Why do most Chaoshan people choose to get married at night?

As a Chaoshan person, let me express my views.

Why do you choose to get married at night? First of all, I think one of them may have something to do with local customs. Hipsters call men hunting in Hong Kong and women Zi Niang. It is so called because in the past, men were responsible for waxing (catching food) and women were responsible for cooking. Waxing and predation are generally carried out during the day, so-called sunrise and sunset rest. Night is a leisurely time, and everyone has free time, which is suitable for attending banquets. So-called? Yang goes to yin? It means that the day is coming and the night is coming, and it also means that the male (Yang) is coming to meet the female (Yin). This is the embodiment of the idea of harmony between man and nature in the marriage ceremony system.

There is a saying in Chaoshan that it is most important for men to look at the birth of the earth and women to look at the birth of the wedding. When you get married, you must choose a date that is good for both men and women. What is more important is that the yin and yang do not collide, and the children's food money is in place, especially the woman's birthday. As for why we get married at night, we should choose a good date and time, from midnight to noon in the morning, that is, when Wang Yang was alive, and choose the right time with the horoscope of both sides, so that the woman can get married, and there will be no husband who chooses a day to go to Shanghai after noon. This is a local custom and a tradition of choosing a day in China!

There is also a saying that because there is a tradition in Chaoshan area, brides can't collide when they pick up relatives. If there are few pedestrians on the road in the early hours of the morning, the chance of colliding with people is relatively small, so people usually choose to pick up relatives in the early hours of the morning. At the same time, when the bride and groom leave their parents' home at the end of their marriage, they must never look back.

There is a special situation that must be carried out when the night is dark and windy. Chaoshan people are commonly known as "thief day". As the name implies, it is famous for "sneaking around" marriage. This reason is because an elder in the husband's family will die in the west and finish one before the elder dies? Family reunion ",so it needs to be done at night.