Xinghua people get married have any customs?

Proposal of marriage One party asked the matchmaker to propose marriage, the other party intends to; or by friends and relatives to summarize the two sides agreed to, and then asked the matchmaker to constitute an even number.

Harmony Through the matchmaker to the woman's birth date and eight characters oral report with the male family, this is the "dark mouth metaphor". If the "eight characters match", that is to inform the female family, this is "back to good". The woman's family will then send the woman's gung post to the male family, omitting the "back to the good" program, and "posting" together, called "a even". The male family invited someone to "fortune-telling and marriage", this is called "Ming oral metaphor".

Small fixed The male family to get the women's gung post, that is, the preparation of two sets of clothing and cloud cake and other gifts, sent to the female family. So, the marriage contract is complete. There is no lack of parents on both sides secretly "visit relatives", "marriage". [chase section] two or three years before marriage, the son-in-law choose the summer with gifts to the in-laws to live for a few days, so-called "rest summer". After that, the son-in-law has to send gifts to the in-laws' home on the three major festivals to "catch up with the festivals". Chinese New Year gifts to be used to "box of tans", that is, there are pig trotters, fish, wine, tea, etc. Yuejia returned a number of pieces, usually an even number.

Send "day" male family ready, that is, please matchmakers and female family consultation to choose the auspicious marriage. The specific date is generally selected in the double day, to two, four, six is more. The two sides of the same age for the even number of people, it is selected in three, five, nine and other single day. After agreeing on the wedding date, in ten days before the red invitation to inform the female family, only in advance, not to be postponed.

Send bride price In the auspicious period, the male family agreed on the amount to the female family to send "bride price" for the bride to buy clothes (pulling happy cloth), jewelry and so on. Marriage, the male family to purchase a wooden bed, the rest of the furniture is usually accompanied by the female family (this is called accompanied by the "whole room service"). The woman's family even poor must accompany the horse foot bucket.

Send dowry and store a few days before the wedding, the dowry will be sent to the man's home, full of flowers, flaunting. The new house is decorated one day before the wedding.

Warming the bed On the eve of the auspicious day, the groom invites unmarried men among his friends and relatives to join him in the bed as an auspicious omen for the early birth of a son.

Welcome the bride and pay homage to the bridegroom on the morning of the auspicious day, the groom was accompanied by the groom with a sedan chair to welcome the bride's family. Sedan chair arrived, the female family woo gun to welcome, and that is closed, after a number of requests square open. Multiply this rope "open the door to seal children". With the relatives of the people into the door, to be round, jujube, cloud cake, wishing the reunion, early birth, step by step. Bride on the palanquin mother to cry a few times, in order to express the feelings of attachment to their daughters. Theater said the bride on the palanquin mother not cry in the future to be born mute. Women's home, there are also people "to send the bride". Welcome the bride's sedan chair on the way to meet the river, bridge or road bend must set off firecrackers. Two sedan chair meet, good people often for the upper hand and quarrel. Sedan chair to the male family, that is, the cannon to meet. And please welcome the bride, send the bride to eat round, jujube, cloud cake. The following worship, sitting rich, rich candles, eat rich rice and other ceremonies. When returning home after the full moon, the bridegroom's family must be given a two-color or four-color gift. The in-laws are required to return 100 brown seeds. Among them, there is a very large one, which is called "one out of a hundred".

Looking forward to the bride's family, the bride's relatives, in the honeymoon, choose an auspicious day to visit their daughters in the man's home, the man's family will be warmly received.

Thanking the Matchmaker The matchmakers are invited to the wedding banquet, and their gifts are returned as much as they are given. The matchmakers are invited to attend the wedding banquet, and their gifts are often returned as much as they are given.

Crossing Birthday The first birthday of the bride is celebrated by her mother's family, called "Crossing Birthday", and subsequent birthdays are celebrated by the mother-in-law's family.