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Chinese Traditional Wedding-She Ethnic Minority

Chinese Traditional Wedding-She Ethnic Minority
She ethnic minority locates mainly in Zhejiang and Fujian province of China. There are some common marital customs, while the She Ethnic wedding ceremony in Fuding and Xiapu of Fujian Province is more special and interesting.       Phoenix Coronet and Phoenix Atti...

Chinese Traditional Wedding-Hezhe Ethnic Minority

Chinese Traditional Wedding-Hezhe Ethnic Minority
As one of the smallest ethnic minority in China, the Hezhe mainly lived on dog-drawn hunting and fishing before. Thus they are the only ethnic group to have the technique of fish skin dress making. In the early times, wedding dresses made of fish skin with hand-twined anim...

Chinese Traditional Wedding-Gelo Ethnic Minority

Chinese Traditional Wedding-Gelo Ethnic Minority
Be one of China's 55 ethnic minorities, Gelo still maintains their traditional and centuries-old wedding customs till today. When young man and woman fall in love, they wrap the leaves of banyan tree by using their pocket-handkerchief and throw to each other, they appreciate their love ...

Chinese Traditional Wedding—-Derung Ethnic Minority

Chinese Traditional Wedding—-Derung Ethnic Minority
Derung is a small ethnic group with population of about 5, 000 in China. Most of them live in Derung Autonomous County, Yunnan Province. Over all these years Derung still keeps many primeval marital customs. People of Derung are good at singing and dancing and they all like to express t...

Chinese Traditional Wedding-Hani Ethnic Minority

Chinese Traditional Wedding-Hani Ethnic Minority
As one of China’s 55 ethnic Minorities, Hani still keeps the tradition of “Grabbing Marriage” and “Crying before the Marriage”. For Hani people, there are usually two kinds of grabbing; one is to grab the girl on the condition that a boy proposes a marriage to a girl for sev...

Chinese Traditional Wedding-Nu Ethnic Minority

Chinese Traditional Wedding-Nu Ethnic Minority
Nu ethnic minority, which mainly inhabits Yunnan Province, Southwest China, has some distinctive and interesting marriage customs. Several marital systems Like the ballad goes "the auntie's daughter doesn't yield to others", the marriage between cousins has special priori...