What does it mean to get married at both ends?
Double-headed marriage, this kind of marriage does not belong to men marrying women, nor does it belong to women recruiting men for adoption. After marriage, the young couple still maintain a certain degree of "stickiness" to the family they came from, and generally live in separate rooms. Usually they will have two children. The first takes the father's surname, which is mainly raised by the man, and the second takes the mother's surname, which is mainly raised by the woman. In two married families, there is no concept of grandparents. Children call their parents grandparents.
Where is the custom of getting married at both ends?
This is a new form of marriage that has quietly emerged in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in recent years. This situation mainly occurs in Hangjiahu area. The parties to the case I contacted were concentrated in Jiubao, Linping and Yuhang around Hangzhou, most of which were places where villages turned into communities, and Huzhou. Second marriage is very common.
Where does Jiangsu and Zhejiang mean?
"Jiangsu and Zhejiang" in a broad sense refers to all areas under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, while "Jiangsu and Zhejiang" in a narrow sense usually refers to cities in the Yangtze River Delta region under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province: Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Nantong, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Yangzhou and Taizhou; Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Zhoushan and Taizhou in Zhejiang Province.
Jiangsu and Zhejiang scenic spots
Jiangsu-Nanjing: Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Qixia Mountain, Ming Tombs, Yuhuatai, Xuanwu Lake, Tangshan Hot Spring, Presidential Palace, Mochou Lake, Yangtze River Bridge, Confucius Temple, Qinhuai River and so on. Zhenjiang: Jinshan Temple in Jinshan, Jiao Shan, Beigushan and so on. Yangzhou: Slender West Lake and so on. Wuxi: Yuantouzhu, San'guo City, Huishan, the second spring in the world, Lingshan Giant Buddha, Taihu Xiandao, Meiyuan, etc. Yixing: Zhanggong Cave, Shanjuan Cave, etc. Nantong: Wolf Mountain and so on. Suzhou: Tiger Hill, Hanshan Temple, Humble Administrator's Garden, Liuyuan, Lion Forest, Dongshan, Xishan, Tongli, Zhouzhuang, Mudu, North Temple Tower, Furong Garden and so on. Kunshan: Thousand lamps and so on.
Zhejiang-Jiaxing: Nanhu, etc. Haining: Leather City, former residence of Jin Yong, tide watching, etc. Hangzhou: Ten West Lake Scenes (Su Causeway Xiao Chun, Quyuan Fenghe, Pinghu Qiuyue, Canxue Broken Bridge, Liuyang Wenying, Huagang Fish Watching, Leifeng Sunset, Cloudy Twin Peaks, Nanping Evening Bell, Santan Yinyue), Pagoda of Six Harmonies, Huanglong Cave, Tiger Run, Qingshan Lake, Lingyin Temple, Wuzhen, Wangyue Temple, Fuchun River and Qiandao Lake. Lin 'an: Daming Mountain, West Zhejiang Grand Canyon, Bamboo Sea, etc. Tonglu: drifting or something. Shaoxing: Lu Xun's former residence, Shenyuan, Ke Yan, Jianhu, Luzhen, Dayu Tomb, etc. Ningbo: Tianyi Pavilion, Tiantongshan, Xikou, Xiangshan and so on. Zhoushan: shenjiamen, Mount Putuo and so on. Wenzhou: Taishun covered bridge and so on. Jinhua: Shuanglong Cave, Zhuge Bagua Village and so on. Lishui: Wonderland and so on. There are many places in Zhejiang.
Jiangsu and Zhejiang customs
Custom 1: Kill pigs in the New Year.
About a month and a half before the Chinese New Year, Zhejiang people will bring their fattened pigs to the market, and then invite their relatives, friends and neighbors to have a lively pig-killing dinner to share the sumptuous pork dinner and the joy of the coming New Year!
Custom: cured meat
Bacon is a special food in Zhejiang. After the pig is killed, the fresh meat is pickled and put into a pickling tank. Marinate for a few days, take it out, then set up a shelf and smoke it with firewood. After a period of time, the meat will become bright, oily and fragrant.
Bacon can also be preserved for a long time, just as it can prolong the joy of the New Year. Low temperature drying environment is suitable for curing bacon. The general shelf life is 3-6 months. According to the moisture content, ambient temperature and humidity, the shelf life of bacon is different. If it exceeds 6 months, the quality will be difficult to guarantee.
Custom 3: Eat rice cakes with Bazin.
Many places in Zhejiang have the saying of "beating Bazin" at the age of 28. It's almost thirty, it's freezing outside, and Bazin is in full swing in the house!
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Some people in Zhejiang will take this time to buy some high-end goods, and some jewelry stores will prepare enough materials before the Spring Festival, waiting for customers to make jewelry.
Custom: buy new year's goods.
Every household should buy all kinds of new year's goods, needless to say, lanterns and spring festival couplets, as well as food and play. Especially chicken and fish. Chickens indicate good luck, and of course there are a lot of fish every year!
Custom: light a lamp to keep the year.
Zhejiang people have the habit of lighting up on New Year's Eve to watch the New Year. This means that on New Year's Eve, all places should be lit up. New Year's Eve begins on New Year's Eve. Take your time with this dinner. The Lantern Festival is about to start. Some families have to eat late into the night. Keeping the custom of New Year's Eve is not only to cherish the past years, but also to look forward to the coming New Year.
Custom: ancestor worship
Ancestor worship is a grand folk activity of Zhejiang people during the Spring Festival. Before the arrival of New Year's Eve, every family should give their genealogy and memorial tablet to their class, set the table, set incense burners and offerings, pay homage to their parents, light three incense sticks, pray for a bumper harvest, and finally burn paper money, commonly known as' giving money to food'! Now it is more common to set bowls and chopsticks to worship the dead old people before eating, so as to pay New Year greetings and commemorate them.
After dinner or at the beginning of the first month, all families, big or small, will go to the place where their ancestors are buried to make sacrifices. Sacrifices must be prepared in advance, including firecrackers, incense sticks, burning paper, and sent to the cemetery for burning, which will be counted as expenses for ancestors to celebrate the New Year. It is inevitable to knock on the head, set off firecrackers, and then walk around the cemetery. Worshipers will take the opportunity to express their prayers and wishes.
On the fifteenth day of the first month, the ancestor worship came to an end, "I plan to spend the New Year." 15, I will set off firecrackers to see my ancestors off.
Custom: set off firecrackers
At midnight, the New Year bell rang and fireworks began to ring. At this time, the bright lights inside and the buzzing outside pushed the lively atmosphere of New Year's Eve to a climax. However, with the entry into modern times, people began to pay more attention to its danger, and perhaps it will soon withdraw from the stage of Zhejiang New Year pictures.
Special note: Because of the danger of fireworks and firecrackers, all parts of Zhejiang have clearly issued policies, stipulating that some areas cannot set off fireworks. Before setting off fireworks, you should determine your local policy! Also, for the safety of yourself and your family, you must buy fireworks produced by regular manufacturers!