Chaoshan bride to get married for four sentences how to say

Traditional Wedding Customs in Chaoshan: Fools Pick Up Pearls "xiaka" is used to hold the bride price, which is very delicate and has many layers, usually some candies and fruits, with some cash stacked on top

People who have a wedding should put stickers on their doors such as "Kirin is here", "Phoenix is here", "Phoenix is returning" and so on

'Kirin is here', 'Phoenix is here', 'Phoenix is returning' and so on

'Kirin is here', 'Phoenix is here', 'Phoenix is returning' and so on. "

'Kirin to this':

Legend has it that Luotong, son of Luo Cheng of the Tang Dynasty, and Princess Dou Nong of Beipan were in love at first sight, and Princess Dou Nong fell in love with Luotong. Luo Tong love at first sight, but Luo Tong but because of its had killed his brother and did not accept, although the Taizong persuasion is still in the bridal chamber to the Do Nong Princess humiliated Do Nong Princess cut her own throat and died, the Tang King under the wrath of the decree does not allow the Luo Tong remarried to the Do Nong Princess will be buried under the Kirin Mountain, after Cheng Bite Jin persuaded the King of the Tang Dynasty to let the Luo Tong remarried, but for the silly girl, the wedding day of the bridal sedan chair passed the Kirin Mountain, the Princess of Do Nong incarnation to the silly girl to make her become smart and beautiful, and later, people in order to get a wife into the Kirin Mountain to become the Kirin Mountain. Later, in order to get their daughter-in-law to become a bride as beautiful as Princess Dounong, people will write on the red strips of "Kirin to this" and paste them on the door top and in front of the sedan chair.

But what about the "phoenix"?

There are three buckets for a Chaoshan woman to get married, no matter how much money she has to pay for her marriage, namely, a bucket for her feet, a bucket for her waist and a bucket for her feces.

The foot bucket is a big and short wooden bucket with a diameter of more than two feet and a wall of six or seven inches high, with a wooden board bottom and tung oil on it without leaking, which is used by women for bathing in the room and by children for bathing, and is used by women for washing clothes and by men for washing feet.

Marriage time necessary foot poke, waist bucket, etc.

Waist belly is also a traditional dowry necessary, and now even in the city also continues to be popular

Bamboo pith on the inside of the mistletoe, inserted in a ruler, indicating that the good intentions of the festival

Oil lamps are now not used to life, but the wedding is still needed.

The word "lamp" means "ding" in the Teochew language. The lamp is placed at the head of the bed when it is brought to the in-laws' home, meaning that it brings a male child to the family.

Mirror, not to mention one of the dowry

Dragon and phoenix candles

Before the wedding to grab the sleeper bed: four corners of the black beans, dried longan, coins, children go up to grab the night to spread peanuts, sugar, cigarettes for children to coax to grab a good share of the children to say a lot of good words

After the wedding with a piece of pork tied to a red-colored brown thread with the curtains, by the poor people come to get and give the red envelopes

After the marriage with a red-brown thread to tie and give a red packet

And also have some longan. p>There are also some dried longan. Dried longan, which is called "Gui Yuan" by the Chaoshan people, not only contains the meaning of wealth and prosperity, but also contains the wish to have a son early.

Wedding feast, it is forbidden to eat the "four points of gold" of the three birds on the table, that is, the head, tail, two wings.

