Getting married and owning a new house is a special custom, which has been handed down from ancient times to celebrate the wedding. The custom of building new houses is different in different places. Every place has its own customs. So, do you want to know what interesting customs Dongxiang people have?

The harder you hit your wedding pillow, the more it hurts.

Dongxiang people have the marriage custom of "smashing pillows". Most of these activities are held on the wedding night. At that time, villagers and friends who come to congratulate the bride will have to check her dowry. Especially the color and pattern of embroidery on the pillow, as the standard to evaluate the creativity of girls. When the bride enters the new house, the young man will pick up the pillow to accompany her and throw a meal at the bride sitting on the kang. The harder you work, the more painful it is. Girls and boys who keep healthy will also play with pillows until late at night. Making fun of pillow wedding customs like this is a way for Dongxiang people to express their warm welcome to the bride.

The difficulty the groom encountered when stealing the kitchen highlighted this dilemma.

When Dongxiang people get married, there will also be the custom of the groom stealing the kitchen. On the wedding day, when the groom and the motorcade arrive at the woman's house, the woman will hold a banquet. After the wedding reception, the groom will send the wooden comb prepared at home to the bride's boudoir to thank the woman who helped her dress up.

Then the groom and the best man slipped into the woman's kitchen. On the one hand, they politely thanked the cook and the girl who lit the fire. On the other hand, they find the right opportunity to "steal" kitchen utensils from the kitchen. But girls all know the real purpose of the groom, and it is not easy to "steal" the tableware from under their noses.

Ordinary girls won't miss this opportunity to tease the groom. They will catch the groom and paint his face black. In this chaos, the groom quickly "stole" something, hid it in his body, and then rushed out of the encirclement. In the laughter of the girls, he ran away in confusion.

The public works so hard for the public.

In some places, Dongxiang people also play the role of male drivers at weddings. When the bride entered the new house, the guests in the procession began to play the duke. In-laws refer to the groom's father, uncle and other elders. They were covered with smoke and dust, with tall paper hats on their heads, a string of red peppers hanging from their ears, sheepskin jackets on their bodies, and their hands and feet tied with chains. They were put on an upside-down table for public display.

In some places, men dressed as clowns will ride on the backs of donkeys or cows. After all this, the public servants will not get angry, and some will deliberately make strange and difficult moves, because in the eyes of Dongxiang people, this is the most sincere welcome from the male family to the bride.