Do any of you know the marriage customs in Lishui, Zhejiang?

Engagement: Generally, the man proposes to the woman through the media, and the two sides are similar according to their family circumstances. In the old days, with the consent of both parents, they exchanged birthdays with Geng Tie, and the fortune teller predicted good or bad luck by "combining eight characters". If the horoscope matches, you can get engaged. Formal engagement is "too red book", also called "too book". The man talks to the media about the bride price, and after the woman puts forward the amount of the bride price, the man prepares the bride price according to the agreed standard. The amount and quality of bride price depends on the family situation of both parties, and there is no exact regulation. The man's family chooses an auspicious day to "pass the red book". Give the woman's parents ten books first, then invite the matchmaker to Cambodia. On that day, lanterns were hung in the man's house, incense was burned and candles were lit, the deacon wrote down "keepsake", and the matchmaker sent it to the woman's house with a red post and a dowry of "Please make a promise". The lady immediately replied to the green post of "Mu Yu Yun Qing". After "writing a book", you can choose to get married, and the man will invite the woman to drink a "kiss wine" through the media. The two sides will decide the wedding date and prepare for the wedding separately.

Marriage: When men get older, so do women. In the old society, men and women usually got married at the age of 18 or above. Choose two dates for the wedding for good luck. After the wedding date is set, the woman buys a dowry, which is called "dowry"; Gifts from relatives and friends are called "adding boxes". The man built a new house, made furniture, made a new bed and held a party. On the morning of the wedding, the sedan chair was issued, and a rooster was placed on the pole of the sedan chair, which was a four-color gift. When she came back, the woman named a hen "Chicken with a sedan chair", which showed that both of them were right. When she comes back, she won't go the same way and set off firecrackers all the way. It is usually the bride's uncle, brother and uncle who see her off. Those who see her off are called "guests" and "big guests". The western suburbs returned to the man's house, and the bride and groom were supported by guests. Both of them worshipped the ancestors of heaven and earth first, then their parents, and finally the bride and groom. After the worship, the family sent sacks to the ground for the last time, which was called "Dai", paving the way for the bride to enter the bridal chamber. In addition, the cashier picked up the laundry basket containing grains, dates and copper coins, sang the song of cashier's check, and sprinkled the contents of the basket on the heads of the bride and groom until they entered the bridal chamber. Then lift the bride's veil with weighed peaches to show her satisfaction. After the ceremony, the bride stood on the edge of the bed and "dressed up", and then the trouble began. Sing noisy songs when you are noisy. The lyrics are "Look at the bride and He Xinlang, as soon as they enter the bridal chamber, the son is born with his left foot and the phoenix is born with his right foot"; "Light a candle, see the bride's dowry, high cabinets and low boxes, ivory beds that are neither high nor short, and mandarin ducks, mandarin ducks in pairs, and phoenixes in pairs." The new house is full of joy and humor. There is also the custom of "listening to the room" at night. On the first day after marriage, the bride and groom greet their elders in turn and pay homage to their ancestors. In three days, both husband and wife went back to their parents' homes and came back the same day. Six days, the bride's family came to visit her, and twelve days later, the bride was taken back. This is called "returning to the door".

After liberation, the marriage law was promulgated and monogamy was implemented, so people could freely fall in love and get married. In the old society, customs were greatly reduced and marriages were generally frugal. /kloc-getting married after 0/980 is a big deal and a serious waste. Although publicity and education have been carried out, the results have been minimal. Do a lot of money articles about marriage, such as meeting ceremony, media acceptance ceremony, courtship ceremony, wedding ceremony, getting on and off sedan chair ceremony; There are also four-color gifts for Chinese New Year and holidays. Plus building a new house, making furniture, and treating guests to show off, the daughter-in-law enters the door, ranging from several thousand yuan to hundreds of thousands of yuan. Especially in rural areas, the economic burden of marrying a daughter-in-law is too heavy, which brings difficulties to life.

There used to be some special forms of marriage. Finger-belly marriage: Due to the deep friendship between parents, both wives were pregnant in the same year and made a promise before giving birth. If both families have boys or girls, they will become "dry relatives" and the children will be regarded as "dry brothers" and "dry sisters"; If a family gives birth to a girl and a family gives birth to a boy, they get married, which is also called "early marriage". Child bride: commonly known as "child bride", mostly because the woman is poor and can't afford it, she says she is better off with her family; Or a girl who was adopted when she was young became a daughter-in-law when she was an adult. Wedding ceremony is simple, choose a good day, kowtow early in the morning to get married, as the saying goes, "kowtow at midnight", generally do not entertain guests. The child bride was tortured and bullied by the old ethics, and her status was low. In the urban and rural areas of the county, someone was said to be indignant: "Like an indignant daughter-in-law." Daughter-in-law: Have a family and no children. In order to carry on the family line and support the elderly, they invited their son-in-law, commonly known as "son-in-law". After liberation, the government advocated the marriage of men and women to break the feudal marriage ethics.

Changing relatives: it is a bad habit in marriage. It is difficult for both men to get married because of poverty or disability. Talking about marriage is actually a form of reciprocal exchange, commonly known as "two relatives exchange" or "relatives exchange". Concubine: In the old society, poor families were forced by life and sold their children to rich families as maids. When they grew up, they were accepted as concubines of rich families. There are also rich families who have no children or daughters. They married maids and called them "Second Houses", which were banned after liberation.