Hebei wedding customs of three hundred words

China's ancient "six rites" said, now some areas also have this custom, six rites that is, Nacai, ask the name, Naji, Naji, please period, kiss welcome. In fact, the folk custom of the wedding in various regions is not entirely limited by the six rites, it will be the process of matchmaking, engagement stage is simplified, for example, will be invited to the date and in the Naji. The bride and groom after the welcome to drink the cup of wine, the cave and after the wedding "back to the door" and other ceremonial processes have been more important.

In my hometown, the wedding custom is like this: the man under the post, under the post of the basic steps are: the man's family by the hand of the matchmaker to obtain the woman's birthdate, placed in the home of a place with the meaning of divination, such as the pressure in the incense burner under the statue of the gods, etc., to put the three days, if the people in the home in the three days of peace, on behalf of the marriage to obtain the consent of the gods, the success of the divination. If an accident occurs during these three days, even if a bowl is broken, the birth date and eight characters should be returned to the woman, and the marriage will not work. Some places are to get the woman's eight characters, ask the diviner to compare, if the man and woman eight characters are compatible, then the marriage is completed. Modern people mostly use the second, especially parents for their children matchmaking. The eight characters of this pass, the man only under the post. Post with red paper to the man and woman's name, birth date and eight characters written side by side, sent to the woman's home. When the woman's family receives the post, she agrees to the marriage. Taking eight characters, the purpose of the post is to "inquire about the will of heaven", this marriage behavior indicates that the "marriage of heaven" concept.

In the stage of marriage, the dowry prepared by the woman is mostly a pair of sets of bedding, clothes, cabinets and so on. The bride and groom on the wedding day, the morning before the wedding, in their respective homes to "on the head", that is, to select the blessed old man for the combing of hair, while saying some auspicious words.

The bride also want to open the face that the whole eyebrow light face. In Hui'an area, the groom on the head, to comb his head of the old man to pull a boy's hand, with a comb, lice grates, respectively, in the groom's head combed three times, the mouth read: "three under the comb three under the lice grates, born of a large array of children and grandchildren".

The new room in the bucket on the wedding day to let a boy drowning. In the new bed sprinkle jujubes, peanuts, cinnamon, lotus seeds and other auspicious fruits, on behalf of the "early birth" of the good wishes.

When the groom led the sedan chair to the door of the male family, some local customs to pull the daughter-in-law to walk across the yard in the sacks paved road, behind the sacks to be passed to the front to be stepped on, which is called seeding. Some in order to avoid the evil spirit, to cross the fire pit.

When the husband and wife worship, the host of the mouth loudly reciting toasts, to be interspersed with eating meat and potatoes, drink and soup, and so on.