Why do Hefei people get married at night?

The local custom in Hefei is actually to hold a banquet at noon. On the contrary, in other areas, such as southern Anhui, it seems that most wedding banquets are held at night.

It depends on your local customs. Generally, northerners' wedding banquets are mostly concentrated at noon on weekends or holidays. First, because most guests usually go to work, so most guests will have time to attend on weekends, and there will be enough lunch time at noon, which will not affect the guests' rest at night. So it is mostly held at noon.

The custom in the south is that the wedding reception usually begins in the morning. The formal wedding is held in the evening, more like a grand party, which can be played all day.

If you are engaged, it doesn't matter whether you are engaged at noon or at night. Engagement is usually only attended by family members or a few friends, so it can be held when everyone has time.

At first, I may find it more convenient to go back and forth during the day. There were few cars in the past.

There are so many cars now, it's time to go back to night.

After all, the wedding is a dusk ceremony.

At present, our wedding will be held here in Hefei at 90: 00 in the morning! The bride's family goes to the new house first, and then eats at noon! It's easier at night. It's like having a wedding at night!

The wedding customs displayed in different regions are different. In Hefei, the local customs are similar to those in many cities. Now, if you go to the south, the wedding customs there are a little different, but the details are different and basically the same. Today, let's see what's important about getting married in Hefei. What are the customs of Hefei wedding?

1, the bride will prepare her dowry here. The number of dowry is even, including bedding, household items, and some snacks with good wedding meanings.

It is popular to get married in Hefei and pick up relatives after noon. The groom had better go after lunch. Many southern areas pick up relatives in the morning.

3. What should I pay attention to when I get married? Note that the number of wedding cars must be even, the cars should be unified, and small red envelopes should be posted on the wedding doors and doors.

4. Set off firecrackers in appropriate places on the way to pick up relatives. Pay attention to safety issues when setting off firecrackers, and don't accidentally hurt people around you.

5. After the wedding, the bride and groom, relatives and friends all go to the reserved hotel to hold the wedding, and escort the guests to leave after the whole wedding process is completed.

6. Going back to the door is the custom of some individual families in Hefei, but there are still many families who pay attention to going back to the door. If it is a return visit, it is usually three days later.

The above is a brief introduction of marriage in Hefei. What's the point? What are the customs of Hefei wedding? If you are going to get married in Hefei, it is not bad to look at these customs and get to know them in advance.

Some people say that the customs of Tianjin inherited the "Huizhou" wedding customs of the Ming Dynasty, which is also the reason why Tianjin weddings are very similar to Nanjing and Shanghai weddings. It is also said that Tianjin people get married in the afternoon because "Weizuizi" Tianjin people love to eat. Fang Zhaolin, director of the Literature and History Office of Tianjin CPPCC, said: "Because Tianjin people like to eat, it is meaningless to change the wedding to the afternoon. It is difficult to change the customs of a place after it is formed. The reason why it has been handed down has certain roots. "

"Getting married in Hebei Province is in the morning, and so is the suburb of Tianjin. Tianjin only gets married in the afternoon. I think this custom has something to do with Anhui. The wedding custom in Huai 'an area is to visit in the morning and hold a wedding banquet at night. According to this clue, I found the relevant person in charge in Anhui and asked my colleagues engaged in literature and history research. As a result, the marriage customs in Tianjin are exactly the same as those in Hefei, while only Hefei people in Anhui get married in the afternoon. "

2. Dock culture promotes marriage customs

Lynn Yang, a professor at Nankai University who compiled "Tianjin Folk Customs", said: "Before the founding of New China, Tianjin had the custom of getting married in the afternoon. At first, Tianjin took economic service as the dock culture, which was brought by Huaihe immigrants. The custom of getting married in the afternoon in Tianjin may be related to the dock culture. At that time, ships from south to north passed by the dock, and people were very busy in the morning, so they didn't have time to get married, and they only had time to get together in the afternoon. In the early days of Tianjin, many people with status and prestige came from Hefei, Anhui Province, including many famous soldiers. Their hometown people got married in the afternoon, so they got married in the afternoon after coming to Tianjin. Everyone will unconsciously learn from them, so they gradually changed to get married in the afternoon. This is not a sudden change after the founding of New China. "

