Shandong wedding custom culture with local characteristics

The marriage custom culture has a history of thousands of years in China, and it is changing slowly with the passage of time. What remains unchanged is people's joyful mood in the wedding. It is said that it is difficult to get married. In the rapidly developing modern society, weddings are becoming more and more exquisite. Of course, it still retains a certain tradition. The following Shandong culture brings you Shandong wedding custom culture with local characteristics. Let's have a look.

In Yimeng Mountain area, the married man's family is called "marrying a wife" and the married woman's family is called "getting married". The local wedding custom is usually not to find the same surname and village. Except for a few people who are freely in love, most people are engaged by the matchmaker first, and then the two sides "visit the media", thinking that the portals are equivalent. On the day before the wedding, the man sent someone to the woman's house to "make up" and gave her a red cotton-padded jacket, red cotton trousers, "Hong Haier with a hat" (red cover), a ring (a kind of jewelry) and a "four-color gift".

The woman handed a "marriage list" with the number of people to get married, the direction and time of getting on and off the sedan chair, "things to get married" and taboos. In the evening, a "warm sedan chair" is held, that is, the drummer hired by the man plays fine music at the woman's house. In the middle of the night, the woman's parents packed up her daughter's dowry supplies, which was called "loading cabinets". The next day, the bride arrived at the man's door in a sedan chair, the groom greeted her outside, and a couple walked slowly on the red carpet (or reed mat). When you enter the gate, you set off firecrackers and play music, which is called "crossing the door" locally. Then he began to worship heaven and earth, parents and husband and wife, and entered the bridal chamber after the ceremony.

Kung fu wedding

The wedding of Confucius is full of Confucius' demeanor, which is quite exemplary and represents the wedding customs in Shandong.

In the morning, the groom dressed as the ancient champion groom was pressed by the best man to meet the bride. The bride puts on makeup, changes clothes, puts on a dress with feathers, and waits for marriage. After the groom arrived, the bride got into the sedan chair with the cheers of everyone, and the people who saw him off immediately got into the carriage. When I got off the bus, the guns rang three times, and firecrackers and suona sounded at the same time. A large group of people went to the door of Confucius House and held a short ceremony. At the ceremony, the bride and groom expressed great respect and gratitude to their ancestors and prayed devoutly.

After arriving at the groom's residence, the groom lured the bride out of the car with a red hydrangea. The bride and groom stepped on sesame stalks (meaning "rising day by day"), crossed the saddle (meaning safe and sound), jumped into the brazier (meaning rich life) and entered the patio. After some "red tape", the ceremony of visiting the church began. After entering the bridal chamber, the groom holds a scale wrapped in red paper (meaning content) and lifts the bride's red veil. The bride and groom raised their glasses. In the whole wedding process, the most important link is to meet the bride and hold a wedding reception. The arrangement of its content and the innovation of its form are jointly completed by people and "managers".

Huantai's "Six Steps of Marriage"

In Huantai, the wedding ceremony is divided into six steps: the first step is engagement; The second is to pass Cambodia, commonly known as "Daxiang"; The third is to post it; The fourth is to get married; The fifth is to worship heaven and earth; The sixth is to sit in the village. In the past, when paying homage to heaven and earth, the bride had to walk on the red carpet and cross the saddle with "four books" in her hand. Nowadays, most of them are presided over by the master of ceremonies, and newlyweds worship three times before entering the bridal chamber. In the past, after the bride entered the bridal chamber, she had to sit in the tent for three days and was not allowed to go out. During the period, the nearest family "sent a small meal" and the groom accompanied the meal. Now the bride can come and go freely, which is much more relaxed.