What is the wedding custom process in Shanxi?

1, engagement actually means engagement. The matchmaker sends the man's birthday tag and dowry to the woman's home, and then brings back the woman's birthday tag and gift. The bride price of the man includes red and blue cloth, jewelry, wine, meat and so on.

2, gifts, men decide to get married on a good day, will give gifts on an auspicious day before marriage. The man will give all the preparations and gifts of the groom to the matchmaker and then to the woman. The money for the gift is decided by the woman.

3. Wedding ceremony. There are two kinds of weddings in Jincheng, Shanxi, one is the wedding ceremony, and the other is the anti-wedding ceremony. In Beiliu and Runcheng, the groom does not greet the bride, but only sends a sedan chair to carry the bride. In other places, you need to meet in person. Whether it's a wedding reception or a wedding ceremony, there must be a drum team. Both men and women should steam pomegranate cakes weighing more than 5 kg with white flour in advance, insert pine branches on them and bring a pine cone.

When getting married, the man sent a man to take one of his own to the woman's house, and then he brought back a woman to carry it and walk in front of the drum. When I married an official, I had a wooden sign with the official title of my ancestors on it. After drumming, the bride will beep three times in front of the car chair and three times in front of the man's house, and then the bride will be scattered on the head of the car chair. Food.

4, to get married, say hello to relatives and marry a daughter-in-law, is a kiss in the six ceremonies. The groom himself went to the woman's house to marry the bride, but in some centers in Xinzhou and Lvliang, the matchmaker or uncle instructed the welcoming group to get married while the groom sat at home.

5, wedding, the wedding team returned to the man's house, gongs and drums, firecrackers sounded, the man's relatives and friends, neighbors flocked out to entertain the bride. In the area of Qinxian County in the southeast of Shanxi Province, the bride's sedan chair landed beautifully on a red quilt. After the bride begged for the money for the sedan chair, with the help of a well-off man, she set foot on the red carpet and started.

Pre-marital preparation list:

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The man needs to prepare wedding candy as a gift in advance. He can buy ready-made candy boxes, or he can buy candy boxes separately and buy candy in bulk.

2. Fireworks and ribbons

It's best to buy flame retardant ribbons in case of accidents.

3. Happy words, happy words and flowers.

These can be used to decorate the home. Happy characters are usually posted at the gate and the door of the husband and wife's house. The rest depends on the new couple's own customs, and the most important thing is to celebrate.

4. Balloons

Balloons can be used for home and hotel decoration, and wedding cars can also be decorated with some small balloons.

5. cigarettes and matches

Cigarettes can be chosen according to the couple's own ability. Generally, there are 2 packages per table for a wedding banquet, and the driver of the wedding car 1-2 packages and the brother 1-2 packages. Also leave some for relatives and friends at home, and leave a few packs of cigarettes and matches on the sign-in desk for later use.