reporter Hou Mengfei
Beijing
this is a different wedding: marriage, resignation, travel. In September 25th last year, Henan's little girl and her three husband resigned and started their one year wedding. They travelled all over the country by hiking and hitchhiking, visiting 56 ethnic groups, wearing traditional national costumes, taking 56 sets of national wedding photos and recording the local national culture.
at present, two people have already photographed 19 sets of national costumes, including Mongolian, Hezhen, Baoan, Ewenki and Oroqen. Yesterday, reporters contacted the little Ji couple in Guangxi and listened to their stories on the road.
decide
to go to 56 nationalities "cross the door", with one year "full-time marriage"
Hezhen
Ji Yuting, after 90, the Henan coke, the other name small giji. He Tao, born in 1989, is a Shandong native with three aliases. In 2013, when they graduated from Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, they stayed in Chongqing to work. In three years, they worked hard and fell in love seriously.
last August, in order to give parents an account, two people got the marriage certificate. In order to give each other an account, they decided to hold a wedding ceremony.
no ceremony, they planned wedding on the road. "The first time we knew each other was on the road to Tibet on foot." Xiao Ji said, in a sudden decision to marry, the thought of the journey of acquaintances and love on the journey decided to step on the journey again. A special wedding was held in the way of "hiking and riding a car".
no diamond ring. They carved a wedding ring on their fingers for a lifetime. Three on the animal finger is an umbrella like "T", while Xiao Ji has a smiling face "T". "Umbrella means that three animals shelter me from wind and rain, and I am responsible for giggling until I am old." Little gie said.
after nearly a year of preparation and wiring, they started from Chongqing last September 25th. "This year, we get married full-time, understand the culture of 56 nationalities, wear their national costumes, and take 56 very meaningful wedding photos."
harvest
road to others to bring joy to others, "warm"
run more than a dozen provinces, small giji and three animals of the way, no more than the relay of the love owner. In the small car, there are warm heartwarming stories.
on the way from Gansu to Ningxia, Xiao Ji and three animals carried an old man's love ride. During the conversation, the old man's son needed to be hospitalized because of illness. The old man had to rush to Yinchuan to send his son the information needed for hospitalization. The vehicle was just high speed, but was blocked by fog and forced to go under high speed. It will not use vehicle navigation, is not familiar with road conditions, and is afraid to delay his son's admission. The old man is very anxious.
unfamiliar little Ji and three animals, according to mobile phone navigation, smoothly send the old man to the destination. "The old man has been thanking us before we left." Xiao Ji said that the society should have helped each other and help each other. Sometimes, they all share some easy and happy stories. "We are really happy when they see their emotions better, respectively."
last November, two people were walking on the Root River of 10 degrees Celsius below zero in Inner Mongolia. "All the brows on the hat and eyebrows were very excited at that time." Little Ji said, suddenly a car stopped and picked them up. After getting on the bus, the driver's brother burst into a face. Later I learned that walking in such a cold outdoor environment is especially prone to frostbite.
let Xiao Ji memorable hitchhiking too much. In order to thank those who helped them, and to get more people to learn more about the interesting national culture, these stories were written on the WeChat public, "ride to the wedding." "These words and pictures are the most valuable asset of our wedding!"
hard
each picture has a story, "fish leather clothing" seven days to find
weighed more than 20 jin, water and grain for one day; in the Root River of more than 20 degrees Celsius on foot, cell phone cameras are frozen all shut down; three o'clock in the morning were caught in the bed... At present, two people have photographed 19 sets of wedding photos of Qiang, Mongolian, Baoan, Korean, Dongxiang and Ewenki nationalities. Behind every photo, there are endless stories.
in January this year, two people headed north from Harbin to the border - Street Tianjin mouth to find the minority - the second - few minority nationalities - the Hezhe ethnic group.
with the help of the curator of a museum of art in Tongjiang City, they borrowed a genuine "fish skin". "The chief curator said he would choose salmon as a fish skin. Traditional fish skin and sewing thread are made of fish tendons, and buttons are made of fishbone. "The couple looked for seven days and eight nights in order to find such a traditional costume."
in order to borrow a Mongolian costume, he even had 25 "closed doors", looking for clothes that had disappeared, and squatting for the whole afternoon in the Cultural Bureau.
vision
record national culture and do "full-time marriage" all my life
if this trip starts, they want to give themselves a special wedding. In the course of the March, two people have new ideas: record and disseminate national culture.
before the two people set out, WeChat public number was set up to share their knowledge and experience on WeChat public. "At the very beginning, we just wanted to share our experiences with friends. Later, more and more people were concerned about it, hoping that we could share more national cultures." Xiao Ji said that they all know about fur. They also set up WeChat groups, invited people who knew the road along the road and loved their own national culture, and opened a WeChat "share meeting" every week to share the culture and history of their own nation.
for the future, Xiao Ji and the three animals also have their own plans. "We have two plans. One is to go back to the original company and continue to work on time. One is to get married in a full-time manner in the present way." Xiao Ji said that although the second kinds of difficulties are much larger, no choice will be regretted. "This is life. Each is worth taking seriously."