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Anhui wedding etiquette

Every May 20 good or Tanabata, are married? The good day? Are you ready? Then the question comes: do you know what marriage customs around Anhui? Below I will organize for you in about Anhui wedding etiquette, I hope to be able to help you Oh!

Anhui wedding etiquette

Hefei

The bride on the station cake, friends and relatives mouth reading auspicious sentence

Receiving the bride before the departure of the need to prepare for the doorway money (packages of 5 yuan, dozens of 10 yuan as well as a few 100, red envelopes, etc.). There is a small ritual after the groom enters the door, bring flowers or give the bride shoes and so on. Worship parents? Change your language?

The bride is a lot of older or younger brother, cousins, cousins, etc. (back before you have to give the red packet) back out of the house, there are also grooms holding out. Get on the car to put the cake on the ground, the bride's feet on the cake, and then sit in the car (some places to take a cake back to the man's home, signifying? High to high to go?) (In some places, a cake is brought back to the man's house to symbolize? Bride into the door of the man's home, friends and relatives will read auspicious phrases, hand to the ground peanuts, jujubes and other fruit, called? Spreading joyful fruits?

Wuhu

Boys holding a plate waiting for the groom, the bride's head inserted into the ears

The male in the door to marry the bride before the ancestors should be worshiped. Gift car to the woman's home, there will be a boy with a tea tray waiting for the groom, then the groom out of the car, to give the boy a red envelope to answer the gift, and then enter the woman's home. The bride's head should be inserted into the ears of rice and red flowers, the groom to the bouquet, after the matchmaker will bride out of the hall. After the bride on the limousine, the female parent should be a basin of face wash water poured out, on behalf of the daughter has been poured out of the water, and wish the daughter success.

After the gift car to, by the matchmaker with two tangerine children to meet the new couple, the bride to lightly touch the tangerine, and then give a red envelope to answer the gift. These two oranges should be left until the evening for the bride to peel personally, meaning that can be attracted to? Longevity? When the bride enters the hall, she has to cross the fire bowl and step on the broken tiles. Crossing the fire pot means removing evil spirits, and stepping on the broken tiles is a metaphor for the past as if the tiles were broken. The past time is as broken as the tiles. On the wedding day, no one is allowed to sit on the new bed, and the bride is not allowed to lie down, so as not to fall ill in bed throughout the year.

Bengbu

The selection of the wedding period should be noted, the bride's car feet on the cake

The wedding period to avoid both parents' birth months and birthdays. The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have a good idea of what you're getting into, and that you have a good idea of what you're getting into. Early in the morning on the day of the wedding, the male family to the female under the gift, along the old days? Water gift? Customs. Gifts are also similar, some of them to the big bread, canned food instead of the old gift of steamed bread, pork and so on. There are also not under the water gift, because the female family in the daughter back to the door to entertain friends and relatives or banquet in the hotel, agreed to let the male side of the money.

The general male under the gift to the woman's home, they brought back the bride dowry. To and from both sides with firecrackers to welcome. Male family under the gift to bring back the bride's dowry, that is, the car to meet the bride. Bride in the sedan car feet have clouds under the cake two, meaning? Step by step? The old wedding, along with the old wedding? Newlyweds do not walk the old road? The custom.

Suzhou

The man is ready to get on the car gift, the woman's mouth with rice

After the matchmaker, the woman will go to the man's home with his family in a few days? The first thing you need to do is to look at the gateway. The doorway? That is, to see the male family conditions and economic status, to see the portal of the day, the male family will give the female side of some gifts, generally speaking, the male side of the gift is 10,000 yuan, implying that ten thousand miles. The marriage is thus concluded! Engagement bride price can be discussed in advance and each other, generally 6 cigarettes, 6 boxes of wine, 6 roosters, if the man is generous, then you can give double the bride price, in the next gift at the same time the man will give the woman bride price money, the next gift to buy sweets, clothes, etc. to the woman.

When you get married, the woman will generally propose to get on the car gift of 4000?6000 yuan, before getting on the car, the woman's family will give the girl pressure waist money, the girl will be sitting in the front door of the main house, waiting for the man to the woman to put on the head of the shoes, the woman's aunt will also be given to the woman to comb her hair, and at the same time the woman will also have to contain the grains of rice in their mouths, meaning that many children. On the day of the wedding, the man's family brings a small child holding a red rooster to meet the bride.

