The custom and process of men's wedding in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province: The wedding is held in the early morning.

In many places, on the wedding day, the man usually gets up early to pick up the bride, and then the woman's house receives the wedding procession, and the man's house also prepares for the arrival of the bride, and then the wedding can be held within one day. However, the wedding customs in Shangrao, Jiangxi are somewhat different. Shangrao always leaves at noon or afternoon, then comes back in the early morning and goes to visit the church earlier. Not only that, there are many wedding processes. Let's have a look.

Exchange notes/cards with personal information such as the other party's name.

Parents of both sides exchange positions with their children's eight characters, also known as "eight characters". After the parents of both sides were satisfied with the initial understanding, they wrote the eight characters of the man's birth in red posts, which were sent to the woman by the introducer, and the woman asked Mr. Destiny to "open and close". If they match, write the eight characters to the man, which is commonly known as "returning the eight characters". Write it in red paper and put it under the incense burner in front of the ancestral tablet for three days. If the whole family is safe within three days, it will be a success.

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After the wedding date is fixed, the man chooses an auspicious time to invite him to "bring wine from the east", also called betrothal wine. At the banquet, the man presented clothes, shoes, socks, towels and the like, invited the woman to "pull cloth" on the street, and sent the agreed bride price, gold and silver jewelry, money exchange, three generations and other gifts to the woman. The woman gave all her stickers to the man. After the banquet, the man will also ask the matchmaker to give the "dragon and phoenix stickers" to the woman, and the marriage will finally be settled here.

Wedding in the early hours of the morning

When the parents arrive, they eat snacks first, and then they take them to the ancestral temple to burn incense to worship their ancestors. The bride's family will hold a banquet to entertain them. Brides usually leave in the middle of the night or midnight, getting brighter and brighter, symbolizing the light. Brides usually come in at seven or eight or nine in the morning. During the admission time, the bride will kick the car door, and the man's maid of honor will lead the bride out of the car and then "cross the line of fire" at the gate. The bride must use fir branches to cross the fire before entering the gate.

(of the bride and groom) salute to heaven and earth.

After the bride entered the hall with the drums, she began to worship. There are incense tables in the hall, with parents and elders in the east, consorts in the west, relatives in the north and younger generations in the south. Before meeting the bride, the husband will hang red on the groom and cover him with a five-foot red cloth. When visiting the church, the groom stands on the left and the bride stands on the right. Li Sheng said: One worships heaven and earth, the other worships ancestors, the third worships Gaotang, and the four couples respect each other as guests.