Social undertakings in zhenyuan county

Zhenyuan county's past marriage customs were complicated, and its basic ethical viewpoint was Confucian "three cardinal principles and five permanents", which emphasized "theocracy, patriarchy and husband power" and was mixed with many feudal superstitions. The gate-valve system based on the gate-valve relationship and the rich-poor hierarchy have caused great differences in the value of life. Formed a creed, how much money is valuable, parents' lives, coal words have become sacred, making thousands of families in Qian Qian happy when they say they are happy, and worried when they say they are worried. Although the traditional marriage has been broken, this custom still exists in some places.

Zhenyuan county's old wedding customs mainly pay attention to "six gifts": Nacai (the matchmaker proposed to the woman's family, and the woman promised, and the man prepared a gift to propose), Asking the name (the man asked the matchmaker to ask the woman's name and birthday, and the woman gave him a memorial card to look after the family), and Naji (after the man's auspicious day, he prepared a gift to inform the woman's family to decide to marry, and padlocked it).

The above six agendas should be held on an auspicious day. Before the wedding ceremony, both men and women should ask Yin and Yang to make two marriage lists, one for each person, explaining the taboos. Prepare tools and personnel for the wedding. Bride's utensils include sedan chairs, horses and donkeys in the Republic of China, bicycles and tractors in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and large and small cars in modern times. When getting married, pay attention to the fact that the man will go to even and odd numbers, that is to say, when the man goes to the wedding, he will go to five or seven people, and when he comes back, he will add even numbers to the bride, and the woman will give even numbers to a lot of guests. At the same time, both parties must have a woman. In the past, there were many rules and regulations among people.

Funeral custom

The funeral customs in Zhenyuan are similar throughout the county. Except for those who died naturally, those who died normally will be buried for five to seven days. According to the age of the ceremony, the funeral of the elderly is more grand, and the funeral of the strong and a few mourners is simpler. In ancient times, those over 50 years old were called premature death, those over 50 were called old mourning, those over 70 were called longevity, those under 70 were called mourning, and those who died of infants were called abandoned babies, and they were abandoned in the wilderness without being buried. Those who die before marriage don't make coffins, but bury them in secluded places by sweeping graves. The graves are very small. Therefore, it is called "old age", "strong death", "little sorrow" and "young abandonment".

All the old mourners have complicated funeral ceremonies and rituals. From the end of the deceased's life to the filial son's undressing, we have to go through the following procedures: small funeral (stopping bed), choosing a day (setting a date for delivery), funeral (obituary), big funeral, changing clothes, sending off, banquet, family sacrifice and returning home.

From the day of death, every seventh day, children and grandchildren have to go to the grave to burn paper as a memorial. July 49 is seven days, and a hundred days is a "hundred periods". The memorial service at home is very heavy, and sons-in-law, nephews and other in-laws come to pay homage. After that, every day in the three years after the death of the deceased was an "anniversary". On the first and second anniversaries, only family festivals are held and visitors are not invited. What is the third anniversary? Sacrifice, that is, filial son's loss of benefits, in addition to the meaning of mourning, this kind of sacrifice is more grand, there are sacrifices at home, and sometimes guests are rewarded. The dutiful son went to the grave to burn paper and unloaded his filial piety. In the future, there will be no more sacrifices at home except burning paper to sweep the grave on holidays.

In addition, there are many taboos in folk funeral: the dutiful son is within the "March 7" and does not enter other people's homes; No matter men, women and children, those who die outside are not allowed to enter the house. They must be parked in outdoor sheds. If you need to enter the house, you must break through the wall. Unmarried or premature death, no coffin, no mourning hall, reed sacrifice. If a dead woman is pregnant, she needs to have an abortion and then simply bury her. If the deceased can't be buried in time due to various reasons, such as the death of the day, heavy mourning, etc., that is, seal the coffin with adobe in the kiln, or park it outdoors, ranging from a few days to several years, and then salute and bury it on an auspicious day. Zhenyuan county's specialties are: roast chicken, flue-cured tobacco, fragrant rolls, sago balls, bone meat, sugar cakes, buckwheat noodles, minced meat noodles, day lilies, boss noodles and so on.