Second, pre-marital preparation
According to the tradition in China, it is usually the man who prepares the house, the wedding banquet and takes photos. And the woman who married him with electrical appliances. Of course, there is not much difference between them. Now everyone does it according to their own actual situation, and the issue of bride price is different now. As far as I know, there are some, so I can't go into too much detail. Please forgive me. It may be different from Beijing now.
Generally speaking, men and women can't meet the day before the wedding (it's important not to meet three days in advance, hehe). At this time, both men and women should confirm the wedding preparations separately. The woman prepares the things to be placed on the wedding day in advance, and the man prepares the wedding layout, determines the vehicles, personnel and so on. In addition, if the bride's dowry (usually bedding, clothes, etc. Here, because people are too troublesome now, all the electrical appliances have been put in the new house.) It will be delivered by the woman the afternoon before the wedding, and the man will give the dowry a red envelope or invite him to dinner. The man is going to tie a float one day in advance, and then invite all the helpers to assign tasks that night. All this is in the charge of the wedding manager. I wonder if there is such a position for weddings in Beijing?
Third, the custom of the wedding day:
1. Time to pick up the bride: According to the custom of old Baoding, the sooner the better. The bride should be taken to her husband's house before the sun comes out, but many people don't do this now. But because of this, the time to pick up the bride is still very early. Usually the groom will leave home before 7 o'clock.
2. Briefly introduce the people who take care of relatives' farewell: usually the man helps, the manager, the best man, the thief, etc. And the man's sister-in-law should follow. Of course, many of us are only children now, so we can find cousins or colleagues, who are simply sisters-in-law. There are usually relatives, friends and bridesmaids here, and there should be a special woman to play the role of seeing the bride off. The most important thing is to have a burden.
When you get to the bride's house, it is inevitable to call the door. Anyway, it's hard for the groom. Red envelopes must be pulled out, but now many of them are fake, including melon seeds, peanuts, sugar and steel collapses. Hehe, just celebrating.
Generally, after entering the door, the man will rush to the bride first to press the money. As the name implies, waist money should be placed on the waist, generally not much. Just put one from 6 yuan, 8 yuan and 8 yuan, but now, in order to prevent being touched, many people hold it directly in their hands. In addition, the bride should bring a small comb and a small mirror, which seems to mean that she will be very comfortable in the future. Then we need to find the shoes. Baoding bride's shoes will be hidden, and the groom can't take the bride out until he finds them. So hiding shoes is a big deal. Many people's shoes are also more creative as they are hidden. Some are hidden outside the windowsill. I heard that the most malicious ones are hidden in the main computer box. Isn't it cool? After finding the shoes, the groom will personally put them on the bride and then send her a bunch of flowers. Both sides wear corsages to each other, and sometimes they take photos with their families or something. At this time, people who steal happiness will take four kinds of fruits and cakes arranged by the bride's family. Because they all seem to have been stolen before, they are now called stealing happiness, and now they usually take them aboveboard. The most important task of stealing happiness is to steal the water from the bride's house, because it is said that water represents wealth. Of course, the bride's family should watch the water. Also, the bride's family should prepare bowls, chopsticks and green onions for the best man to take away. Wrap some clothes for the bride and give them to her brother or sister (because they are all only children now, some are cousins and some are nephews). When going out, the groom must hold the bride, because the bride can't land when she goes out of her family's door. In addition, if the bride meets another wedding motorcade on the road, the best man will raise his chopsticks (it is said that it is best to throw them out first), and if he happens to meet something white, he will break the bowl.
When you arrive at the new house, the bellboy will appear, because the bride can't get off until the bellboy gets off. At this time, the general manager will usually come and give out red envelopes. As far as I know, there are 666,888,999. After the baby gets off the bus, the bride and groom should also get off. Of course, the groom still has to carry the bride upstairs. When you arrive at a new house, you usually take photos and make videos, and sometimes there will be small programs as a whole. Everyone enlivened the atmosphere, and almost at the same time, we began to eat.
Fourth, the wedding part:
The wedding part is similar to others. I don't think there is any special difference in arrangement and ceremony, except that our small city is not as modern as Beijing, hehe ~ ~ ~
Oh, by the way, if you change your name, Baoding will usually give you 1 10, which means wholeheartedly. At the wedding, parents-in-law (now the bride's parents) will be painted with ink for "washing".
5. Building a new house: Building a new house is a necessary project. Usually friends of the bride and groom do some small programs or something. The essential item here in Baoding is to eat jiaozi. I think everyone knows why.
Six, three days after the wedding, the bride will go back to her mother's house with her husband, which is also commonly known as Huimen. According to the previous stress, it was the husband's family who set the wine on the wedding day and the mother's family who set the wine on the return day, but now many people are together.
In short, there are many wedding customs in Xiongxian County, Baoding, Hebei Province, but in general, the following aspects should be followed:
1. Engagement requires gifts: 1.8 million yuan. This is a common practice in urban and rural areas in the past five years.
2. The banquet dishes are served in the following order:
(1) Four kinds of dried fruits: four kinds of dried fruits, peanuts or sweets.
(2) Four kinds of fresh fruits: apples, bananas, oranges and pitaya. Be careful not to carry pears.
(3) Four cold dishes: Four cold dishes can be matched at will.
(4) Eight heats: four hot dishes, two meats and two vegetarian dishes.
(5) Four bowls: mixed meat and vegetables, used as staple food.
This has been a custom in Baoding for many years, especially in rural areas in previous years. Old people in cities and rural areas now have the same idea.
I wish you happiness!