哭嫁,在黔东北土家族中俗称“哭妈妈娘”、“哭姊妹”。是流行于全国包括汉、土家、侗、彝、壮等民族在内的婚姻风俗,其中,尤以湘鄂黔渝边的土家族聚居区最为典型。关于哭嫁的起源,清末以来较多的学者认为,与父系制家庭掠夺婚的出现有密切关系。刘伟民的《东莞婚歌研究》一文称:这种习俗在古代掠夺婚姻盛行的游牧社会中就已经产 Crying marriage, commonly known in Tujia in Qiandongbei “crying mother ”, “cry sister ”. Is popular in the country, including Han, Tujia, Dong, Yi, Zhuang and other ethnic groups, including marriage customs, among them, especially in Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou and Chongqing Tujia neighborhoods most typical. Since the late Qing Dynasty, more scholars regard the origin of crying marriage as closely related to the emergence of predatory marriage by patriarchal families. Liu Weimin’s “Dongguan Song of Song Studies” article said: This practice in ancient predatory marriage in the nomadic society has been produced