1. Kyrgyzstan's appearance is very close to that of the Chinese, and in the three periods of the Western Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Western Liao and Mongolian Yuan, the Chinese nation and the local people engaged in large-scale intermarriage. In the 12th Zodiac Year, red clothes are worn in the Year of the Zodiac, and according to the old custom, the gods are sacrificed on the birthday of the Year of The Zodiac, and livestock is slaughtered for almsgiving.
2. The traditional headdress of Kyrgyz women is called "Elicek", which consists of a scarf, hat, and turban, decorated with pendants made of precious metals. Traditional costumes are wide, brightly coloured skirts with knitted velvet robes or small shoulders.
3, Kyrgyz men like to wear "Karpac", which is a white high-crowned felt hat, the top is embellished with a tassel, the brim of the hat is inlaid with a black line, and the body of the hat is embroidered with a beautiful pattern.
4, Kyrgyzstan is the main ethnic group of Kyrgyzstan, called The Kyrgyz in the mainland, belongs to the yellow and white mixed race, tall and tall, high nose bridge is the typical characteristics of the ethnic group, mainly black hair, blonde hair, gray hair and red hair, general hospitality.
5, Kyrgyz people attach great importance to hats, take the wrong hat, throw hats or walk without hats are considered impolite.
6. Kyrgyz people are able to go from primary school to high school graduation free of charge, and 20% of them are still compulsory at university.
7, Kyrgyzstan due to the number of women and men, polygamy in many places, basically do not need any bride price, mainly 60 sheep thighs as a necessity for betrothed, in Kyrgyzstan, sheep is the largest wealth capital.
8, the custom of eating lamb is very interesting, sheep ears for children to eat (meaning docile and obedient), sheep eyes for women to eat (meaning to see beauty), sheep tongue for girls to eat (meaning to speak beautifully).
9, in the west of Kyrgyzstan, many local large families, every year to hold horse racing to recruit sons-in-law, somewhat similar to the ancient mainland competition to recruit relatives, only good equestrian, physically strong boys have the ability to compete to the end, the winner three days later and the daughter of the big family married, and has the right to inherit the family inheritance.
10, Kyrgyzstan's Kabbalist ethnic group, is a minority, the population is only more than 20,000 people, if you meet women of this ethnic group on the road, do not casually ask the other party whether there is an object, if you ask, in case the other party is single, you can not escape, the probability will be a door-to-door son-in-law.
11. In the northern region of Kyrgyzstan, the custom of making a cave house is popular for marriage, and on the night of the wedding, the little uncle takes the urinal to the sister-in-law and says some blessings while taking it.
12. On the eve of childbirth, Kyrgyz women attach great importance to their families, and customs are also various, such as the Tumar amulet worn on the body and the avoidance made of bear claws and eagle claws on the clothes, and more exaggeratedly, some families hang a live musket on the top of the mother's head.
13. The custom of "bride snatching" in Kyrgyzstan has arisen in the 12th century and is still repeatedly prohibited. To exaggerate, walking on Jiguo Street is at risk of being robbed. About 15,000 women are targeted for kidnapping by suitors each year, about 2,000 of whom are violently attacked, according to agencies.
14, kidnapping the bride roughly has two forms, one is that both men and women have long been in love, they in accordance with traditional customs to direct themselves to perform a farce of "robbing the wife", and finally get married. This is a very few cases, but it is more of another - a "kidnapping" carefully planned by the man without the woman's knowledge. In Kyrgyzstan, once a woman enters a man's home, she is considered unclean. In this conservative country, girls who have lost their virginity and have no home are treated as "damaged objects" and will never have the opportunity to remarry once they leave strangers around them. In the face of condoned violence, the vast majority of girls are eventually forced to accept the tragic reality of "marrying a chicken with a chicken and marrying a dog with a dog".