Marriage customs of Wuhan people

Pay more attention. The traditional wedding ceremony in China is complex, which was formulated as early as the pre-Qin period, including the following six links, commonly known as "Six Rites"; "Accept the choice" means that if you want to have a good relationship with your daughter-in-law, you must first let the media understand her words. After the daughter-in-law agrees, it is to let people accept the gift of choice, taking the goose as the support and taking the meaning of harmony between yin and yang. "Ask the name", the man's parents sent a letter to ask the woman's surname in order to predict good or bad luck. This ceremony was held with Nacai. "Naji", after asking his name, divines in the ancestral hall, which is a good omen, and makes people report to their wives and settle down for marriage. Sending a goose is too "levy", that is, paying money, then Najib, so that the messenger can pay money to get married, with Xuanmu, Sizha and his wife's skin as gifts. "Inviting a day", after the male family recruits their relatives, predicts the wedding date, which is an auspicious day, and sends envoys to the female family to invite a day to show humility. The woman's family knew that Yang sang Yin and she resigned. When the messenger saw the woman's resignation, he informed the man of the date set at home. "Kissing", the husband goes to the woman's house to greet his wife in order to get married (a ceremony to pay homage and tie the knot). Due to the inheritance of customs and habits, until modern times, the Six Rites were still archaized in many places, only the instruments were preserved and the names were changed.

Taking Hubei as an example, the wedding ceremony recorded in Hubei Tongzhi compiled by Wuhan marriage customs during the Republic of China is as follows: to get married, you must first send a message through the matchmaker and get the permission of the woman's family, so that you can take a birthday, a man and a woman, and judge whether it is auspicious or not, which is called "marriage"; After marriage, I chose Yan Mei's Biography of Geng Tie as my marriage certificate, and called it Luan Shu. The man's family will send hairpins, bracelets and other things, which is called "Geng Xu". Rich people also send pork, wine, fruit, cakes or cash, which is called "employment" and the marriage is settled; Before the wedding, the male family must bring sacrifices, tea fruits and decorations to the female family, which is called "gift"

"Xiakou County Records" said: "The faint ceremony is close to the ancient times", which shows that the wedding ceremony in Wuhan basically follows the above ceremony, but it is similar because of different community environments. In Hankou and other places, men and women have to wait for their parents' orders to get married. Although the matchmaker's words are modern and developed, there are also people who are free to get married, but they are rare. Wedding custom calls it "tea". Although the fruit is prepared, it must be tea and salt, so it is called "camellia sea sand". Tea is "camellia" and salt is "sea sand", which implies that marriage is unbreakable after vows of eternal love. As the saying goes, "a piece of yellow tea will fall to Xumi Mountain." In the eyes of Buddhists, Xu Mi is a mountain. It is compatible with the size of mustard seed. What it means here is that with a small amount of tea, you can live in Sumiyama town, so the marriage is settled. When welcoming the bride, the shoulder strap is decorated with variegated colors and says "sedan chair", so the bride says "get on the sedan chair" when getting married. Marriage is called "drinking a glass of wine". In ancient ceremonies, there were three days of temple fairs. There are many homeless temples in modern times, which are just called "visiting the church", commonly known as "seeing the size". When the bride arrives, relatives and friends celebrate each other and make fun of her by saying things that people can't say. This is the so-called "noisy room". On the third day, there was a woman named "Huimen".

Hankou wedding gives people the impression that luxury is inevitable, because at the time of the big wedding, no matter whose children are, men will dress up and women will embroider rockhopper, which is even less luxurious than the ancients. After the Republic of China, although there was no abuse of crown clothing, the luxury of clothing was more than before. I'm afraid this is because Hankou is one of the four gathering places in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is also a famous commercial metropolis in modern times, with developed economy, prosperous market and extravagant competition among residents. Under the influence of this social fashion, Hankou people only want to have ample food and clothing when they marry, regardless of their white hair. At that time, people lamented: "The custom is so, so the internal affairs are not repaired." Wuhan