Chaoshan marriage wedding customs must be held in a variety of ceremonies, the female family to hire a blessed old woman to preside over the various ceremonies, the old woman is called "Qing Niang mother". This old woman is called "Qingniang mother". In presiding over the various ceremonies, Qingniang mother has to sing the blessing words called "four sentences", also known as Qingniang song. For example, before the bride leaves the pavilion, she sings when she bids farewell to her parents and worships the gods in her home, such as Sifeng Gong: "A worship of Sifeng Gong, a good mother with a good king, the king's family, the mother's family and the two families are good, the two families are rich and prosperous Fulu Chun. ......" The four lines of the wedding banquet are: "The wine bottle is placed in the center of the table, the wine cups are placed on the four sides of the table, and the brothers and sisters eat at the same table, as if they were good flowers." When the sedan chair arrives at the auspicious time for the bride to get married, the Qingniang mother helps the bride to go out, and the bride cries goodbye to her parents. The Qingniang mother holds the bride and sings as she walks along: "The sedan chair stops at the big gate, and I say goodbye to my parents for the grace of their upbringing. The bride's parents are relying on her brother and sister-in-law, and her daughter is on her way back in April." Carrying to the groom's door, Qing Niang mother guided the groom to kick the door of the sedan chair, removed the "red seal" and "unicorn to this place" affixed in front of the door of the sedan chair, and sang: "Piper leaf is red, please invite the mother's son to enter the gentleman's room. It's a good day in the zodiac, and the two of them share the same heart." The bride is led out of the sedan chair by the Qing Niang mother, who sings: "The sedan chair curtains are rolled up with great joy, A Niang is beautiful and warm; the groom comes to hold the bride's hand, and both of them step into the door of the house. The bride is clad in a red veil, the bride is now married to the family, the family affairs are very much in the hands of the bridegroom, thirty-two years of age to do the family." When the bride was taken into the room and stepped on the fire smoke, Qing Niang mother sang: "The bride lifted her steps and stepped on the fire smoke, she got a son early, he is a baby boy, the husband sings with the wife and the wife with the heart, and it is appropriate to be attentive to the parents. Holding the bride into the new room, the lamps and candles glowed brightly and the couplets were red; the aunts in the alcove came to congratulate her, celebrating that the lovebirds had become a couple." After the groom has finished receiving the trousseau, the newlyweds sit on the edge of the bed, each holding a bowl of sweet soup balls made from glutinous rice flour. Qingniang sings, "Husband and wife are sitting on the edge of the bed, *** celebrating the eating of sweet pills in the same room, male talent and female beauty are a perfect match, and they will grow old together for a hundred years. A talented man and a beautiful woman sit on the edge of the bed and honor each other by eating sweet pills in the same room. Husband and wife's life is as sweet as honey, and they will get a son as early as possible." ......

Qing Niangmu do "four sentences" of custom

Chaoshan men and women married the old custom, must hold a variety of ceremonies, the female family to hire a special as in the drama of the Bin Xiang like the old woman to preside over the various ceremonies, the old woman called This old woman is called "Qing Niangmu". Qingniang mother in hosting a variety of ceremonies to be sung in praise of the language called "four sentences", also known as the Qingniang song.

Women in the mother's home before leaving the cabinet to bathe and change clothes and then pay goodbye to both parents, and worship the home of the Lord of the Sifu, this time the Qing Niang mother while teaching the new bride kneeling, singing: "a worship Lord of the Sifu, a good mother with a good king, the king's family of the mother of the family of the two good, the two families of the rich and prosperous Fuklu Chun. ......" has been read to the twelve worship Fuk Luk Shou Quan.

The four lines of the marriage banquet are: "The wine bottle is placed in the middle of the table, the wine cups are placed on the four sides of the table, and the brothers and sisters eat at the same table, as if the good flowers are in a shed."

When eating the dishes, the Qing Niang mother on behalf of the new bride to clip Lai, sang: "Ten bowls of head clip to the penetration, leaving the brothers a good family file; ten bowls of head clip to Qi, the future gathering to swim in the Royal Street."

The sedan chair is ready for the wedding, the mother of the green lady helps the bride to go out, the bride cries goodbye to her parents, the mother of the green lady holds the bride and sings: "The sedan chair stops at the big gate, to say goodbye to her parents, and the grace of parenthood. The bride's parents are relying on her brother and sister-in-law, and her daughter is on her way back in April."

