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Traditional wedding ceremony of Yao people (10)

(People's Daily Online)    08:17, January 28, 2014
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Older women sing the local "Butterfly Song" downstairs to bless the bride, while the younger bridesmaid listen to the song upstairs in Wujiazhai Village, Gucheng Town, Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 25, 2014. The Butterfly Song is a symbolic folk song in Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County, which is regarded as China’s intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Chen Zixia)

Nie Changying, 26, is a woman of Yao ethnic group. She has worked in Beijing after graduating from Minzu University of China. The working experience has widened her horizons and made her cherish the folk customs. Before the Spring Festival this year, she went back hometown and held a traditional wedding ceremony in Wujiazhai Village, Gucheng Town, Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

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(Editor:WangXin、Huang Jin)

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