What are the customs of marriage in Hunan?

On the Marriage Customs in Southern Hunan

Li Zhou has "three media and six certificates", and the marriage in southern Hunan is ancient. Although it is not so strict, the rural customs can glimpse the ancient customs.

First, matchmaking, as we all know, there is no cloud or rain in the sky and no media underground. Even if you are in free love, you really need to hang a matchmaker as a shield before marriage.

Second, sift the tea. When a man comes to a woman's house for the first time, if the woman thinks the man is nice, she will give him a cup of tea and a red envelope. That's right. There is a game.

Third, over the age of Geng. There are both male and female exchange students. Please tell your fortune to see if you can match them.

Fourth, get engaged and get married.

5. Door: sedan chair, the man, arrives at the door of the woman's house (now it is a sedan chair) early in the morning, and there must be three offerings of bride price. When you go to the woman's house, you must "leave the hall" before marrying the bride, and accompany the bride to bid farewell to the ancestral grave memorial tablet of her family in the hall, thanking her family for her parenting. When going out of the main house, there must be a bride and brother in front of the door, and I don't want my sister to go away. The groom only has a red envelope to open the way)

Six, on the sedan chair (or sedan chair), there must be a woman's brother or cousin carried her on the sedan chair, feet don't touch the ground, afraid of taking away the luck of the family. Everyone in Niangjia Village sent the bride out of the village, and the groom sealed a red envelope to buy sugar to thank her.

Seven, to the husband's house, stop. First, read evil. A respected person mumbled around the sedan chair and slaughtered a rooster on the spot to stop the bad luck brought by her family. Then a respectable middle-aged woman (who must have children) helped the bride get off the sedan chair, crossed the brazier and the groom shot an arrow. On the day of the banquet, the younger brother who accompanied his sister, even a hairy child, must sit at the dinner table, which is a respect for her family.

Eight, enter the bridal chamber and sing the wedding song.

Nine, go back to the door. The next day, if there is no other change (in the past, the bride was required to be a virgin), the younger brother who saw her off accompanied her brother-in-law and sister back to her mother's house, and the marriage was over.