What are the wedding customs of Chaoshan people?

Propose, also known as propose. That is, the matchmaker proposes to the man, or the matchmaker introduces the woman to the man first, and then proposes to the woman after the man approves.

2, eight characters (marriage), the old custom of marriage has two links, after the two sides put forward for approval, that is, the matchmaker will write the woman's name, date of birth, place of origin, grandparents and grandchildren into a Geng post and give it to the man. If nothing unexpected or unlucky happens in the man's house within three days, such as breaking bowls and pots, it is called "three days good"

With this good sign, the man agreed to exchange posts with Geng. Please get married separately after changing the Geng post to make sure that both men and women are born together or contain each other. If we contain each other, the marriage will have to be ruined. Contemporary people advocate free love. Although young men and women have long got rid of the marriage custom of "parents' orders and matchmakers' words" and the old custom of exchanging Geng posts has been abandoned, many people still keep the link of "matching eight characters"

Step 3 choose a date

Pick another day. After the engagement ceremony, the man should choose the wedding date and tell the woman, including telling her when to cut the wedding dress, when to pull a face, when to take a shower and when to get married. Most of the time chosen by chaozhou people is in the middle of the night, and it is an ancient legacy for hipsters to keep the custom of getting married late at night. In ancient times, weddings always ended in fainting, so wedding ceremonies must be held after dusk or even late at night.

4. Wedding ceremony

The wedding ceremony is the ceremony for the groom to marry the bride at the woman's house, and it is also the most important procedure in the wedding. There are two kinds of old-fashioned weddings: one is the groom's wedding, and the other is that the man invites a "lucky dog" to meet him. In modern times, most of them are the groom himself. During the whole process before and after the wedding, both the woman and the man will hold some custom activities, including the following aspects.

5. flower washing water

Before marriage, the bride should bathe in water with twelve kinds of flowers and plants, such as Cao Xian and pomegranate, and put on a "five elements" coat after bathing, also known as a "sedan chair shirt", which symbolizes the perfection of Five Blessingg. In some places, the bride should sit in the bathtub and eat two boiled eggs after taking a bath, praying for a smooth birth after marriage. Moreover, the clothes worn by the bride can't be sewn inside and outside, which is intended not to take away the luck of their parents.