Three days before the wedding of Tujia unmarried young men and women, the groom will send combs, combs, hair covers, hairpins, jewelry, silk handkerchiefs and so on to the new girls. The day after the bride receives the comb, she will ask a slightly famous local face puller to pull her face and comb her hair. The face puller crossed two cotton threads for sewing clothes, and slowly removed the hair from the new girl's face by using the pulling force of his hands and the closing force of the cotton threads, which not only decorated her face, but also meant that the new girl was no longer a girl. Wash your hair and comb your hair after pulling your face. When combing your hair, you should open the bride's hair or braid and fold it, then wrap it around the back of your head to form a circle, and then put on a hair cover instead of a hairpin. This is called Baba bun. When the hair is done, the new girl officially ends Miss Mao's life and prepares for the groom's gift.
The night before the wedding (Tujia people divide the wedding into three periods: seeing off the guests, celebrating the guests, and entrusting the guests), the man will put the gifts prepared in advance, such as clothes, pork, tobacco, rice, noodles, candy, snacks, etc., in leather baskets or special wooden formats, followed by helpers, wedding people and drummers, and of course, matchmakers and general managers. The team is vast. At this time, although the night has fallen, the new girl's family has already been brightly lit, and the gongs and drums are screaming in the living room, and all relatives and friends are waiting for her. At this time, gongs and drums were loud on both sides, and firecrackers were ringing, which became a sea of joy.
After the sound of gongs and drums and firecrackers, they began to open boxes and give gifts. The gift is given by the manager of the groom's house to the manager of the new girl's house. Before the handover, the manager of the new girl's family gave a welcome speech on behalf of the new girl's family. Then, the man's manager began to take out the gifts one by one from the leather basket and put them on the incense table arranged by her mother's family in advance. While opening the gift box, he blessed loudly: "A box is square, and Zhang Lang made a Luban suit, with Yunyang boards on both sides and various gifts in the middle. Open for a long time, open for a long time, open for splendor, and open for gold and silver. After opening the box, everything was settled, and the box was very prosperous after opening. " The ceremony ended with excitement and blessings.
If you are lucky enough to attend the Tujia wedding, you can also see the customs of accompanying the tenth sister, seeing off relatives, worshiping the church, making trouble in the bridal chamber and drinking tea, and appreciate the original Tujia customs.