Wedding custom in Yinan, Linyi, Shandong Province

The whole marriage process generally includes several stages: proposing marriage, betrothal and marriage. The specific wedding customs in Yinan, Linyi, Shandong Province are as follows:

1. Proposing marriage

Regardless of any method of proposing marriage, the procedure of "seeing the object" or "recognizing the door" is added before the formal engagement. If the woman accepts a gift from the man or his parents when she is "seeing the object" or "recognizing the door", it means that she is willing to engage. The amount of gifts varies, but it gradually increases, from 11 yuan to 11 yuan, and some of them are 11 yuan, which means "one in a hundred", "one in a thousand" and "one in a thousand".

second, engagement?

The engagement procedures in the county are simplified, and the original procedures of book delivery and date delivery are generally combined into one. On the day of engagement, young men and their parents (some also have references or relatives and friends) bring gifts and cash gifts to the woman's home. Gifts include tobacco, famous wine, chicken, fish and gold and silver jewelry for the woman, and the amount of gifts varies. The woman gave a banquet to entertain, and the two sides reached an understanding of the situation during the dinner.

Third, getting married

After the 199s, there were generally six or eight wedding convoys, with black or red vehicles, one of which was decorated with flowers and ribbons. The groom went to the woman's house to pick up the bride, and all the vehicles were affixed with the word "Double Happiness" or "A Hundred Years of Harmony".

Weddings are usually held at 9-1 am. The general procedure is to set off firecrackers, play music, announce the start of the ceremony, the witness speaks, and the bride and groom bow to the officiant, witness and guests. After the guests speak, the bride enters the bridal chamber.

After p>2, young people began to invite wedding companies to host their weddings. Most wedding banquets are held in hotels, where parents, the bride and groom propose a toast to the guests. Due to the government's vigorous promotion of changing customs and changing habits, many units hold collective weddings, lead the wedding ceremony, celebrate at the same time and get married in one day.

With the increase of income of urban and rural residents, the number of marriages is increasing year by year with the wind of wedding gifts. Before 9' s, the gift was usually a few yuan, and then it gradually rose to ten yuan, twenty yuan, thirty yuan to fifty or sixty yuan. By the late 199 s, it had risen to one or two hundred yuan.

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Relevant customs of giving birth to children in Yinan, Linyi, Shandong

Giving birth to children at home is called "adding happiness". If a boy is born, hang a red (cloth) at the door of the house and tie a bow and arrow and garlic head, which means "can fight and count"; For girls, only red seeds and garlic are used.

After the child is born, the man should "report good news" to the woman's family and inform his relatives and friends. The bride's family will prepare gifts such as eggs, white flour, millet, brown sugar, children's clothes, small bedding, etc., and the newborn's uncle and other relatives will go to give the child a "hinge head" on another day. However, you can't ride the moon with a hinged head (that is, it spans two months, referring to the lunar calendar). There is a folk saying that you can't see your uncle without a hinged head.

When the head is hinged, his uncle symbolically hinges the child's hair, hands, feet, etc. The "hinge" of hands and feet is to prevent the child from being "mean" in the future. Friends, relatives and neighbors sent eggs, brown sugar, children's clothes, etc. before the "hinge head" to express their congratulations.

yinan county Municipal People's Government-Etiquette and Custom in yinan county