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The day before the wedding? Customs?

1, the bride and groom don't meet before marriage. Prepare dowry: two quilts, one is the red quilt embroidered by the grandson of the ancient philosophers, and the other is the dragon and phoenix quilt.

There is a brand-new one-dollar and fifty-cent coin on the bed, and there is a wedding basin next to it. The red one is printed with happy words, and there are some cosmetics (meaning the bride is beautiful) and money (meaning the future life is full of gold and silver). And a pair of puppies.

2. Chongxin, the bride and groom are at home.

The process is: boil grapefruit leaves and citronella into hot water, and after cooling, the couple will use it to wash their faces and wipe their bodies. Then put on new pajamas and slippers and wait for dawn. New meaning: wash away filth, exorcise evil spirits and start a new life.

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Taboos when getting married:

Try to avoid June, March and July when getting married. Traditionally, brides who get married in June of the lunar calendar are also called "half-moon wives", because June is half of a year, and the bride in June is equal to half a bride, which means that couples are prone to divorce after marriage.

Three days after the wedding, the groom accompanied the bride back to her mother's house, commonly known as "going back to her mother's house". On the day of returning home, she must return to her husband's house before sunset. If it is too late, the couple should stay at the woman's house, remember not to share the same room, and must sleep in separate rooms to avoid bringing bad luck to her parents. In addition, it is best for newcomers not to spend the night outside. It is also forbidden to participate in any wedding, funeral or celebration within four months of marriage.

Some ethnic minorities, such as She nationality, especially Xiapu, Fujian, have the custom of "being in-laws". The in-laws were actually selected by the groom to perform a series of etiquette procedures on behalf of the man's family.

Before getting married, the in-laws will choose gifts to the bride's house, and the bride's house will warmly welcome them. There is a lot of etiquette in the whole process. If the in-laws don't show satisfaction with their parents' family, they will be laughed at, and they may even change people and get married on another day.

Due to female physiological reasons, in Xiangtan, Hunan, in order to avoid the visit of female good friends on the wedding day as much as possible. According to the previous cycle, if the wedding day happens to be menstrual cramps, the bride will be jealous and scrambled eggs before the wedding day. Because in many places, it is taboo for the bride to menstruate on the wedding day.

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