What is a top and a face?
There are many traditional wedding customs in Guangzhou wedding, leaving the top and noodles behind. In ancient times, when a person was twenty years old, he had to perform a "coronation ceremony" to show his adulthood. And 14-year-old woman "and gifts". Mark the age of marriage. Therefore, bar mitzvah and marriage are inextricably linked. On the eve of marriage, the woman's family should give her daughter a "head" and "face". "Top" means to change your hairstyle and put your braids in a bun. It is a very delicate ceremony for men and women to be dressed by a woman in their own homes. Comb your hair with a new comb, and the person who helps your boss must be a "lucky person" (commonly known as "lucky guy" and "lucky woman"), that is, this person is a person who has no one to recognize and has a house full of children. ) While combing my hair, I said loudly: comb it to the end, comb it to Qi Mei with white hair, comb it to the children and grandchildren, and comb it to four silver bamboo shoots. After the promised marriage, a woman needs to change her hairstyle to show that she is no longer a girl, but a bride who is going to get married. "Going to the top" means not only combing the hair and bun, but also dressing up the whole head, painting a thrush on the face and applying makeup. "Face-opening", also known as "face-opening", is actually the beauty shave of the bride, which means the end of girlhood. It means to twist the hair off the bride's face with fine wool to make her face smoother. Generally, a "blessed person", that is, an elderly woman with in-laws, parents, husbands and children, will be invited to twist the hair off the girl's face with fine thread, trim her eyebrows and trim her sideburns. After the "summit" and "face-opening", the woman should entertain her elders and neighbors, as well as her soon-to-be-married daughter. Folks believe that when a daughter reaches the top, she is a family member, and the family must treat her as a guest, so the banquet is very rich, and her daughter is also arranged at the top of the banquet. Besides congratulating the married girl, the elders and neighbors should also educate her to respect her in-laws, serve her husband well and handle the relationship between good sister-in-law and her aunt.