Why can a village with three teams in Xishuangbanna marry five wives?

Manbang Sandui Village in Xishuangbanna is the only place in China where you can marry five wives. The main reason is that this place is backward in economy and ideology, and they also practise polygamy.

In the stockade of the No.3 Manbang Team in Xishuangbanna, boys can marry five girls, while the newly ignorant 12-year-old girl has already become a mother, and the status of women there is very low. They are not allowed to go out, but only allowed to do farm work at home, take care of their husbands and raise their children. It can be said that there is no childhood at all, and there is a custom of child bride. The status and fate of women are heartbreaking.

This is very similar to polygamy in ancient China, except that our country changed this habit with the slow development of society. But this is the only place where they have difficulty in transportation, and it is in a very remote area, so the economy is very backward and their thoughts can't keep up. So polygamy is still practiced now, and it is very normal for them to have three wives and four concubines here.

Moreover, people living here do not marry with the outside world, so it is precisely because of this condition that they have zero contact with the outside world. They have no idea what happened outside. They just hide in their own homes and live their own lives, much like we do behind closed doors. At that time, the outside world was very developed, but our own internal affairs led our own lives. They thought it was a good life and they didn't keep up with the changes of the times.

Moreover, in their place, most of them are thatched cottages. Just as we have changed our faces now, they still retain the oldest appearance. So it is very common for a man to have five wives in this place, but it is hard for us to accept. Of course, they also have their own way of life.