Carry to the groom's door. At this time, the mother of the green lady and the groom stood by and waited. When the sedan chair stops, Qing Niangmu guides the groom to kick the door of the sedan chair, removes the "red seal" posted in front of the door of the sedan chair, and sings: "The piper's leaf is red, and I invite my son to come into the room of the king. This is the auspicious day of the Yellow River, and we share the same heart."

Qing Niang's mother led the bride out of the sedan chair and sang, "The sedan chair curtains were rolled up in joy, and A Niang was beautiful and warm; the groom came to hold the bride's hand, and both of them stepped into the door of the mansion. The bride is dressed in a red veil, you now marry the mother to manage the family, the family affairs greatly phase **** management, thirty-two years old to do the burden of the family." When the bride was taken into the room and stepped on the fire smoke, Qing Niang mother sang: "The bride lifted her steps and stepped on the fire smoke, she got a son early, he is a baby boy, the husband sings with the wife and the wife with the heart, and it is appropriate to be attentive to the parents. Hand in hand with the bride into the new room, lamps and candles shine bright couplets red, Alcove aunts come to congratulate, celebrate the lovebirds into a pair."

The bridegroom went into the new room with the bride, and then immediately returned to the sedan chair to the bride accompanied by the Qinglang banyan branches, lanterns and other things into the new room. Qingniang mother sang: "The groom received the banyan to the sedan chair side, husband and wife together to a hundred years, the unicorn was born to give birth to a noble son, the glory of the day to振门闾. The bride is happy to receive the red lantern, husband and wife cherish the same heart, Gongmao food to two hundred years old, children and grandchildren full of fame."

After the groom has finished receiving the trousseau, the newlyweds sit on the edge of the bed, each holding a bowl of sweet soup balls made from glutinous rice flour. Qingniang sang: "Couples sitting on the edge of the bed, **** celebration of the same room to eat sweet pills, male talent and female appearance can be a match, both old together to a hundred years. A talented man and a beautiful woman sit on the edge of the bed and honor each other by eating sweet pills in the same room. The life of husband and wife is as sweet as honey, and they will get a son as early as possible."

After eating the "Hapang Pill", husband and wife go to the hall to worship the Sifang Jun, worship heaven and earth, pay homage to the ancestors, and offer tea and betel nut to the upper generation, and the one who receives the homage will return the gift with a red packet as a gift for the meeting, and the four lines of each etiquette are:

"Husband and wife pay homage to the Sifang Jun, and they will get the precious son and embrace their grandchildren as early as possible.

Generations of the same hall Saixiangli, the family big and small smile bar Tian Tian."

"The husband and wife will worship the God of Heaven and work hard to make the grains plentiful.

This is a good family tradition for many generations."

"Husbands and wives pay homage to their ancestors in the hall, the two surnames are in harmony today.

Think right, do right, and you will live long and prosper."

"Kneeling in the hall with sweet tea in hand, we honor our parents' previous generations.

Please drink the sweet tea to add a hundred blessings, and the four seasons will be like spring and peace forever."

"Bring the betel nut to the hall, and honor the old uncles.

The betel nut will bring you good fortune and longevity, and your children and grandchildren will be successful."

"Bring the betel nut to the side of the hall to honor your old aunts.

Forgive me for my lack of reasoning, and for my mistakes!"

After the various rituals in the hall were completed, the bride was led to the kitchen by the Qing Niang mother for pounding the rice head and stirring the slop jar, and during the pounding of the rice head, the Qing Niang mother sang, "A Niang lifted her step and pounded the rice head, and the husband and wife cherished each other's intention to be together. We have five men and two women, and our children and grandchildren will wear red robes for generations. The rice is pounded well and the pestle is pounded well, and the bottom of the pestle is pounded well, and the grandchildren are successful in their studies." "When the rice is pounded well and the slop jar is emptied, the children and grandchildren will sit in the hall of insomnia for generations. The grandma and grandpa in the hall will eat for a hundred years, and the couple will have grandchildren together in their old age." "The slop jar is so big that it feeds pigs more than cows; the slop jar is so deep that people of all sizes wear silver and gold. When the slop tank is deep, the size of the slop tank will wear silver and gold. The slop tanks are very deep, and the business is very profitable."

