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China: The bride practices a crying ritual

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China: The bride practices a crying ritual

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Hello, my name is Cameron Clark. I am a student at Cardinal Ritter College Preparatory. I will be explaining about the China: Crying ritual in my A3 (3rd Period Class) - Vocation

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The people of the Tujia tribe are the ones who started this crying ritual. They have been living for thousands of years in China's southern western region of Sichuan.

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According to the custom ("Zuo Tang"), a new bride should begin to cry half a month or one month before their wedding ceremony. Their marriage date is usually welcomed with crying. A girl who can cry about her marriage has become a criterion in the value of the girl's ability and virtue.

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The Tujia people follow this unusual folk ritual throughout many regions of China. Before the wedding, the soon-to-be bride sobs to show how reluctant she is to say goodbye to her family. It is customary for the Tujia people to evaluate a bride's morality and intelligence based on her ability to sing melancholic melodies.

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Experts estimate that this practice originated when the princess of Zao State wed in Yan State between 475 and 221 BC. The princess and the queen wept severely as she departed her state for another, and since it was done by royalty, other people did the same, and it became a custom.

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Tian Yongxiang, a 24-year-old Tujia woman from Gao'ao Village in Guzhang County, has cried in anticipation of her wedding day in Hunan Province, China. This peculiar traditional ceremony is practiced by the Tujia people in several parts of China. The soon-to-be bride sobs prior to the wedding to express how difficult it will be for her to say goodbye to her family. The Tujia people have a custom whereby a bride's capacity for melancholy songs is used to gauge her moral character and intelligence.

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For the Tujia people of China, it is a required marriage ceremony. The bride must cry when it comes to her marriage. If she doesn't, her neighbors can even make fun of her and treat her like a lowly person of inferior breeding.

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"Crying marriage" ceremony of Tujia ethnic group in central China