Wedding custom throwing thimble handkerchief
Generally speaking, when a newly-married woman marries a man's house, she will take the thimble handkerchief as an item in her dowry as a symbol of virtue. You can do needlework after marriage. It also means getting rid of all bad things and avoiding evil spirits. It is said that the bride should prepare a certain number of thimbles when she gets married. If she meets another wedding car on the way to the wedding car, she should throw the thimble out of the car to prevent the wedding. In other words, all she has to do is push all the bad things back and make herself smooth. Handkerchiefs are similar to thimbles. On your wedding day, when you meet a new person who got married on the same day, the bride will throw a red handkerchief at the other person. There is a folk saying that two happy events collide. Throw a red handkerchief, meet the groom on the bridge or railway, and throw coins. All the above practices are for good luck.
The idea of a wedding thimble
There is a saying about wedding thimbles in order to avoid conflicts between husband and wife before marriage. That is to say, when you say a word about thimbles, you will immediately push them back, so you should throw them away on your wedding day or exchange thimbles, and both sides will keep each other's thimbles, so you can't push them in the future! In fact, this is a way for husband and wife to get along, which means that both husband and wife should tolerate each other! This custom is mainly popular in southern China, but I don't know when it appeared.
The idea of a wedding handkerchief
It is a traditional wedding custom to prepare a red handkerchief for marriage. According to the older generation, the red handkerchief for marriage means that two friends are newly married and will meet within three months of marriage. Both men and women should give each other red handkerchiefs, which means good luck. It is also commonly known as "for happiness", so there is no need to prepare this wedding supplies. If you happen to meet friends who get married almost at the same time, you can exchange with each other, which can be described as double happiness.