What are the traditional festivals and customs in Shunde?

In the past, the folk wedding custom in Shunde, Guizhou Province was based on "three books and six rituals". For example, after the man chooses a young lady, let the matchmaker bring a gift to propose to her. If the young lady accepts the gift, it means that she agrees to the marriage. The man asked the young lady's age, that is, name, year of birth, month, day, time, etc., and wrote it in Geng Shu to go back to divination. If both men and women are suitable for each other, marriage cannot be concluded. If it is a good omen, it is a perfect match. The man will inform the woman and decide the marriage, which is equivalent to today's engagement. Later, the man's family sent the official letter to the woman's family, and sent gifts such as cakes, goose wine and gift money, which is the origin of today's custom of "marrying a woman to send cakes". After the ceremony, the man chose an auspicious day and asked the matchmaker to inform the woman's home. With the consent of the woman's parents, he began to prepare for the wedding reception. The day before the wedding, the bride paraded the dowry to the man's house with her sisters' shoulders. Before the wedding, the man's family will send a book as a gift to the woman's family, and then carry a red sedan chair to celebrate the wedding. When the bride went out to get on the sedan chair and got off the sedan chair to enter the groom's door, Sister Dajin carried her in and out. Sister Daikin played the role of guiding and assisting the bride to go to church during the whole wedding process. The guard of honor has a set of eight-tone classes. Before departure, the two people who led the way carried a pair of palace lanterns that read "A family got married", beating gongs and drums and playing melodious flutes along the way. The scene was very lively, attracting passers-by to stop and watch. More interestingly, when the wedding was held, the groom wore a red embroidered jacket and a feathered dress; The bride has red hair and a dress hat. After the visit, many extended families held a grand banquet for their relatives and friends in the ancestral hall, and asked the master of ceremonies to help with everything. When relatives and friends came, the drummer waiting outside played music, indicating that guests were coming, and the groom heard the music. That is to say, going out to welcome the guests in and being seated by the emcee, the whole party will be jubilant and not rude. After the banquet, there will be a wedding ceremony as usual. At this time, a group of brothers, classmates, relatives and friends will come up with all kinds of humorous topics for the bride and groom to answer, perform and sing. This kind of strong atmosphere made "Playing with the Bride" reach its climax, and it was popular with both refined and popular tastes.