Chaoshan wedding customs are actually very particular. In the past, Chaoshan people were very particular about being employed by the media, that is, they needed the man to hold a very grand wedding to let everyone in Shili Baxiang know. So what are the specific wedding customs?
The current Chaoshan wedding customs have been simplified, and some old wedding customs have been abandoned, which will be simplified and updated. Chaoshan people are very rich, so they all learn western wedding customs, including church weddings, travel weddings and so on. However, there is still a Chaoshan family who likes the traditional Chaoshan wedding.
One: propose marriage. When the man reaches marriageable age, he will find a matchmaker to fix him up. Matchmakers are usually their relatives and friends. He goes to the woman's house to propose marriage, and the matchmaker will tell her everything about the man. If the woman agrees, he will give her birthday to the man, and the man will find someone who matches his horoscope, or leave her birthday at home. If nothing unexpected and unknown happens within three days, it means that two people are in harmony.
Two: Engagement. Two people can be engaged on their birthdays. The man should prepare bride price according to the woman's requirements, including gift money, clothes, gold jewelry, noodles, sugar and so on. The woman's words should also be reciprocated. Both men and women should send candy and cakes to relatives and neighbors to inform them that their marriage has been decided.
Third, the bride price is determined according to the economic conditions of the man's family. Rich families send gold and silver, colored silks and satins, pigs, sheep and wine, while poor families send local specialty betel nut and chicken wine in Chaoshan. In the eyes of Chaoshan people, olives are a symbol of good luck. When the woman returns the gift, she will return the cakes and food in the dowry and send back mandarin ducks, bananas, oranges, pig hearts and so on. Mandarin ducks and bananas here refer to bananas that grow together, meaning to grow old together for a hundred years. Half of the words "pig heart" will be left in the woman's house, indicating concentricity, and orange means auspiciousness.
Chaoshan wedding customs, Chaoshan people's wedding customs are very special, including washing flowers, sharing rice, eating half a bowl of rice, making the bed, picking up the bride, taking five bowls of room, offering sweet tea and returning home.