Guanzhong Marriage Custom Series (6)-Marriage

? Text/Wang

? Autumn harvest, winter wheat into the ground, it is the season for farmers to marry women. The matchmaker issued a marriage cert

Guanzhong Marriage Custom Series (6)-Marriage

? Text/Wang

? Autumn harvest, winter wheat into the ground, it is the season for farmers to marry women. The matchmaker issued a marriage certificate and everything went well. The man set an auspicious day for the matchmaker to send a message to his in-laws. If there is no objection, the two families will start their children's marriage.

Guanzhong people call marrying a woman an inspirational woman. As the name implies, it means starting a new life and moving towards a new life. Every time a woman gets married, the villagers will send her off with gifts, which means a safe and happy journey. When buying a dowry for a woman, mother is both happy and sad. Happily, she found a good son-in-law. Sadly, daughters are not allowed to stay, and adopted daughters are empty. Every time a woman gets married in an alley, she will take a few eggs with her skirt to see her off, mutter and brag before the dowry, and keep the marriage in mind. When I inspire women, the prepared things are already in my mind. A pair of wooden cases, a wooden comb box, two pairs of ten-tone shoes, a washstand, a brush ... what a woman owns, she must have. Sister-in-law and sister-in-law are both children. Without them, we can't sew the quilt, and then ask some lucky charming women in the alley to give us a hand. Although the aunt next door has a good relationship with herself, her stomach is disappointing! I can't help it This is a rule left by our ancestors. The quilt is made of cotton given by her husband's family. If you are too thin, there are two flowers at home. Alas, if you want a woman, you will lose money! But the woman is the heart of her mother, and she can't lift her head because of the poor dowry in her husband's family.

From matchmaking to the media, the man gave everything just to marry a good wife for his baby. As the matchmaker said, the gift money and clothes given to the woman ended up driving a carriage and even marrying someone with a dowry. Although the whole family has suffered a lot in order to marry the baby's wife in recent years, the old couple will smile at the thought of adding more food in the coming year. Every day, the topic is inseparable from marriage. The chef invites the best craftsmen, and the seats are hot and cold. Relatives and friends counted over and over again, knowing how many seats to prepare. Please ask the deacon to thank the hard-working villagers. This is also a big deal, and people should not be laughed at because of carelessness. Marry a daughter-in-law, this front yard and backyard need to be repaired. The new house was painted with mud several times, the roof was hung, the kang tray was laid, the window grilles were cut, the cabinets were laid, the invitations were posted, and everything was ready, just waiting for that day.

After the book (invitation), the wedding entered the countdown. In the evening, the deacon was invited, and the host family prepared rock tea and invited the men of the whole production team. Whoever serves tea and runs errands, who can write and draw, the manager has a good idea. After breakfast the next day, the men went their separate ways, set up happy tents, wrote happy couplets, borrowed tables and benches ... When the chef came in, the women came, picked vegetables and cut meat, steamed buns on the fire, and rotten scorpions walked in the oil pan, and the whole alley jingled and the aroma drifted away. The smell attracted cats and dogs as well as a group of greedy cats. They grabbed the doorframe and swallowed. The women picked up a few pieces of meat and bones from the pickle pot and were surrounded by greedy cats before they could walk over. The men sat around the fire, drinking tea and listening to Shaanxi opera, smoking hookahs and chatting. It's not dark yet, the red lantern has been lit, and two grass heads are leaning on the shed of Xi, wearing tiger-head skirts worn by children, guarding the gate like Jingdezhen in Qin Qiong. Outside the shed, the big carts used by the production team to pull the soil were washed clean, and a reed mat was propped up with several bamboo poles, covered with wheat straw and hung up the door curtain. This is my wife's car. Several dolls also join in the fun. As soon as I climbed into the back of the car, I was kicked out by the adults.

Although the general manager arranged all the affairs and dozens of deacons helped, the man didn't know what he was busy with all day. He felt sleepy the first time he touched the pillow. Without taking a nap, he suddenly remembered that the next day, a tingle woke up again. Ask the woman to check the gift money for marrying a daughter-in-law. Is the Lotus Rooster HongLing? Can the lotus bowl be put in the delivery cage? Is the rice wine in the box full? ...

