Marriage customs in southern Fujian
According to the tradition here, red is considered as a symbol of dignity, atmosphere, happiness and good luck. In the early years until now, weddings, or other happy events, are mainly red. Invitations should be posted in halls, doorways and gates. Such as: "Purple swallows fly in pairs to welcome the spring, red flowers bloom in the morning", "Auspicious people preach auspicious words when they are lucky, and new people get married in the New Year". The bride's wedding dress is also all red, wearing a red headscarf and red shoes embroidered with mandarin ducks. When the bride arrives at the groom's house, she should specially insert red silk and spring flowers for her mother-in-law or other female elders to show affection and respect, and present red dates and sweet tea to her parents-in-law; There should be a double-happiness red silk wedding account hanging in the hall, and it is red everywhere, showing happiness.
Minnan dowry
I don't know if you have heard of the expression "golden bride", even the woman will give back twice the bride price as a dowry to the man. In fact, in traditional Jinjiang and Shishi, married daughters cannot participate in the distribution of property in their parents' homes. In order to enable her daughter to live a rich and decent life after marriage, parents will give her a relatively heavy dowry when the financial capacity allows, so that her daughter can live a relatively rich life after her in-laws are born. In Inheritance of the Wind, everyone feels the same way about his daughter. Many people say that there is a serious patriarchal phenomenon in southern Fujian. That was the past, and now men and women are equal. Of course, there are still a few families who prefer sons to daughters, but basically the dowry should not be less.
Go out for a drink
A few days before the bride gets married, the woman's family will hold a "wedding wine" on another day and hold a banquet for relatives who come to see the bride off. Brides usually go out in the early hours of the morning, and the time to go out is usually determined by divination or asking for a sign. When going out, people who are in conflict with the new zodiac should avoid it. The man will hire a float (usually a car now) to pick up the bride at the woman's house. When the groom goes to the woman's house, the bride's younger brother should guard the gate and not let the groom in easily. He can ask for a red envelope, and the groom can stuff it into the prepared red envelope through the door. The bride's younger brother can ask for the number of red envelopes, and the groom can give the bride's younger brother a satisfactory number of red envelopes before he can enter the door.