Three. Related to the improvement of women's status

He Zhihua, vice chairman of the Folk Collection Committee, said: "Before the founding of New China, the marriage custom was that the woman went to the man's house at noon, but it changed with the development of the times. In the past, the marriage customs were dominated by men, such as going to the man's house to eat noodles at noon. After the reform and opening up, with the development of society, the status of women has improved. Once I attended a wedding in the eastern suburbs of Tianjin, and the woman went to the man's house at noon the next day. On the other hand, marriage customs are also related to the region. "

"There are quite a few people coming to Tianjin from all over the country, so the marriage customs will not remain the same. Furthermore, before the founding of New China, people used to build greenhouses in the yard and rent some necessary tools, so as to have a wedding atmosphere. Later, more and more people got married, and more people went to hotels to get engaged. Hotels also have to consider work arrangements, so more and more people get married in the afternoon. The change of customs changes with the times, places and other factors, and it is not easy to draw conclusions in one or two sentences. "

4. It's auspicious to change vehicles

Ni Zhongzhi, a researcher of China Northern Quyi School and a folklore researcher, said: "In the past, people got married in the morning and carried widows in the afternoon. People get married in a sedan chair. The day before the wedding, there was a ceremony to light the sedan chair, and at night the drummer blew beside the sedan chair. At this time, the main relatives and friends of the new family have arrived. The next day, everyone ate noodles together and worked hard all day. At dawn, they released a sedan chair to marry the bride. Before the founding of New China, many intellectuals got married in western-style forms such as suits and ties, driving bands and so on, which were usually held in the afternoon. After the founding of New China, it became a new type of marriage. People hand out candy in the factory in the morning, then hold a dance in the evening and get married gradually in the afternoon. But I don't think this has much to do with the wedding customs in Anhui. "

5. Affected by working hours

Luo said: "I have interviewed many old people. It is said that the early custom in Tianjin is to get married in the morning. There are also clear records in books such as Tianjin County Records. 100 years ago, the custom of Tianjin people was to get married in the morning. Tianjin is a famous industrial city. After the founding of New China, it was more troublesome for workers to ask for leave. At that time, the workers had to work in three shifts, and it was too early to start the morning shift or attend the wedding banquet, while the middle shift was from 2 pm to 0 pm 10, just in time, and the night shift was just after the wedding banquet. Customs suitable for urban living habits are the easiest to preserve. "

6. It is related to the business hours of the hotel.

When it comes to the origin of Tianjin and Anhui, the origin of Tianjin dialect is indispensable. Li Shiyu, a librarian of Tianjin Literature and History Research Institute, once saw two people quarreling for seats on the train, speaking pure Tianjin dialect. He thought he would stop fighting when he met a fellow villager, and the person who robbed the seat frowned: "Well! All right, get out! I am here. " In a word, Li Shiyu just followed them off the train and went to the ancient town, but it seemed that he had returned to Tianjin, because his ears were full of Tianjin dialect. An old shopkeeper told him that the ancient town belonged to Suzhou, and he hurried to Suzhou. After several months of investigation, he determined that the birthplace of Tianjin dialect is the vast Jianghuai Plain with Suzhou as the center.

Li Shiyu, 88, said, "The custom of getting married in the afternoon in Tianjin has changed since the founding of New China. I think the main reason is that with the development of society, there are more and more restaurants and more people attending wedding banquets. Most of them are engaged in restaurants, but restaurants are usually too busy in the morning, so everyone goes to restaurants in the afternoon. I think it is not a custom to get married in Tianjin afternoon, but it is naturally formed. "