Legend has it that the bride of the neighboring family invited her friends to come and discuss the wedding. The "Crying Wedding Song" is a folk song of the Tujia people. One month before the girl gets married, she has to sing the "Crying Wedding Song" to tell the unfortunate fate of Tujia women under the feudal comprador marriage system and their attachment to their relatives. According to custom, the girl has to cry and sing for seven days to half a month, and at most for a month, and she will cry until her voice is hoarse but still keep crying. The crying and singing form of the "Crying Wedding Song" is divided according to the process of getting married, which is divided into three forms: "Crying and singing by one person", "Crying and singing by two people" and "Crying for reunion". "Crying and singing by one person" means that the girl cries about her fate, the kindness of her parents, the friendship of her brothers, sisters-in-law, and the hateful and hateful deception of feudal marriage and matchmakers. For example, "Crying for Father": There are many stars in the sky and the moon is not bright. Daddy is worried about me. Daddy's kindness is inexhaustible. It is hard to say when I mention it. First, they are afraid that we will be hungry; second, they are afraid that we will get sick; third, they are afraid that we will be uglier than others, so they work hard day and night. Fourth, they are afraid that we are illiterate, so they send us to school to educate us, and raise our daughters to be adults. They spend money to show their deep love for us. The one-foot-five-inch plate for the daughter is just short of being put into her mouth; the hard times are time-consuming, and the cold and hunger are heartbreaking! My daughter was wrongly destined to be a vegetable, and my parents have spent so much effort in vain; I am leaving my parents now, and I am sad and in tears! As a daughter, I cannot be filial to my parents, and it is difficult for me to take care of them for the rest of my life; if a lamp is lit in the water, it is useless to be a human being in vain! "Two people crying" is called "sister crying", which means that the married girl cries and sings first, and the person accompanying her cries and sings to comfort her. The song is inserted from the end of the sentence, and the two people cry and sing in unison (there are also two people crying and singing in pairs), which naturally forms an imitative polyphonic music. Friends and relatives in the village would come to cry with them every night. Girls who were not relatives or friends would also invite each other to come in groups to "dapo" (Tujia language, which means to participate in learning crying at weddings). For example, sisters would sing to each other: Sister: "There are twelve girls on the Thoreau tree. We are of the same root and the same girl. Today, sisters must separate. It is so lonely to leave the embroidery building! Sister: "There are twelve girls on the Thoreau tree. We have the same father and the same mother. Today, sisters must leave. It is hard to part and love each other! Sister: "The Thoreau trees are facing each other, and my sister is hard to be at ease. Leave your sister to her husband's house, and only come back during the New Year and other festivals! Sister: "The Thoreau trees are facing each other. I hope my sister will be at ease. I hope my sister will treat me well. I will remember my sister's teachings! The musical structure of "Crying Wedding Song" belongs to the "linked song" structure, which is a long music segment repeated many times. In the process of repeated crying and singing, the melody also changes slightly due to the change of lyrics, but the fundamental tone and ending tone of the melody remain unchanged. Each melody descends from high pitch. There are many decorative notes in the melody, and sobbing and sobbing are often added at the end of the sentence to express the woman's grief and depression. The music of "Crying Wedding Song" forms a fixed tune, and the crying lyrics form a fixed chapter. The content is extremely rich, the language is refined and simple, and the structure of five-character and seven-character sentences is mostly used. The rhyme is catchy, popular and bright, and easy to sing. According to the marriage procedure, the crying songs include "crying for father", "crying for mother", "crying for brother and sister-in-law", "crying for sisters", "crying for younger brother", "crying for uncles", "crying for uncles", "crying for grandparents", "crying for matchmaker", "crying for farewell", "crying for dressing up", "crying for eating the meal leaving mother", "crying for wearing dewy clothes", "crying for getting on the sedan chair", "crying for all the guests", "crying for the banquet", etc. It is a relatively systematic history of blood and tears of Tujia women, and also an indictment exposing the feudal comprador marriage system.