Fourth, wedding customs.
In ancient times, there were six complete wedding customs: receiving gifts, asking names, Naji, receiving gifts, inviting guests and welcoming relatives. However, since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the complete six rites have ceased to exist. As recorded in a large number of local chronicles, "weddings vary from place to place. There are only four gifts left: asking names, receiving gifts, inviting guests, welcoming guests, and some people who don't want them. " (Qianlong: "Pingyang Fu Zhi")
After liberation, the old and new wedding forms alternated, and the new wedding forms gradually replaced the old ones. During the Republic of China, new, more civilized and modern wedding forms were implemented everywhere. As a new wedding custom, we will introduce it in detail as follows:
"Marriage certificate, still use the Khmer Rouge, but the wedding ceremony, witnesses, references, the groom and the bride, all signed. The wedding was held in front of the court and music was played. The host stood facing the north, announced the "male and female guest seats" and stood in the north. Men and women can marry anyone, but stand in the south. All men and women are sitting, while things are standing. Get married, introduce people to the table, and stand in the south. Everyone is seated, but the north is standing. The seats for male and female guests to attract the groom and female guests are all facing north.
Play music. The witness reads the certificate and exchanges ornaments for the bride and groom. The bride and groom hold a wedding, and things stand opposite each other. Double bow. Play music.
The host and the marriage seeker gave training and advice, and the groom and wife bowed three times to thank the marriage witness and introducer.
Representatives of male and female guests paid tribute, presented flowers and bowed. Play music.
The bride and groom made a thank-you speech and bowed twice.
Female guests represent civilized wedding songs.
Witnesses, references, male guests and female guests have all retired.
The bride and groom accept the wedding ceremony of men and women and all the ceremonies of men and women's families, and play music. Wedding ceremony for men and women and elders facing south, bowing three times, men and women facing east; Bow twice. Both men and women salute each other, east and west facing each other, bowing twice.
Men and women attract the bride and groom back. The men and women who presided over the ceremony, all men and women, as well as the boss and master of ceremonies, retired. After the ceremony, the banquet began. (Republic of China 12: Linfen County Records)
Today's rural marriage customs are basically the same, but they are more characteristic of the times in content and form.