Longyan wedding custom: the bride hangs festive couplets in front of the door.

Marriage is a very important thing, so marriage should follow many customs and cultures, but each place will have different customs and cultures according to different local conditions and customs. So now let's go and have a look with Bian Xiao. In Longyan, Fujian, there are different customs for getting married in this place.

Wedding anniversary

On this day, a pair of festive couplets will be hung in front of the bride, all dowries will be displayed, the ever-burning lamps will be lit, and an elderly female relative will be invited to take care of the new house. Relatives who are in conflict with the bride and groom are not allowed to enter the bride's room. The hall is decorated with colorful lights, with double happiness in the middle and greeting cards presented by relatives and friends on both sides. Greeting cards from men, mothers and uncles should come first.

When the bride goes out, its old rule is to invite an experienced old maid to accompany her, teach her wedding customs and choose a pair of small lanterns for the groom's family. Now the old lady is not invited to accompany the bride, but the bride's girlfriend. In some mountain villages, the bride goes out and the groom backs the door. The bride used to be greeted by a sedan chair, but now she takes a bus. In some places, after the bride goes out, she will hold a wedding reception to entertain relatives and friends. Now, it is the woman who sticks the invitations of her relatives and friends to the man and asks him to attend his wedding reception. When the bride arrives at the man's house, she is called to start using it. When entering London, she must go through the gate, and her in-laws and brothers must avoid it, so they can't face each other. Then, there was a meeting in class, one visited heaven and earth, two visited Gaotang, and three couples paid homage. [ 1]?

Bi wedding

When the bride enters the bride's room, accompanied by her mother, the bride will meet her relatives and friends, pour tea for the bride, drink tea from her relatives and friends and give the bride red envelopes. Please ask your brother-in-law to catch a pair of chickens in the henhouse at this time. If it is a male, it indicates that the bride will give birth to the first-born boy. Hold a wedding banquet at noon to entertain relatives and friends. Wedding banquets have strict rules. First, the groom should invite his uncle to sit at the head of the hall. As the saying goes, it's called the hall master, and the groom is in the hall master seat. When giving a banquet, there is no toast and chopsticks at the main table of the hall, and the guest table is afraid to give a banquet. Set off firecrackers before and after the banquet. After setting off firecrackers before the party, late guests were afraid to go in for dinner. After the banquet, the guns are fired and the guests must leave. The local characteristics of Longyan wine and vegetables must have melted fish and mixed rice. At the end of the banquet, there was a ginger chicken, and the bride and groom toasted the guests.

Tease the newlyweds on their wedding night

Commonly known as colorful bride. In the evening, relatives and friends flocked to the groom's house to beat gongs and drums, and the bride came in to congratulate him. For example, if she steps on the bride's room and the golden rooster fights the phoenix, the bride will have a new bride next year. At this time, the bride offered tea. Give it to everyone, and put rock sugar and candied fruit in the cup. Then, in the hall, there will be a colorful bride's party, presided over by guests, and the bride and groom will be invited to perform programs, sing folk songs and toast. The bride will light a lamp for the groom, and the groom will smoke until late at night. When the bride and groom went to bed, someone hid outside the window and eavesdropped on the bride's words. They put a small bamboo pole in front of the bed through the window and picked up the mosquito net. It's called being proud.

The day after marriage

Bring gifts to accompany the bride and visit her parents-in-law, brothers, relatives and wives. Her parents prepared a banquet for her new son-in-law, relatives and friends. Both sides will give each other luck. When the bride and groom return, her mother-in-law will send two handfuls of sugar cane and mustard, which means the newlyweds love sw.