Ma'anshan

The newcomer back to the door to eat a meal, the elders of the mother's family door to welcome

In Ma'anshan, set the auspicious day of the wedding, the man should remember to find a good day to go to the woman's home to send? Four four accompanying gifts a pig leg, two carp, an even number of cigarettes and wine. To be brought by the male party's uncle, uncle and other elders, if there is a matchmaker and door to door, this is called in ancient times? The first time I saw this, it was a very good idea to get the money back.

Before the wedding, the bride's family to find a parent alive and well, children and couples and the old man to help sew a bed of wedding quilt as a dowry, implying that the bride can also become a happy woman in the future.

The day before the wedding, to be the groom's brother in the new room of the wedding bed to sleep one night, the name is? Pressing the bed? , symbolizing good luck. In addition to posting the word "Xi", but also in the wedding bed sprinkled with cinnamon, jujube, lotus seeds, peanuts, symbolizing the new couple? The wedding couple is expected to give birth to a child soon. And can not be randomly sprinkled, to be sprinkled in the bed seam, quilt, pillow, the new couple to find the longer the more auspicious. Bride three days back to the door, that is, from the wedding day counting from the third day, the new people to return to the bride's maiden name to eat a meal, before going home to the bride's maiden elders in front of the house to receive home, go home to eat to go out before the sun goes down, so that the wedding even if the wedding is really finished.

Anqing

Bride shoes on the shoes again, find a boy pressed off the bed

Look home, the female parents and relatives to the male family to see the environment of the male family and so on. The man should also invite relatives from his own family over, usually the father and mother's immediate family members to attend. The next reported day is the day set for the marriage.

When getting married, the bride is not allowed to get her feet off the ground until she receives the door, and even if she has to walk, she has to wear another pair of shoes on top of her shoes. Bride before going to the in-laws, are to be well groomed, lying in bed, waiting for the groom to come over to pick up. When the bride gets into the car, the bride's brother or father usually carries her to the car. On the groom's side, a fire pit is prepared for the bride to cross over. The old maids who receive the bride are usually two in number and are required to be Quanfu people. In addition, the new bed should have Quanfu people press over the bed, or find a little boy first press down the bed.

Huangshan

Two silk threads to open the face, the newcomer to eat red eggs

In the old society, Huizhou marriage strictly follow the order of parents, matchmakers. Generally there are nine procedures: matchmaking, line recruitment, please period, move the line marriage, open face, welcome the bride, worship, the cave, back to the door. Nowadays, marriages are free love and families are happy. Although many marriage procedures are simplified, but the traditional customs are still continuing.

On the day of the wedding, the bride's sweaty forehead was twisted away by her aunt or uncle with two silk threads, which is called ? The bride's forehead was strung with two threads of silk. The bridegroom enters the house, looking for the bride. After the groom enters the door, looking for the bride. The bride's family is busy greeting guests, eggs, noodles, trays, tea one by one on the tray, tray of four-color gift: red cake, sugar, peanuts, melon seeds, heralding the newcomer red hot, sweet, blossoms and fruits, many children and grandchildren, in-laws come to eat a lot of food, mouth and mouth. After the newlyweds have eaten the red eggs and longevity noodles, they kneel down to worship their parents and express their gratitude for their upbringing. The bride's brother put the bride on the back of the man prepared to welcome the bride? Car? On, to the man's home to pay homage, the cave. The third day after the wedding, the groom accompanied the bride back to worship her parents, so-called? Back to the door?

Bozhou

The four corners of the bed to put jujubes, the bride's waist to tie a red belt

To invite four matchmaker red, to give the matchmaker red candy. Both men and women should have 4 guests each, and the guests should give handkerchiefs. The wedding car should be tied up early in the morning. If there are many cars, there can only be an even number, bring the woman's clothes with peanuts ah and so on. The corners of the newlywed's bed should be filled with jujube, peanut, cinnamon and lotus seed. The day the woman wore a wedding dress on the waist to tie a red sash, to pick up the bride back and forth to avoid going the same way, out of the bride's home do not drive in the direction of the west, try to go around.

