The Investigation And Study Of Qiang Wedding Ceremony

The wedding is an very important part of individual lives. The wedding ceremony in the Qiang people’s daily life has irreplaceable function, which has very important significance both in public lives and social behavior norms. The combination of men and women and the establishment of the matrimony relationship need to through certain ritual which is been recognized by the local society. The Qiang wedding is not only about the change of the couple and the establishment of a new identity, but also the recognition of the social relation of two families. Qiang is a nation on the clouds, has a long history and culture and unique customs, the wedding ceremony is also ceaselessly precipitating in the long-term social production and life, contains multiple cultural significance, has closely links with its historical background, values of religion, social structure, economic system and so on, becomes the folklore heritage with the national characteristics. This paper is based on Qiang wedding ceremony as the research object, through field investigation and literature research, and use the theory of folklore and anthropology to analyze the current situation of the traditional wedding ceremony, including separation, transition, incorporation, and the whole process.A variety of factors such as politics, economy, culture will play a role for wedding, and the changes of times and the development of society and the cognitive changes may also cause changes in the development of the ceremony. This article will record the continuation and transform of the Qiang traditional wedding, and analysis its internal structure and culture trait from the process of its change ceremony, and interpret the deep significance of Qiang wedding ceremony. Although in the long river of history, the Qiang wedding ceremony has evolved, also deletes complex to simple, but the important part and the basic element of the traditional wedding ceremony are come down, still preserved in today’s simplified wedding ceremony. The wedding have a strong sense of ritual, the process of wedding is grand and lively, which also covers many aspects of the national culture, such as Qiang singing and dancing, Za wine, Qiang embroidery, etiquette civilization, belief, emotion cognition, etc. These constant qualities, which been passed down, have deep influence to the Qiang people. These same qualities and how it affected the local people’s cognition and behavioral habits is worthy of in-depth study, at the same time is also worth promoting and carrying forward.