What are the wedding customs in the countryside of Ruzhou?

Ruzhou wedding customs line the night before the wedding, the door Suona class playing and singing, the cave room, the two meddlers to the bride sewing bed. Looking for these two to assist the bride are children, and do not avoid the phases of the people. When they were making the bed, the suona class helped to play and play. They sprinkled a few petals of seed cotton on the bed, spread with the root beard of the Panicum stalks, intended to make the two pairs, love and love, early in the birth of a son. Also spread on the beanstalks, to have a scholar; sprinkled with grain stalks, to have a girl. Night also find a child and the groom to sleep with the bed, folk called "pressure bed". The day of the wedding, early in the morning to set up the courtyard. Stick wedding couplets, red paper to seal the land temple, waterway eyes, cave window. Inside the courtyard, set up the heaven and earth table. On the table is placed a dendrobium bucket with grains, and inside the bucket is inserted a scale, a small piece of meat on the hook, and a bronze mirror. The surface of the bucket is sealed with red paper. The first step in the marriage ceremony is the ancestor worship. The whole family in the ancestral shrine (folk called grandparents pillar) before the bright candle, incense, burning gold, kneeling three kowtow ritual, to show that do not forget the ancestral roots. Next is the sedan chair. Before starting the sedan chair, water Li food box first. The food box is loaded with items and the same as before, only to make a cut on the meat of the gift, to show that this is the bride's away from the mother meat. Food box should also be put on the clothes worn by the bride, put a book should be written, written above the bride on the sedan chair down the direction of the sedan chair, as well as to make people jealous of the phases of the genus. Food box lid placed on a wine pot with a cypress branch. Food box to carry back, the bride's family will be poured out of wine, replaced by water, so it is called water conservancy food box. As soon as the food box is gone, the family will sweep the sedan chair (car). The two adulterer's head inserted cypress branches, hand-held cotton oil lamps and wooden plates, hand brush, into the sedan chair to clean up some of the lighted lamps will then be sent to the cave, placed in a corner of the cypress barrels, so that it is always bright to ward off evil spirits. Now the sedan chair into a colorful car, sweeping the car light iron lamp replaced by a mirror. Sedan chair to sound the gun and play music, the front guide is driving felt. Driving felt people to choose their own prestigious people, he back hitch, arm driving red felt, while walking, while firing the cannon, but also at any time to spread the road written with great luck. In case of temples and shrines, bridges and culverts, large trees, buildings, even a boulder should also be labeled with a written "red paper cover the" red stickers. Sedan chair in progress is not allowed to land, the bearer rests, driving felt in a hurry to red felt on the ground, so that the bottom of the sedan chair on it. Driving felt followed closely behind the suona class, blowing in front of the sedan chair, blowing most of the "Passing Pretty" or "Birds Toward the Phoenix" and other joyful and cheerful tunes. The bride in the mother's family to help the family on the sedan chair. Gathering face in advance in the past, the day of the wedding, wearing a phoenix crown, wearing a cloud shoulder, waist tie color skirt, foot foot green za flower shoes. Family members to send out the door, the bride to fall a few tears to show attachment to her mother's home. Now the bride to the beauty store beauty plate head, wearing a wedding dress. There is a groom to meet the bride, to the bride after offering flowers, will carry the bride on the car. The sedan chair (car) does not go back. The mother's family to send uncle, uncle, brother, brother and close to the clan to send the daughter, folk called "send guest". But also find some of the near clan to carry the dowry, sedan chair (car) in the driving felt guide, all the way to blowing and beating, very lively. The sedan chair arrived at the door of the man's house, according to the direction of the book should be pointed out to stop. With the sedan chair pressure sedan chair children want money to be willing to get off the sedan chair, the mother-in-law to the daughter-in-law to pass the vase, but also to the bride 101 yuan, meant to be a good daughter-in-law in one hundred miles. Bride in the adulterer to help, head covered, ran into the house. At this time, the firecrackers, the door on both sides of the clip with a large red cannon of grass handle point, the new daughter-in-law to cross the door of the saddle (or loom on the St.), which is called "riding over the saddle". The bridegroom wears a hat, a long shirt and a red cross to welcome the bride, worship heaven and earth in front of the heaven and earth table, worship the high hall, husband and wife to worship. After the ceremony, the groom went to the cave first, and when the bride entered the room, he ran out of the cave and bumped into the bride, which is called "bumping into the wedding". Now the new style of wedding instead of worshipping heaven and earth. The bride into the bridal chamber to wash her face on the head. In the past, the girl behind the head to keep a long braid, forehead in front of the sea. In the past, girls used to wear long braids on the back of their heads, with hair in front of their foreheads. On this day, we can't make people for nothing, and those who serve the washing water and take the comb should also ask for a seal. At noon, the host family set up a wedding banquet to entertain friends and relatives. A gift table is set up at the entrance to receive gifts for the guests, and a center table is set up in the hall to entertain the guests. In the past, the center table should be tied with a table skirt, and under the auspices of the supporting guests, a big ceremony of offering cups was performed. Now it is just the main family toast, watch the food, the bride and groom toast. During the seat to send the guest sitting in the first chair out of the "look at the kitchen seal", the host family will only be willing to follow a few dishes. After the banquet, the host family should meet with the main characters in the sender to catch up on family love, and say some polite words. In the night, the neighbors to say goodbye, the cave for three days no matter how big or small, no matter how young or old can see the flower daughter-in-law. Toward the latter part of the night, the bride's house is served on a tray with cups, chopsticks, wine and vegetables. Send room for the bride to perform programs, such as eating vegetables, copper pots insert chopsticks, ride the bench, smoke over the bridge, etc., playful teasing, people laugh and cry. The second half of the night staff dispersed, but also listen to the room, such as no one to listen to, then find a broom top a straw hat, draped in a cloth shirt, leaning on the windowsill. #3 00 Reply