Anhui's marriage customs are suitable for each other. When parents choose a marriage for their children, as usual, they should know each other's genre and be suitable for each other. Genre is the social status, economic strength and cultural quality of the family; There is also a hard-working, frugal and clean family style. Ordinary people don't climb the "high threshold" when talking about marriage, and they have their own school rules: "high door to high door, door to door".
Anhui's marriage custom has an agent to propose marriage. Both men and women are of marriageable age, and their parents think that the schools are quite the same. The man can entrust a matchmaker to propose marriage to the woman, and some women propose marriage to the man's family. When the matchmaker proposes marriage, it mainly introduces the situation of both sides, and there are many exaggerations when talking about men or women. As the saying goes, "the matchmaker doesn't lie, and he has nothing to say when he sits down." Proposing marriage through the media is called "initial media" or "initial red".
Paying homage to the bride is the most important ceremony outside the wedding custom in Anhui, which is usually held in the main room. The bride was helped to the hall, and then the groom stood together, male left and female right. The master of ceremonies shouted "worship heaven and earth", and the two couples cooperated to worship upwards; They shouted again: "Two Worshipping Ancestors" and "Three Worshipping in-laws", and the couple turned around and worshipped the ancestral tablet and the in-laws successively. Knock three heads. Finally, he shouted "Husband and wife respect each other", and the two newlyweds bowed to each other.