What are the wedding customs and procedures in Gansu Wuwei

The basic steps of the proposal of marriage are: the man's family by the hand of the matchmaker to obtain the woman's birth date and time of the eight characters, please Mr. yin and yang a little counting, if the eight characters of men and women are in line with each other, it is the discussion of the marriage is completed. Then the man invited the matchmaker on the woman's home, commonly known as "matchmaking". After the female parents have obtained the consent of the girl, the male youth chose a day to go to the female home "look at the daughter-in-law", and the female youth to meet the exchange of marriage things.

Engagement

Engagement in Gansu is called "frame lock lock". Introduced from the adjustment, the two sides agreed, and then choose a date to hold the betrothal ceremony, the male father (or agent) and the introduction of young men with the young man, with a generous gift to go to the woman's home. Gifts generally have a happy wine, happy buns 12 (commonly known as "big buns"), happy money (called "lock lock"), happy silk (cloth), clothing and so on. The woman's family will set the elders and close relatives to accompany, feast hospitality, the resignation, the woman's mother to the new son-in-law also have gifts, and return the steamed buns two, known as "back to the plate". Afterward, the woman will be buns to the next of kin, announced to the outside of the marriage is established.

On the head

Men and women on the eve of the wedding, choose an auspicious time (the man should be half an hour earlier than the woman, that is, an hour), on the head ceremony. It symbolizes that the couple has entered the stage of "adulthood", and the ceremony is held by the "Good Fortune Man" and "Good Fortune Wife" at the respective homes of the man and the woman.

Welcoming the Bride

Nowadays, receiving the bride is the highlight of the wedding. The groom, accompanied by his band of brothers, welcomes the bride with a bouquet of flowers, and when he arrives at the woman's home, the first hurdle is the "entrance". After opening the door, the bride should be led out by the eldest sister or bridesmaid to her father, who will then hand her over to the groom to formally perform the rite of passage for husband and wife. The new entry should first worship heaven and earth, and then worship ancestors, and then to both parents kneeling tea. The bride goes out from the woman's house and then formally enters the man's house to meet her aunt and other elders of the man's family.