How to place the T-shaped wedding bed in Chaoshan?

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Chaoshan people regard olives as a symbol of good luck and a special gift for employment. It can't be odd, but even. In the recruitment, the woman should have a gift in return.

After the engagement ceremony, the man should choose the wedding date and inform the woman. Chaoshan people choose most of the time in the middle of the night, and Chaoshan custom retains the wedding custom of marrying the bride late at night.

Flower washing water

The night before the wedding, the bride will bathe in water with twelve kinds of flowers and plants, such as Cao Xian and pomegranate, and put on a "five elements" coat after bathing, also known as a "sedan chair shirt", which symbolizes the perfection of Five Blessingg.

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The day before the wedding, the groom will hold a solemn "bed-fixing" ceremony when decorating the new house. To choose an auspicious day to make a bed, the orientation of the head of the bed is also particular. After the bed is installed, put the red envelope in the T-shaped position at the foot of the bed, which means adding more eggs as soon as possible.

Pick up the bride (in a sedan chair) for the wedding.

This is the ceremony for the groom to go to the woman's house to marry the bride, and it is also the most important procedure in the wedding. During the whole process before and after the wedding, both the woman and the man will hold some custom activities.

Eat half a bowl of rice

In the morning before the bride goes out, the bride's family will cook a four-course or nine-course breakfast for her, among which there must be four ordinary dishes, such as boiled pork intestines, stewed dishes and good dishes. The bride should eat enough rice, but the bride can only eat one side (that is, half a bowl), which means that she should leave money for her family after marriage.

Pick up the bride

On the wedding day, the groom went to the bride's house to pick her up. When getting married, the bride should bring a dowry. In the dowry, there must be lamps, clogs, needle and thread, mirror, comb, ruler, rice tube, straw hat and Chinese-style chest covering. There are toys and stationery for children and socks for relatives and friends.

Five bowls and a round house.

After entering the bridal chamber, the bride will eat "five bowls of head". Put four sweet cups on the four corners of the table, put brown sugar in the cups, and stick a little brown sugar on each dish, which is sweet from beginning to end. The bride and groom should sit at the two ends of the bed and eat the "closed door", that is, eat glutinous rice balls and exchange the rest after eating half.

To olives

After the luncheon, the mother-in-law or groom will take the bride out to worship olives for relatives and friends. When you worship olives, you should strictly follow the order of generations. The elder took a bite of an olive and gave it back as a red envelope, commonly known as "face money", and sent a message of blessing.

Return to CuO

On the third day of marriage, the bride and groom will hold a "return gift", that is, go back to their parents' home. The ceremony of returning the door was held three times in a row, commonly known as "returning the door for the first time", "returning the door for the second time" and "returning the door for the third time". The first two times, the bride and groom need to have lunch at their parents' home, but they have to return before cooking dinner. Only for the third time can you spend the night at your parents' house.