Wedding and funeral customs in Hakka folk customs in southern Jiangxi

Gannan Hakka Wedding and Funeral Custom Gannan Hakka Wedding and Funeral Custom retains the ancient style of "Six Rites" of the Han nationality in the Central Plains, and has a constantly evolving side. Customs are changing all the time. With the development of society, today, although the etiquette at all levels is different, there are some solemn ceremonies. Gannan Hakka marriage customs 1, marriage negotiation, meaning matchmaking. 2, engagement, commonly known as "engagement." After the engagement, the man should set the wedding date about half a year in advance and bring gifts to the woman's house on an auspicious day. This is called "report date". If the woman agrees, she will make a dowry and prepare for the wedding according to the date. 3, crying marriage, before marriage, the bride should cry in front of relatives and friends, commonly known as "crying marriage", this is a very special cry, is to tell relatives and friends about the joy of parting. She was crying, complaining, her tone, rhythm, cadence and her voice was euphemistic. If a bride has the quality of folk songs, she will often cry into a song. At this time, there are relatives who "cry with them" and "persuade them to cry", which is simply a performance of "crying art" Locals believe that "crying for marriage" is a symbol of good luck. If you don't cry, you won't be decent, lively, unhappy or prosperous. In addition, there is also a meaning of crying for marriage, that is, you can receive red envelopes from some relatives and friends to comfort you. 4. Married, commonly known as "married", the man is called "married" and the woman is called "door-to-door". On the first day of the wedding, for the woman, this day is called "wedding day" or "car warming day". On this day, the bride will take a bath and change clothes, hold a banquet in class, hold a ceremony to talk about her ancestors, and invite Fuze's wife in the clan to open her face, that is, twist the hair off her face, forehead and neck with hemp rope, which is also called "opening her face". On this day, men will send fish, meat and so on. Go to the woman's house for a wedding banquet early in the morning, equip the sedan chair, bring a live chicken, and send drums and music to the woman's house along the way. When the bride-to-be team arrives at the bride's house, the bride's children will stop the sedan chair, and they can only enter the house with red envelopes. After entering the bride's home, the man should not only give the bride's parents a "gift of comfort", but also give red envelopes to all relatives related to the bride and those who have served the bride's marriage, such as dressing ceremony, bathing ceremony, table opening ceremony, chef ceremony, calligraphy ceremony, sedan chair ceremony, presiding ceremony and so on. After eating "farewell wine", that is, Chinese food, after the sound of suona and firecrackers sounded, the woman put the dowry in the suitcase carried by the man, the bride's head was covered with red cloth, and her uncle or brother carried the sedan chair on the rice screen. The rice screen is a symbol of clairvoyance, and stepping on the rice screen is the bride's blessing and yearning for her married daughter. On the sedan chair, the woman's family will accompany a live hen who has not laid eggs with the cock sent by the man, which is called "leading chicken". And then all the way home locked cymbals, so it is called "returning to relatives." When the bride approached the door of the man's house, relatives and friends greeted her with gongs and drums, the sedan chair stopped in front of the man's house, and the waiter cheered with a cock in his hand. The bride opens the hall door, welcomes the sedan chair, walks into the hall with the help of the bridesmaid, sits in the dustpan for a while facing the candy and grains scattered by the groom, which is called "sitting", and then begins the ceremony of paying homage to the bride. First, Li Sheng praised the bride in front of her, and killed the rooster to make it drop blood at the top of the basket. Then, couples with many children help the bride and groom to offer sacrifices to heaven, ancestors, parents and couples respectively. After the ceremony, the bride and groom enter the bridal chamber and have a glass of toast and chicken leg soup before sitting on the bed. In the hall outside, there is a banquet for the guests, which is called "relatives' wine", which is dinner. 6. There are various forms of noisy rooms and new houses, all in order to create an intimate, auspicious, lively and cheerful atmosphere. This was also the life of parents at that time. Under the condition of matchmaker, neither men nor women have kissed Ni before. There are many traditional programs, such as "Happy Party", "Sorry, Olive" and "Jiang Taigong Fishing". It usually lasts until midnight. Finally, we like to set off firecrackers and invite everyone to eat some snacks. Then the bride and groom will take a shower and change their underwear. After marriage, there are old customs such as "seeing dowry in three dynasties, returning to the kitchen in four dynasties, washing hands in six dynasties, and sending rattan plates at full moon". Now on the third day, the groom accompanied the bride and brought a pot of pork, chicken and egg soup, also known as "Huihong", which means going back to her parents' home and going back together after lunch. Compared with other rituals and customs, Hakka funeral customs are more solemn. Hakka people have done a lot of thoughtful things about this, even too much red tape. The funeral was generous, the ceremony was extravagant, the banquet was rich, the spirits were drunk, and the drums were used to send farewell. There are still old customs in some places. The funeral of Hakka people in Gannan pays attention to the words "longevity" and "filial piety".