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1、正确答案:Courting Girls Nights in Jingpo Mountains are particularly fascinating. Under the bleary moonlight are a group of local young men and women who are playing the flute or singing with great affections which is called "courting girls" by the locals(a way of courtship). In fact, "courting girls" is the best way of free courtship among the young people of ethnic Jingpo. Attaining a certain age, the youth tend to communicate with the peers and express their affection by visiting friends and relatives on holidays and attending social occasions. When courtship gets to a certain phase, the boy"s family would ask his matchmaker to visit the girl"s family and propose a marriage alliance. Once the proposal is accepted, the two parties would choose a fine day for the wedding. Some of the Jingpo weddings are held in the afternoon. Hearing the three gun shots, you will catch the sight of the procession escorting the bride. Walking ahead of the procession are the matchmaker carrying a red wooden box on the shoulder and the the bride"s matchmaker carrying a basket of new beddings on the back, in the middle of whom is the bride escorted by bridesmaids. The bride wears a black collarless short coat with buttons in an oblique line covered by a big cape with shining silver bulbs, an embroidered red straight skirt and leather shoes. Shy and quiet, the bride finds herself in front of a road barrier. That"s a traditional custom of Jingpo weddings, requiring the bride to pass three road barriers on the way to the groom"s... ...In the clamor, the groom takes the bride"s hands, passing though the banana trees, sugarcanes and the bridge with the Chinese character "xi"(happiness)and enters the bridal chamber.
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