What are the wedding customs in Meizhou? (Meizhou Baichuan Wedding Etiquette)

1. Send betrothal gift: Before the wedding, the man will go to the woman’s house to deliver the betrothal gift. The custom in Guangzhou is to give chickens (meaning life), coconuts (having a father and a son, the blessing of a family), gift cakes (to the woman’s relatives), and also giving gifts of money, which means that the man’s family is rich and he will be happy. Let the woman marry and enjoy happiness.

2. Return gifts: The bride’s family will also return gifts, including betel nuts (meaning the groom).

3. Setting up the bed: On the night before the wedding, the woman will find a lucky man (with a happy family, parents are alive, and a son) to install a new bed in the new house, and put peanuts, red dates, and walnuts into it. Food that means good luck in having a baby early is placed on the bedside.

4. Dowry: Before the wedding, the bride will put the dowry prepared by her family in a red leather box and wait until the next day.

5. The superior will choose an auspicious time to worship God, pray for heaven and earth, and pray for happiness on the night before the wedding.

6. Combing her hair: The bride will ask a lucky elder to comb her hair.

7. Eating glutinous rice balls: It means a successful marriage and happiness.

Etiquette on the wedding day.

1. Welcoming: On the morning of the wedding, the groom’s wedding team will come to the bride’s house to pick up the bride.

2. Looking for red shoes: The groom will find them for the bride in the room where she is picked up. The red shoes must be put on by the bride before she can be taken away.

3. Offer tea: The couple then offers tea to their parents and kneels before them (according to old customs, the couple does not go to the groom’s house to visit the aunt). In the past, it was not allowed to kneel down, that is, the newlyweds should stand and serve tea to the bride’s parents. However, it is no longer so strict. You can kneel down if you want to show your love.) 4. Hold a red umbrella and throw rice: The bridesmaid will hold a red umbrella to accompany the bride and groom out, and will throw rice to the chickens while walking to prevent the chickens from pecking the bride.

5. Detour around the auspicious road: The car that welcomes the bride must go around the auspicious road in the city. Circle the name of the road. Such as Jixiang Road, Huifu Road and other roads with good and auspicious names.

6. Passing through the door: Passing through the door means that the bride formally enters the groom's house after leaving the house to meet the weng aunt and the groom. Other elders of the family.

7. Wedding: The ceremony will be held at the hotel. A master of ceremonies will preside over the ceremony.

8. Respect the guests: After the banquet begins, the bride will change into the bride. The traditional dragon and phoenix gowns are used to serve tea to the guests.

9. Entering the bridal chamber: After the banquet, the couple will go to the new house to visit or entertain some friends.

10. Return to the house: Return from the three dynasties. On the third day after the wedding, the bride, accompanied by her husband, brings roasted pigs and gifts back to her parents' home to worship their ancestors.