Shandong Feicheng wedding customs, please specific, thank you.

Marriage gifts are generally 10,000 (not counting the engagement) and then three gold The conditions are good to buy a car to take wedding photos, needless to say, every woman wants to be a beautiful bride As for the quilts are looking for a child with a daughter's mother to do quilts to dip in the blessing of the man to do four beds to do six beds to symbolize the beauty of the ten In fact, a place is also different depends on the personal preferences and economic situation.

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Marriage After the founding of the PRC, the feudal marriage system was abolished, the marriage law was implemented, and marriage autonomy was practiced, which was terminated by exchanging posters and invitations. It is not uncommon to see introduced marriages, and free love has become the trend, with only two forms of new marriages: betrothal and marriage.

The betrothal Choose an auspicious day, the man hosted a banquet for the woman's family, the betrothal photo, or the man gave the woman clothing, cash and so on. In some cases, the man gives the woman cash or gifts in the name of exchanging handkerchiefs between the man and the woman.

Marriage Men get married is a lifelong celebration of events, neighbors, friends and relatives have always had the habit of congratulations, before the wedding to send money or hanging happy account. The general relationship with the molecules, known as "hanging public account". Relatives and friends to send money, called "Daoxi". For those who send gifts, set a time to host a banquet, called "drinking wine". The general congratulators are thanked with cigarettes and candies. Giving money or gifts to the woman is called "adding boxes". This custom is becoming more and more prevalent. 80's, some by the unit to welcome the bride, some travel to get married. Some units for young people to organize collective weddings, this new form of marriage, no gifts, no treats, both thrifty and grand, quite popular with the masses.

Birth A woman giving birth to a child is commonly known as "sitting in the moon" or "occupying a room". After the birth of a baby, the husband goes to his wife's family to announce the birth and inform them of the time to eat noodles. The mother's family allows the announcer to bring back a varying number of eggs. Three days after the birth, the mother (or sister-in-law) of the mother's family brings eggs, red ponds, noodles, millet, etc. to visit. Within a month of the baby's birth, the grandfather or parents give the child a baby name, called "Xiao Ming", or the grandfather or other people give the name.

Sending rice porridge. Within a month of the birth of a woman, family and friends, the township sent eggs, noodles, millet, rice, noodles, red ponds, etc., called "send congee rice" or "see the moon". The host family would return the rice and noodles or give back a cooked egg with a reddish colored skin. Nowadays, in addition to the eggs and the red skin, baby clothes and blankets are also given away.

Eating noodles. Maternity 6 days, 9 days or 12 days after delivery, the mother's family relatives near the household to get together gifts, loaded with "noodle box", "vegetable box", in addition to each carry a basket full of eggs, rice, noodles, to the maternity home, "to eat noodles! The "noodles" are eaten at the mother's home. In addition to wine and food, must have eggs, noodles.

Full moon. Maternity full moon day, breakfast to eat oil cake, called "strong waist" and bed sweating. After the full moon, the mother's family to take the mother and child to live "full moon". Maternity back to the in-laws, the mother's family to give the child a dress or fabric, called "back sweater".

Hundred days. The 100th day of a baby's life was not celebrated in the old days, but after the 1970s, many parents took pictures of their babies to commemorate the occasion.

Weekly. Commonly known as "lifetime". Birthday day, the table placed books, pens, abacus, steamed buns, scales, etc., let the child to grab, so-called "grabbing life". To the child first grabbed the object, judging the life as. Today, many people still use the "catching" custom, but more for the game only.

Longevity in the territory of "sixty-six, eat a piece of meat," said. The old man to 66 birthday, the children should be the old man on the birthday, so-called "life". The old man birthday, generally from the age of 60 years old, or a few years earlier. To the age of 70, in addition to children, friends and neighbors of the younger or younger generation also have gifts to celebrate the birthday, the host family hosted a banquet. The daughter of a married man to her parents on the birthday, to bring pork, the rest is not confined. 80 years later, to the children's birthday gradually increased.

Moving into a new home, friends and relatives bring gifts or money to celebrate, the host family hosted a banquet, commonly known as "Wenju".

Funeral In the old days, there were funeral customs in the territory, with strong feudal superstitions and many rituals.

Embalming. The old man dying, children for its first feet, wash hands face, wear life jacket in a hurry, so as not to gas after the end of the "wear do not go". And before the end of the gas, it will be moved to the bright room, placed on felt or mat, so as not to isolate the soul in the house. After the end of the gas to fire paper over the face, white paper cover the body, and then burn the "reverse paper", to show that "to the yin". At this time, the family members cry loudly and painfully, repair the deceased's face and dress up, and move the body into the coffin. If the deceased is a woman, she will have to wait for her mother's family to come to "inspect the body" and then cover the coffin. After the death of a person, the son kowtows to the door of the elders of the clan and the grandmother, which is called "kneeling at the door", in order to help with the funeral arrangements. The elders agree on the funeral arrangements and ask the "Prime Minister" to take charge of the funeral. Everything is handled by the "inner and outer cabinets".

