When getting married before liberation, the "double happiness" on both sides of the gate of the wedding room (man) and the "single happiness" posted by the married woman's house announced the good news of the wedding.
The wedding reception is the busiest time on the wedding day. Accompanied by flags, dragoons, umbrellas, fans, rituals and trumpeters, the male sedan chair went to the female door to make up. While giving her daughter red eggs, the mother told her not to step on the ground and go to the toilet this day to ensure safety. The bride can only bid farewell to her mother in tears and get on the sedan chair, despite her reluctance and anxiety. A bride wearing a red gauze, dressed in red from top to bottom, got into a sedan chair and held a large bottle of jujube chestnuts, which was blown to welcome her to the man's house. Behind the sedan chair, there is another person holding a mat, a boy holding a penis and a girl holding a big bottle. It is said that holding a chicken is to make it sing to ward off evil spirits. The mat on the mat is homophonic with "hi", which means happiness, while two bottles mean peace. When you get to the man's house, you have to lay a red carpet before the bride can walk off the carpet. After entering the door, you should go through the red fire basin first, which means that all the nine disasters and eighteen difficulties are blocked outside the door. From then on, you will climb higher and better forever. Enough worship, into the bridal chamber, the groom will use a scale to provoke the bride's red veil, drink a toast, the wedding is a successful conclusion. But the decoration of this new house also has many rules. Put a small amount of dates and chestnuts in the room, indicating early fruit; Putting walnuts and persimmons is also very particular, which means that the family (nuclear) is beautiful, (apple) is safe and sound, and (persimmon) is all the best, all of which represent people's expectation and pursuit of a new life.
Marriage certificates in the Republic of China are also very interesting. For example, in 25 years of the Republic of China, the names of references and witnesses were also written on the marriage certificate. Due to the specific background at that time, the marriage certificate changed rapidly. In just a few years, the form of marriage certificate will be different.
With the passage of time, the marriage customs in Tianjin have quietly changed. Complex marriage procedures have been replaced by simple procedures, and the popular "tent-pulling" marriage form in the 1970s and 1980s has been widely recognized by the people.
In 1970s and 1980s, people's living standard was very low, and most of them lived in bungalows, so Tianjin people built greenhouses in their own yards. The tables, chairs, benches and cookers in this shed are all their own, and some are borrowed from neighbors. Food is made into semi-finished products in advance. In Tianjin wedding custom, this is called "dropping the table", which means to implement. On the wedding day, look at the busy people coming and going, the "all lovely" who came to pick up the bride and the chef who came down to serve and cook. They are all brothers next door, and the atmosphere is very festive and lively, happy and harmonious. It really feels like "a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor". At this time, the bride price is much simpler. The sixties were three big pieces: watches, bicycles and sewing machines; In the 1970s, radios and cameras were added. The three major items in the 1980 s were: color TV, refrigerator and washing machine. People's marriage certificates are also quite political, and quotations from Chairman Mao became part of marriage certificates in the 1960s.
This marriage custom in Tianjin has distinct regional characteristics, and its process from complexity to simplicity is the struggle history of China people from weakness to strength!