What about the local towns in Pingyi County? How about the engagement custom?

Yixian county is located in the southwest of Yimeng mountain area. East longitude117 25' ~117 56', north latitude 35 07' ~ 35 43'. Feixian County in the east, surabaya county in the west, Zaozhuang City in the south, Mengyin County and xintai city in the north. The maximum horizontal distance from east to west is 47.35km, and the maximum vertical distance from north to south is 66.75km, with a total area of1.824.97km2 (equivalent to 2.7375mu), accounting for 1. 16% of the total area of Shandong Province. Named as "hometown of honeysuckle in China", "hometown of granite in China" and "hometown of stone in China", it is an advanced county in science and technology, sports, water conservancy, soil and water conservation, closing hillsides for afforestation, top 100 oil-producing counties, top 100 meat-producing counties and municipal civilized cities.

In the old days, when men and women were teenagers, parents sought relatives for their children through the media. As long as the age is right, the portal is the same, and the zodiac is the same, parents will set an auspicious day and start getting engaged. Nowadays, young people in rural areas fall in love through matchmakers. After both men and women agree and their parents approve, they can agree on an auspicious day. At that time, the woman was accompanied by her mother, sister-in-law and others to the man's house, which is the so-called "relative". The man put on a banquet, gave a bride price, and pressed cash. At the same time, men and women exchange "engagement", which is called "joining" or "passing". The amount of money varies according to the wealth of the family. Some young people are free to fall in love first, get the consent of their parents, and then ask the matchmaker to get engaged. Young men and women in most institutions establish feelings during work and study, fall in love freely, and can get engaged with their parents' consent. Once a man and a woman are engaged, the man will give the woman a holiday gift on holidays, and the woman can go in and out of the man's house and do housework for him.

The delivery date is also called "Happy Birthday Book". A few months before the rural youth get married, the man chooses an auspicious day according to the woman's date of birth and the zodiac, and writes down the year card, commonly known as "seeing the day". Find a bimonthly or bimonthly day, wrap the "New Year's greeting card" in red paper and send it to the woman (mostly by the matchmaker), commonly known as "send the day", "send the New Year's blessing" or "the next happy book". Writing a happy book should bring four things: moxa, incense, chaff and salt, which means that love is sweet, rich and beautiful. The "delivery date" must be agreed with the woman's parents in advance, otherwise it will be criticized. After the woman receives the New Year card, she can prepare a dowry to marry her. In the old days, rich families were buried with more than eight pieces, and some even put rouge on them. The average farmer will usually have five pieces of lai, five big pieces (one cabinet, one table and one pair of horse paddles) and so on. Some have nothing to accompany. After the liberation of the whole country, the clothes for the married people ranged from daily necessities.

In recent years, in addition to the necessary furniture, there are sewing machines, radios, large wall clocks, bicycles, plus several beds and quilt covers (bedding). Young people in urban institutions get married, and most of the furniture is bought by men.