Liu'an

The bride to eat a separate family meal, not wearing a veil of the mother's family

The previous custom, the male side of the first proposal of ? The book is the first of its kind in the world. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new pair of shoes or boots. The color gift? The matchmaker to send the woman, Jinzhai have to send pen ink onion (moral?). Smart? (which means "smart"), pine and cypress branches (which means "old"). The oldest of them are the oldest. (meaning); the female side and then send back to the male side to allow the marriage? The woman then sends back the man's permission to marry. This is called the "engagement". Betrothal. At this point, if there is no special reason, the marriage is considered to be finalized.

Before the wedding, the man with a specific wedding date attached to the proposal to ask the matchmaker to the woman's home for advice, called? The first time I saw a woman, I was in the middle of a marriage, and I was in the middle of a marriage. If the woman has no objections, the wedding date will be set, and the size of the clothes of the woman to be married by the matchmaker to the man. On the day of the wedding, the man prepared new clothes, gifts, by the matchmaker rate of welcoming personnel sent to the woman's home. In the old days, there is not to wear the mother's family a yarn when getting married, all the in-laws to use the custom of new clothes.

Before the bride left home, and brother and sister with food in a bowl of round, vermicelli, said to eat? Separation of the family meal? After the brother, brother back up into the car (Shouxian before by sister, sister-in-law help into the sedan chair).

Fuyang

Firecrackers as a catalyst for makeup, the bride and groom shoes on the change

In the night before the wedding, the male family to feast in the clan, and then the groom to worship ancestors, parents and elders, worship, to the bridegroom as the head of the bridegroom team will be to the bride's home to go. The bridegroom's team arrived at the door of the woman's home, the woman's family routinely closed the door to the groom to set off firecrackers, said? Prompting the door cannon? The family and friends of the woman's family will ask the groom for? Open the door money. That night, the woman's family will set up a feast to entertain the groom, and friends and relatives *** drink, the groom will stay in the evening in-laws.

The next morning (i.e., the wedding day), the groom's entourage in front of the woman's home firecrackers, known as? Promote makeup? On the way out, the bride will cry loudly to show that she does not want to leave her parents, and her family will also cry to say goodbye. When the bride and groom arrive at the man's house, the man's family will ask two women, who have both children, to switch the shoes of the bride and groom, because the shoes are not the same as the shoes of the bride and groom. Shoes? is the same as "shoe". Kai? homophonic, so this move has? Whiteheads grow old together? Symbol. Groom into the male family door, friends and relatives will read auspicious statements, hand to the ground peanuts, jujubes and other fruit, called? Spread happy fruit?

Huaibei

The bed of joy to withdraw all kinds of fruit, the bride can not lie down during the day

Before the wedding, by the good fortune of the wife is responsible for making the bed, the mattress, bed sheets and dragon and phoenix quilt and so on the bed, and withdrawal of all kinds of fruit, such as jujubes, cinnamon, lychee dried, red and green beans and Li is. No one is allowed to enter the new room or touch the new bed until the couple enters the room on the wedding night.

In front of the woman's home, there should be a boy holding a tea tray waiting for the arrival of the groom's car, the groom got off the car, should be rewarded with a red packet of the boy to answer the gift, and then enter the woman's home. Before departure, the bride and her parents and siblings to eat together, parting soon, the bride is usually sad face, we say some auspicious words. In the bride's gift car just started, the female parents should be sprinkled in the back of the car bowl of water, a bowl of white rice, water on behalf of the daughter has been thrown out of the water, and all the future never interfere, white rice is to wish the daughter to have food, clothing, and success in all things. Wedding day during the day, the bride can not lie down, or may be sick in bed all year round.

Chuzhou

The day before the wedding uncle to congratulate, the bride walks in the red cloth bag

Married to the girl to be married 10 days before the wedding? Buckle rice? (reduce the amount of rice). A few days before the wedding, the female family will be accompanied by dowry sent to the male family in order to decorate the new house. The day before the wedding, the uncle to congratulate, to raise the number of firecrackers (firecrackers). Previously, on the day of the wedding, the male family prepared a sedan chair, hired a band, with gifts, by the full happiness of the children press sedan chair, to the female family to receive the bride. The gift must have a full altar of wine and even strips of meat, wine for? Throwing mother wine? and meat for? The gift must be full of wine and meat, the wine is "Thu Niang wine" and the meat is "Li Niang meat".

