I don't know when it started, and the content of laying manhole covers with red paper has been added to the wedding procedures in our city. The number of manhole covers passing through the building area varies from several to dozens in different places. A piece of red paper reflects the celebration of the wedding, but it also brings trouble to the cleaning work of the community. What does it mean to seal the manhole cover with red paper, or does it have another connotation?
Customers and enterprises don't know each other.
The fact that the manhole cover is covered with red paper reminds reporters of some strange phenomena in our city in recent years. For example, a mother buys canned peaches for her son and a mother-in-law buys gold beads for her daughter-in-law, which can keep people safe. Due to the spread of this statement, the sales of related commodities have increased sharply. Then, do merchants want to use the superstition of the masses to seal the manhole cover with red paper to increase product sales? With such questions, the reporter visited several businesses engaged in wedding supplies in Baihua Garden.
Sister Hu said, "Red paper is cheap and thin, and you can't make much money. People came to buy it, and we didn't ask what to do. Later, we discovered that some people began to use it to seal the manhole cover. "
Aunt Zhang said: "The manhole cover is sealed to ward off evil spirits. I am afraid of stepping on bad luck. Everyone wants to get married for good luck. There used to be so many in the countryside. It only rose in the city in recent years. "
Uncle Yu answered more simply. He said: "I don't know why people buy it. I haven't asked, and I haven't heard of anyone selling paper to send messages. I can't sell it for a few more dollars."
So, do customers who buy red paper know the meaning? The reporter interviewed several customers at random.
Miss Liu said: "The old people let them buy it, and the designation of red is Tujili. We don't know what the specific statement is. "
Aunt Sun said, "I didn't pay attention to what year it started. I never heard of it when we got married. When we attended the wedding, we saw that there was a manhole cover now, so we came over and bought some for our children. "
Mr. Kong: "The etiquette company we were looking for said so, so we bought it and said we would just lay the manhole cover."
Etiquette company said.
Subsequently, the reporter consulted Wu Qin, the head of Geely Etiquette Company. I got this answer: "There are two kinds of sayings circulating now. First, there is a saying about rural marriage. Old people are afraid that ghosts under the manhole cover will be attached to the bride and the daughter-in-law will be "demonized" after going through the door, so they seal the manhole cover along the way with red paper and choose lucky numbers such as 8, 18 and 28 according to the distance. Moreover, some people don't understand. When they see the manhole cover, they are sealed. There are no specific figures. Ask him why, no one can tell the truth; Another way of saying this is a love story of a minority. A man and a woman are in love. The man is a young master and the woman is a girl. The man's family does not allow them to combine. They eloped together and were arrested. Later, the woman was thrown into the well, and the man didn't know. The man's family found another cousin for the man. As a result, on the wedding day, the woman became a ghost and came out of the well. So, in order to avoid bad luck, the well will be sealed with red paper in the future. Of course, these are all folklore, and no one knows the origin of this custom. "
Folk experts dispel doubts
Then, what is the reason for laying the manhole cover with red paper when welcoming the wedding? Is it superstition or minority customs? We consulted the responsible comrades of the Culture and Education Department of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau.
He said: "According to the folk customs we have at present, it does not belong to the marriage customs of any ethnic minority. It may be a superstitious practice handed down by ordinary people, in order to get married and seek luck. "
It seems that the wedding manhole cover "wearing wedding clothes" is not a gimmick deliberately fabricated by individual businesses to promote goods, but a way for ordinary people to avoid misfortune when they get married, adding a festive color to the wedding.