Cultural traditions and customs in Nanyang

After the couple decided on the wedding date, their parents began to help with the wedding. Usually, the layout of the wedding room is exquisite: the man needs to prepare odd quilts, the woman needs to prepare even quilts, and there is a "bed pressing" link the night before the wedding reception. Nanyang people also have the custom of "night marriage", which has been handed down since ancient times and has been observed by people.

In the early years, the phenomenon that matchmakers acted as matchmakers was still very popular in Nanyang. The man will take the melon and fruit to the matchmaker's house and meet the woman's house first. If he feels that both sides are satisfied with the conditions, he will start to calculate the date of birth of this man and woman, see if he can live with Meimei, and choose a good day for the wedding. These are all things that need to be done before the wedding.

Before the man prepares to marry the woman, he should prepare a generous dowry. The amount of bride price depends on the man's condition and the importance he attaches to the woman. There is no fixed requirement for this amount. Husband and mother will invite housewives to make odd quilts, one of which will be laid on the new bed on the wedding day, and the rest will be laid on the new bed on the wedding day. We also need to find a healthy little boy to sleep in the new bed for one night. "Pressing the bed" means that the bride can give birth to a fat boy as soon as possible. The woman is a happy quilt with even numbers, which means good luck.

The marriage custom in Nanyang prevailed in the early years, which is the reappearance of the custom of robbing marriage. In some places, this custom still exists. On the wedding day, the little boy who "pressed the bed" became a sedan chair baby. He will take a bunch of flowers to the bride's house and give them to her in her room. After that, the ceremony of worshipping heaven and earth began. It was not until the banquet was over that the new talent was sent to the bridal chamber in the noise of everyone.

We should continue to inherit and follow some good marriage customs in Nanyang, but we should also appropriately abandon those bad customs and carry forward Chinese civilization. The wedding customs in these different areas are the epitome of Chinese customs, and we can also learn some local characteristic cultures through these customs. We should "take the essence and discard the dross", start from ourselves and pass on good customs to the younger generation. Although the wedding preparation process is a bit complicated, everyone must be more patient, and a better life is just around the corner. Newcomers will start another life with everyone's blessing.