What are the interesting stories and customs of Hungary?

According to legend, in ancient times there lived in a village in Hungary a very beautiful and clever girl, who was not only able to do farm work, but also good at housekeeping, and wove a handful of good cloth, and no one in the village did not praise her. Many young men wished to take her as their wife, but she only fell in love with a hard-working and brave young man. The son of a landowner and nobleman also fell in love with her and insisted on marrying her based on his family's wealth and reputation. The girl's father, who was also determined to climb the ladder, put pressure on her. The girl thought of a wonderful way, let the two of them in public competition climbing trees, who can climb to her backyard tree and take down the two bottles of wine hanging in the treetops, she will marry who. Competition day the whole village came to watch, the dude fee nine bulls and two tigers also can not climb the head, and her intention due to often on the tree to cut firewood, so it is easy to pick down the wine, in the village in front of the folks, the girl's parents had to agree to her choice. In some regions of Hungary, after the engagement, a tree is planted in the groom's and the bride's house respectively, and one or two pieces of agricultural tools are hung on the tree in front of the groom's house to symbolize that after the marriage, one should be at ease in farming, and also to take the meaning of good luck, and that labor brings one a good harvest and happiness. The bride's home on the tree hanging brooms and kitchen utensils, meaning that the bride will be excellent housekeeping, the family has a good helper in order to be rich and prosperous. The custom of planting a love tree is not exactly the same everywhere, and in some areas only one is planted in the home of the girl who is to be married, and it is one month before the engagement.May is springtime in Hungary, and many young people like to hold their weddings on days when the earth is revived and spring is bright. Therefore, in April, a young man in love goes to the girl's house to plant a tree, and if the parents do not object, the marriage is finalized. In fact, the girl has already discussed with her parents and received tacit approval, the parents are also willing to find an early son-in-law. The engagement is formalized one month after the tree is planted. Love tree is different from ordinary trees, to choose the tree body slender and straight tree, to peel off the bark, only at the top of the tree left more than a meter high branches and leaves. Grape wine hangs from the top of the tree and a few colored ribbons are flown. Many fiancés have to literally climb the smooth tree and pick bottles of wine on the day of their engagement in order to show their fiancée their love. There are also trees hung with simulated portraits, which means fidelity to the fiancée, no matter the day and night, no matter the wind and rain, the fiancé is guarding his fiancée's side, which of course makes his wife grateful. Every spring when the green planting of trees, Hungarian teenagers are very enthusiastic, they hope that their own hand-planted trees can be selected as a love tree. In the capital Budapest 50 kilometers away from the Pusztowoci, every year in August also held a tree climbing competition, along the straight and smooth tree trunk to climb up is not easy, which is of course on the young men's will and skill exercise. The winners receive honors and prizes. Such competitions are often held in conjunction with mass weddings, which also combine traditional weddings with new marriages. Hungary also has another custom, the young man to the girl to propose to the girl, to pretend to leave the Zur cloak in the girl's home, if the next day Zur cloak is hung outside the door of the woman's home, means that the proposal fails; if the Zur cloak to stay in the woman's home, the man will be able to send bridesmaids to the formalization of the marriage. The "Zur" cloak is the most traditional Hungarian coat. There are many different styles of cloaks. The cloaks of the Transdanubian region are very short, with large square collars, and are long up to the waist; the cloaks of the region east of the Tisza River have a small collar, and are known as "Zur with a collar". "Ruba" is also a cloak, the fabric was velvet tweed, due to the low cost, generally poor people wear "Ruba". Rich people are word "Shuba", made of sheepskin, both warm and beautiful, so "Ruba" and "Shuba" was the distinction between rich and poor signs. Lover's lock "lock" to stay faithful love, the southern Hungarian city of Pécs can be called Europe's "Lover's Lock Capital", this small town because of thousands of "Lover's Lock" and permeated with a romantic The city is filled with romantic flavors because of the thousands of "lover locks". The city's sculptures, streets and gates are full of various kinds of "lover's locks", which have become the characteristics of Pecs. In the early 1980s, a pair of lovers hung the first "Valentine's Lock" on the railing of a church in the city center, which was followed by young citizens and later by tourists from all over the world to express their fidelity to love in this special way. Slowly, the railings of the church were covered with "lover's locks". Later, "lovers" opened up new "position", sculpture, street lamps, and even housing on the door, as long as it is possible to hang locks on the place, you can see the "Valentine's Lock". Never break glassware: travel to Hungary, whether it is to stay, or dining, do not break the glassware, if someone is not careful, break the off-duty ware, it will be considered to pay the harbinger of bad luck, you have become unpopular.