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How much do you know about Foshan's wedding customs? What Foshan people must know when they get married.

First of all, men should give bride price, which is more important for Foshan people. The more bride price they send, the more they pay attention to their women. It is customary to give raw chickens (meaning alive), a pair of coconuts (having a grandfather and a son is a blessing to the family), a gift cake (for the woman's relatives) and a gift, which means that the man's family is rich and will let the woman get married and enjoy happiness. After the man sends the gift, he returns it to the woman's house. Gifts include wallets, pants (expensive) and belts. Rich people send back cars or furniture and appliances.

Secondly, the night before the wedding, men and women can't meet. The man will find a lucky boy to press the bed (parents are required to be alive and the family is happy) and put well-meaning foods such as peanuts, red dates and walnuts on the bed.

The bride's dowry will also be sent to the man's house by her sisters and brothers the night before the wedding, and the word "Xi" will be affixed to the dowry. Then, on the night before the wedding, the boss will choose an auspicious time to worship God, heaven and earth and pray for blessings, and will inform the man to worship God at the same time. In the process of combing her hair, the bride will ask a blessed elder to comb her hair. Finally, I have to eat a bowl of glutinous rice balls to show that I can get married and be happy.

On the wedding day, on the morning of the wedding day, the man's relatives, friends, brothers and sisters will come to the woman's house to pick up the beautiful bride. The customs of Foshan are more enjoyable.

The first level: "getting started" means "opening the door is beneficial" You have to go through the siege of your sisters and satisfy them before you open the door. After opening the door, the new official should greet the bride with flowers (the bride can't make flowers herself).

Level 2: The groom's official must find the red shoes for the bride in the bride's room and put them on before taking the bride away.

The third level: newlyweds must offer tea and bow to their parents (according to the old custom, newlyweds should not bow before visiting Weng Gu at the man's house, that is, newlyweds should stand and offer tea to their parents. However, at present, I am not so particular about it. Kneel if you want. Then, take the red umbrella, Sammy, etc. And the bridesmaid will accompany the bride and groom out with a red umbrella. The bride cannot turn back.

Level 4: Newcomers should take several auspicious roads in Foshan, and the motorcade to pick up the bride should take the famous auspicious roads in the urban area. For example, Zumiao Road, Chopsticks Road, Yong 'an Road, Jinhua Road, Shengping Road and Fulu Road are also indispensable, and most of them are named for good luck.

The fifth level: the door is about to pass. Passing the door means that the bride must go through the brazier of the man's house after going out from the woman's house to meet the elder of the man's house.

Then it's wedding time. A ceremony was held in the hotel. The couple welcomed the guests with their brothers and sisters, and the ceremony was arranged by the master of ceremonies. After the banquet, the bride should put on a traditional dragon and phoenix dress to offer tea to the guests. Generally, the groom toasts separately and the bride drinks tea.

Finally, the three dynasties return to the door, which means that on the third day after marriage, the bride, accompanied by her husband, went back to her mother's house with roast pigs and gifts to worship her ancestors.

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