After the bride and groom have done the above rituals, the neighboring aunts, children, to the new room to see the dowry, see the bride. Children want to ask for incense buns, the groom should take out some handicrafts from the box bag to the children, and clothing, etc. for people to see. Qingniang sang: "open the box open bag groom father, embroidered clothing is really good, rare birds and animals have all kinds of, phoenix cape hanging all hall."

The wedding night is the most lively time to see the new couple. Qingniang mother sings "four lines", see the bride also sing "four lines", often in pairs. Qingniang mother led the bride out of the room for people to watch, began to sing: "The bride moved out of the room, uncles and brothers to congratulate the newcomer, A Niang forward to perform a salute, wishing all of you well." Then the viewers sing, such as "the new man was born like Guanyin, the new man married to be a wife, the next year will surely have a noble son, as if the mountain pocket Lin Daqin." (Lin Daqin was the Ming Dynasty Chaozhou scholar)

In the process of watching the newcomer, some people make four lines of harmonic banter, such as: "The newcomer new bed, the new quilt new groom, the two sleep down the phase grasping the itch, play with each other not enough days on the light." "The master carpenter is really famous, sleeping beds are made to look like a theater house, the first one is Jiangyu to guandanke, the second one is harmony to become a family."

Some of the green mother mother dedicated to ancient names or poetry riddles to do four poems, see the bride should also be thematic to go on, if not, that is seen as a township without a wise man, no face. But some of the green mother, only to learn a few lines of simple sets of lines, to see the new bride to be taunted her, such as singing: "want to be a green mother will not do poetry, want to be a pig mother will not pry hedges, spinning and weaving taro do not go to learn, how it is good to earn this money."

In the bridal chamber, sometimes until late at night, the Qingniang mother in order to persuade the bride watchers to return, they sang: "Hand holding a sweet tea to the side, the clock short hand pointing to the sky, this time deeper night is already late, you please tea to return to the round, all of you poetic talent, I worship, in the next day, go to the capital in the high rank." If the newcomers are still reluctant to return, they will sing: "I heard that Qingniang is very talented, and that she has made four lines of poetry into a big bucket, so I have come here tonight to ask for advice, so please don't make excuses and pretend to be out of the line."

Finally, the bride-watchers ordered a boy to send the red candle, and the bride immediately came up to receive it, which is called "receiving the lamp". The bride watcher then sang: "Red lamp to the bride Lang, to celebrate you two married, the crowd congratulations will be here, I wish you both early bed." This is the end of the cave-in.

The last part of the ceremony was the pulling of the quilt corner. As she pulled the quilt corner, she sang, "The first quilt corner is embroidered with peonies, the husband and wife have the same heart, and both of them will eat until they are 200 years old, and the first lady will be a male scholar." "The third quilt corner is as blessed as silk, the husband and wife have the same heart, they will live together for a hundred years, and their grandchildren will be all over the house." "Embroidered quilt to cover the mother **** gentleman, the qin and sepulchre to get male grandchildren, lifting the case together with the white hair, life than Pengzu eight hundred spring." This is the end of the wedding night.

Author: Li Jinyan

The basic program of the traditional wedding in Chaoshan

With the development of the times, the wedding of the Chaoshan people has become more and more rich in the flavor of the times, and a lot of young men and women have long since got rid of the marriage customs of "the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker". However, traditional weddings still exist.

The marriage proposal, also known as the marriage proposal. That is, by the matchmaker to the man to propose marriage, or by the matchmaker first to the man to introduce the woman's situation, the man recognized and then to the woman to propose marriage.

