中国・雲南省

Mosuo Chengding Li

日本語で読む
Mosuo Chengding Li: Girls Put On Skirts and Boys Put On Trousers at Thirteen
Ritual
成丁礼(女子穿裙・男子穿裤)
Region and community
中国・雲南省/摩梭(モソ)文化
Age at the cultural rite
Age 13
Transition conditions
Reaching a recognized age / Community initiation
Legal age of majority

About the rite

In the Mosuo Chengding Li of Yunnan, a young person changes clothing at about thirteen by traditional count. Girls put on skirts and boys put on trousers, making the new social stage visible to family and community.

A local report documents a boy’s ceremony in February 2026.