Getting married for good luck and good omen is called a red wedding, and Geng is pasted with red paper. There must be red hi eggs in the gifts, which are round and harmonious like the "number one scholar", and are associated with red dates (early), peanuts (raw), longan (expensive) and lotus seeds (seeds); Synthesize the gorgeous characters of "early birth, no.1 scholar". After getting married, distribute this egg and candy to relatives and neighbors. Dowry, worship of saints, doors and windows are all affixed with paper-cut with double happiness or auspicious patterns.
Please raise the flag
In the past, matchmakers ran between male and female netizens to make peace and invited Geng Tie to the public on behalf of the man. The man put Geng Tie in front of the kitchen god incense burner, and Buji got married three days later. Within seven days, the family was safe, and the matchmaker sent the man's post to the woman's house. After Buji, they agreed to hire him and not return Geng's position.
be engaged in
In the old society, engagement was divided into "small engagement" and "big engagement". The betrothal is agreed before the betrothal, and the amount of betrothal determines the dowry. "Xiaoding" hired a pair of gold rings, cakes, fish and other gifts; The woman sent back a tube of ten Jiangxi porcelain bowls, which means "bowl" harmony and "stability", and "century-old harmony", as well as red dates and peanuts. As a formal engagement, "Dading" mainly gives the engagement money and the marriage certificate of Longfeng. The woman puts away the marriage certificate of the man, and the other one is filled in the original mailbox and sent back to the man by the matchmaker. "Big decisions" and "sending to Japan" often go hand in hand. That is, the man will also inform the woman of the wedding date.
marry
The day before the wedding, the woman gave a banquet to entertain the guests. Ji Chen is chosen to unscrew the hair from the bride's face in nave, which is called "opening the forehead". The mother gives her daughter a gift, which is called "reaching the summit". On the wedding day, the man receives the dowry first. Then the wedding procession began. Daughters, mothers and daughters, sisters and aunts cried goodbye. The content is usually: miss parents, exhort daughters or complain about grievances. The Weeping Wedding Song is circulated everywhere.
From the sedan chair to the man's house, the best man recited hymns and held a ceremony in memory of the bride according to the contents of the hymns. The bride was covered with a double-happiness new rice screen by two "stone-leaving people" and crossed the brazier with the groom to nave to worship heaven and earth. All the people sprinkled red and green rice and red flowers. After the ceremony, enter the bridal chamber, eat "rice" and drink "toast". After nave's banquet, the first table stays at the top, which is called "the first place". For example, the seat where the father-in-law or uncle sits.
(of relatives and friends) teasing the newlyweds on their wedding night.
As the saying goes, "the seven-day bridal chamber has no size", and making love on the wedding day is particularly fierce. Friends and relatives came, and the bride offered cigarettes and tea. Guests tease the bride, have problems, ask for gifts, often humiliate the bride and groom, and the host and guest break up in discord. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the new houses were much more civilized than before. If the guests have deviant words and deeds, they will accompany their peers or elders to mediate. This custom has gradually disappeared.
In some areas, there is a custom of singing congratulations, such as "three-character classics stand for Sichuan, and husband and wife get along well for a hundred years;" Husband and wife became good friends, while Floyd Xi Shou was comprehensive. "
partygoing
That is, the mother-in-law ceremony will be held three days after marriage. The banquet was held in the middle hall, with the sky as the main theme, the seal as the bottom, and a female guest seat next to it. Play class music, the bride takes the lead, the woman names, the female guests sit down, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law exchange places with the music. The bride greeted the guests as the host.
Civilized marriage
After the May 4th Movement, some people imitated weddings in western countries and invited local celebrities as witnesses to officiate at weddings. Both parents call them hosts. At the beginning of the wedding, the groom in a suit and tie and the bride in a white dress walked into the venue side by side with the music. The witness, the wife who presided over the wedding, the groom and the bride all stamped the marriage book, the married couple exchanged rings and bowed to each other, and then the witness, the wife who presided over the wedding and the couple spoke.
After liberation, marriage letters became simple. Cadres only serve tea when they get married. In 1970s, marriage customs became more and more complicated. When engaged, the man will give gold ornaments, and the woman will give back clothes and shoes. Both parties share wedding candy with relatives and friends. When getting married, most women bring sewing machines, bicycles and other "four big pieces". By the 1980s, some economically developed areas had a serious trend of keeping up with the joneses, and the bride price was high, with 500 grams of gold ornaments and more than 10,000 yuan. The woman came back with high-end suits and motorcycles. When she got married, the woman also brought the "new five big pieces" such as color TV, refrigerator and stereo dual-channel tape recorder.