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Tibetan wedding customs

Tibetans enrich their lives with bold and affectionate singing and dancing, so there are weddings in singing and dancing. Young Tibetan men and women get to know each other through singing at a singing and tea party. After falling in love, they talk about love with love songs and words. During the wedding, the families of both men and women should specially invite a man who can speak and sing to serve as the wedding official and the leader of the welcoming and farewell teams. Before a Zhongdian Tibetan gets married (or gets married), his or her parents give instructions before leaving. Sing a farewell song when you go out, crying and complaining. At that time, the happy official will hold a white hada in his hand and lead the team to sing around the pillars. Those seeing off their loved ones ride on horseback, singing road songs and village songs along the way, conveying their affectionate songs to the scenery along the way and to the whole village, wishing all things in the village happiness and prosperity. The bride-to-be has lined up in front of the door to welcome her, and has prepared an incense table, a dismounting table and a girl carrying water. When the bride-to-be team arrives, the wedding official, who serves as the leader of the wedding team, comes forward to greet the bride-to-be team. The wedding officer dismounts on the dismounting table. For weddings in some places, a blessing ceremony is held before dismounting. The escorting team sends a rider with an arrow and a flag to greet the bride far away from the door of the house, which is regarded as a blessing. The procession of sending relatives came singing blessing songs, indicating that they had brought blessings and calling for the blessing to come and greet them. After listening to the song, the bride-to-be greeters ride around the procession on horseback, say thank you for their hard work, and then shout: "Blessings are here!" The flying horse rushes to the village to greet the bride-to-be and the bride's family to show that they have welcomed the blessing. There is also an interesting "interlude" at this time. The rider sending the bride off also flies forward, aiming to catch up with the rider welcoming the bride. If he catches up, he can be "punished" with a whip. In fact, this is a good opportunity for young riders to show their riding skills, and it makes people at the wedding more laughable. After the bride-to-be team dismounts, they offer the hada on the water tank of the girl carrying water to show good luck, and then sing a gate song. At the wedding ceremony, the bride-to-be greets the bride-to-be and the newlyweds while dipping them in water and wine while singing the "Sprinkling Song". After entering the house, the senders will also sing hymns to praise the newlyweds' ancestors, etc., and then announce the dowry gifts. The bride and groom kneel down to light lamps and tie red strings, marking the official marriage. At the banquet, the bride and her husband offered tea and toasts to the guests to express their gratitude. Weddings in some places in Zhongdian also have the "Xiajue" ceremony at the end of the wedding banquet: the host offers green wine to the guests, accepts the guests' gifts, and then, starting from the wedding ceremony, takes off his hat in turn, makes humorous jokes, and makes fun of each other. , making the wedding atmosphere more active. Before the escorting procession returns, the wedding official will also sing the "Instruction Tune" to ask the welcoming family members to be friendly and kind to the newlyweds as they enter. That night, a Guozhuang dance was held at Yingfang's house, which lasted all night long and even lasted for several days.

The atmosphere of the songs in the Deqin Tibetan wedding is even stronger, with a complete set of wedding songs running throughout. Propose first with a song. The matchmaker offers wine to the woman's (or man's) father and uncle, and sings to pray for the wishes of the God, Dragon King, and the heart of the father and uncle. The wedding official in the procession of sending off and welcoming the bride is the leader in singing. In the bride's home, in order to urge the newlyweds to go out, the bride-to-be will sing the "Seating Song". The bride-to-be will ask the bride-to-be to sit down, and the bride-to-be will sing the corresponding lyrics to ask the bride-to-be to wait patiently for the time to come. Before the newlyweds go out, the bridegroom sings a farewell song and leaves her beautiful wishes in beautiful words. The bride goes out and sings a horse riding song to create an auspicious atmosphere. Then the two sides sang Cheng songs and road blocking songs in the form of questions and answers. Along the way, they sang fork road songs, bridge songs when they met bridges, water when they saw water, mountains when they saw mountains, and songs of worship when they saw Manidui. . Those who see off relatives are having fun, those who are welcoming relatives are having fun, and the whole process is filled with joyful songs and laughter. During the chorus of questions and answers, the sender tries his best to ask questions, and the greeter should try to answer them fluently. If there is no answer, he should politely toast the sender with wine and offer khata, and the sender who is sitting on the floor will also stand up and move forward. The bride enters her new home at the moment when Bufeng decides. When arriving at the door of the groom's house, the bride-to-be will hold a welcoming ceremony, and then there will be an entrance song when entering. After entering the door, go upstairs and sing the ladder song, sit down and sing the mat song, and sing the seat song when people are having a banquet... The singing just set off the atmosphere of the wedding. During the climax of the wedding, the groom's family also sings a dream-fulfilling song, and sends out and welcomes relatives with kind words to give the marriage a happy wish and a beautiful symbol. Before leaving, the senders sing a song of sustenance, signifying that the bride has been placed in a happy new home and imploring the new family to take care of her. In some Tibetan areas in the state, the custom of marriage robbery was once prevalent. When loving men and women cannot combine freely or have no financial resources to hold a wedding, one party will gang up and drag the other party home behind the other's parents' back. The so-called "rob" is actually just a formal term. The person who was robbed is willing. Afterwards, the person who robbed someone asks someone to apologize to the parents of the person who was robbed. The parents of the person who was robbed usually no longer object, and the marriage is successful.