A Special Marriage Form-"Orgomol Urug"

Xinjiang Cahar and Oirad-Mongolian, Uighur, Kazak and Han nationality live together in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and they often have the cultural exchanges. In the process of communication and exchange with other nationalities, Xinjiang Cahar Mongolian not only inherit their traditional culture, but also are affected by other cultures. Therefore, the cultural pattern shows certain specificity. The thesis of this paper, a special marriage form——"Orgomol Urug" (Running Marriage), which exists in Xinjiang Cahar Mongolian, is one of the important manifestations of this culture specificity. There is no doubt that the research of this article is an effective way to understand the culture of Xinjiang Cahar Mongolian, especially the blend and interaction of the multiracial culture.This paper takes Cahar Mongolian in Harbuh town of the Bortal Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region as an example, mainly depends on the first-hand materials according field investigation, and is supplemented by historical documents and local records and so on. Based on the comprehensive description of the phenomenon—Running Marriage—existing in Cahar Mongolian of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, this paper uses the culture anthropology and folklore theories and methods to make reasonable explanation with regard to why this special marriage form still exists today.This article, first of all, gives an introduction to the history of Cahar Mongolian who moved to Xinjiang and their living place—Harbuh town's geographic and social environment, Cahar Mongolian's families and their customs concerning choosing spouses, which provides the background note to reveal the reasons why "Orgomol Urug" still exists now.Secondly, a comparison between the contemporary Xinjiang Cahar Mongolian and Mongolian traditional marriage customs "Orgomol Urug" is made in this paper. On this basis, this article Investigates and describes the composition and process of the engagement ceremony and wedding ceremony regarding "Orgomol Urug".Finally, on the basis of the analysis of the phenomenon explained by the local people, the author gained the first-hand materials through field investigation, analyzed and interpreted this special cultural phenomenon in depth from the perspective of the subject of cultural anthropology. The author holds that the moral values, "female body holy", locals have are the existence of important reasons of the "Orgomol Urug". The geographical culture of multiracial culture blend is its social foundations;traditional marriage custom of the Mongolian nationality was its historical conditions.