The man visited the woman's house for the first time and was called the "son-in-law". If the woman doesn't like the man introduced by the matchmaker, or after a period of love between men and women, the woman is dissatisfied, and the mountain people are euphemistic and won't tell each other directly, making it impossible for people to step down in public. At this time, the family around the man diffuseness, wine and food. After a full meal, the woman took out a noodle to pick up food, which means "blowing lights". Because "noodle" is a kind of pasta cut by knife with separation as the main method, it is commonly called "definitely slice", which means to cut off contacts. If the woman is interested in her future son-in-law, it goes without saying that she will give "poached egg noodles" or jiaozi as food.
When the relationship is confirmed, both men and women begin to get married. Throughout the marriage process, the most eaten is "steamed bread". Steamed buns are carried in bamboo baskets in the local area, and their hometown people call them "baskets". Women send buns to inform their relatives and friends of the wedding date, which is called "book basket". This steamed bread was asked by the woman from the man according to the number of relatives and friends at the same time, because after the woman accepted the steamed bread, she would give it to her relatives and friends to show when to "send her daughter away." Therefore, the man mostly shows off his wealth to the woman's family with half a catty to a catty of dry flour as the standard, and the woman also calls it "sending big steamed buns". So people often use "when to eat your big bun" to ask a woman's wedding date. At the same time, the man also gave 20 big steamed buns to the matchmaker to thank the matchmaker for matchmaking, which was called "thank the media basket". On the wedding day, the woman's closest relatives went to the man's house to recognize relatives and congratulate each other with boxes full of steamed bread. Each family brings sixty or thirty steamed buns, 60 of which are called a box and 30 are called half a box. On the third day after marriage, the man took out a number of steamed buns from the "food box" given by the woman, the number of which was generally four times that of the woman's head of household, and took them to the woman's house. This means "Hui". The groom gives them to the woman's next of kin, calling them "Hui San Basket". On the first wheat summer after marriage, the man steamed steamed steamed buns with newly harvested wheat on both sides as the standard, and the quantity was the same as that of "three baskets", which were distributed to the woman's closest relatives and called "wheat summer baskets". After the marriage, on the second day of the first month of the following year, the bride and groom brought a number of steamed stuffed buns with the same "wheat summer basket" to the bride's nearest relative's house to pay New Year's greetings. This kind of "basket" needs to be kept for three years, which is called "Chinese New Year basket".
If sending steamed buns is a kind of "exchange ceremony" in marriage, eating "noodles" is a symbol, and eating "jiaozi" is a kind of benefit.
Probably because lingering "noodles" can best represent the mentality of both parties in marriage, noodles have become the staple food and protagonist in marriage. No matter how rich the dishes are, noodles are also essential. If you don't eat noodles, you won't leave a blessing for the couple. Noodles are not only served to relatives and friends on the wedding day, but also girls begin to eat "noodles from their mothers" one month before marriage. In the meantime, close relatives and neighbors invited the girl to eat noodles at home. At the dinner table, the host told the woman more about her lifestyle after leaving home, and "climbing the door" should be like noodles. Although separated, but still intertwined, there is a sense of humor that does not forget poor relatives. In addition, both parties who pick up the bride need to eat noodles before going out and after entering the door. The receiver refers to "getting on the horse face" and "getting off the horse face", and the sender refers to "getting on the sedan chair" and "getting off the sedan chair".
Jiaozi is the best staple food in the eyes of villagers. Naturally, only newcomers can enjoy it, but it is not easy to swallow. Before the "back face", the mother-in-law personally pinched jiaozi for her daughter-in-law. It is said that this will keep her daughter-in-law's mouth shut. If there is a contradiction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the daughter-in-law will not pass it on; On the "back-to-back" day, the woman's elder sister-in-law packed jiaozi for the groom, and specially packed peppers and grass festivals in jiaozi. When they are eaten, everyone makes fun of their ugliness, which means, "Now that you are a family, don't worry about anything."
Eating and drinking are linked together, and eating and drinking are inseparable from the banquet. In the name of eating, banquets naturally have their own tricks. When you get on the sedan chair, you can eat "get on the sedan chair". When you get off the sedan chair, the banquet that receives the food from the woman's closest relatives is called "Mother's Family Banquet", the banquet that friends come to congratulate you is called "Friends Banquet" (or "Guest Banquet"), and the banquet that neighbors come to congratulate you is called "Street Banquet" (or "Neighborhood Banquet"). The dishes prepared are decided by each family according to the situation. However, in order to avoid the conflict between the "finished food" and the festival, the villagers all offered "four happy party balls" or "sweet and sour balls" at the end to indicate the end of the party. The banquet was put down, probably because most villagers don't like drinking. They call the wedding banquet "eating plates".
Holding wedding events by eating, drinking and delivering meals not only contains the implication of the villagers, but also contains the desire to have a full stomach.