Marriage customs in Yinan, Linyi, Shandong Province

The whole marriage process generally includes several stages: proposal, engagement and marriage. The specific marriage customs in Yinan, Linyi, Shandong Province are as follows:

First, propose marriage.

No matter how relatives are mentioned, the procedure of "seeing the object" or "recognizing the door" is added before the formal engagement. If the woman accepts a gift from the man or his parents when she "sees the object" or "recognizes the door", it means that she is willing to get engaged. The amount of gifts varies, but gradually increases, from 10 1 yuan to 100 1 yuan, and some are 100 1 yuan, which means "one in a hundred" and "one in a thousand".

Second, engagement?

The engagement procedures in the county have been simplified, and the original procedures for sending books and sending days are generally combined into one. On the day of engagement, young men and their parents (some of them have letters of introduction or relatives and friends) come to the woman's house with gifts and cash gifts. Gifts include cigarettes, famous wine, chicken, fish and gold and silver jewelry for the woman, and the number of gifts varies. The woman hosted a banquet, during which the two sides reached an understanding on the situation.

Third, get married.

After the 1990s, there were six or eight wedding convoys, black or red, and one of them was decorated with flowers and ribbons. The groom went to the woman's house to pick up the bride, and all the cars were labeled with the words "double happiness" or "a hundred years of harmony".

Weddings are usually held at 9 ~ 10 in the morning. The general procedure is to set off firecrackers and play music, announce the beginning of the ceremony, the witness speaks, and the bride and groom bow to the officiating person, witness and guests. After the guest spoke, the bride entered the bridal chamber.

After 2000, young people began to get married and invited wedding companies to preside over them. Most wedding banquets are held in hotels, where parents, bride and groom propose a toast to the guests. Because the government strongly advocates changing customs, many units collectively hold weddings, receive wedding ceremonies, celebrate at the same time, and get married in one day.

With the increase of the income of urban and rural residents, the number of people who get married also increases year by year with the wind of wedding bride price. Before the 1990s, gifts were usually a few yuan, and then gradually rose to ten yuan, twenty yuan, thirty yuan to fifty or sixty yuan. By the end of the 1990s, it had risen to one or two hundred yuan.

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Birth customs in Yinan, Linyi, Shandong Province

When a family has a child, it is called "Tian Fu". If it is a boy, hang a red (cloth) at the door of the house, tie a bow and arrow and garlic, which means "you can play and count"; For girls, only red seeds and garlic are used.

After the child is born, the man should "report good news" to the woman's family and inform relatives and friends. The bride's family will prepare eggs, white flour, millet, brown sugar, children's clothes, small bedding and other gifts. And the newborn's uncle and other relatives will make a "hinge head" for the child on another day. However, you can't ride the articulated moon (that is, across two months, refer to the lunar calendar). There is a folk saying that you can't see your uncle without a hinge.

When the head is articulated, his uncle symbolically articulates the child's hair, hands, feet, etc. Use scissors to prevent children from being "taken advantage of" in the future. Friends, relatives and neighbors sent eggs, brown sugar, children's clothes and so on. Express their congratulations in front of the "hinge head"

Yinan county Municipal People's Government-yinan county Customs