Zhoushan Customs

Wedding newlyweds three days King Legend has it that this is a rule established by Emperor Gaozong of Song. King Kang in honor of the red nun who saved his life. The decree Zhoushan women married, can wear a phoenix crown, Phi Xia post, paved red felt, sitting on the flower Jiao, lifting the big lantern, Yang Bu▲ flag, blowing and celebrating for three days. After the liberation, sitting on the orthopedic and other customs disappeared, but the celebration of three days to make a bustle, has been inherited by the islanders.

The betrothal in the old days, the betrothal are based on parental orders, the words of matchmakers, and pay attention to the door, so there is a "wall door to the wall door (refers to the large households), fence to fence (refers to the fence to fill the yard door of the poor households)" said. First by the male side of the matchmaker to send word, please fortune-teller divination, if the "eight characters" harmony, then with the fruit to send the matchmaker to invite the female side of the birth date, so-called "please gung post", the female side agreed to send "gung post" to the male side The woman agrees to send "gung post" to the man, which is called "over post". The male party put both sides of the birth date "eight characters" in the shrine of the God of Stove, within three days of divination is not auspicious, they will send back the female side of the gung post, divination of the auspicious, the marriage is finalized. Then ask the matchmaker to hold the wedding book and gifts sent to the woman's home, so-called "Naji", also known as "send". The woman will be prepared in advance for the son-in-law and his parents and other elders of the shoes, ink, paper, ink and ink, embroidery bags and other things into the man's gift in return for the gift, called "over the book". Then, the male party will bride price (money), sample red (jewelry, mostly rings, earrings and clothing), wine cake (snacks) sent to the female family, so called "under the recruitment" or "under the fixed". After liberation, advocating freedom of love, no longer have a lot of red tape, but a few people still pay attention to the harmony of the eight characters and the number of bride price.

Welcome to the marriage by the man to choose an auspicious date. The day before the wedding, the male party to send people (usually young men with both parents) to the female side to move the trousseau, so-called "move the dowry". How much dowry varies, as many as ten boxes and ten cabinets, the least there is a night bucket (children and grandchildren bucket), chimney (heating stove), home work basket (holding scissors, ruler, needle and thread, zero cloth and other things such as utensils) three pieces. Both men and women have to hold banquets at their homes. The woman's side to do "open face wine", the bride to ask the aboriginal sister-in-law strung noodles, so-called "open face", the man's side to do "pork liver, flower oil and turnip soup". At night, one or three unmarried young men with both parents and the groom (****two or four people. To make an even number) with the new room. In the early morning of the next day, the male with livestock rituals to worship God, said "enjoy the first".

When welcoming the bride, to abortion as a messenger, prepared sedan chair, please band to the woman's home. The woman stops the sedan chair and prevents it. The messenger "to money feed the door" to be able to enter, so-called "open the door tin", or "open the door paper bag". Before the bride on the sedan chair, to eat "on the sedan chair rice", the first mouth spit back to the parents bed, signaling that not forget the grace of parenting. Bride or by a brother "hold on the sedan chair", or by the girl "lead on the sedan chair", on the sedan chair, the woman's brother or mother to hold a bowl of water thrown in the sedan chair or the sedan chair, meaning "married out of the hooliganism, splashing out of the water! "They are not allowed to turn back. In the middle of the journey, the bride will pour out some ashes from the chimney inside the sedan chair. Sedan chair to the male side, by the girls please out of the sedan chair, the bride should be the first over the saddle (wood carving small saddle), said "across the saddle into the Hall of China", and then stepped on the sack to the hall in front of the so-called "Passing the bag (generation)". After liberation, splashing water, girls lead the sedan chair, across the saddle and other customs have been abolished. The bride walked or used a bicycle (80's more cars) sent to the husband's home, but enjoy the first and other common abolition and re-emergence.

Worship Tin worship hall, a worship of heaven and earth, two worship ancestors. Three worship parents elders. Worship elders, the bride to give a cup of sweet tea, and kneel with the groom. Elders are wrapped in a red envelope of coins to give, so-called "meet gift", also known as "see Tin". This custom is still prevalent in the countryside today, but the bride and groom no longer kneeling, instead of bowing or palm worship.

