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Folk marriage: Shuozhou people, like other places, are generally married at the behest of a matchmaker and parents. Although times have changed and customs have changed, on the whole, they still follow old habits, especially in rural areas, and important etiquette procedures have not changed so far. Generally, there are four steps: blind date, engagement, marriage and returning to China. Blind date: the matchmaker proposes marriage for both men and women, and introduces the situation of both parties, such as age, zodiac, date of birth, personality, appearance, family economic situation, parents, etc. The two families weighed the conditions, called everyone to discuss, and if they planned to get married, the man took the matchmaker to visit the woman's house. The two sides agreed to make an appointment, and then invited the woman to the man's house to sit up and take notice. The one you like will stay at the man's house for dinner, and the marriage will be negotiated silently. Leave if you don't like it. Engagement: The bride price and dowry are decided by the matchmakers of both men and women many times. The woman exchanged her children's birthdays and set a wedding date. The man gave her a "box" and part of the bride price, and held a banquet to celebrate. The next day, the woman hosted a banquet for the man. After that, they got a marriage certificate one day, and some of them traveled abroad. After marriage, men and women give each other some clothes, which is called changing summer or winter. Marriage: One month before the wedding, a betrothal gift, commonly known as "tea", should be given. The man asked the matchmaker to send the clothes (underwear) and "water ceremony" (rice, noodles and meat) worn by the "bride" to the woman's home and told her the wedding date. After that, the close relatives of both men and women invite the future bride and groom home for dinner, which is called "having a happy meal". The day before the wedding, relatives and friends all come, commonly known as "treat guests", and some invite "drummers" to entertain them, so it is also called "playing drums". In the evening, men and women eat "turning cakes" at home. On the wedding day, men and women fry oil cakes early in the morning, which is called "eating wedding cakes". After breakfast, the man plays drum music and lifts the sedan chair (some use carriages or mules to lift the sedan chair, but now they basically use cars) to marry the woman. Generally speaking, the man's uncle and nephew gets married. The groom will bring the bride a red ribbon called "tie the knot"; Take a bottle and put an onion in it, which is called "after taking root"; A piece of pork or mutton with five tendons is called "keeping the mother's meat" and "celebrating the five parties". When the wedding comes back, the man should bring back two of the ribs to show the harmony between husband and wife after marriage. This is called "inseparable bones and muscles". The woman provides tea, candy, cakes, etc. to entertain the guests attending the wedding. The bride puts on the clothes brought by the man (usually red cotton-padded clothes and trousers), and after saying goodbye to her parents, her sister gets into the sedan chair (car). Some companions send new ones, open the boxes, and those who accompany "Tang He" (also known as reunion dinner) enter the man's house at a pre-selected time. After arriving at the husband's house, the bride, led by her relatives, walked into the new house on the red carpet to "cook tea" and eat "in-house meals" for the "lotus pond". At noon, the bride and groom worship heaven and earth, and the banquet begins immediately after the ceremony, which is called "sitting at the table". During the dinner, the bride and groom should toast, salute and recognize the guests. In the evening, the bride and groom's brother-in-law officiate at the wedding ceremony, commonly known as "pouring the pot", and let the bride and groom say tongue twisters, solve riddles on the lanterns and tell jokes and make fun of each other. After that, the couple ate the opposite meal until late at night. The next morning, the bride and groom bowed to their relatives and friends and said "worship" (in some places, it was held after worshipping heaven and earth), and the worshiped party presented gifts to congratulate them. In recent years, with the progress of society and the development of the times, the marriage customs in Shuozhou have also undergone great changes, and the etiquette is simple. Funeral: The funeral etiquette procedure in ancient Shuozhou is extremely complicated, which can be generally divided into small episodes, large episodes, burning paper, sending lanterns, parting spirits, mourning and recovery. After death, some people wear shroud, break window paper, support door panels, stop in Houhang, kill "upside-down chickens", burn paper, lamps and incense as sacrifices under their heads, and their children wail aloud. This is a small collection. Then post a "disaster" and hang a "notice paper" outside the street gate to inform the village. The younger generation and the dutiful son wear them to the host's home to pay their respects. The next night, the body was moved into the coffin, commonly known as "folding." The body was covered with red cloth, the coffin lid was unlocked, and the coffin was parked in the hall, with offerings and ever-burning lamps. Relatives, friends, clansmen and neighbors all went to Lingqian to burn paper to express their condolences. In 2006, "The First China Liulin Mengmen Festival on the Loess Plateau of the Yellow River" was held in Mengmen Town, Liulin County. Together with hundreds of folklore experts and scholars, the Declaration on Protecting the Traditional Folk Culture in China was unanimously adopted. The cultural heritage of Shanxi folk houses in China, Shanxi folk houses are as famous as those in southern Anhui, and there has always been a saying that "northern Shanxi, southern Anhui". Among Shanxi's folk houses, the most abundant and gorgeous ones are those around Fenhe River, and the most representative ones in Fenhe River Basin are Qixian and Pingyao. Qixian County is located in the south of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, in Jinzhong. There are more than 40 luxurious courtyards in Qixian County, and the quality of local houses here is high because many Qixian people went out for business since the Ming Dynasty, and after they got rich, they built a large number of houses in their hometown. The dwellings in Qixian county have several main characteristics of Shanxi dwellings: First, the external walls are high. From the outside of the house, the brick wall without windows is as high as four or five stories, which is very defensive. Second, the main houses are single-slope roofs, and there are not many double-slope roofs, no matter wing rooms or principal rooms, buildings or bungalows. Because they all use a single slope top, the outer wall is high, and rainwater flows into the yard, which means "fat water does not flow into the field." Third, the courtyards are mostly vertical rectangles with narrow east and west and long north and south, and the gates are mostly opened in the southeast corner. Give a good review.