What are the wedding customs and processes in Jinan?
1. propose.
Influenced by ancient etiquette, people in Jinan, Shandong pay more attention to the correct combination of doors and eight characters, and also attach great importance to the appearance of both sides. Generally speaking, the man asks the matchmaker to propose marriage to the woman, and both parents and men and women agree to exchange wedding invitations, that is, exchange birthdays, and ask the fortune teller to calculate. If the eight characters match, you can basically decide. If the eight characters don't match, marriage is in danger of miscarriage.
2. Bride money
If both parties agree to get married, a formal engagement ceremony can be held. The man will put a wedding sticker on it. If the golden dragon and phoenix stickers and the little red book are printed, auspicious idioms will be affixed on them, such as the perfect match made in heaven, the perfect match made in heaven, the perfect match for a hundred years and so on. The woman will write in her letter back to Cambodia that she will obey the reverberation and promise to get married. The man sends invitations to send dowry, including gold and silver jewelry, clothes, wedding points and so on. Usually a courtesy list. Dowry is the house of a matchmaker hired to introduce a woman. Of course, the woman also gave back gifts, including boots, cloth, hats, Four Treasures of the Study and so on.
3: Wedding
It is popular in Jinan that the first wedding should end before noon 12, but this wedding custom is rare in the whole Jinan area. The traditional Chinese wedding is very particular about entering the door. The bride must set off firecrackers before entering the door. The bride must take a brazier before entering the door, and then put an apple saddle to symbolize prosperity and peace. Newcomers should worship heaven and earth, heaven, earth, hall and couple when entering the main hall. The worship here is kowtowing, not simply bowing.
The above is the process of getting married in Jinan, I hope it will help us.