Knocking Tin bride should also have some red paper bag with a small amount of money, ready to accept the husband's main relatives of the children knocking, said "knocking Tin". Legend has it that, in the use of metal coins, the new Luang will be copper coins tied with colorful thread, tied with tassel pendant, hanging in the chest of the children who came to kowtow, so it is known as the "bride copper tin card". Today, this custom is still in place, but the children do not kowtow ceremony, the bride only need to hand over the red envelope to their mothers-in-law can be sent.

To discuss a "raw" word after worship, the bride into the bridal chamber, by an elder holding a tray of joyful fruit to the front of the hall, the tray of more than ten kinds of dried fruits thrown to the Hall of China, so that the guests of the children to grab food. Each fruit has an auspicious meaning, jujube, "early birth", cinnamon is called "toad official to fold the laurel". Also intentionally mixed into the raw peanuts, melon seeds, soybeans, etc., the children eat, coincidentally shouting "raw", "raw". The groom's family is to discuss a "raw" word, meaning that the bride will soon give birth to your son.

He Lang has a twofold content: First, the groom's aunt and uncle, aunt and other relatives, before the wedding date is approaching to send old hen, fat hooves, etc. to the groom to nourish the body. Second, after the cluster scattered on the happy day, the master in the new room set up sweets, dishes, invited friends and relatives eight people into the room to sit around each other, sing trade Lang tune, the rest of the guests standing around, laughing and congratulating, which is one of the traditional customs in Zhoushan wedding. After the liberation, this custom still exists, but there are changes, generally after the dinner by a number of bridesmaids and groomsmen in the Hall of China to sit around the "He Lang table" (put together by three tables) on both sides of the bride and groom to sit on the top seat, the two Lang head of the bridesmaids (congratulations will be the hosts) to sit down, the guests stood around to rap and joke to congratulate each other. Bridesmaids can also congratulate each other to increase the atmosphere. Lang head bridesmaid to sing trade Lang tone-based, "He Lang tone" seven words, more than the singer improvisation, most of the congratulations to the newcomer early son, grow up to have success and other auspicious words, but also to the bride and groom to perform the program. 80's onwards, this custom is declining, and more to play movies, videos instead, and as a way of entertaining and thanking the guests. Urban youth have a tea party form instead.

Alarming the new room within three days of the wedding night, friends and relatives can sneak into the room to take out the object, the next day to the bride and groom to ask for money for cigarettes and sweets, and then return the quality of the object, also known as the noisy room. Noisy room, regardless of age, said "three days in the size".

The third day after the wedding, the female brothers with the bride at home through the old clothes and women's red tools and meat and vegetables to see, visit the newly married sister (sister), to her from now on at ease in the in-laws.

Back to the bride and groom or after lunch on the day of the wedding, or the third day back to the bride's home, so-called "back to the door". Some of the islands are not easily accessible. There are in January or a year or even years before returning to the door. The wedding day back to the door, to rush back that night, the third day after the wedding back to the door, more in the mother's home for a few nights.

Civilized marriage began to popularize the Republic of China. More to the public **** place for the marriage, the bride and groom in gowns stand in the lower position, witnesses stand in the upper position, the introducer (matchmaker) stand in the side, the guests sit around. After a congratulatory speech by the witnesses, both parties exchange jewelry and seal the marriage certificate, which is then sealed by the celebrant and the introducer. The bride and groom perform the ritual of meeting each other and give thanks to the guests, accompanied by music and song. The civilized marriage, meet Tin is still indispensable.

In addition, the pre-liberation prevalence of child brides, rent a wife, the wife, the wife, the delusion, the wife (will be the bride.

In addition, before the liberation of the child bride, rent a wife, the wife of the Naju, wife snatching (the bride. Snatch to marry), son preference and other bad habits, after the liberation of the ban, but the fishing village residents still have patriarchal thinking.

The birth of a woman to send birth clothes before the woman is pregnant, the mother's family to prepare baby clothes and swaddling clothes, sent to the son-in-law's home. The woman's mother's family will prepare the baby's clothes and swaddling clothes and send them to her son-in-law's house. When the in-laws received the birth clothes, that is, unfolded, meaning to pray for the "birth of a smooth".

Send birth mother soup woman in labor, so called "birth mother". The mother's family should send noodles, brown sugar, eggs, meat, fish, chicken and other things for the mother to make up the body. To enrich the milk, it is called "giving birth mother soup", also known as "sugar noodles". In addition to the mother's family, aunts, uncles and close relatives should also send "mother's soup". In recent years, there are money instead.