Marriage. Here there are two links, the two sides of the marriage proposal recognized, that is, the matchmaker will be the woman's name, eight characters of the birth date, place of origin, ancestry, three generations written into a gung sticker sent to the man. Three days if the man's home did not happen accidentally unlucky things, such as touching broken bowls, pots, etc., which is called "three days good". There is this good omen, the male party agreed to exchange gung post. Change the post and then each ask someone to divination marriage, to confirm that the men and women are born with each other or the opposite.

The betrothal. After the marriage, the stage of betrothal, that is, the man to prepare gifts to the woman to betrothal. The gift is usually a pair of gold earrings or a gold ring, there are also sent gold necklaces, as well as sugar, noodles, which are tokens of engagement. The woman in the betrothal ceremony, to give friends and neighbors to send sweets and cakes, informed that the marriage has been fixed, after the betrothal will be the bride price. The bride price, also known as send bride. In the past, the bride price for rich people was gold, silver, colorful satin, pigs, sheep, wine and fruits; for poor people, it was betel nut, chicken and wine only. Chiu Chow people regard betel nut as a symbol of good luck, and it is a very distinctive gift for bride price. Modern bride price includes both in-kind and cash. In kind, there must be more than four types of gifts: sugar, noodles, daiji (Teochew mandarin), gold and silver jewelry, cloth, cakes and food, etc., but not an odd number of gifts, must be an even number of gifts. Cash is also known as bride price, divided into one, two, four, but are multiplied. In the bride price, the woman should have a return gift, that is, the part of the bride price of food and cakes returned, and return "mandarin duck bananas", tangerine, pig's heart and so on. Mandarin duck bananas that is, two parallel bananas, symbolizing a hundred years together; orange resonates with "Ji", symbolizing good luck; pig heart (half of which remains on the female side) to symbolize the same heart. Both sides at this time also use each other's gifts in the cake food solemnly presented to friends and neighbors, report the wedding happy date. Neighbors and relatives should also return the gifts to express congratulations. Please period, after the bride price, we have to choose the date of marriage, and conveyed to the woman, including notification of the woman when to cut the wedding dress, when to "pull the face", what time to bathe, what time to marry and so on. Please period of time to invite most of the hours in the dark, the tide of customary to keep the night to meet the wedding customs, is really a legacy of ancient times.

Welcome the bridegroom, which is the bridegroom to the woman's home to welcome the bride ceremony, but also the wedding in the most important procedures. There are two kinds of welcome: one is the groom to welcome the bride, the other is the male party please "good fortune" on behalf of the welcome. At this time, the bride tends to cry loudly, which is called "crying marriage". On the one hand, it is far from parents and cry, on the other hand, it is said that only tears, in order to make the mother's family rich.

Color sedan chair to the husband's door, the husband's family to firecrackers to meet. The groom kicked the sedan chair, rolled sedan chair curtains, pulled down the bride's head Ruyi, to the bride's forehead gesture to tie. Kicked the sedan chair, Zha Ruyi, intended to give the bride a warning: everything must be as husband in the future. This is a hint of the husband's right. Then the bride in the bridesmaids assisted across the threshold under a pile of burning "fire smoke". After the bride entered the door, to be in-laws invited to the "green mother" accompanied by the bridegroom to eat "round", into the cave, on the hall to the elders, juniors tea salute. At this time, the Qingniang mother should be recited in the side of the song of congratulations. The bride's family in the bride on the day of the wedding, to send brother-in-law to send lily soup to the man, may the bride in-laws in everyone's favor. The next day, the bride should be given a soup of pig's heart with fungus, hoping that the bride will not forget her relatives in her mother's home. Only the third time to stay in the mother's home for a few days, a good pouring out the feelings of missing parents.

The girls here also share the custom of "sister money" when they get married. "Sisters money" is from the groom to welcome the bridegroom to send the bride on the road to the younger siblings, generally 4 yuan, 48 cents. Sisters of money a pair of men and women to send, meaning "good". 448 points, meaning "world of good" and "world not divided (away)" meaning.

