The traditional wedding is usually the "wedding reception" at the woman's house in the morning and the wedding reception at the man's house at noon. If it is a husband (recruiting a husband-a man goes to the woman's house), the opposite is true.
After everything was ready, Yanari, a man, played music and sent a sedan chair to greet the bride. The matchmaker took the lead, followed by the groom, bridesmaid, sedan chair, band and gift box team.
The bride's family should prepare the wedding banquet before the sedan chair arrives. A girl needs her mother or sister to comb her hair, twist off the fluff on her face with silk thread and make up, which is called "opening her face". Then, she will be decorated with a crown and covered with red cloth, waiting for the bride's sedan chair.
As soon as the sedan chair arrived, the girl's family greeted it with music and firecrackers. After the fierce relatives entered the women's hall, the sedan chair fell, and the groom bowed to his parents-in-law and presented a red wedding invitation with his father's name on it. Then there was an interesting party at the woman's house. During the dinner, the matchmaker and groom should be careful, because there are many unwritten customs in China. During the three days of their wedding, peers and teenagers among relatives and friends can creatively make up several small comedies on the matchmaker and groom, called "washing the media" and "hanging red" (commonly known as "welcoming guests" in rural areas). The bride's sister-in-law may ambush the groom with half a bowl of Chili noodles under his rice bowl; The bride's sister will give her brother-in-law a handful of ashes when pouring wine ... The matchmaker and groom should tolerate these little farce that can increase the happy atmosphere-although they might as well "deal with a man as he deals with you" and get a little revenge, but they must never get angry, get angry, or even quarrel or wrestle with the host and guest.
After the breakfast banquet, the bride and groom, led by the matchmaker, pay tribute to the ancestral tablets and elders of the bride, and then the bridesmaids can help the bride decorate. On the sedan chair, the bride might as well cry a few times to show her attachment to her parents and family.
After the bride got into the sedan chair, she played music, set off firecrackers and got married in the sedan chair. The band is in front, followed by the groom (riding a horse if possible), followed by the sedan chair and others to see the bride off. When the bride opens the sedan chair, she often gives the sedan chair bearer a red envelope to prevent the sedan chair from swinging too much.
When the wedding procession is about to arrive at the groom's door, the man's house will greet it with firecrackers and music. The sedan chair stops in front of the groom's main hall, and the bridesmaids (usually beautiful young women) invited by the man's family will come forward to lift the curtain of the sedan chair and help the bride out of the sedan chair. Bridesmaids will come forward to join in, and guests will sprinkle flowers (usually replaced by red and yellow scraps of paper) to the bride and groom, pushing the wedding to a climax.