The bride's feet can not track the ground when she went out. Receive the bride woman with piggyback bags (i.e., red cloth bags or sacks) two in the ground to take turns turning the floor as a carpet, the bride by the bridesmaids to walk on the red cloth bags, bags of people while wheeling and reciting congratulatory words, such as? Piggyback bag to pass the pocket, a bag to pass a hundred generations, that can be passed on to the next generation (bag, generation of harmonics). Inside the cave sheets, boxes, drawers with peanuts, jujubes, cinnamon, meaning that the early birth of a child.

Chizhou

There are cigarettes and wine in the cradle ceremony, and cakes are to be put in the dowry quilt

At the time of betrothal, relatives of both sides will be invited to a banquet by the man. The couple will change their language at the banquet, and the man's parents will give the woman money for the change of language at the banquet. To recognize the relatives, the man will prepare all the gifts to go to the woman's relatives to run through. This is called the "Cradle Ceremony". Cradle Ceremony? Cradle gifts include cigarettes, wine, meat, sugar, cakes, cinnamon, lychee and other items. At this time, it is the woman's relatives will give red packets to the man as a return gift, the man will also receive the woman's parents to the change of name fee.

By the time of the wedding, it is necessary to put cakes (meaning step by step), red dates, cinnamon, lotus seeds, peanuts, red eggs (meaning early birth), red envelopes (for the person who spread the quilt) in advance in the quilt of the woman's dowry. The woman needs to buy a grate for the bride's grooming (meaning a smooth future), and a spittoon (called a bucket of children and grandchildren, meaning a full house of children and grandchildren). The bride before getting on the car, have to step on the cake on the car, which means step by step.

Xuancheng

The bride on the car sister wear shoes, children and grandchildren bucket put auspicious

The bridegroom to pick up the door, the bride's home to prepare a bowl of noodles two eggs, the bride and groom each other pinch each other to eat. The bridegroom will carry the bride on the car, the new shoes underneath a piece of red cloth, sister to the bride to wear shoes after the reward sister shoe money. Women's dowry, no matter how rich or poor are less toilet (called the bucket of children and grandchildren), bucket and large, medium and small three garden wooden plate (commonly known as?). Sanyuan? The symbols of these three wooden dishes are Three Wons and the first?) As well as refined men and women two pairs of single shoes (formerly mostly hand-made for the bride), called? The same shoes? which means "the same shoes". Together with the (shoes) to the old? meaning. Inside the bucket for children and grandchildren, there are jujube, peanut, 100 children's cakes and red-dyed chicken (eggs), etc., which is taken as? The bucket contains jujubes, peanuts, 100 seeds cake, and red-dyed chicken seeds (eggs). The sign of the early birth of a child.

Tongling

The male gift to back half, the bride married mother and daughter crying

Men and women engaged, every Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, the male party to the female father, mother gift, has been sent to the marriage. Gifts are generally cigarettes, wine, pastries, etc., and be sure to make up the double digits. Some people, the first time the man to send the festival to send noodles, square piece of cake, etc., the woman will return half of these gifts, to show? often come and go? The woman will return half of these gifts to show that she is always on the same page. High to high to go? All girls get married mother and daughter have to cry,? The more you cry, the more hair? The bride cried, expressed their attachment to their parents gratitude; mother cried, expressed the old generation to the next generation as a good daughter-in-law and good wife and mother's expectations.

Huainan

The basin of joy to be wrapped in red cloth, personally handed to the hands of the mother-in-law

Three days before the wedding, men and women are not able to see each other, the first night of the wedding day to a boy to press the bed to sleep (to be three generations all in). The day of the wedding, the man himself to pick up the bride, to bring a new set of clothes and new shoes, (inside and outside each one), to bring a four-fold gift (originally 2 boxes of wine, half a piece of pork, 2 carp, 2 boxes of pastries (canned goods)) is now money.

The bride before the wedding are required to prepare a happy pot, also known as polyoxygenated treasure pots, there are sent to the joy of inviting auspicious meaning. Do dowry joy basin should be wrapped in red cloth, by the bride's family of unmarried women to the in-laws, and then personally handed to the mother-in-law. When the mother-in-law receives the basin, it proves that she has formally accepted her daughter-in-law. Some items with good meanings are also placed in the wedding basin, such as peanuts, jujubes, lotus seeds, cinnamon, to symbolize the early birth of a child; onions and Mingzi, to bless the future birth of a child smart and so on. Wedding, find a boy to hold the old goose, on behalf of the ability to have a son.