Longkou, Shandong Province was originally named Huang County or Lao Huang County, and the folk marriage customs are basically the same as those in other areas of Jiaodong. The man in the bride's "seeing off the bride" is what you call "seeing off the bride's husband", while the two men who accompany the groom to the woman's house to get married used to be called "welcoming guests with blankets".

Whether it is "seeing off relatives" or "welcoming guests with blankets", most of them are young, strong, congenial and eloquent men.

When I got married before, if I met white things (funerals), dry wells, strange rocks, etc. On the way, you will hold a red blanket to ward off evil spirits. Now carpet guests usually take a red tablecloth, which is symbolic. Sometimes brides decorate their pockets with onions and garlic, hoping that unlucky things will be "washed away" on the way.

The same is true of Send the Bride. The woman's relatives and friends will carefully tie a bundle of green onions to welcome the bride before the wedding car, which means "washing away" all sins on the way to marry the bride.

The two strong young men accompanying the bride are called "seeing off the bride" and "seeing off the daughter". When the two sides met, they exchanged pleasantries and said things like "Please forgive my daughter's bad work", while the blanket that greeted the guests and in-laws said things like "I will treat my daughter-in-law like a daughter-in-law", which was quite like a statement made by the diplomatic envoys of the two countries.

So, "What should the woman give the man?" Now, I think: the man who sent the bride represents the elegance of the man in the woman's family, and he should look good and dress appropriately; On behalf of the woman's father, he can convey his father's wishes and expectations for a couple, and pin his "in-laws" family's kindness and love for our daughter; At the man's wedding banquet, it is necessary to be solemn without losing etiquette, and there is no need to say more polite words, so be cautious; Don't drink heartily at the banquet, which will give people the impression of "alcoholic" at first sight. In fact, the "male gift" is also for the man's family, especially for the groom and the man's parents. Is an excellent male image, a model template, as if a "flower protector"-a goodwill ambassador to submit a "letter home" to men.

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