Essay on Hometown - Xiaoyi Customs

In Xiaoyi territory, folk wedding customs passed down from generation to generation, complicated and not tired, common and interesting, because most of them for auspiciousness, looking forward to smooth, promote harmony, praying for the family prosperous, and is entertainment, so it has long been flourishing. Now choose **** key items are described later.

One sends the cake and sends the day

In the unmarried men and women betrothal day, the male side with the introducer to the female family, carrying the bride to get married clothes, gift pieces, bride price and money for the banquet, etc., to eat breakfast to set the wedding feast. Afterwards, the woman goes with her sister or cousin and the introducer to the man's home to have lunch for the wedding banquet. In addition to the clothes given to the son-in-law by the woman's family, a set of marriage certificate "Hapu" must be brought. The so-called "Hapu Cake" symbolizes the willingness of both parties to be reconciled into a marriage. The whole set of cakes, including the shape of two feet in diameter round large baked cake two, to the shortening of the surface as the skin, also sugar, green and red silk, such as Jiu Cui mixed fillings. A cake surface of the center engraved with a round figure, a cake surface of the center engraved with a square figure, meaning that the sky is round, male for the sky, female for the earth. In addition, there is a pair of Ruyi, a pair of small pieces of Hu Lu. This set of cakes, the male family in addition to stay a round pattern of the whole cake, will be another square pattern of the cake, in accordance with the square line plus a handle to cut down, return to the female family, meaning that both sides have a betrothal token of the handle. As for Ruyi and gourd Lu, one for each gender. The intention is to give birth to a boy and raise a girl for good luck. The day after the betrothal, the male family should be cut into small pointed strips like a finger width, where friends and relatives in the countryside to send one per household, the name is "eat sweet", informing the village people friends and relatives, my son was engaged.

Marriage is generally picked an auspicious day to get married. After picking a good day, the woman's review agreed that the man should "send the day". As early as the late Qing Dynasty, send the day of the day, the introducer to bring the wedding day single, take the red cloth sewn into a small pocket, containing the shape of a finger as large as seven

Silver-plated small treasure, called "children and grandchildren library", sent to the woman's home. Women's home will be the bride to the groom embroidered lotus sentence, commonly known as "send bag bag" "money hook button" to bring back to the male family, even if the date of the wedding.

Two, knock on the door drum and seat cake base

In Xiaoyi before the liberation and early liberation, both sides in the afternoon before the wedding to knock on the door drum and seat cake base wedding activities. Knocking on the door is in the male home outside the door on the left side of a large door drum, the groom's mother wearing a red jacket, head covered with a silk handkerchief forward, the groom is carrying a wedding gun bag with the back of the gun bag, gun bag loaded with spoons, braided cane, eighteen walnuts (symbolizing the boy), eighteen red dates (symbolizing the girl), mother and son came to the door drum before the walnuts and red dates on the surface of the drum, the mother of one hand with a spoon, the first hand with a braided cane pounding drums twice, mouth reading: "Cackling, pounding the drums! Buried, my son tomorrow congratulations miles," and then pounded seven spoons, spelling staff pounded eight, while pounding while reading: "seven spoons, eight plaited staff, grandchildren are led on." Finally, the drum is pounded twice underneath the drum, and while pounding, I read, "Cluck, two more times, go home with your mom." After that, the walnut date falling on the ground gang up, ready for the newcomer's quilt corner and urine helmet built-in put.

Seat Gaoji is carried out in the afternoon of the first day before the woman's wedding. Steam cake before the female mother wearing a red jacket, head covered with a red silk handkerchief, holding offerings in the room, the courtyard around the God, and then sat on a chair in the courtyard. In the sound of firecrackers, the chef brought out the first cage of cake noodles seated on the pot, the mother walked to the front of the steamer, the head of the red silk handkerchief removed to cover the top of the cage. The chef removes the red handkerchief. At the same time, the married girl cleans herself and takes a bath in the room, changes into new clothes, and sits on the thick bedding in preparation for her departure. The countryside called this "seat cake base, climb high head."

Three, to meet the bride in a sedan chair, ringing the instrument to serve, the wind crown Xia Phi

The territory in the pre-liberation to meet the bride in a sedan chair. As early as in our country before the Tang Dynasty, the enlightened monarchs wish the common people to marry for a lifetime of great joy, special gift to the common people in the marriage, can enjoy like the king to recruit the same row of horses, the name of the day "small Dengke". Since then, the people out of the lease store. Lease store modeled after the palace style, with sedan chair, lanterns, gong flags, colorful flags, sun flags, gold guns and jade axes towards the sky thorns, gold gourd two loads of embroidered umbrellas, five hold life dragon fans, such as 108 pieces of full contracted driving. Leasing store also has the groom to wear the scholar's cap or hat, cap inserted on the silver flowers, robes, coats, squatting shoes, bravely draped in red and green colored silk. There is a bride to get married when the head of the wind crown, Palace flowers, wearing the Xia Phi, hands wearing silver nails and other small pieces. In the late Qing Dynasty, only the rich and powerful families can lease up four sedan chair, full helmet driving to show the occasion, the common people only lease two sedan chair and a dozen pieces of Cai driving sedan chair.

Four, pinch the face of flowers and welcome double box

In the marriage, the two sides of the main household to pinch a variety of styles of face of the flower mold, rolled buns for friends and relatives to eat, small round mold for the ancestor of the sacrificial road, the tribute to the flower mold for the God. Especially the male family to pinch three kinds of flower mold, a small horse mold, wedding day, placed on the table in the yard, for the neighbors to grab. It is said that the daughter-in-law not pregnant, eat this bun can be pregnant. The second is a flower cake bun, also known as "date" "mold", shape such as a large basin, a layer of dough, a layer of dates, layer by layer, shaped like a tower, dates like flowers. Taking the meaning, the son is married today, blossom and seeds. Third, the pulse root mold, smaller than the flower cake mold, the same practice, after steaming, the top inserted a flower, placed on the window sill of the new room, meaning "the day of the wedding, early pregnancy, a lineage, planting the roots of the rear." Give more!