Cognitive Diversity Of Tujia Women Towards Crying Marriage In Three Generations

As an important transitional ceremony,the wedding ceremony can give identity to those who attend the ceremony.The new couple will leave the old character and join into a new environment,in which they will complete the role conversion as soon as possible.In the marriage culture of Tujia ethnic group,the women will use the ceremony“crying marriage” as the threshold between their puberty and marriage.After finishing the “crying marriage”,they will get into a new life stage.As a part of wedding ceremony,the “crying marriage” directly reflects the social life form of Tujia ethnic group,which also provides a way for the brides to express feelings.What’s more,it is a expression method for the women of Tujia ethnic group.With the development of Tujia history,the “crying marriage song” has been changing in the marriage history.In different periods,there are different ways and contents of “crying marriage”.Influenced by the new China founding,reform and opening up in the new era and Internet informatization,women of Tujia ethnic group living in Shuangfeng village are experience many subtle changes such as the first-marriage age,marriage mode,fertility behavior and wedding ceremony.The“crying marriage” is also under changing due to this..The writer divides the married women in the village with a fieldwork of Shuangfeng village in Yongshun County:1.the women in the 1930 s who were born in 1910-1930,got married in 1930-1960;2.the women in the 1960 s who were born in 1931-1960,got married in 1961-1990;3.the women in the 1990 s who were born after 1961 and got married after 1991.In the three periods,the writer will choose several field reporters in each period,and collect their marriage and wedding information to discuss based on the village history and the social and cultural backgroundThe marriage modes of Shuangfeng village in Yongshun County have changed from changed from“no crying,no happiness” and“it’s okay if don’t want to cry”to “don’t know how to cry”.The “crying marriage song”got different faces under the background of new China founding,reform and opening up in the new era and Internet informatization and so on.Through studying the “crying marriage” of different times and to understand its evolution,it can be found that there has been the pursuit of the gender equality life,the fear of the strange life in the future,the inseparable family and others existed in the process of this culture image,which has a fresher understanding about the theme and value of Tujia culture in communication and the process of social and cultural change.