Excuse me, what does "four silver bamboo shoots are all marked together" mean?

This is an auspicious saying in the traditional wedding ceremony: "comb it to the end, comb it with white hair and Qi Mei, comb it all over the floor with three children and grandchildren, and comb it with four silver bamboo shoots." It means wishing the couple a happy marriage.

"Climbing to the top" is a very exquisite ceremony. You should comb your hair with a new comb. The person who helps "climb to the top" must be a "blessed person", that is, this person is a person who is disowned by his six relatives and has a house full of children.

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It is usually completed the night before the wedding or before the ceremony on the wedding day, which symbolizes that a couple has entered adulthood and started to organize a new family, shouldering the glorious mission of spreading branches and leaves.

Of course, as an important event, it is necessary to choose a good time. Generally, the man is half an hour earlier than the woman. Both parties need to bathe themselves with green grapefruit leaf water in advance and change their underwear and pajamas. Where you can see the moonlight, there will be a good woman (usually the elder above men and women in the family, asking both parents and children to be alive and husband and wife to be harmonious) to help them comb their hair.

The bride's hair will be combed into a bun, indicating that she is going to get married and enter the adult stage. Comb your hair and say auspicious words. Finally, you need to tie cypress and red rope to the bride or groom's head. This is the gift.

Things to prepare for marriage

Woman: Comb, grate, needle, thread, dragon and phoenix candle, dragon and phoenix scissors, mirror, red rope, cypress, ruler for future generations.

Male: Three bowls (nine capsules in each bowl) of pointed combs, mirrors, dragon and phoenix candles, descendants' ruler, red rope, cypress, dragon and phoenix scissors, and glutinous rice balls, to be eaten with family and brothers.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Traditional Wedding

Baidu encyclopedia-Guangzhou wedding customs