Friends from Lueyang County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province! ! !

Custom: Marriage: In the old society, it was called "talking about daughter-in-law" or "looking for a wife". Marriage is basically decided by parents' orders and matchmakers' words. The process is roughly divided into five steps.

The first step: matchmaking. Manipulated by "Grandpa Red" (the introducer), the opportunity to meet can only be peeked or narrowed. Most meetings are held during the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival or other times. The two families hit it off.

Step 2: Ask about the birthday. According to Shu Tong, the fortune teller verified that their lives were the same, not the same, and they continued to associate. And put a birthday card under the incense burner on the ark of God. If both families are safe within a week or half, then the marriage is considered to have a foundation.

Two fates coincide or coincide, referring to the zodiac. As the saying goes, "Since ancient times, the white horse has been afraid of the green cow, the dragon has seen the rabbit cry, the tiger is afraid of the snake, and the golden rooster is afraid of the jade rabbit. Once the mouse and monkey have rested, the pigs and sheep can't reach their heads." This is totally superstition.

Step 3: Leave (now called engagement). Four people (two men and two women), including the introducer, the man's family and his relatives, went to the woman's house to confirm the marriage relationship with four-color gifts (usually salt, tea, fruit, cakes, elbows and meat, with two or four sets of materials tied in red paper).

Step 4: gifts. Ask the woman, old and young, what they need, make a gift list on red paper, and the "red master" will lead them in order. The woman will prepare wine and meat to entertain them, and then pay the gift money to the woman with the gift list. There was no difference between the two sides, so they discussed the wedding ceremony.

Step 5: Get married. Usually according to the family situation, there is no certain pattern. Take relatives as singular and come back as even. In the year of Italy, the bride sits in a sedan chair and wears a red headscarf on her head. In Xiao Li's year, I took a car (two-person car) and wore a black hijab on my head. The groom hangs red silk instead of a sedan chair. In front of the sedan chair, there are escorts from the woman's house, some of them are carried on plates, and two or three people are carried to the groom's house by blowing suona. Give the bearers a "red envelope" when unloading the sedan chair, open the curtain when unloading the sedan chair, marry the bride into the house, rest and scrub, etc. And they all have to be exchanged with "red envelopes". Next, a ceremony will be held to worship heaven and earth, parents, young and old. Then the bride-to-be was helped into the bridal chamber. Before entering the room, the groom took off the bride's veil with a rolling pin. At night, the groom's friends of the same age have sex until late at night.

Gift: 1000- 100000