Eat open milk baby was born, need to ask for a spoonful of milk from other families are breastfeeding women to feed. After the birth of a man to discuss the milk after the baby girl, the birth of a woman and vice versa. Before breastfeeding, first feed a mouthful of Huanglian soup, one to detoxify, and the other to seek "first bitter, then sweet" auspicious. After the liberation, some of the babies born in the hospital no longer eat "open milk".

Full moon wine baby full moon, to do wine to celebrate, especially heavy firstborn or only child full moon wine. In the old days, the heavy to light female ideology is serious, gave birth to a boy, in addition to the full moon wine, but also to do "three Chao", "weeks of age" and other wine sign to celebrate, gave birth to a daughter is not to celebrate or reduce the grade. Full moon day. Grandma's family to send clothes, food and colorful thread ("longevity line") tied into the red envelope containing coins, and hang the red envelope on the baby's chest, so-called "copper tin plate". Relatives and friends also send coins to congratulate. The family set up a festival to honor the gods and ancestors, and set up a feast to entertain guests. The baby to shave the head of the full moon, wearing a dog's head cap, wearing a bell, tiger shoes, supported by elders, holding an umbrella, walking around the streets and alleys, neighbors look at each other, jokingly referred to as a circle of boys "looking for a wife", the girl "looking for a husband" and so on. This is the day, the baby more than a goose head crown tumor meat, meaning that the children will be like a goose head when the fall glue up, do not hurt the head.

Taboo maternity called the red man, the month can not be strung neighborhood. The maternity ward is called the red room. Non-service personnel do not enter the room, the side of the red room people, not to enter the temple worship in January. Generally, the elders do not enter the red room, meaning that the baby will see the elders too early to "fold the blessing of life". After the full moon, the first time a baby goes to his grandmother's house, he must smear wok coal on the tip of his nose to "avoid evil spirits", which is commonly known as "wu nose head tube looking at his grandmother". Infants walking relatives, such as home when it is dark, to let the baby body draped in a side of cloth ▲, with pins or sewing needles on the coat and hat, to "avoid evil".

The baby's night cry is disturbing and noisy, and parents use red paper to write the prophecy, "The sky is red, the ground is yellow, the baby cries at night in the mother's room, and the passer-by reads it again, and sleeps all night long", and then stick it on the wall on the roadside when no one sees it, thinking that the baby can sleep peacefully after someone reads it, and no longer cries at night.

The life of the birth of the life that is to do life. 30 years old for the first life, commonly known as "thirty do not do life, forty will not be rich". 60 years old for the birthday, 70 years old, 80 years old, especially. The size of the birthday ceremony depends on the family rich and poor, in the old days, poor people do life is very simple, there is a "poor good day (marriage), rich do life said. Doing life has "forty do not do life, do not do nine do ten" rules, because "four" and "death" consonant. Wish life not in the first ten, 60 birthday, held at the age of 59. Doing life, married daughters to pick the life of the burden, other relatives should also send birthday gifts to congratulate. The thickness of the birthday gift depending on the family's good and bad, there are "four colors", "eight colors" and so on. Four colors together "high (pastry), peach (longevity peach buns), Zhu (big red birthday candles), life (longevity noodles)". Eight colors plus "Yu (pork), Hall (brown sugar), rich (roasted bran), noble (cinnamon lychee)". Big families also send longevity couplets, longevity axis, ordinary people to send chicken, meat, noodles, eggs, poor families are not less longevity noodles, steamed bread. Doing life, the first ancestor worship, and then set up a feast for guests. After the liberation, this wind once extinct, and in recent years the trend, and the row is very large, to do birthday, life stretches have spent thousands of dollars, there are also money instead of life stretches.

Eat sixty-six pieces of meat father (mother) to 66 years old, the daughter's family need to buy meat cut into 66 pieces of boiled to give the father (mother) to eat, in order to wish them a long and healthy life. Ancient "sixty-six, Yama King please eat meat," said that the father (mother) has eaten the daughter sent 66 pieces of meat, will not be invited by the King of Yama.

Yinshou that is for the deceased parents to do life. Ceremonies such as the birth of a newborn, but also divided invitations, the day of its celebration, known as "after the invitation". Those who should be invited also send cake, peach, candle, noodle gifts. Such as in the temple to do life, but also worship, or one, three, seven days. The general family's birthday is simpler, a table of rice only. This custom is now not much. Only in the deceased father (mother) birthday to do a table of rice in honor.

