A Study Of The Marriage Customs Music Of The Qiang Group

The Qiang Group is one of the ethnic minorities in southwestern China,mainly distributed in Mao County,Beichuan and Li County of Aba Area.The Qiang Group people’s marriage customs are very unique to the nation.From engagement to courtesy,they contain the humanistic spirit of the nation’s religious beliefs,living habits,ideas,and cultural connotations.The Qiang Group wedding is a complicated and lengthy process.It usually lasts two to three days.The folk artists will start to play the suona until the wedding is over.The singer in the Qiang Group wedding was fixed as two folk artists,meaning "good things come in pairs." The tunes in the wedding ceremony are various in variety,and the corresponding tunes are played in all the links.This not only reflects the customs and habits of the monks,but also reminds everyone of the meaning of the wedding session.Marriage and custom rituals are part of social activities.They evolve slowly in the long history of history with changes in social environment,human consciousness and lifestyle.The marriage rituals of the Qiang Group people were not only influenced by the external changes of social changes,economic level,natural environment and cultural changes,but also subjectively influenced by human consciousness such as self-cognition and ideas.This makes the cumbersome and complicated wedding ceremony retain the traditional rituals of the Qiang Group people,such as hanging blush,drinking alcohol,worshiping the gods,and jumping the Salang.At the same time,it combines the elements of modern wedding,such as oath,mutual wedding ring and other procedures.It can be seen that the current marriage rituals of the Qiang Group people are not only Han culture,but also the traditional culture of the Qiang Group people’s ideas,beliefs,etc.,reflecting the ethnic characteristics of the Qiang Group.Folk music is an organic element that enriches folk activities.It is of great significance to the inheritance and development of folk activities.Many ethnic minorities in our country are singers and dancers.Every important festival will have corresponding song and dance music.This form of music is the most commonly used art language in folk activities.Music itself is entertaining,it can be subtly impersonated into the human consciousness,which makes people have a corresponding understanding of the folk activities represented by music.Therefore,the study of the marriage customs of the Qiang Group people can not only understand the ritual process,cultural connotation,ethics and moral aspects of the marriage customs of the Qiang Group people,but also explore the identity and changes of the Qiang Group national identity.In theory,it has certain practical significance.