The Eighteenth Theory of Tibetan Wedding Banquets is a kind of folk oral literature, which is mainly popular among Tibetans. This kind of literature is the speech at the wedding. There are special people who sing the speech at the wedding. It is very rich in national style and historical atmosphere, and the literary value and research value contained in it are very high.
The origin of the Tibetan wedding banquet theory cannot be traced back, but when Princess Wencheng and Songtsen Gampo were getting married, there were already people singing congratulations at the wedding. This form is very similar to the form of the Tibetan wedding banquet, so it can be seen that the Tibetan wedding banquet has a long history. The 18th theory of Tibetan wedding banquets has not always been spread only in Tibetan inhabited areas as it is now. It also appeared in the Northeast region. However, after the Qing government quelled the war, it restricted people in some places from speaking Tibetan. Naturally, it also The Tibetan Wedding Banquet 18 theory is not allowed to appear in the local area, so the spread of the Tibetan Wedding Banquet 18 Theory will become narrower and narrower.
The Eighteen Tales of Tibetan Wedding Banquets run through the entire wedding process, including worshiping gods, braiding tales, comb tales, wedding crying songs, exit songs, parents’ teachings, horse tales, mat tales, offering sacrifices to mountain gods, and worshiping Dharma protectors. , tea talk, wine talk, wedding banquet talk, etc. The whole process not only reflects the parents' reluctance to marry their daughter, but also reflects everyone's blessings to the couple and their reverence for God. Moreover, the entire wedding banquet was accompanied by singing and dancing performances and delicious food. Tibetan traditional culture was also displayed in such a grand wedding banquet.
However, with the changes of the times, many meaningful and valuable traditional cultural literature have not been perfectly inherited, but have gradually faded out of people's sight. The same is true for the Tibetan Eighteen Wedding Banquets. Since such a literature only exists in people's tongues and there are no relevant written records, the Eighteen Wedding Banquets of the Tibetan people have been seriously hindered in the inheritance, especially among the older generation of people. After his death, such a traditional culture was not accepted by young people. Maybe in the future development, we will never see this culture with unique language characteristics again.