What is the custom of sugarcane engagement in Minhou?

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"Guide chicken" is not a guide, but a moral, guiding newlyweds to a happy life.

"Guide chickens" should be paired, a rooster and a hen, and they should be healthy, consisting of a rooster and a hen. The hen laid eggs that day and the rooster just crowed.

The "leading chicken" was prepared by the woman's mother herself: the chicken feet were tied with a 9-foot-long red belt, and one chicken was tied at each end. Its 9-foot-long red ribbon, "nine" and "long" are homophonic, meaning "always long"; The red ribbon means "thriving". This is because parents hope that after their daughter gets married, they can live in harmony with their son-in-law and love each other, not only to grow old together, but also to have a "good life."

"Leading the way chicken" is usually brought back to the husband's family when the newlyweds "return the gift for the first time" (on the fourth day of their wedding, the bride's younger brother will invite her sister to her family). Also, on the wedding day, the bridesmaid accompanying the wedding mentioned the man's house with a flower basket and put it under the bed of the new house. People stop at the door to see whether the rooster or the hen comes out of bed first, which shows whether the bride will have a boy or a girl. Because of the concept of "son preference", when the hen pokes her head out first, people shout loudly and hiss repeatedly, scaring the hen to retreat quickly until the rooster goes out first, and people are happy. ...

Of course, the "leading chicken" cannot be slaughtered, leaving raw eggs. Because "egg" and "generation" are homophonic, it means "handed down from generation to generation". Even if these two chickens are old and dead, they can't be cooked. They should be "buried".

"Sugarcane with tail" appeared on the third day of marriage. Accompanied by the groom, the bride returned to her parents' home as a guest. She can't spend the night at her parents' house. She must return to the groom's house before dusk. At this time, the old father-in-law asked his son-in-law to bring two sugar cane, one head and one tail.

There is also a 9-foot-long red rope tied to the sugarcane. The tail of sugarcane should be dragged, which is called "dragging green" One was dragged to the groom's house and put on the wedding bed. Sugarcane has knots, representing the chastity of the bride; Sugarcane is sweet, which means that the bride and groom are happy.