Proposal: First of all, you need to hire two married men and women who are eloquent and articulate (never divorced, spouse never died, children never died). Two matchmakers proposed marriage with the wedding cake and candy made by the man's house and went to the woman's house to propose marriage.
Engagement: first, please ask the matchmaker to bring a pair of chickens, four or five Jin of wine, meat, glutinous rice and a bride price ranging from 10 thousand yuan (different gifts are charged according to the requirements of the woman's family) to the woman's house for engagement. Gifts and cash gifts have doubled in recent years. After marriage, the man's family also has the habit of giving gifts during the New Year holidays, and sending different foods according to different seasons.
Pick up the bride: On the first day of the wedding, the man should prepare according to the betrothal gift agreed when eating a small wine-80 kg of pork, 40 kg of liquor, 40 kg of bait and more than 50 kg of 200 yuan, and send them to the woman's house. The matchmaker will lead the couple to dress up and carry bacon, popcorn, jewelry and various valuables (quilts, water heaters, wardrobes, washing machines and other beautiful things).
Seeing the bride off: She must be seen off by a pair of accompanying mothers. The condition of accompanying mother is beautiful appearance and many brothers and sisters. If she is married, she must be divorced and not pregnant.
Marriage: When the Zhuang people hold a wedding, they must first choose an auspicious day (according to the birthdays of both men and women, choose the best time for them to get married, which will also appear at 2: 30 and 4: 00 in the morning). When the auspicious day arrives, suona is played in unison and firecrackers are ringing.
Back to the door: On the third day of the wedding, the bride gets up early to pick well water, pour it into the vat in the kitchen, hold a banquet, and invite the closest relatives at home, the elders in the village and the chef to sit at the table. The bride led her relatives to toast the guests.
Courtesy after marriage: Zhuang people are popular with married women's habit of "not sitting at home", that is, they go back to their parents' homes on the third day after marriage and are only busy at home. On holidays, they are taken back by their mother-in-law or mother-in-law and live in their in-laws' homes. Go back to your mother's house after busy farming. In recent years, the bride's custom of "not sitting at home" has gradually decreased.