How do Liuhe people get married?

The procedure of Hakka marriage is generally:

Come to the door. Under normal circumstances, the man sends a representative to the woman's house with the customer, and the calligraphy is free. After going to the woman's house, it was nothing more than a lesbian family. Under normal circumstances, the woman should keep guests for lunch and invite relatives to have dinner together, which means that she can also refer to relatives.

Engaged. Through falling in love, both men and women hit it off immediately. The man invited the matchmaker to come to the door to make a match, and reported the birthday to both parties, so that Mr. Wang could choose a date to get married according to the birthdays of both men and women. It is usually held before the day of house selection (wedding banquet). The man should prepare a pair of red spring, a pair of red shrimp and a red meat material. It means thriving. If it is too much trouble, you can also handle how many tables and how much money according to the number of people invited by the woman. At that time, the man and his uncle will also meet the relatives of the woman.

The man wants to "order cakes" for the woman. After lunch, the woman sends someone to give the "order cakes" to the people in the village, which means to tell the village that "my daughter is getting married, please tell others not to come to see her off."

Accept the tax. If both parents agree to this marriage, the man will send the bride price to the woman's house, which is called "engagement". In some places, the man's father didn't give the bride price to the woman's father until after the wedding reception.

One month before the daily wedding, the man informed the woman of the auspicious day of the wedding and asked her to make preparations.

On the wedding day, the man decorated the house with lanterns and decorated it with the red word "Xi". The man sent floats and dowry to the woman's house to get married.

The bride's car has arrived. You should send someone to pick up the bride. You must pay attention to this man. It is a good sign that people who are respected, rich and powerful should generally be invited.

When the bride arrives, the person who picks her up will open the car door and give her an umbrella. Send the bride to the door, wash Simao and grass water first, and then take her into the bride's room.

At the wedding reception, the bride's brother is the oldest, and the table outside the family should be placed on the left. As the oldest uncle, you can't take eating for granted, especially when you are under the table. If the bride's brother gets off the table at this time, other guests should follow, otherwise it is impolite. So, even if the people sitting on the horizontal bar are full, you should see if others are full. If it's almost enough, you can go. This is the custom of Liuhe.

Nowadays, Hakkas keep pace with the times, simplify marriage rules, keep the essence, and pay attention to harmony at home and abroad.