Who knows the marriage customs in Hezhou?

Wedding custom in Hezhou, Guangxi-A Zhuang wedding custom in which "artillery fire" enters the bridal chamber. On the wedding day, the bride must be baptized by "artillery fire" before entering the house. This marriage custom is popular in Zhuang villages such as Yufeng in Tianyang County, Guangxi. Before the bride comes to the groom's house, she should stop for a while and prepare to "charge" into the house, because there are seven or eight "artillery" groups of young men at the door, hall and new house, holding a string of firecrackers waiting for the bride to come over. When the bride was approaching the door, the "gunners" lit firecrackers and formed a "fire wall" to stop the bride from approaching. If you are a timid bride, you have to retreat to the door and wait for the second "charge". The "gunmen" also summed up the experience of victory and prepared for the second "blocking". It can be said that the bride can't enter the door without two or three "charges". The onlookers, three floors inside and three floors outside, are very lively. After a hard struggle, the bride jumped over the door and came to the bridal chamber. This is the last sad hurdle, because the "gunner" has to put a "gun". At this time, the clever bridesmaids and bridesmaids "scouted around" and jumped into the bridal chamber with the bride in their arms when the "gunfire" was sparse. Suddenly, cheers thundered, congratulating the bride on "winning the flag". After the wedding reception, guests will watch the bride go out to "carry water" in the dark under the guidance of the bride. The bride will fill the water tank, which is a test of whether the bride can bear the pain. In this way, the bride can't enter the bridal chamber until late at night. In some places at the junction of Yishan and Huanjiang County in Guangxi, young Zhuang people get married, and the custom of "reciting characters" has been popular to this day. "Bei Zi" is a transliteration of Zhuang language. In fact, it is not a word, but a broadband one foot four feet long and more than one foot wide, which was sewn by the woman's mother with dark black (the best color) homespun woven or bought by herself. On the daughter's wedding day, ask the man to assign a person who can recite words to take the cloth back to the groom's house in case the nephew is born as a baby. This custom is called "memorizing characters" in the local Zhuang language. A person who "recites words" must have three conditions: a father and a mother; Unmarried young men; Smart and polite. The ceremony of reciting characters was held in the main hall of the woman's house. The person who presides over the ceremony must be a respected elder in the village and has become a grandfather. The elders first offered two cups of local famous wine to the people who recited the words. The person who recited the words politely held cups in both hands and respectfully gave the elders two cups as a gift, which both sides had to drink at once. Then the elders tie the prepared tapes to the shoulders of the people who recite the words, and then toast each other and say auspicious words. After reading the word "nian", set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the wedding guests and return safely. People who recite words bow to their elders and say goodbye, step out of the gate and open an umbrella, which means sheltering "grandchildren" from grandma's house. Back to the man's house, the host burned incense and fired a gun, welcoming the "back word" person to return home in triumph. When I was young, the ceremony of "removing Chinese characters" was also presided over by my elders. After toasting each other, the elders gently took off the cloth and gave it to my mother for safekeeping. The groom's parents should also reward those who recite words. Soon after, the bride and her girlfriends came to the groom's house in droves, and the wedding day was even more lively. Brides crossing the river are popular among Zhuang people in Longsheng Autonomous County in northern Guangxi. In the mountainous area of northern Guangxi, there were only forty or fifty miles of mountain roads, but it was necessary to wade across the river five or six times and cross three or four bridges. So when getting married, the bride should be carried across the river and bridged. People who carry brides are called "sailors", mostly unmarried young men. When crossing the river, three guns were fired and horns sounded. "Sailors" hold their knees with two palms and bow down. Only when they have a good back can they cross the river or cross the bridge. Bride-carrying pays special attention to civility and politeness, and can't be rude in action, let alone ridicule. Therefore, people who carry their brides are mostly the best in moral character. When crossing the river, "Ying Niang" (held by unmarried young women) holds an umbrella to shade the bride. On the river about 50 or 60 meters wide, the wedding procession was pulled into a line, which was very lively. After landing, the clever "Ying Niang" put the umbrella very low to prevent others from peeking at the veiled bride. Longsheng's Zhuang marriage has to go through "three customs" and "ten doors". First fall in love, then get engaged, and then get married. This is the so-called "three customs". Greeting, singing, going out, crossing the village, crossing the river and bridging the bridge, getting started, singing, returning to the door, going home and entering the bridal chamber are called "ten doors". "Crossing the river" is only the fifth "gate" among the "ten gates", and you can only enter the bridal chamber after passing the "ten gates".