Customs of marrying off girls in northern Shaanxi

1. Dowry

The woman’s parents will prepare dowry money for their daughter. If the woman marries relatively recently, the woman’s parents can also provide their daughter with home appliances, and at the same time, the woman’s washing. , clothes, and shoes are all prepared by the girl’s parents, and they must be duplicates.

2. Welcoming team and setting off firecrackers

Generally speaking, the bride and groom cannot meet before the wedding. The groom will lead the wedding team the next morning, and with the " The sound of crackling firecrackers comes to the bride's home to welcome her (although firecrackers are now prohibited, the blessings are still there). The means of transportation for weddings has been replaced by cars, horse-drawn carriages or bicycles.

3. Pressing the sedan chair

After the host family explained to each other, the groom proposed, knelt down on one knee, and presented the bouquet. After the bride nodded, he could carry the bride onto the float. Just as the bearers were carrying the bride and were about to start, the bride's younger brother came to block the way again, got into the car and walked with her sister for a while, and then came down after being given red envelopes by her relatives.

4. Returning home

After getting married, the bride and the groom must return to their natal home together (live there for the same number of days), which is also called "returning home". This is an indispensable etiquette. Returning home is the end of the wedding, and the number of days spent living at the mother-in-law’s house and the mother-in-law’s house differs from place to place.

5. Betrothal gift

The betrothal gift to the mother’s family is a relatively auspicious number. The amount of the betrothal gift is generally determined according to the conditions of the man’s family, such as 8,080, 48,000, and 68,000. , 88,000 and so on. When giving a bride price to a woman, the woman will return some of the bride price appropriately.