Ordos, 5 May -- A mule sedan hiding in the Grand Canyon of the Yellow River: A different kind of marriage custom "May 2" is brilliant
China News Network reporter Li Aiping
"Mother-in-law, let's go, sound - gong, open - Dao..."
At 5:2 p.m. on May 3, in an open area of the Junger Yellow River Grand Canyon Scenic Area in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with the host's deliberately prolonged tone, the mule sedan wedding program was announced.
"Bell bell" "bell bell" ... In the welcoming procession of more than 20 people, the deep sound of a large gong was followed by a high-pitched chant and the unison of musical instruments such as drums.
Twisting her shoulders and dancing with exaggerated steps from time to time, Xi Po attracted tourists from Shanxi, Shaanxi, Beijing, Ningxia and surrounding cities in Inner Mongolia, who raised their cameras and mobile phones to shoot.
The picture shows the scene of the mule palanquin wedding show in the Yellow River Grand Canyon. Photo by Li Aiping
"The mule sedan really has mules!" In the amazement of the tourists, two fat mules put on the front and back of the palanquin, moving forward unhurriedly.
Xu Jing, 28, the bride who plays the mule sedan wedding show, will enter the palanquin in a red wedding dress five minutes before the show.
Mu Lei, who plays the groom, is 29 years old this year, and he played the groom official a total of 4 times during the 8 days of the "May Day" holiday. Following the greeting procession, he held a volume of books and looked dashing, occasionally waving at the audience along the way.
Liu Xiaomei, the person in charge of the mule sedan wedding program in the Junger Yellow River Grand Canyon Scenic Area, introduced that because the internal space of the palanquin is relatively small, the actors who select the bride must not only be thin, but also small.
The picture shows the scene of the mule palanquin wedding show in the Yellow River Grand Canyon. Photo by Li Aiping
Liu Xiaomei introduced that the mule sedan is a means of transportation for newlyweds in the traditional wedding in the vast rural areas of northern China, and in the early years, it was mostly popular in Qingshuihe County and some mountainous places in Junger Banner in Inner Mongolia.
Li Yancong, the person in charge of the Junger Yellow River Grand Canyon Scenic Area, told reporters that the mule sedan wedding program launched during the "May Day" period was very popular, and in the half-hour program, almost every tourist involved could see the end from the beginning.
Liu Jiang, a tourist from Beijing, said, "To be able to enjoy such a wonderful show in the Yellow River Grand Canyon is worth the trip. ”
Fan Chunhui, director of the Junger Banner Cultural and Tourism Bureau, said that as an intangible cultural heritage item in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, although the mule sedan wedding custom is no longer "used" when young people in rural areas on both sides of the Yellow River get married, it is shining with a different brilliance as an IP in cultural tourism projects.
The picture shows the scene of the mule palanquin wedding show in the Yellow River Grand Canyon. Photo by Li Aiping
"In the next step, we will also cooperate with well-known domestic cultural tourism enterprises to jointly create the show, so that this wedding show has a more contemporary sense and better reflects the deep connotation of the Yellow River culture, so that more tourists can like Ordos, like the Junger Grand Canyon, and like the mountains and rivers here." Fan Chunhui said. (End)