Guangdong zhanjiang this side of the girl married what custom

Zhanjiang has a "look at the house" or "look at the family" custom. In the past, the woman's parents sent people to the man to see, the man hosted a banquet, presented to the red envelope. Now, the woman can be square to the male family, on the one hand, to understand the situation, on the other hand, the male parents can also be on the future daughter-in-law over the eyes, but still contains the "look at the house" of the legacy. Open book and life is commonly known as the "eight", this ancient marriage customs, in Zhanjiang is still very prevalent. In the past, the ceremony was very grand, the woman will be sent to the man's home with red paper writing birthdays, called "send eight", the man's birthdays are also the same with red paper writing, choose an auspicious day, write the two sides of the birthdays of the red paper placed on the man's ancestors on the God or rice tank, after three days nothing happened, that is, "good Omen", can be "together eight". Please fortune-teller for the combined years, eight born together, you can discuss the wedding date, and if there is a contradiction, then say some polite words, the end of the marriage. Nowadays, generally just ask a fortune-teller, "eight characters", such as no acrossthe-board, all is well; such as acrossthe-board, the fortune-teller can propose some ways to remedy the reduction of acrossthe-board, so that "the lovers will finally get married". Choose the day to send bride price men and women after the eight characters, the next step is to choose the day and send bride price. Choose the day, also known as choose the time, that is, choose to get married on the auspicious day, generally also asked the fortune-teller to choose the day, and now some people through the "book" (calendar) to set the date, the purpose is to pray for an auspicious day. Bride price, is the man to send bride price to the woman's home, commonly known as "over the gift". In the past, Zhanjiang people also have a certain procedure to send bride price, need to use red paper to write "pass the name of the post" and "gift items post" each one, the former front to write "rich gold" two words, the back write "In-law brother xxx Dun head worship"; the latter open the catalog of gifts and the number of gifts. The general bride price is a pair of chickens (female and male chickens), pig legs, betel nuts, gift cakes, the number of double, meaning that good things come in pairs, sent by the brother-in-law. After the female party to receive gifts, the need to "return to hire", also known as "back to the plate", but also open the "pass name post" and "gift post". General return to send the male party to gift a number of, add the gifts already prepared, including red paper wrapped in rice flour made of "Scholar's Cake" is indispensable, meaning that in the future the birth of a child glory and wealth. "Gift post", there will be a list of dowry. With the development of society, the content of the bride price has been changing, and in most places, the two posts have been canceled, and the most popular gift of betel nut has also become history. In the 1950s and 1960s, the bride price was mostly money, cloth, clothes, sugar cakes, fruits and so on; in the 1970s, there was the rise of "three turns and one sound" (bicycle, sewing machine, watch, radio); in the 1980s, it turned into money and high-grade electrical appliances, such as color TV, refrigerator, washing machine and so on; in the 1990s, it was fashionable to buy gold rings and necklaces, etc. In the past, the bride price was usually left to the woman's parents. In the past, the bride price was usually reserved for the woman's parents, but nowadays, in addition to the bride price, almost all of the bride price goes with the woman to the man's family to be used at the time of marriage. Women's family received the bride price, will be some gifts such as sweets and cookies, and so on, distributed to friends and neighbors, told the daughter to get married in the near future. Nowadays, there are many young people to change customs, do not pay attention to the bride price, only symbolic gifts to the female family, but still can not be separated from the custom of the bride price.