Qiang is basically patrilineal patriarchal monogamous family, each family is a unit of production and life. The family is usually immediate family members living together is more than three generations of family members. To parents, children two generations of the majority. Average house 3-5 people, in addition to an only child, the more children grew up the son of the family into marriage, the separation of the independent portal. Her parents for leaving a son and heir to rely on old-age nail in the coffin of the seedling, leaving the youngest son of the majority.
Households headed by older men, as chosen by his father as the son of the father's death may be headed. If died out, relatives of the family property inherited from the father. Family has always been a dominant male, disposable household income and expenditure, for production, decided to marriage and property inheritance, ancestor worship and participation in the auspices of major social activities. While women dominate, not only no property inheritance rights, can not attend a major festival, it can not just talk and laugh with the man. Qiang women as productive labor, occupy an important position, in addition to not plow, but from species to farm, and received by them to perform household chores, and by the residual effects of matriarchy, women in the family also has greater powers and status. If children have to seek their views on marriage and no property can be a child-law the family business and so on. S mother in the family, the other big powers, such as weddings and funerals, the separation of the family business and other events, they are to be presided over by the promise for s mother.
Qiang form of marriage, is basically monogamous. Before the liberation, young men and women no free love, free love is as detrimental to family tradition, marriage is not free, the prevalence of feudal mercenary marriage, children are listening to their parents or marriage, arranged.
When engaged by the three procedures, the first "open wine", which promised port wine. When men and women still minors at the time, the man to please the eyes of the woman matchmaker Yueqin, as agreed to by the parents of a certain time, the man to the woman's family feast dinner, the name "open the wine." Feast on the number of the wife bride price, the two sides agreed that the initial success of engagement. Several months later, the groom to entertain close female family feast prepared, saying "small set wine", this time to send some betrothal gifts, placed above the altar, to show decency. "Great set wine", the two agreed on the specific date of marriage, the man to banquet guests, in honor of the woman's relatives and friends at this time the man agreed to settle according to the dowry, in particular promotions to prepare for a penny-in-law, throughout the engagement process, not the girl appearance, hidden in the room or relative's home.
Marriage has "spent the night Girl," "is feast" and "thank-you" three ceremonies. "Women spend the night," prepared by the woman to come Liquor served two altar to celebrate, gift giving guests a forum of all men and women, we dance and sing to celebrate. "Feast is" the bride, groom wedding come prepared three horses, a bridal ride, ride the other two bridesmaids, maid of honor pro-girl series. Bride wore a red wedding dress, wearing the red from the home she and her embroidered shoes made by his brother launched back out the door, the bride hands Menglian and cry, some cry Beibeiqieqie, and some just going through the motions. Parents will be done on weekdays for the groom shoes, socks, etc. into the back pocket of her daughter to the groom. Tidy up ready, the band blew suona both hands, sending loved ones and take up the box, raised his cabinet, sent bustling the bride married.
To send the pro way, such as through relatives house, it will by the relative display of tea I, prepared pastries and fruit served to send the pro team, the gunner put three statements guns to show arrived, the man relatives holding noodles approached presented, the maid of honor with the delivery of kin that is into tea seats. To groom villages, who gathered at the Village Quanzhai head to meet the bride. To the groom, bridesmaids and give people a small amount of horse dismount money, or do not dismount. Dismount at the door after the groom spread the rice on the ground, to mention only the rooster chef, sprinkle chicken blood on the door after the slaughter, and to ward off evil evil meaning, the door immediately grab the bride and groom get seats.
After the bride and groom enter the bridal chamber, located in the open air Bazi the grand banquet began. Guests who eat and drink, and side edge dance songs, first sang "Like the bride," the wine song lyrics is a tribute to the beauty of the bride, sang from scratch, the foot, after singing "Like the groom", and praised the groom character dignified, smart and competent . People have been singing and dancing into the night, and even dawn. The next day, the owner and then prepared two seats "thank-you," the entire ceremony until the end. Third day after marriage, the groom with the bride and brother back home to send back wine and meat, live in a two-day groom, the bride is maintained for several days or even months, and some live l ~ 3 years before by her husband to pick up.
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