Marriage customs in Taiqiu town

Taiqiu Town has the following wedding habits.

Propose marriage

That is, the man entrusts the matchmaker to propose marriage to the woman's house. If the woman agrees to propose marriage, the man will go to the woman's house to propose marriage, commonly known as "matchmaking." In the old days, it was emphasized that "the door should be right for the door" and "choose by fate", and there were folk songs of "the door should be right for the door, the door should be right for the door, and the fence should be opened". Generally speaking, when a man entrusts a matchmaker to propose marriage, he first comprehensively considers whether his identity, land, property and children match the woman's family situation, that is to say, the conditions of both parties are similar.

be engaged in

In Xingtai, after the successful engagement, there will be a small wine ceremony, which is actually an engagement party. The cost of the engagement party is borne by the man, and the people invited are mainly the relatives of the woman. As for the man, only the best man and the suitor are needed. At the engagement party, the time of the wedding banquet needs to be determined. In general, this day is decided by asking lamas to be lucky. When engaged, the man must give the bride price to the woman. As for the specific figures of the bride price, these have been discussed by both men and women.

marry

When you get married, set off firecrackers, play umbrellas, light red lights, and bang drums. In front of the woman's house, the woman deliberately "closed the door" for the man in advance, and opened the door to welcome him after he had stuffed the "door-crossing ceremony" into the door. Then lead them to the room for tea and "dismount their faces." Before the bride gets on the sedan chair, she opens her face (also called opening her face), that is, she unscrews the hair from her face with thread. After getting dressed, I said goodbye to my relatives. When I set out from my husband's family, the groom rode in front, the man accompanied the guests, and the man married Beima.

Courtesy after marriage

The next day, the bride met her relatives. After paying homage to the ancestors, the woman led relatives to the man's house to recognize their relatives and take back the new couple, which is called "makeup return", commonly known as "face return", and invited the groom to have a good meal.