Taxkorgan, , CHINA

Mar 22, 2023 1:24 PM

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(230322) -- TAXKORGAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The wedding procession dances outside the home of the bride Gulihan Jrbli in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2023. In Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, many young men and women prefer to get married in the spring season. Recently in Fumin Village, 25-year-old Gulihan Jrbli and her groom Mairmaitih Tirmur held a wedding after falling in love for more than three years. The ceremony was conducted according to traditional Tajik wedding custom, with relatives, friends and villagers singing and dancing to celebrate. As a national intangible cultural heritage, Tajik wedding custom has become a name card of cultural tourism in the county. Many tourists come to the weddings, sharing joy and happiness together. Gulihan's family used to live deep in the mountains. In 2018, her family moved to Fumin Village, formerly a part of a relocation site for poverty alleviation in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County. Then by chance Gulihan met with Mairmaitih who worked in the county seat during that time. After shaking off poverty, the relocation site has been renamed Fumin Village and Aimin Village, embarking on a new journey of successive promotion of rural revitalization. Like the newlywed couple, there are more young people moving to the new villages to embrace a happier life. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)