Not only that, most of the caterers are from their own families, that is, people from the same clan, and there is basically no need to invite people. As long as anyone has a happy event, relatives and neighbors will come to help three days in advance, because wedding banquets are usually three days, and some are one and a half days.
Even if living conditions are good now, rural people are gradually paying attention to fashion; However, I still prefer to hold a wedding reception at home and less go to hotels to entertain relatives and friends.
Why is this happening? Is it to save money?
We attended a rural wedding in a small town on the outskirts of Kunming, Yunnan. There were 18 dishes on the small table! ! !
"We rural people are real, and the dishes look as good as possible; But more importantly, we are used to cooking by ourselves. Neighbors in all directions know who cooks well and what dishes people like to eat. " Master Yang, the chef of the wedding banquet, is the groom's uncle and the village chef. Whenever there is a big banquet, he makes a decision.
Master Yang said that people in the village used to get married by themselves and rarely went to hotels. "It was cheap at first, but it was convenient later." Master Yang said it was cheap, which was in the past, and now it is popular, and there is not much money. It's just that it's more convenient to hold a banquet at home, and the weight is enough to touch everyone's taste. According to the custom of marriage in rural areas, the banquet should be prepared in advance, with three days of grand preparation and one day of simple preparation. Because the wedding banquet usually lasts for several days, it is mainly to marry the bride, followed by morning tea. I need to get ready to go back to my parents' home in three days. It's much more convenient to do your own banquet than a hotel.
The kitchen where rural people get married, pots, stoves, bowls and chopsticks are all owned by the ancestral hall.
Master Yang said that there is a rule for people in the village to get married and hold banquets: in the village or ancestral hall, there are generally tables, chairs, pots and pans in the village, and whoever has a happy event will move in.
Every time I hold a banquet, I will toss it several times, from the preparation of ingredients to the production of hard dishes, and then to the preparation of tables, chairs and benches. But this is also a rare party. "Although the villagers usually look up and down, few really have time to chat; When a wedding reception is held, the villagers can get together. Even though they are busy with the party, they are happy. Everyone is like a party, with a hodgepodge of family and friendship. "
Wooden bucket meal
Datongtong cauldron Zao rice
Thick bowls and simple serving racks, everyone likes them and is used to them.
Eighteen courses, a wedding banquet means a long time.
In fact, it is not difficult to see that even if the living standards in rural areas have improved, there are still many rural people who are willing to choose to hold wedding banquets at home.
Because rural people's wedding banquets are mobile banquets that last for a long time, rather than a meal and a drink. Not only that, the wedding banquet is a rare opportunity for villagers and villagers to get together at the same time to "gossip", help each other and talk, and their feelings suddenly become lively and intimate; Instead of meeting once, saying hello and having dinner, I don't know where to meet next time.
Perhaps, this is the atmosphere needed for wedding banquets, which is only available in rural areas.