What are the wedding customs and procedures in Shaanxi?

Abstract: Shaanxi has a long history and is famous for its national culture. It is one of the important birthplaces of ancient human beings and Chinese culture in China, the political, economic and cultural center of many dynasties in China history, and the holy land of modern China revolution, which has made unique contributions to the survival and reproduction of the Chinese nation and human history and civilization. So what are the wedding customs in Shaanxi? What are the wedding customs in Shaanxi? The following article will introduce the wedding custom process in Shaanxi for everyone. Let's have a look! 1. Shaanxi wedding custom process: engagement

Please introduce an engagement: the marriage proposal house wants to choose a woman as the marriage partner. First, please invite the introducer to entertain at home and explain the intention of proposing marriage, so the introducer runs around and plays the role of the media. Meeting: through the intermediary of the introducer, it is agreed that both parties will meet at the man's or his relatives' home at the agreed time, and the engagement will be agreed through conversation. When meeting, the man should simply entertain, and the main relatives of both sides should attend and make comments. After the conversation, the two will give each other gifts (the man gives the woman a suit and four letters, and the woman gives the man a lighter gift). If the other party accepts the gift, it means that they are tired together, otherwise there will be a problem.

2. Shaanxi wedding customization process: house viewing

In recent years, there has been a regulation that women go to the man's house to look after the house. When looking at the house, the woman's main relatives should accompany her, and the man should hold a decent banquet and give her a gift more important than the meeting ceremony, at least a good dress. If the man doesn't agree to see the house, he will convert the cost of seeing the house into cash, which is purely a courtesy move.

3. Shaanxi wedding custom process: pulling clothes

After seeing the house, the introducer and both parties agreed on the room number, color, time, place and who to go with. On this day, the man's officiator and introducer took the woman to the county seat, usually pulling four or six clothes (two for each body, seven to nine feet each) and eighteen clothes, ranging from two to three hundred to one thousand and two hundred. Bought Buduo at the beginning of liberation, but now it mainly uses wool and silk. In addition to clothing, there are shoes, socks, scarves, wool, bags and so on. After pulling the clothes, the group went to a restaurant for dinner and ordered ten eight dishes, which cost several hundred yuan. When the economy is in trouble, rural people often struggle to pull their clothes.

4. Shaanxi wedding custom process: sitting and drinking.

Weibei people call it "eating and sprinkling", Weinan people call it "Li Guo", and folks call it "copying, copying, copying", which means "eating, eating, eating". The etiquette of sitting and drinking is very grand. On this day, the man will kill pigs and sheep, prepare chicken, duck and fish, please use his favorite dishes, turn over the guests, and put loudspeakers on the house. And show off your wealth. The man's relatives were invited to bring gifts to the set, and the woman informed the clan, the township party and relatives to help the old and the young to sit in the media seats to show their approval. Ordinary people sit and drink, entertain seven or eight tables, up to more than twenty tables, and serve twenty or thirty dishes. The procedure is as follows: ① drink envy before entering the door, accompanied by cakes and dried fruits. There are four petals and nine petals, and there are eleven flowers, "four petals and nine petals" (2) Eat the first meal. Most of them eat minced meat noodles, and clever women in the village are specially invited to operate them, so as to achieve the purpose of "as thin as paper and as thin as thread, lotus flowers turn in the pot". There are pork, mutton and shredded chicken in their throats. ③ Two meals: drink first, then eat. When drinking, eight or four dishes are set out and then served while drinking. There are all kinds of delicious food. When drinking, the male object is led by the woman to toast the female guests one by one, which is called the son-in-law. The female object is brought to the man's house by the man alone to propose a toast, and is called a wife. After three times of sprinkling, the introducer puts the clothes prepared by the man for the woman and the gifts prepared by the guests on a big plate, presents them to the bride's head (including the wedding cash agreed in advance, sealed with red paper), and delivers them face to face. If you don't see it, the engagement (gift) task is completed. After sprinkling, we usually have a plate, nine dishes and steamed buns for dinner. At present, the wedding has been decided. Generally divided into "Renyi Pro”240 yuan and" Ordinary Pro”360 yuan, all of which are "high-priced Pro". After the ceremony, every four or eight days, unmarried men and women should give gifts to each other, and the man's letter is more important than the woman's. When the woman comes to the man's house to give gifts and is called back, the man's house will warmly receive her.

5. Shaanxi wedding custom process: choose auspicious day.

That is, choose an auspicious day to get married, which is called "wedding day" by the state. If the man wants to get married, the matchmaker persuades the woman and asks her husband to calculate the auspicious day. First of all, let's look at the male and female zodiac signs of "benefiting the moon" and "losing the moon". There is a ballad of "Huiyue": "There are five or seven chickens, two or eight tigers and monkeys, three or nine snakes and pigs, and four or seven dragons and dogs. Cattle and sheep five, ten, one, six, rats and horses go. " Secondly, when choosing an auspicious day, in addition to paying attention to it, widows are also afraid of being close to four-eyed people (pregnant women) when choosing an auspicious day, fearing "happiness" and the like. Nowadays, this bad habit is gradually decreasing.

