The Yao ethnic group has very unique marriage customs. One is the tradition of "recruiting a man" (marrying into the wife's family), and the other is the free love method of "taking orchids". It is a common phenomenon to recruit a man to come to the door. Families without girls will "recruit" a girl so that she can grow up and "recruit a man" to continue the family. After recruiting a man, there is "the man takes the woman's surname", that is, after the man arrives at the woman's house, he must change his surname to the woman's. "Two do not separate the clans" After marriage, the production and life of the two families must be taken care of in turn. The first child born takes the mother's surname, and the second child takes the father's surname. This shows that women have a higher status. "Taking orchids" refers to groups of girls carrying exquisite small bamboo baskets covered with flower handkerchiefs to seek mates on holidays. At the same time, there are groups of young men looking for a partner. When they take a fancy to a girl, they take the flower basket when she is not prepared, put snacks in it, and give it to the girl. Then they both walk out of the crowd and go to a secluded and elegant place to sing songs and fall in love to enhance mutual understanding. They can also date many times until both parties are satisfied. The Yao ethnic group's law-making ceremony when men turn 12 is also very unique.