What are the wedding customs of Chongqing people?

1. propose to the matchmaker with an umbrella.

Tujia young men took a fancy to a girl and asked a matchmaker to propose marriage to her home. In addition to bringing gifts, the marriage proposal matchmaker should bring an umbrella whether it is windy or rainy or sunny, indicating that the matchmaker is willing to be beautiful.

If the bride's family accepts the bride price, there is an 80% chance of getting married. After that, the matchmaker has to go back and forth three times before the bride can agree to this marriage to show her cautious attitude towards this marriage. If the bride's family doesn't accept the gift, it means that she refuses to propose, and no matter how hard the matchmaker tries, it is useless.

The woman agreed to the man's marriage, and after the two sides agreed on the bride price, they were engaged on an auspicious day. When engaged, the man should prepare wine, meat, clothes, ears and so on. Give it to the woman's house as a gift. The woman's family hosted a banquet to entertain the man's visitors and matchmakers, and gave her daughter's "eight characters" to the man, indicating that the two families were officially married.

2. The leg of the pig is passed on to the wedding.

For Tujia people, the married pig leg is a signal to hand over the wedding date skillfully. During the engagement of Tujia young men and women, girls usually look carefully at the back cage brought by their lovers and see the information conveyed by the pig legs inside.

Step 3 get married crying

"Weeping marriage" is another feature of Tujia marriage custom. Because of the clever, melodious and melodious words, people also call them "wedding songs". Its content is to cry for parents, brothers and sisters, ancestors, etc. In order to tell the feelings of parting. The night before the wedding, the girl and ten sisters next door cried together around the fire kang, calling them "ten sisters".

4. Door blocking ceremony

The door-blocking ceremony of Tujia people's wedding reception is unique. When young Tujia men and women get married, both men and women invite a talkative person as the general manager, and the man's general manager (also known as the road supervisor) leads the wedding procession to the woman's wedding.

The woman will set a table outside the gate, and the two managers will sing or talk. If a man's manager wins in singing or talking, move the table and let him in the gate; If that man's manager loses in singing or speaking, he has to climb under the table.

Step 5 grab the bed

After the Tujia bride and groom worship the church, both sides have to rush to the cave to grab a new bed, commonly known as "grabbing the bed". The habit of sitting on the bed is usually that men are left and women are right, with the center line of the bed as the boundary. A scheming bride often sits on the center line of the bed, symbolizing her future position in the family.

Not to be outdone, the groom tried to push the bride out of the queue and refused to give in to each other until the groom lifted the bride's veil, the bride grabbed the bed with a smile, and then the husband and wife shared a glass of wine.