The emergence of Zhuang etiquette can be traced back to the beginning of human civilization, and the formation of etiquette culture has a long process. There are many etiquette and customs of Zhuang nationality, which are mainly regulated by a person's birth, one year old, marriage, birthday, funeral and so on. It takes human reproduction, peace and happiness as its ultimate goal, and expresses a desire and passion for life through the external form of inner desire. It is purely a culture of etiquette and custom based on popularity and harmony.
Among Zhuang etiquette, wedding etiquette is the most grand. The basic form of marriage is monogamy, which is generally practiced outside the clan, and different clans with the same surname can marry. Agricultural science also does one-way cousin marriage, that is, uncles and aunts can get married, and uncles and aunts are strictly forbidden to get married; Shazhi does not intermarry with the same surname; Four generations later, Tu clan thought that they could marry without blood relationship, but their cousins didn't. There are two forms of marriage: free love and arranged by parents. Before the Republic of China, the marriage rules of "parents' orders and matchmakers' words" were followed, including early marriage and small marriage.
Every year at the end of June or the beginning of July, around the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the man's family also sends homemade gifts such as rice cakes, red biscuits, pork, chickens and ducks to the woman's family twice. The big gift is that the man determines the wedding date three or four months in advance and informs the woman's family. And send a large number of gifts with "six", meaning "six six is blessed". The amount of money depends on the economic conditions of the man's family. We will also send 65,438+000-65,438+060 Jin of wine and meat, as well as glutinous rice cakes, sesame cakes and fried cakes. Until the wedding day is auspicious, the wedding will last for three days, and the etiquette includes receiving relatives, seeing them off, visiting the church and returning to the door. From love to marriage, people usually go through the process of making friends, matchmaking and engagement.
Zhuang people also have the custom of uxorilocal. In other words, the custom of men marrying women is called "Ou Long Kenkui". After the adopted son's wife's surname is changed from a man's, all the children born to him take his mother's surname and can inherit his mother's ancestral inheritance. After three generations, the father's surname changes, which is called "three generations belong to the family"; The son-in-law who doesn't enjoy her family's ancestral business generally doesn't change her surname. Marriage customs also include the death of the husband and the absence of a wife for the younger brother. Both sides are willing that the elder brother and sister-in-law can become the younger brother's wife or remarry. Children can stay and take away, and their surnames can be kept. If conditions permit, the remarried wedding banquet is also grand.