Weeping and singing usually begin half a month or a month before the bride gets married, and some even begin the process of crying and singing in the first three months. However, it was all off and on in the beginning. Feel free to cry. So what is the collection of lyrics of "Crying Wedding Song Along the River"? Let's learn more about it in detail.

"Wedding Crying Song" is a custom folk song of the Tujia people. One month before getting married, girls have to sing "Wedding Crying Song" to tell the Tujia women's unfortunate fate under the feudal comprador marriage system and their attachment to their relatives. According to custom, a girl has to cry and sing for seven days to half a month, and the most is a month, until her voice becomes hoarse and she still keeps crying.

The process of crying singing in "Crying Wedding Song" is divided according to the process of marriage, and is divided into three forms: "Crying and Singing by One Person", "Crying and Singing by Two People" and "Crying and Singing by Reunion". ?One person cries and sings? That is, the girl cries about her fate, cries about her ancestors, the nurturing kindness of her parents, the friendship between brothers and sisters, and cries about feudal marriage and the hateful and hateful deception of matchmakers. For example, "Crying Father":

There are many stars in the sky and the moon is unknown, but my father has worked so hard for me.

My father's kindness is indescribable, and it is difficult to express it in words.

Firstly, they are afraid that we will be hungry; secondly, we are afraid that we will get sick;

Thirdly, we are afraid that we will be uglier than others and wear stars and moonlight with great effort.

Fourth, we are afraid that we are uneducated, so we will send them to school to study.

To raise your daughter up, spend money and be kind and affectionate.

The daughter's plate is one foot and five inches long, and she only needs to hold it in her mouth;

The hard years are time-consuming, and the cold and hunger are heart-breaking!

My daughter is wrong It is in vain that my parents have worked so hard for Caozi's life;

I leave my parents today, and my heart is full of sadness and tears!

It is difficult for a daughter to be filial to her parents, and it will be difficult for her parents to last her whole life;

The lamps lit in the water are unclear, and you have come to this world in vain!

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?Two people crying are called "sisters crying", that is, the married girl cries first and sings. , the weeping companion sings and consoles at the side, the clause is inserted at the end of the sentence, and the two people cry and sing together (there are also two people who cry in pairs), naturally forming imitative multi-part music. Relatives and friends in the village come to cry with them every night, and girls who are neither relatives nor friends also invite each other and come in groups to "Dapo" (Tujia dialect, that is, to participate in learning to cry and get married), like sisters crying to each other and singing:

Sister: There are twelve ya on the Thoreau tree, we have the same root and the same ya;

Nowadays, the sisters are separated, and it is so lonely after leaving the embroidery building!

Sister: ?Twelve girls on the Thoreau tree, we have the same father and mother;

Now that the sisters are leaving, it’s hard to part ways and our love is hard to break!

Sister: ?The Thoreau tree came to Taiwan to meet us. Taiwan, my sister’s heart is hard to forgive;

Leave your sister’s mother-in-law’s house and only come here during the holidays!

Sister:? The Thoreau tree came to Taiwan to Taiwan, I hope my sister’s heart is so generous Huai,

Duo Cheng takes care of her sister, and keeps her teachings in mind!

?Crying for reunion?, also called "accompanying ten sisters", is a unique way for Tujia girls to cry for marriage. . On the night before the bride gets married, her parents invite 9 unmarried girls from their neighbors, including the bride and her daughter, to sit around a banquet in the bride's boudoir and sing all night long, so it is called the Song of Accompanying Ten Sisters. The ten sisters sit around a table. The bride first cries, then the chef places a dish on the table. After the dish is placed, the other nine sisters take turns crying, and finally the bride cries again. ?, the chef put the wine and food in one after another. After the food was put away, the activity of accompanying the ten sisters came to an end. There are many lyrics in "Crying for Marriage", such as "Ten Swings" and "Ten Harvests", which express the virtues of crying for ancestors, the kindness of parents, the friendship of sisters, the kindness of brothers and sisters, the love of homeland, etc. Sometimes they also criticize matchmakers. Crying with someone is often a lingering word that is hard to separate and leave.

The music is mostly composed of rhymes with seven verses and eight sentences, such as: "The kindness of parents is as great as heaven and earth, the upbringing and upbringing are heart-breaking, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, the kindness is not repaid but parting." Looking far away at my hometown, I look forward to my return date. How long will I be able to stay there? The stream in front of my door is always flowing, and my daughter is crying. ?

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The musical structure of "Crying Wedding Song" belongs to the "couplet" structure. It is a long section repeated many times. In the process of repeated crying and singing In the song, due to the changes in lyrics, the melody has also changed slightly, but the basic tone and ending tone of the melody remain unchanged. Each melody steps from high pitch to descending. There are many decorative sounds in the melody, and whimpering is often added at the end of the sentence. and sobbing sounds to express women's grief and suppressed emotions.

The music of "Crying Marriage Song" forms a solid tune, and the crying lyrics form a fixed chapter. The content is extremely rich, and the language is refined and simple. Generally, there are many five-character sentences and seven-character sentence structures. The rhymes are catchy, popular, lively, and easy to sing. Sing. According to the marriage procedure, the cries include "Cry Father", "Cry Mother", "Cry Brother and Sister-in-law", "Cry Sister", "Cry Brother", "Cry Uncle", "Cry Uncle", "Cry Grandfather", "Cry Grandfather" and "Cry Sister". Weeping as a matchmaker, weeping to say goodbye to our ancestors, weeping to dress up, weeping to eat the divorced mother’s meal, weeping to put on dewy clothes, weeping to board the sedan chair, weeping to the guests, weeping to the banquet, etc. A relatively systematic history of the blood and tears of Tujia women, and an indictment exposing the feudal comprador marriage system.