Contemporary Seney River Buryat Mongolian Wedding Gift Flow

Anthropology are more concerned about the problem of cultural specificity and cultural diversity, and the marriage culture of all ethnic groups is an important form of cultural diversity. Anthropology marriage as an institutional culture, the material resources of the marital relationship and marriage concluded in both groups (or gift) exchange is considered to be an adaptive strategy. Gift exchange is accompanied by widespread social and cultural phenomenon in human society, However, in different historical periods, different regions, different ethnic groups, its manifestations and bearing the meaning of its own particularity. The Seney River Buryat Mongolian wedding gift liquidity with distinctive ethnic characteristics and geographical characteristics, choosing this topic is based on the cultural universality and particularity in the gift exchange demonstrated concern.In this paper, a method of combining fieldwork and literature studies, the system described and analyzed from the perspective of cultural anthropology, the current phenomenon of the contemporary the Seney River Buryat Mongolian wedding gift. This article first introduces the of Seney River Buryat Mongolian wedding customs, after five of the main the gifts wedding process flow involved in the matter, the wedding gift liquidity issues a comprehensive description and analysis of the gift-giving ceremony and presents itself as the cultural connotation. The core content of this article is Seney River Buryat Mongolian wedding gift flow characteristics, the type of gift flow, as well as gift flow analyzed and discussed.Author’s main conclusions are:First, Seney River Buryat Mongolian marriage conclusion of the process, the man on the woman’s gift gift is a ceremonial gift, not to send the bride price,"one said, and the woman’s family usually ready huge dowry. In addition, the uncle and pro-dowry contribution. Second, in accordance with the motives of the giver can be a wedding gift flow is divided into:the ceremonial gift flow, the flow of emotional expression gift, emotional instrumental gifts flow into three categories. Wedding gift flow function can be summarized as follows: First of all, to promote the conclusion of the marriage and wedding process, At the same time, the flow of gifts is usually accompanied by the conversion of the roles of the parties; Second, the Buryat Mongolian wedding in the present flow has mutual aid, reciprocal, and also the way of a transfer of property; Once again, the gift has to maintain liquidity, improve interpersonal social function. Finally, the gift exchange activities with the heritage of traditional culture.