The woman carefully counted the gifts, packed them inside and outside, and looked at the red lantern with joy in her eyes. It's late at night, but he is still not sleepy. The man leaned against the kang, smoking a cigarette pot. A cat meows. The woman suddenly remembered the steamed buns on the top (the steamed buns placed in the new house, little red dot dipped in red dye on the top with chopsticks, which was auspicious. After the wedding banquet, the man wrapped these small cages in a red bag and quickly slipped off the kang.

? The man is busy and the woman is busy. After breakfast, the dowry was arranged and the villagers came one after another. Simple folk customs, a wooden comb, a mirror, a pair of pillow towels and some eggs are gifts. Soybeans are cooked at night. Cut a few carrots and stir-fry a pot of salted beans, which is a side dish for the host to entertain guests. The women were talking and laughing around the dowry, and the dolls rushed to the scene, dragging the skirts of adults and mixing a handful of salted beans, and the oil in their hands was not spared. Look, people can die of shame! While laughing, the main family wrapped some salted beans in newspaper and stuffed them into the doll's hand. At night, after seeing off the last wave of people, it finally stopped. The bride was beautifully dressed by her elders and looked much better than usual. New clothes and shoes are all on the kang, just waiting for my husband's car to come.

Before the sun came out, the new wife married into the house. It is said that the daughter-in-law who marries early is diligent and filial. This marriage custom continued in Guanzhong rural areas until the end of last century. If two families in a village marry on the same day, they need to make preparations early. Just wait for the morning to pass, and the wedding people are busy, carrying a box of wine, holding a gift dish, putting it on the lotus tray, bringing alcohol and tobacco, and bringing a cooked pork hanging, and the mighty wedding team will be on the road. If Lu Yu marries the team, both sides will stop to say hello, and then exchange the big red flowers on the front of the car.

After a sleepless night, just taking a nap, the woman's family was awakened by the crackling firecrackers outside the door. At that time, women were cooking, and men lit candles in front of the incense table and kowtowed to open the door to welcome guests. While the in-laws are greeting each other at dinner, the bride has dressed up, put on a red hijab, and got on the bus with money to buy a road in her hand (how old the bride is, the in-laws will prepare the same number of coins and throw them all the way from her parents' house). Under the instructions of her parents, she is surrounded by everyone. I went and became a relative when I came back. The bride couldn't help crying at the thought of this. Outside the car, my father looked dignified and my mother's eyes were red.

The wedding was in a hurry, and the wedding shed was already crowded. In the backyard, the wok is boiling, and the share under the stove is burning red. The groom was all dressed up and nervous. At the entrance of the village, I came back with a confused mind. The pounding of hooves was getting closer and closer, and everyone's smiling faces flew out of the shed.

This car is quite stable. The driver took the mare away, and firecrackers exploded in the silent night sky. Every door was opened, and men, women and children gathered around the car. The vinegar altar man holds a plow with pliers in one hand and a vinegar pot in the other. In the noise of everyone's frolicking, they circled the car three times left and three times right, and the vinegar was poured on the red plow. The newlywed wife was greeted out of the car, and wheat bran (meaning blessing) was mixed with walnuts and dates and scattered all over the bride. With the sound of fruit falling to the ground, the little urchins fluttered and laughed behind the bride. The women said polite words and surrounded the two female guests who saw the wedding off. The men, women and children next to them smiled and grabbed the red baggage from the hands of two children who were seeing off the wedding. The female guest didn't return the gift, and bent down to protect the child and luggage together. The children have never seen such a scene, and they are scared to hold the legs of adults. The crowd surged under the shed, and bursts of laughter rushed out of the alley, breaking the silence before dawn.

After the ceremony, the groom entered the bridal chamber and stepped on the four corners. The bride ate her noodles with shame and arranged her dowry. It was still dawn.

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