After the Prime Minister was invited, he immediately agreed on the relatives and friends who were to report the funeral, and asked them to write "funeral posters". Funeral stickers should be sent by a special person to send. Mourning date can not be changed, relatives must be scheduled to attend the funeral. The daughter of the deceased's family to be the first to notify the woman to cry to her mother's home "to discuss clothing".

In the old days, the old man died, his children tied "money tree", "Treasure Bowl", "Golden Boy, Jade Girl" and so on. Rich people also tie paper "sedan chair", "car and horse", "shady house" and so on. Funeral to the cemetery in front of the grave burning, in order to pray for the deceased in the netherworld does not suffer from poverty. 50 years later, this custom is gradually eliminated.

Old times, the old man died, children wearing hemp mourning. Men wore white cloth long shirt, called "mourning robe". Wearing a "mourning hat", hemp rope dragging the ground, said "pulling the mourning rope". Shoes covered with white cloth, holding a willow stick wrapped with white paper strips, that is, "mourning staff". The filial son bends his head to show his sorrow. Daughters and daughters-in-law wear white "mourning clothes" and white cloth headbands. Unmarried women wear white cloth "pagoda head". Grandchildren wear white two-horned hats. When parents die, children serve three years of filial piety, and nephews and grandchildren serve one year of filial piety. They cannot wear red or green during the mourning period. When a wife dies, the husband does not wear mourning. If the husband dies, the wife will serve 3 years of heavy mourning. After the founding of the country to wear mourning customs gradually abolished, more black veil to express mourning for the dead.

Funeral, also known as "mourning", "funeral", generally in the third day after death. Before the funeral, the filial son to carry chickens to the ancestral forest "point", burn paper, kowtow, and then break the ground digging hole. Wealthy people beforehand, please Feng Shui gentleman to choose the purpose of masonry cave. Before the funeral, the filial son of the South left and right in the coffin on both sides of the wake, neighborhood friends and relatives condolences, accompanied by howling. Friends and relatives pay a gift of money, or send a green veil, wreaths. The townspeople pay "favor" money. The daughter's family and other close relatives to do chicken, fish, meat "three animal sacrifice".

Family and friends arrived after the funeral, the first send "tray", and then worship "road sacrifice", when the coffin was lifted, filial son fell "old pot", holding a mourning staff and citation in front of the coffin to lead the spirit, the female relatives with the coffin. The women follow the coffin. When the coffin is buried, the children and daughters-in-law "visit the grave". Relatives and friends take off their mourning clothes, and the ceremony is over. On the third day after the funeral, the children bring offerings and wine to the gravesite to burn paper and offer sacrifices, which is called "resumption of the third". After that, on the "37th day", "57th day", "100th day" and "festival day", relatives bring offerings to the grave to pay tribute. On the Within the "five seven", the filial son of the acquaintance of all kowtow, down to the grandchildren of a generation, called "the old dead little three generations".

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the funeral rituals were greatly simplified, and superstitions and rituals were gradually eliminated.

In the early 1970s, cremation was introduced in the county, and the dead were cremated and brought back to the urns, and a memorial service was held, and then the urns were buried, or sent to the columbarium for storage.

Banquet etiquette After the 80's began to use round tables. A table is a seat, and for those who have more than one seat at a time, the main room in the north house is the chief.

The Eight Immortals Table, the square table, and the table seam parallel to the direction of the face of the dishes, the left for the seat, the right for the seat; perpendicular to the table seam on both sides of the seat for the bias, but also to the left for the respect; back toward the side of the dishes on the side of the mouth, more than the host or the guest seated in charge of handing dishes, pouring wine. The round table also has the main sitting with the points.

Each dish is placed in the center of the table, and those who accompany the guests raise their chopsticks to indicate that they would like to invite the host to eat the dish with chopsticks, and the crowd follows. Each time you eat the same dish first, even if it is not to your liking, you should raise your chopsticks to honor the occasion. Only those dishes that have been eaten by everyone can be eaten at will.

Drinking is also dominated by the host and the guest, and the crowd follows them in raising and placing their glasses. Toward the end of the banquet, the accompanying guests could not put away their chopsticks and bowls early, and accompanied the guests to leave the table.

After the 1950s, this custom still continues, but it is not as rigid as in the old days.

Other rituals Gift-giving. Family and friends, Zhuangxiang, neighbors, etc. in the event of a happy event, or New Year's festivals have the habit of gift-giving.

The family. Commonly known as visiting relatives. Go 2 times a year. One is after the Spring Festival, the first month to the beginning of February; the other in the wheat harvest, after the summer planting.

Wish you happiness!