Hubei marriage custom
1. Wedding Eve
Worship: the man worships the ancestors of heaven and earth the day before the wedding and tells them that there is a wedding to be held. Anqing Li: Obey my mother to decide the position of the bed according to the constellation and the location of the house.
2. On the wedding day
Ancestor worship: before a man gets married, he should worship his ancestors first.
3. Wedding blessing: The wedding blessing team should be an even number, preferably a multiple of 6. Firecrackers: the wedding car should set off firecrackers on the road to celebrate. Sister table: Before leaving, the bride will have dinner with her family to say goodbye. Everyone should say auspicious words. Ask the groom: When the limousine arrived at the bride's house, a boy was waiting for the groom with a tea tray. After getting off the bus, the groom gave the boy a red envelope and went into the woman's house.
Please: When the groom greets his family after meeting the woman, he should hold a bunch of flowers for the bride who is about to get married. At this time, the sister or friend of the bride S should deliberately obstruct it. After the groom begged, he made a deal with a red envelope gift of 999 yuan, which was still unfinished.
4. hijab: After the groom holds the flowers, he puts down the bride's veil and pulls it out of the hall. Farewell: the bride and groom burn incense to worship their ancestors, the bride kowtows to her parents to say goodbye, and the groom bows. Going out: The bride is escorted by a senior female elder with a bamboo curtain or a black umbrella and enters the limousine.
5. Concierge car: A bamboo should be hung from the root to the leaf, and radish is hung on the root, indicating that it has a head and a tail. There are eight diagrams and bamboo ornaments in China ink painting at the back of the car.
6. Fan worship: Before the bride boarded the limousine, she held the fans on the tea tray for the lucky boy all her life and gave the bride a red envelope gift. Never say goodbye: never say goodbye to a woman's family when everyone is leaving her home.
7. Water splashing: After the bride got on the limousine, the parents of the bride S spilled a bowl of water, rice and white rice on the bride, indicating that her daughter was already splashing water. I wish her food and clothing.
8. Throw a fan: After the limousine is started, the bride throws the fan out of the window to show that she has abandoned her bad temper; After throwing the fan, you should cry a few times and cover the bamboo curtain behind the limousine as a symbol of wealth. The wedding procession takes bamboo screening as the first step, with green bamboo with roots and leaves and a piece of pork at the end of the bamboo to prevent evil spirits and white tigers.
9. firecrackers: set off firecrackers all the way. When the car arrives at the man's house, firecrackers should be set off at home. Touch oranges: A child with two oranges greets the couple. The bride touched the orange lightly and returned a red envelope.
10. Holding the bride: When the bride gets off the limousine, a lucky elder of the man will put a bamboo curtain on the bride. He raised his head and helped her into the hall. Avoid stepping on the threshold: the threshold represents the facade, and newcomers should cross the threshold. When the bride enters the hall, she must step over the brazier and crush the tiles.
1. Serve tea: introduce the bride to the elders at home.
12. Worship heaven and earth: the couple worship heaven and earth once, worship Gaotang twice, and the husband and wife worship each other and send them to the bridal chamber. Entering the bridal chamber: cover the bed with a bamboo curtain, put a bronze mirror on the table to meditate, and the bride and groom sit on the bench with their pants in advance, which means that they are heart-to-heart and want a boy in the future. Then the groom lifts the bride's veil, raises a glass and drinks sweet soup, which symbolizes the early birth of your son. Avoid bringing a new bed: no one can bring a new bed on the wedding day.