The wedding and funeral customs of ethnic minorities in our country are an important part of the national culture with profound connotations and strong national characteristics.Due to historical reasons, the social development of my country's ethnic minorities is unbalanced: by the middle of this century, some have entered the stage of landlord economy in the late feudal society, and some cities have also produced the buds of capitalist economy.But some areas are still in the feudal society's early lordship stage, and some are still in the slavery era.Among some ethnic groups with a small number of people in the frontier areas, the patrilineal family communes, rural communes and patriarchal slavery in the late primitive society still exist.Uneven social and economic development will undoubtedly have a restrictive effect on various customs and cultures that belong to the superstructure.Custom culture is also relatively independent and lagging. Once established, it is often passed on for a long time and will not change immediately with social changes.Because of this, some extremely ancient customs are still retained in some nations that have entered class society.These ancient customs should be viewed from the perspective of history and should not be discriminated against. "Going to the countryside to ask the customs" and respecting the customs and habits of brotherly nations are the traditional virtues of the people of all ethnic groups in our country.

Wedding and funeral customs are a historical repository.Among them, there are aspects of positive development and aspects of negative outdatedness, and no matter which aspect is of great historical value, it is an important reference material for us to understand the social culture of brotherly nations.It should be said that the historical value of marriage and family customs has long been valued by many disciplines such as ethnology, anthropology, sociology and history, and many monographs with world influence have been produced.The research on the funeral customs of various ethnic groups has also been strengthened in recent years, and relevant monographs are coming out one after another.Moreover, the wedding and funeral customs and dances of many ethnic groups in our country have been put on the stage, and some have even gone to the world. They are not only loved by the people of their own ethnic groups, but also appreciated by other ethnic groups. They have become an important part of promoting the excellent traditional culture of the nation.And some ethnic groups have never stopped reforming the outdated wedding and funeral customs.Youth is the future of a nation, and young people will use their own actions to participate in creating their own national culture and develop their own wedding and funeral customs.This little book is just to help them have a preliminary understanding of the traditional wedding and funeral customs of the brothers.Its scope is mainly the traditional customs before the 1950s.