Visiting the sick people sick, relatives, friends and neighbors to visit. But if the patient's life is in danger, or the patient is a long-term disease lying in bed adults, visit, choose more morning or noon, and avoid the afternoon, dusk, more avoid visiting at night. Thought the morning, midday air sufficient, can avoid the patient's "evil lead to their own". The first visit to the patient, to bring fruit, cakes and other gifts, rich people choose to send ginseng and antler supplements.

When a patient is dying from a funeral, the child must stand next to him or her. When the patient's throat thick phlegm blockage (so-called "bottom of the sea phlegm"), know that it will die, loved ones must hold a bowl of thin porridge to feed its swallow, said "eat like rice". Children are to be able to catch up for the elders to send the end of the honor. After the death of the person, to rest for their bath, haircut, change clothes, move the body of the hall, Chen dishes and rice to pay tribute, so-called "move the body soup and rice".

After the feet of the lamp burning recommended package to move the body into the hall after the dead feet of an oil lamp, also known as a lamp, can not be blown out. And the deceased slept on the mattress and other things, according to a certain direction burned in the fork in the road, called "burn recommended package". Meaning that people go, cover to carry.

Report obituaries of the deceased's family to send people to the death and funeral immediately inform the relatives, said "obituaries", obituaries pour tuck umbrellas, to the relatives, umbrellas are still inverted, reported to drink a cup of tea, far away from eating a meal. Relatives heard the news, to cry to report, such as no one cry, that is, to smash the valves instead of, and in the newspaper after he left, he used the cups, bowls, chopsticks thrown away, and then respectively, affinity, and prepare red heavy quilt and incense and candles and fruits, and other offerings, to go to the condolences.

The night of the wake, loved ones guarding the side of the body, said "wake", also called "with the corpse. It is also called "accompanying the corpse". Moving the corpse into the coffin is called "entering the wood" or "dropping the alkaline". The time of the alkaline fall must be chosen by Mr. Yin Yang, usually at high tide, meaning that the soul of the deceased can take the boat on time and arrive at the netherworld with smooth sailing. When the coffin is nailed down, relatives will cry around the coffin and one person will say, "Has a certain person recovered from his illness? A person answered with "well", until the deceased asked about the disease in life until the end.

Dai filial piety family members and relatives of the deceased to wear white linen. Tie fine hemp rope on the wrists and neck, feet wearing white shoes (wear to "five seven"), shoes are sewn with a two-finger wide red cloth on the back. On the day of the funeral, the whole body was dressed in white, and the filial son wore the "Chop Failure Clothing" (hemp mourning clothes, with no sewn edges along the lower edge), draped in hemp ornaments (straight warp), wearing a white hat, with a three-beam crown (made of straw), and holding a filial staff in his hand; relatives of the same generation wore the "Qixiao" (sewn edges along the lower edge of the hemp clothes), and grandchildren wore white hats, with two-beam crowns. Wearing a white hat, on the set of two beams of the crown; daughters wearing white, wearing a "filial piety bucket"; relatives of the same family, wearing a white cloth crown, sparsely wearing only a white hat. After the liberation of the countryside residents more inherited, townspeople more wear black gauze instead.

Jiaojiao kong funeral day, lifting the coffin out of the center of the hall parked on the side of the road, a person exclusively to the coffin difference on the pouring of old wine while reading the words of encouragement, so-called "Jiaojiao kong", when the crowd cried all stop. The content of the kung fu words are eulogies or praises for the deceased, praising the deceased's life, but also for the deceased's children and grandchildren's wishes, and so on. This custom is still practiced by those who are buried in the earth.

Do seven from the deceased end-of-life day, every seven days to set up a tribute to the "five seven" is the most grand, organized by the married daughter. On this day, the son-in-law's family to pick gift burden. Prepare incense and candles, paper ingots, meat and vegetable dishes to see and so on. To "seven seven" until, said "full seven".

Hundred days after the death of the deceased, to do "Hundred Days". One year later, the "anniversary" of the soup and rice, and even do three years. On the 100th day and the anniversary, the next of kin must gather to honor the deceased. Since then, every time the deceased died, all do "anniversary soup and rice".

June 12, clip the longevity of the general prevalence of earth burials in fishing villages, clip (do) coffins are selected on the 12th day of the 6th lunar month, the legend says that this day is the birth date of Peng Zu, you can get a long life. The coffin is made before the birth, called the life of the material.