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广东省中山市2019届初中学业水平考试第二次阶段性检测九年级英语试卷
Have you ever heard of anything about crying marriage(哭嫁)? It sounds surprising, doesn't it? In fact, the custom of crying marriage a long time ago in many parts of Sichuan Province, Southwest China. And it remained popular till the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Sometimes, you can still see it happening in some far away from cities if you are lucky enough. Though it is not popular as before, the custom can still be seen by people in many places, especially in the villages of Tujia people. They regard it as something has to be done when a marriage happens.
It is same in different places of China. According to the tradition, every bride(新娘) had to at the wedding(婚礼). If not, the bride's neighbors would look down upon as a girl from a poor family. And she would be laughed at all the villagers. In fact, her mother sometimes beat the bride for not crying at the wedding.
In a , crying at weddings is a way to set off for happiness. The bride doesn't really feel sad in her heart. , in the marriages of the old days of China, quite a lot of brides indeed cried over their unlucky marriages and even their bad life.
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