The groom in the layout of the new room, to hold a solemn "bed" ceremony. When the bed is installed, a fortune-teller is invited to choose the day, and there is also an instruction on the direction of the head of the bed. In the bed, to do the "four sentences" for good luck.

When the bride makeup, will be on the sedan chair, the bride's family, they will have to bring a pot of water to the sedan chair splash, splash while reading: "pot of water splash on the sedan chair, the bride changed into a new kind. Send the wishes of the bride to get married. However, now of course, no longer splashed sedan chair, but a bicycle or motorcycle, car. The bride's dowry, in the past, must also have two pairs of wooden shoes, in addition to facilitating daily life, but also to take "with the old" or "also step with the" meaning. After the bride, every other day early in the morning to get up to cook, personally do a bowl of sweet rice, to be the family, the family in-laws and the husband's siblings get up, please taste a little bit of each of them. It is said that this bowl of sweet rice, sugar to be brought from the mother's home, cooking must also be a mouthful of their own saliva mixed into the rice soup. Of course, the saliva mixed with the rice soup must be done quietly, and the person who eats it does not have to ask. This custom means that the husband's family ate sweet rice containing the bride's saliva, the bride and the whole family will be able to get along, live in harmony.

Three days after the wedding, the bride and her in-laws should avoid seeing each other. Early in the morning of the fourth day, the bride should go to the public **** well where her new home is located to draw water. Before drawing water, a pinch of brown sugar and a pinch of soil brought by the bride's family are thrown into the well. This is so that the bride will not be "incompatible", and can live in harmony with the neighbors.

The Cave: A folkloric activity that has emerged in recent years is the worship of the God of Wealth at midnight. No matter which region, the climax of the wedding is the "cave-in". This is also the case in Chaoshan. The bride is embroidered in her boudoir before she gets married, and people judge her dexterity and clumsiness, hard work and laziness, by the skill and quantity of these embroidered crafts.

If you want to see the bride's face, you must say "four lines" of good luck, the bride is willing to put down the fan covering her face. There are also some witty jokers, using the technique of first suppression and then praise or first praise and then depression, to make a bride do not know how to answer. Special Marriage Customs In the past, the Chaoshan region there are many special marriage customs, with the progress of society, this form of marriage customs, some have been eliminated, and some still exist in its name, but the form has been completely changed.

Finger marriage (also known as baby marriage): old friends or good friends and relatives, by the parents of the two sides to make the decision, the two families designated to carry a baby after the birth of a man and a woman that is for the future of the couple, said finger marriage. Both men and women grow up regardless of whether they like it or not, by both parents to choose a day to finish the marriage, called 'turn house'.

Customs of sending and returning gifts in Chaoshan

Customs of sending gifts in Chaoshan, sending gifts is also called hiring time, that is, after negotiating the date of marriage between a man and a woman, the man sends a gift of bride price to the matchmaker. The person who sends the ancient gift has to write the marriage sticker and the marriage book door charm, and the general family only sends the gift of the bride-price. The amount of the bride price and the dowry for the woman is agreed upon in advance. The bride-price is given to the parents of the woman's words; gifts such as gold and silver jewelry, clothing, cloth, a bolt, is given to the daughter-in-law; brocade sugar, cakes, food, hair kuey teow is given to the woman's gift to the relatives and neighbors. If the woman has grandparents alive, must be dedicated to send pig legs; parents alive, then send pork (commonly known as wash shit meat), to express gratitude to parents to raise the grace.

The woman returned the gift from simple, only to the sugar cake back, let the male party to send relatives and neighbors, inform the date of marriage. If the man sends a sticker or a marriage certificate, he will return the sticker and exchange the marriage certificate.

Today, in addition to paper money, gold and silver jewelry, clothing and cloth, but also electrical appliances, sewing car, clocks and other things, all according to the different economic strength of the male side, the female side of the return gift is also the same.