What are the customary norms and taboos of the wedding?

Customary norms:

One: the day of the wedding the male side to pick up the family generally come to the number of cars for the singular, the mother's family to make up an even number, and can not go back to the road. That is to say, to receive the relatives to singular, to send relatives to singular, so you can singular to double back. As the saying goes, "husband and wife double home" Well, the Chinese people generally believe that the even number is very lucky, pairs, than the wings are very good significance it, so the car to put together the even number is the first thing to pay attention to yo!

Two: in ancient times, women get married are carried to the husband's home in a sedan chair, the sedan chair on the way to the four corners of the mother's family will be sent to the bride, the four are men, can be their elders, uncles, uncles and so on can be; can also be the bride's younger brother, cousins and so on. The men escort the bride to show that the woman is serious about the wedding and that her family knows how to be polite. Four male relatives to escort the bride to the in-laws, this is a tradition that has existed in China since ancient times, so it is important to pay attention to this little trick!

Three: the choice of bridesmaids, but also special attention. The general bridesmaids are four girls, and the girls are unmarried girls. Bridesmaids can be the bride's good friends, can also be the bride's relatives, but if it is a relative, generally is the bride and the same generation of people, it is best not to be the late generation or elders. There is a need to pay special attention to, a lot of places, the bride's own sister pro sister can not go to send the bride, these are married to send the bride what to pay attention to the small talk Oh!

Four: many places to send a special fun customs - in the groom to pick up the bride's shoes, the bride can not walk up to meet the bride's float, but to younger or older brother to hold on the float or on the back of the float; there are many places to let the bride sit on a chair, older brothers and sisters will be the bride to lift together! The bride's body is not a car, but the bride's body is not a car.

Wedding taboos of the bride to send taboo

A. The bride to send the bride refers to the female relatives and friends to send the bride to get married. The person who sends the bride to be "all alive", avoid widows, pregnant women to send the bride. This in the Central Plains is extremely concerned. In the Bohai Bay area, the person who sends the family has "father send mother not send", "aunt not marry, aunt not send, aunt send a sick" taboo customs. These are all taboos about women. Taboo women in the marriage, on the one hand, is a woman's contempt, on the other hand, also because of women's soft heart, emotional vulnerability. Seeing relatives get married will give birth to some sad emotions, may also shed tears and lose their voices, and its wedding is not auspicious, and therefore some taboos.

Second, welcome the family, send the family there are phallic taboos. Shandong popular taboo ballad for: "ChenZiShen taboo snake chicken cow; SiYouChou taboo tiger horse dog; YinWuXu taboo pig rabbit sheep; OhMaoWei taboo dragon mouse monkey." Many places are not personally welcome. By the female party directly send the bride to the male family. There are also some places where the woman does not send relatives to the male family, only to send on the sedan chair (car, horse). Wealthy people have with the bride "married" over the "dowry maid", such a send relatives will be a send and not return.

Three, there is an ancient marriage house three days do not raise the fire taboo. The Book of Rites has a record of this, saying that it is a sign of sadness. Sending relatives taboo to pregnant women to send relatives for the most taboo. Probably for fear of "touching" the bride is also pregnant, thus becoming an unchaste bride. In fact, the bride's chastity or not, and send a pregnant woman and what is the relationship? This association is the primitive thinking in the "like with like" concept of reflection, is the "sympathetic sorcery" power of the fear of the implementation of the taboo customs.

The wedding is a religious or legal ceremony, the significance of which is to obtain the recognition and blessing of society, to prevent bigamy, to help the newlyweds adapt to their new social roles and requirements, and to prepare them for their social responsibilities.

All peoples and nations have their traditional wedding ceremonies, which are the means of inheritance of their folklore and culture, as well as ceremonies for the cultural education of their people. Wedding is also an important milestone in one's life and belongs to one of the rites of life. The world's oldest, longest continuing and most influential weddings are Confucian weddings, Hindu weddings and Christian weddings, i.e., weddings of the three major circles of civilization. In most of these cultures, traditions and customs are usually developed for marriage, many of which have lost their original significance in modern society and have gradually evolved into secular weddings.