Hmong marriage

　　The young men and women, through " catch the edges of fields ", or similar in sparse woods, or selection in the green grass, with singing in antiphonal style form of mate choice, first is the exchange name, sharing all songs ( surname not love ), a different surname is on stage singing in antiphonal style. The song is tentative, tease, ask, praise, love, first love, obsession, vow, separation, send, Acacia song, also has the anti-marriage, affection, love, to destroy bitter song. Such as " temptation ", male: " roadside Shuijing Kiyo long, people drink without repair, Lang Xiangxiu export cold well, know the stream does not flow. " According to the custom, after be male's singing, girl, otherwise, it is not polite. Female: " roadside Shuijing Kiyo long, people drink to someone repaired, Lang Ruoxiu cool water, profound friendship forever stay. " Male: " the mountain wood with a knife, the river water to pick scoop, good sister don Lang openings, as long as the flashing eye eyebrow "; " the beginning to sing songs to Kai lip, Lang said the reason sisters, only loving sister home to laurel, and sister opened as early as the garden gate. " Women such as the heart, also answer to folk songs. Female: " see the sun slowly melting snow, iron in the fire slowly red, as sister met Qiao Pihan, had to have to "; " the Yamen dreads the officer, first to Lang hard to speak, like heart beat war drum, on the face like fire mountain "; " would you pick a star, well, if you must steal taste bridge. " Male: " Mei Lang sent to the bridge, bridge tree pomegranate, pomegranate mature now, sister ah, Lang Bulai secretly afraid of being stolen. " The young men and women after repeated dating, love, mutual gift, determine the relationship, then the freedom to marry. The old, Miao from other peoples have married, " steel non-stick iron, seedling non-stick guest ", along with the new marriage law implementation, this discipline has been abolished. Marriage custom is complex, a man asks a woman matchmaker to propose, the woman let parents consent, to choose a lucky day please g, performing " character " program procedures, in a paper to write on both sides of male and female birth day month year of the heavenly stems and earthly branches, called "character ". Marry need to choose, in order to geely. Wedding day, each catering to entertain family friends, the man at the bride to the night before, some also hold " Sue progenitor " gift, that gift is long in marriage, life will be intrinsic high once. Otherwise, offend ancestors, not indecent assault of ridicule. Therefore, trailer Schering, volt hoping God assists him, so Li family, permanent, and, still Jirui Kai stone scales, PI Zhen Jia-sheng, bride 's marriage ceremony to be a sedan, ( also called " the chapel " ). The next morning, the bride see husband parents, that the temple, three, but also the line back.