Do Dutch wedding customs and etiquette taboo cigars? Matchmaker?

In China, our wedding customs are very grounded. There are Chinese weddings and Western weddings. Although Western-style weddings also let us know a lot about foreign wedding ceremonies, in fact, the wedding customs in foreign countries are quite different from those in China, and the atmosphere is solemn, while China pays attention to excitement. Then let's see how different the local wedding customs are in Holland.

The rose that proposed marriage.

Proposing marriage is a very romantic thing, and the Dutch are very poetic in this respect. When the daughter reaches marriageable age, parents will put a basin of brightly colored roses on the windowsill of her bedroom, indicating that young men can propose marriage.

Symbol of love-wooden shoes

According to Dutch tradition, when young men and women get engaged, the groom will give the bride a pair of wooden shoes. This tradition has been popular for hundreds of years. Wooden shoes are carved from a whole piece of wood, with thick bottom and hard edges, cut into sharp points and painted with bright colors, which are simple, lovely and moisture-proof.

Cigars are matchmakers.

Cigars play the role of "matchmaker" in the process of marriage exploration, engagement and marriage, and are called "cigar trilogy". The first step is to explore marriage with cigars. When a young man sees a girl, he knocks on her door. When the girl's parents came out to open the door, the young man put the first cigar in his mouth and asked for a light. After the girl's parents lit a cigarette for him. After smoking the first cigar, the woman's parents will understand the young man's purpose and ask him various questions after lighting it again to understand his family, work, temper and hobbies. Step two, get engaged to cigars. When the young man comes to borrow the lamp for the third time, if the girl's parents are satisfied, they will open the door and let him in to borrow the lamp. The woman's parents will let the girl come out to see him and give him a cigar. This is an engagement. The last step is that when the wedding is held, the bride will light a cigar for the groom, which is considered to be successful. The "matchmaker" task of cigars is over.

Forced marriage

In a small village in the Netherlands called Stakoster, there is a strange marriage custom, that is, the bride must be pregnant to get married, and she can't get married without pregnancy.