The Mongols have two types of marriage systems: snatch marriage and bride price marriage. Bride kidnapping is a form of marriage in the slave society. Before the 13th century A.D., the Mongolian society was mostly a robbed marriage system. After the 13th century A.D., the Mongols entered the feudal society, that is, the widespread implementation of the marriage system. The bride price, before young men and women are betrothed, the man has to ask for the woman's hand in marriage, and if the woman's family agrees, the marriage can be betrothed. Bride price, young men and women betrothed by the male family to the female gifts, also known as bride price. The amount of bride price according to the economic situation of the male family. Pastoral areas often cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock for the bride price. The dowry is a gift from the woman to her daughter. The Mongolian people are very concerned about the dowry, how much the male party sends the bride price, the female party should accompany the corresponding amount of dowry. When the bridegroom married in a happy atmosphere, dressed in colorful Mongolian robes, waist tie colorful belt, wearing a round top red tasseled hat, high leather boots, wearing a bow and arrow. To the woman's home after the groom and his best man holding the Hada, wine, to the bride's parents, long relatives one by one toast, kneeling. After the ceremony, the bridegroom and the best man will have a meal. The next morning, when the bridegroom set off, the bride by the father or aunt to hold on the colorful car. The groom will ride around the bride's colorful car three times. The bridegroom rides around the bride's colorful carriage three times on horseback, and then the bridegroom and the bridegroom take off together. Fire-worshipping is an important ceremony in Mongolian weddings. Although the form of fire worship varies from place to place, it is an indispensable part of the wedding. The bride and groom pass between two piles of fire. Accept the baptism of fire, so that their love is more pure, unswerving, life is full of happiness, and grow old together. Although different regions, the form of different, but are very grand and lively. General pastoral wedding is: when the marriage back to the male family, the bride and groom do not go down the horse and carriage, first clockwise around the yurt three times, and then the bride and groom, bride and bride through the two piles of fire, to accept the God of fire dust, said the purity of love, the new life of prosperity. The bride and groom into the yurt, the first worship Buddha sacrificial stove, and then pay respects to parents and friends and relatives. After the ceremony, the bride's hair was combed by the combing forehead. After washing and dressing, waiting for the start of the wedding banquet. Wedding banquet is usually set up sheep back or the whole sheep seat, a variety of milk food, candy everything. Wedding banquet, the groom with a silver pot, the bride held a silver bowl, to elders, friends and relatives one by one to offer Hada, toast. The boys raised silver cups, openly drink; girls sing along with the Ma Touqin. Wedding banquets often continue for two or three days, friends and relatives leave one after another. And the female party to send the bride to stay with the bride to live one to three days. Sometimes. The bride's mother also sent relatives to live more than ten days. Usually the third day after the wedding, the bride's family to come to people, visit the bride and meet the groom's relatives. Most of the visitors are aunts, sisters-in-law, etc., who bring gifts or food to the groom's home to hold a ceremony to recognize their relatives. The groom's family hosts a banquet. Men and women get to know each other, greet each other and toast each other, full of warmth and enthusiasm. The form of marriage in which a man was married to several women at the same time is now obsolete. In Mongolian slave society and feudal society, slave owners or feudal princes and nobles often took concubines as a custom. Marriage between a man and a woman is the traditional custom of the Mongolian people, and the old custom of robbing or arranging marriages is gradually being eliminated, and the new custom of men and women falling in love and marrying voluntarily has become a trend.
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