What does it mean to send my aunt to get married?

Today is my daughter's wedding day. Parents will invite 10 to 20 sisters in the village to be "wedding aunts" and escort the bride to her husband's house to get married. In the past, because of the inconvenient transportation, "wedding aunts" generally lived in the village, but the man's room was limited and he could only arrange one night in each family in the village. The traffic is very convenient now. Farewell parties usually leave in the morning and return after the wedding reception in the afternoon.

This is the traditional marriage of Leizhou people, which has the traditional content and form of the Chinese nation. However, due to the long-term infiltration and integration of Baiyue culture, Liao culture, Minnan culture and Central Plains culture, it still retains its own local customs and characteristics.

With the progress of the times and the development of society, many complicated marriage customs are also being reformed and changed, but some ancient customs are still circulating among the people and passed down in Leizhou in another way.

Return gift: After the woman receives the gift, she needs to "return to employment", also called "return gift", and also issue "generic name stickers" and "gift eye stickers". Generally, she will return some gifts to the man, plus her own gifts, such as kits, seeds, fans and so on.

Laying the bed: Leizhou people attach great importance to setting the bed in the wedding bridal chamber. According to the date of making the bed calculated by the fortune teller, couples who are good-looking, have many children and are lucky are invited to make the bed. At this time, the host family will give red envelopes to the people who make the bed.

Usually, the requirements for installing a bed are that the door of the bed faces the window, the wardrobe is in the hall, the door is not in the cupboard, and the mirror is not on the bed. It is also carried out in accordance with the steps of loading beds, raising accounts and opening stores. Some peanuts and red dates were also sprinkled on the bed, symbolizing the birth of a precious child. Modern people also put some wedding candy, wedding cakes and red envelopes on their beds.