6. Shaanxi wedding custom process: getting married

Also called marriage, people in rural areas call it marrying a wife. The old wedding was very complicated and special. Its main project is to invite deacons, that is, people who preside over the wedding ceremony. Please write a gift pen: that is, please ask Mr. Li to write the wedding couplet (door opening door) the day before, and get the gift list on the wedding day. Please be a guest: country people call guests. Men invite guests and women invite women (or maids). "Guest" should choose two married people of the same age as the groom, who have a good relationship and good family conditions (called blessed people). The task is to accompany the groom to the wedding. Invite chefs (including red chefs who cook and white chefs who steam steamed buns). Please run around: that is, invite people, relatives and friends to do housework, such as borrowing furniture, building a shed, shopping, boiling water, entertaining, etc. Please entertain people: that is, "turtle" (a folk band), with three, five and eight mouths, played with bells and drums. Rental sedan chair: There are two kinds of sedan chair (sedan chair) and green sedan chair (blue sedan chair), both of which are made of wood, rectangular, double-column, and the top is like a square cover. The sedan chair is 5 feet long, 3.5 feet wide and 5 feet high, with a flat top and bottom. There is a curtain on the front door. There is one in the sedan chair. Two sedan chairs are 1.2 feet long and can be carried by four people. The red sedan chair is covered with red cloth, the sedan chair is covered with carved colored curtains, and the green sedan chair is covered with green cloth or blue cloth. The top is conical, engraved with "Kirin to send the child", with red hydrangeas hanging at four corners and eight immortals engraved on four arms.

7. Shaanxi wedding custom process: wedding ceremony.

As a man, it is the curtain of the program for the "marriage" instrument; The women's home is a "farewell" ceremony. Early this morning, the bride was dressed up by the maid who combed her hair, waiting for her husband to get married. The groom is wearing a robe (blue satin), a hat and a red flower arrangement. He was accompanied by his uncle, Ying Gu, Xiang Bin, bearers and musicians. Riding a horse or riding in a sedan chair (in the old days, rich families also had the groom sitting in a green sedan chair and the red sedan chair to marry the bride), carrying "rockhopper" and magic mirrors, umbrellas and other gifts. In the music, the groom kowtowed to his parents-in-law and entered the banquet. The bridesmaids of the bride put on crowns and chardonnays, Hong Xiuxie and red silk hijab, bid farewell to ancestral shrines and salute their parents, brothers and sisters. At this time, the bride's feeling of parting arises spontaneously, and the crying is touching, which is called "crying sedan chair" or "crying marriage". There is also a cry called "Crying Sedan Song": "Niang, Niang, you raised me. Today, you are married and become a guest, leaving your siblings to look after you, like a steel knife to dig my heart." Amid the music and gunfire, the maid who combed her hair helped her into the sedan chair, and the door of the sedan chair fell down. The magic mirror is hung on the pole of the car. Choose two children to escort the car, which is called "escort the car". The musician plays in front, followed by the "clothes rack" (the wooden frame for the bride's dowry and other needlework) and the "stone basket" (the wooden suitcase for the bride's decorations and daily necessities). The groom rides in front of the sedan chair and combs the maid's car, followed by the guests of the bride's family, forming a long queue called "people who eat the wedding banquet". In every village where the sedan chair passed, the guns stopped, and the women in the village competed to watch and evaluate the bride's craftsmanship. When a sedan chair crosses a bridge, an intersection or a street, it is necessary to fire a gun, and some people even stick a red note to express their willingness to exorcise evil spirits (whether the ceremony for sending the girl is grand or not depends on the rich and the poor). If you bump into relatives on the way (two sedan chairs meet), exchange gifts to make way, indicating that they will not interfere with each other and be safe. If the coffin is lost, you have to divert it, or cover the sedan chair with red silk and move forward in the sound of gunfire.

