Hua Yao s folk customs, what are the customs of the Yao people, and the customs of the Yao people

1. The marriage customs of the Yao people. Since ancient times, it has been necessary for men to marry and women to marry. In Chinese tradition, when a woman marries a man, the child born follows the father's surname, which has also become an unchanged rule for thousands of years.

However, among the ethnic minorities in our country, there is a saying about marrying a man and a girl.

2. Climb the stairs. The Yao compatriots who live in Dayao Mountain, Guangxi, are influenced by the area where they live, and basically maintain traditional customs in marriage. The Chashan Yao, which lives here in Dayao Mountain, is a branch of the Yao people, which means people who live in the mountains.

In order to seek love, the young man of Chashan Yao has a popular custom of "climbing the building", which has a unique national style. Chashan Yao villages are generally located near mountains and rivers, large and concentrated, and their residences are all two-story wooden buildings. The façade and the hanging tower part, carved dragon and phoenix, oiled and painted, like a sedan chair hanging in the mountain.

The tranquil hanging tower is a place for adult girls to socialize. Walking into the gate of the hanging tower, you will find that the Yao compatriots living in Dayao Mountain, Guangxi, are affected by the area where they live, and basically maintain traditional customs in marriage. Here lives in the tea mountain Yao of Dayao Mountain.

3. Marry a girl and marry a man. Yao Autonomous County is the earliest Yao Autonomous County established in China, and is known as the "Hometown of the Yao Nationality in the World" because of the Yao nationality of five branches, including Panyao, Hualan Yao, Chashan Yao, Shanzi Yao and Ao Yao. The late Mr. Fei Xiaotong, a famous sociologist, once said:

The Yao people in Dayao Mountain are more branches in the country, and their folk customs are the most typical. At present, there are two ethnic hotspots in the world's human research, among which is the Yao nationality. The World Yao Research Center is in China, and the China Yao Research Center is in Jinxiu.

The Yao people have formed a deep, simple, colorful and colorful Yao culture and customs in their lives. The wedding etiquette of the Yao family covers the richness of the Yao people. Most of the marriage period of Pan Yao is after the autumn harvest and before the Spring Festival, which is divided into two types: "marrying a girl" and "marrying a man".

Before a formal wedding is held, it must go through the process of choosing a mate, proposing, and getting engaged.

The Yao people are one of the ethnic minorities in China, a mountainous people, and their villages are generally built on the top of the mountain, halfway up the mountain and on the side of the stream at the foot of the mountain. The clothing of the Yao people and men is mainly made of green and blue cloth, and the men like to wear collarless shirts and trousers or over-the-knee shorts. Women prefer collarless blouses with trousers, short skirts or pleated skirts.

The Yao people generally do not intermarry with foreign peoples, the custom of recruiting people is more common, and the premarital love is more free, taking advantage of festivals, gatherings and the opportunity of visiting villages and villages, through the form of singing, looking for a spouse, the two parties agree, that is, giving each other tokens. The hospitality of the Yao people, all the guests who enter the Yao family, will be respected and warmly entertained, and the humorous "hanging bag" and "melon wine" are the typical etiquette of the Yao family's hospitality.