What are the customs for getting married in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia?

Modern wedding, on the big day, in the morning, the man's family and the woman's family are making preparations. The man's family, to welcome the bride to arrange a few cars to form a welcoming caravan, usually an even number, the average family has 2 or 4, the conditions of the family, to arrange dozens of cars or more. The wedding car is labeled with big red happy words, while decorated with flowers. The caravan replaces the sedan chair and drummers of the old society. The groom also no longer wears Chinese clothes but wears a suit and shoes, red tie. Horse dumplings are still eaten on the way out, but in modern weddings, the busy and tiring nature of the day is taken into account and everyone is encouraged to eat well first. The groom holds a large bouquet of flowers, usually roses and lilies, representing love. The bridegroom's welcome remains the same as before, but in today's weddings, the four-color gift is brought to the woman's house and handled less strictly, as sometimes the wine that is sent is so expensive that other bottles are sometimes used instead.

As the man begins to leave, preparations are being made in the woman's home, mainly to entertain the welcoming party. When the groom and the crowd arrive at the woman's home, the woman arranges for people to stay with her and chat and drink tea, while the woman's parents remove the cotton stuffed inside the quilt. The groom presents the bride with flowers and puts on her shoes. At this time, the bride begins to sit on the new quilt brought to dress up, the bride's hairstyle is changed from the previous bun to a coiled head, meaning that the status has changed from a girl to a daughter-in-law. The dress is a wedding dress imported from the West, and the shoes are red high heels with Chinese characteristics. The bride's brother brings a corsage to his brother-in-law and the groom presents a red envelope. The bride first eat "turn over cake", and then and the groom *** eat a bowl of dumplings, locally known as "dumplings", thought from now on is no longer the mother's family. After eating dumplings, the bride by their brother to the car, and at this time brought the bed quilt has been put in the car by the sister for the bride to sit. At this point, pick up the bride to return to the man's home, all the people to welcome the bride to return, at the same time, the woman will send a few to send the bride, a few cars along but has not necessarily equal to the male side, the same for the even number.