What is the wedding in Lugu Lake?

What does getting married mean? Walking marriage, a strange marriage system, many people may have heard of it, but they don't know much about it.

Simply put, if the man takes a fancy to the woman, he can climb the window and go to the woman's house for a date at night. The most important thing is legality. Does it sound exciting?

In our daily life, we can see divorce in many TV dramas, which also makes many men yearn for it, but is it really that simple? Speaking of getting married, getting married in Lugu Lake is the purpose of many tourists. What's going on here? Let's go and have a look ~

What do you mean go away? What is going away?

Walking marriage is a marriage system of Mosuo people.

Mosuo people are matriarchal society. Men and women seldom get along alone during the day, and only at parties can they express their feelings to the right people by singing and dancing. If a man falls in love with a woman, he will go to the woman's "flower house" in the middle of the night after making an appointment with her during the day (Mosuo adult women's room is independent of grandma's house, that is, "home house"). Traditionally, he can ride a horse, but he can't enter the greenhouse from the main entrance. Instead, he climbs the window and hangs hats and other representative items outside the door to show his appointment and ask others not to interfere. Then you must leave before dawn, and then you can leave by the main entrance. It is considered impolite to leave after dawn or after the elders of the woman's family get up.

Known as the "daughter country", the Mosuo nationality still retains the matriarchal social system here, and everything of the Mosuo nationality is dominated by women. Mosuo people have a unique way of marriage-walking marriage, which is called "color" in Mosha language, meaning "walking around". It vividly shows that walking marriage is a kind of marriage relationship, and there is no marriage relationship between men and women. Only at night will the man live in the woman's house and still live and work in their respective homes during the day.

Mosuo generally refers to Mosuo people.

Mosuo people live in the northwest of Yunnan Province, near Lugu Lake in Lijiang City, where Sichuan and Yunnan meet and have beautiful scenery. With a population of about 50,000, it has its own national language but no written language. Lugu Lake is famous for its unique Mosuo style and beautiful landscape.

There are about 40,000 people in ninglang county, Yunnan, Yanyuan, Muli and other counties in Sichuan, east of Jinsha River. The population of Ninglang Mosuo is 1.5 million, mainly living in Yongningbazi near Lugu Lake.

Mosuo people are an unidentified ethnic group. In the whole process of national identity, the central government has never announced the national identity of the Mosuo people.

Etiquette taboo

Mosuo people's rite of passage

Adult ceremony is one of the most important ceremonies in Mosuo people's life. Mosuo 13 years old is considered as an adult. Women wear skirts and men wear pants.

Children who have not been brought into adulthood are all dressed in linen robes, and the clothes of men and women will be different when they grow up.

You are eligible to get married when you are an adult, but you don't get married until you are 16 years old. Many Mosuo women and men even put off their first marriage until they are 20 years old.

Get ready the night before the ceremony, and adults will play with their friends all night. When the rooster crows, the ceremony begins. And a ceremony to thank the dog.

The ceremony was presided over by mother or uncle. If the mother has died or has no uncle, the time for the bar mitzvah must be decided by asking Daba (a wizard) for divination.

Mosuo people wear skirts.

The ceremony was presided over by the mother. The girl stepped on the pig's fat and the vegetable pocket, and the mother dressed the girl as an adult.

After the ceremony, the girl will call the dog into the house, and she will feed the dog a ball of rice and a piece of pork belly to express her gratitude to the dog.

Adult women should wear braids. You can wear different accessories, such as earrings, rings, bracelets and so on. And you can also have your own greenhouse.

Mosuo people wear pants.

The ceremony was presided over by my uncle. Young men must bring some food, such as Baba and bacon, and call the dog outdoors for the dog to eat as a thank you for the dog's adulthood.

The young man crossed the roof of the main house with a spear in his hand. According to legend, spear is one of the weapons used by ancient Mosuo people. A cloth flag and a long knife awarded by my uncle to my niece are hung on the spear as lifelong weapons.

After the boys put on adult clothes, Daba said prayers, and then the boys kowtowed to the guests and toasted them with horn cups.

Mosuo shy culture

Mosuo people have shy taboos, mainly seen in Yongning Mosuo.

For example, never mention any words related to sex in front of the fireplace or relatives, or even mention Mosuo words such as Asha, Azhu, Chu Wei, Khan Chuba, pregnancy, inheritance and divorce. Otherwise, it will embarrass the other party, and it is also a disrespect for the elderly. Moreover, the word "Ada" can't be mentioned in front of other maternal relatives, because it implies that the sexual relationship between mother and father will embarrass mother.

Shy culture is a way to avoid incest and maintain the stability and harmony of matriarchal families.

Ninglang Mosuo is located in Han and Yi areas and has never been married. He is also called "A Bo" by his father, and he is not shy or embarrassed.

References-Baidu Encyclopedia Mosuo People