Marriage is a happy event in life. Do you know the marriage customs in Wenzhou?

Marriage is a great event in life, but the preparation process is really complicated and trivial. As the saying goes, "a hundred miles of different styles and customs" is a very polite group in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, which is often reflected in wedding customs. The marriage custom in Wenzhou is not much different from others, but it has its own characteristics.

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1. In Wenzhou's wedding customs, the custom of sending "six samples" has been circulating for a long time and still exists today. As for why it is "six"? It is probably related to Wenzhou's idea of paying attention to "June 6th" and "good things should be hung on June 6th".

People in Wenzhou city are getting married. On the day of engagement, the man will send six kinds to his mother-in-law's house: two crucian carp, two knives and three layers of meat, a chicken, a pair of small pig bellies, five catties of longan and ten catties of clam.

3. Then the woman replied: Jiangxi Bowl, Litchi, Longan, Jujube, etc. The reason why Jiangxi Bowl is given is that the quality is good, and more importantly, the word "bowl" is homophonic with the word "stable" in Wenzhou dialect, which is considered to be the embodiment of good luck. It is said that the man can't use the Jiangxi bowl until the wedding day after receiving it from the woman.

4. Pre-marital "test", the pre-marital "test" of Wenzhou marriage custom is to test whether the wife can have children. "Before marriage" here generally refers to putting on wedding wine, rather than going to the civil affairs department to get a marriage certificate. Therefore, under the influence of this marriage custom, children are sometimes even placed in front of their parents' wedding drinks, and some flower girl are children whose husband and wife are over 6 years old. ?

In the past, the marriage custom in Wenzhou was also celebrated by setting off firecrackers. In 1970s and 1980s, because there was no refrigerator and food was perishable, people usually chose to have a banquet in winter. Early in the morning, firecrackers outside the window have been crackling, very lively. First, the man will set off three firecrackers as the opening ceremony, then the relatives and friends at one table of the groom will buy firecrackers and put them on, and someone will follow at the other table to see who set off firecrackers for a long time. The longer the firecrackers, the more the guests will bless the couple.