rituals is decreasing, while the younger generation is keen on modern wedding ceremony, so there is a lack of successors in the inheritance, which makes the inheritance and development of traditional Kazakh marriage customs face a crisis.