8. Shaanxi wedding custom process: wedding ceremony

Also known as "worship the church" and "worship the heaven and earth", it is presided over by the deacon and dressed in formal attire (hat and robe). From the beginning of welcoming the sedan chair, the "deacon" held a bucket filled with licorice (representing gold) and bran (representing silver), sang "Song of Forage", welcomed the bride out of the sedan chair with firecrackers, entered the palace, and ordered the groom to take off the bride's hijab, symbolizing the mutual recognition of the couple. On the table in front of the main hall, there are incense, candles, offerings and memorial tablets dedicated to "heaven, earth, monarch, relatives and teachers"; The red carpet on the floor is for the bride and groom to kowtow; In addition, there are six objects on the table: bucket, scale, ruler, scissors, abacus, and mirror (the "six cards" symbolizing the legendary "three media and six cards"), which means "fair and reasonable, with clear mind as a mirror". Attached is a "Grass Song" circulated in the middle of the Republic of China and a ceremony to pay homage to the church: "Grass Song" is sung by the deacon: "The sedan chair goes to the door, the host and guest stand on both sides, drums are used to welcome guests, and firecrackers are used to celebrate the family banquet. Lu' an Feng Ming is happy, Lantian is planted with beautiful jade, and it is auspicious to live in happiness. A good daughter is matched with a good husband. " The word for getting off the sedan chair (the bride gets off the sedan chair, and the deacon will read it while scattering): "First scatter chaff, second scatter material, and third scatter new people to get off the sedan chair". When entering the door (the bride got out of the sedan chair and was helped in by the man's relatives): "One scatters gold, the other scatters silver, and the third evacuates people to enter the door".

9. Shaanxi wedding custom process: entering the church

"The scenery in the drawing room is splendid, colorful clouds are auspicious, qingluan dances for a thousand years, and husband and wife sing together for a hundred years." Worship in the class: "Looking for Taoyuan to avoid Qin, peach blossom is another spring, and fairy fish in Taoyuan chase after the flow, just wait to pay attention." One worships the sun, moon and stars, the other worships oriental wood, the third worships southern fire, the fourth worships western gold, the fifth worships northern water, the sixth worships Wuji soil in the middle, the seventh worships three generations of ancestors, and the eighth worships brothers (great-grandfather, great-grandmother, great-grandfather, great-grandmother, father, mother, mother in turn). The words of the husband and wife worship: "The weaver girl in the sky will be the cowherd, and the talented person and the beautiful woman will be the husband and wife. Now the two families are married in Qin Jin, and they are rich and glorious. " Xie Yici; "Farewell: those who stop cars, sedan chairs, light fires and shoot guns; Those who receive guests, whistle, and cannot be greeted; Comb your hair, help your daughter, pretend to be a guest and be a confidant; Look at the guests, receive gifts and congratulate them on all sides; Mat, felt, annoying; Cutting vegetables, mixing noodles, burning pots for firewood and smashing charcoal; Picking onions, peeling garlic, carrying water and carrying donkeys; Sweep the floor, see the hospital, and serve tea to wipe the case; Holding a baby, collecting eggs, buying cigarettes and drinking in the county; There are also people standing at the door and peeking on the windowsill; Nothing to do, and those who come out to swim around; End the plate, pick up the steamed bread, and call it sitting; There are brown-jawed dogs beside the dunghill to harm ginseng fruit. " Salute together. Goodbye and finish your work. Entering the bridal chamber: after the bride and groom celebrate the New Year, they drink a glass of wine with each other, which is called "drinking a glass of wine", and the aunt leads them into the bridal chamber, which is called entering the bridal chamber. When I was in the kitchen, someone deliberately buckled a porcelain basin on the pot, and my aunt sang "Brides see the basin, mules and horses flock." Let the bride stir the iron spoon in the pot, and the aunt will sing "The more the bride stirs the pot, the more it stirs." Someone threw a pair of chopsticks into the pot, and my aunt sang; "The bride will see chopsticks and hold the prince next year". Onlookers threw a porcelain tile into the new house, and the aunt sang, "There are porcelain tiles in the bridal chamber, and a baby will be born next year." Someone put a wooden pier on the kang, and my aunt sang, "Put a pier on the kang and have grandchildren the year after next." Some people put four kinds of dried fruits in the four corners of the kang: walnuts (harmonious bald head), red dates (see red happiness) and peanuts and chestnuts (meaning peanuts). When the spectators grab the food, the aunt sings: "Seven walnuts and eight dates, what a wretched woman, the wife eats walnuts and dates, and the couple never get bored" and so on. After the bride's wedding, young men will come to ask the bride for a red seal (a coin wrapped in red paper) in the name of hanging door curtains and curtains for fun. When holding a banquet, the person who carries the plate deliberately does not take chopsticks and asks the bride for a seal; When people are not looking, the female guests of the bride's house also hide the hip flask, tea cups, dishes and so on, and even take them home. When the son-in-law goes to Zhang Yue's home for dinner, he will exchange gifts such as handkerchiefs and candy, which is very interesting for people.

