Marriage customs and procedures in Haian County, Jiangsu Province

One is the Na Cai. The man asked the matchmaker to send the bride price to the woman's home, indicating the intention to propose. The bride price initially must be used geese, meaning that "men are big when the marriage, women are big when the marriage", should be like geese and choose their place at the right time. The bride price gradually increased, there are Acacia, mandarin ducks, nine children bushels (or ink), double stone, five-color silk, harmony, beauty and so on. If the woman's family accepts the bride price or not, it is a sign that the marriage is allowed or not.

The second is to ask the name. After the female family accepted the bride price to allow marriage, the male convenience to ask the name of the female and its year g eight (birth year, month, day and hour). The male family to retrieve the female eight, to go to the fortune-telling, to decide whether or not to tie the knot.

Third is Naji. The man will be married to the "divination in the temple, get auspicious signs", they will send people with auspicious gifts (also with geese) to tell the woman's family, to determine the marriage. After the marriage is finalized, both the man and the woman will be bound by social ethics and will not be able to terminate the marriage at will. If one of the parties wants to propose termination, it will have to be negotiated by both parties, or an outsider will be asked to mediate.

Fourth is Naji (纳征). It means that the man sends the bride price to the woman's home to prepare for the marriage ceremony.

Fifth is the invitation. The man chose an auspicious day and hour for the marriage, so that the matchmaker to prepare gifts to tell the woman's family, to seek the views of the woman's family. If the woman's family accepts the gift, she agrees; if the woman's family does not accept the bride price, she will change the date.

Sixth is welcome. This is the last program of the ancient wedding, by the man himself with people prepared gifts, to the woman's home to meet the bride. The woman will be invited to the home to complete the wedding. At the wedding, a gourd will be divided into two dippers containing wine, and the newlyweds will each use one dipper to drink wine and mouthwash, called fm radio. Later, it was also called fm radio.