10. Shaanxi wedding custom process: banquet.

This is called "hospitality", also called "sitting". Usually two meals, sir: one plate with nine bowls (four cold dishes and five hot dishes) and steamed buns. The second meal begins with drinking, with four or six dishes on the plate, while drinking, and then another dish with steamed bread after drinking. Tea is served before and after meals. Seats on the dining table can be divided into seniority and seniority, that is, the distinguished guests of parents' families are given to the top seats (such as in-laws, uncles, aunts, etc.). During the dinner, the bride and groom will toast the guests one by one, and the main relatives will return a gift after receiving the wine. This gift is called "recognizing relatives" and that gift is called "meeting gifts". Guessing boxing is a pleasure among banquet guests.

1 1. Shaanxi wedding custom process: play house.

Also known as "playing with the daughter-in-law" and "disturbing the new house". Three nights after marriage, people played with the house, which was colorful, including singing songs (solve riddles on the lanterns), tongue twisters, singing, kissing, eating sugar, picking cherries and giving pillows to Yuanyang. These programs are very interesting, but there are also some unhealthy contents, such as putting small guns in cigarettes, scaring the bride when she lights cigarettes, and putting Chili noodles or mustard powder in tea.

12. Shaanxi wedding custom process: delivering meals.

Early the next morning after marriage, the bride's family and main relatives will send their daughter meals, including jiaozi and noodles, which means that the daughter should not forget the kindness of her parents' family, and the in-laws should treat her in-laws warmly.

13. Shaanxi wedding custom process: Huimen

On the third day after marriage (if it is postponed on a single day, it means double happiness), the guests will bring a couple, carry Shiluo to the woman's house for dinner, which is called "returning to the door", also called "inviting the son-in-law", Zhang Yuejia will hold a banquet, and the son-in-law will kowtow to Zhang Yuejia's elders, and the recipients will return small gifts to show their recognition. On the day of returning home, people in the courtyard of the women's village will play with their son-in-law, who must be kind-hearted and have a good mouth, and sometimes give the red seal to pranksters. -until dark, and then go home.

14. Shaanxi wedding customization process: wedding gifts

Gifts are also called salutes. To tie the knot, relatives should salute, and uncles, aunts and godfathers should pay tribute-steam a pair of tigers and put HongLing on the groom. My uncle wants to buy a lamp and a washbasin, and other relatives will decide the weight of the gift according to the distance. Although distant relatives don't need to steam tigers, they should also bring nine big steamed buns, some steamed noodles fish and some steamed oil. The gifts of fellow villagers' friends are generally cash, which is called "dry gift". When the son of a respected person gets married, many villagers jointly sign "Happy Birthday" (also known as "note", that is, red silk satin), which reads "Natural Marriage" and "Happy Queqiao", and the host congratulates the villagers and holds a banquet for reception. The wedding customs in Shaanxi are different according to the local folk customs, and the folk culture reflected by the wedding customs is also diverse. Let's talk about the "match room" of Ganxian Customs-the cigarette bag. Tobacco cloth bag is a kind of bag filled with tobacco powder, which is hung on a nearly two-foot-long cigarette rod by rural villagers who often smoke early cigarettes. It is often dark, and it is not done casually in Ganxian. Its cultural connotation is extremely rich, which has influenced generations of Guanzhong children for thousands of years.

15. Shaanxi wedding customization process: tobacco pouch

This is a packet of cigarette powder hung by rural villagers on a cigarette rod nearly two feet long. They often suck up cigarettes. It is often black. This tobacco pouch was not made casually in Ganxian County. The cultural connotation inside is extremely rich, which has influenced generation after generation for thousands of years. The tobacco bag is the "companion room" of the woman's home when young men and women in Ganxian get married. Why do you want to "accompany" the tobacco bag? This is because, after the new wife goes through the door, the first problem is to "show" filial piety to the man's parents. This is also an important part of the Guanzhong folk marriage custom procedure.

In Ganxian County, in the early morning of the second day after marriage, the newly married wife will go to her husband and wife's room to bring tea and water, and at the same time bring their own gifts to them. Among them, the gift for my father-in-law is a tobacco pouch. On the surface, this is a gift for my father-in-law. Actually, it reflects the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation-filial piety. The "new daughter-in-law" gave her father-in-law a tobacco pouch, indicating that the couple respected his authority and position in the family. The tobacco pouch was made by the newly married wife and given to her father-in-law after marriage. My father-in-law hung a tobacco pouch on his tobacco rod. When people see it, relatives and neighbors will comment on it. "Oh, look at you, your daughter-in-law is really capable!" "ah! Old man, you are so blessed to have married such a capable wife! " The whole village is full of curiosity about the new daughter-in-law, and this well-made tobacco pouch is the medium for the villagers to have their first impression and indirect understanding of her. Generally, the embroidery on the tobacco cloth bag is tied embroidery, with peony and lotus as symbols of wealth. Spiders, butterflies or some insects are embroidered on the two corners of the bag, which is said to ward off evil spirits. From the composition, layout and splicing, we can see whether the new wife is ingenious, which will become a hot topic after the wedding.