Hui'an Customs

Hui’an women’s costumes are strange, and Hui’an’s wedding customs are even more strange. According to local custom, Hui's daughter must return to her parents' home three days after getting married. She usually lives in her parents' house, and only goes to her husband's house for a day or two during Chinese New Year and festivals. She can only live in her husband's house permanently after she becomes pregnant. The length of stay in the natal family is very long, and it is common to live for seven or eight years. The longest period can be twenty years, and the shortest period can be at least two or three years. A daughter-in-law who lives in her natal family is commonly called "the one who is not in debt", and the daughter-in-law who lives in her husband's family is called "the one who is in debt".

Huinv goes to her husband’s house no more than ten times a year, for only two or three days each time. Every time when you return to your husband's house, you must cover your face with a piece of cloth, which cannot be taken off until the lights are turned off at night. You must return to your parents' house before dawn the next day. If you are pregnant and have a baby, you cannot give birth to your mother's family. You must rush to your husband's house at night to give birth.

Since there are few opportunities for couples to meet each other, there will be situations where they still cannot recognize each other after being married for several years. And this led to some ridiculous things. It is said that Wang has been married for 8 years in a certain township in Hui'an, and his wife has only been home for 10 days. Since they often meet at night, they never recognize each other. One time, Wang went to the street to buy fruit, and the seller was his wife. Since the two did not know each other, they bargained for the price and became red-faced. The incident was considered a joke among the locals.

Although Hui'an women have few opportunities to meet their husbands, they are very loyal to their husbands and most of them do not have extramarital affairs.

Hui’an women’s clothing

Hui’an women’s clothing is famous for its uniqueness. Among the crowd, the most eye-catching and beautiful costumes are those of Hui'an women.

Hui’an women’s clothing is famous for its bright colors. In addition to apple green, blue and black, there are also white wicker patterns or green and white. Their clothes are also rather strange. The body, sleeves, and chest are tightly tied. The length of the clothes only reaches the navel, and the belly is exposed, showing the curvy figure. The sleeves are not long, only reaching half of the forearm and are tight, and the hem of the top is curved. Is oval. This kind of top is called "Jie shirt". The trousers are mostly black, with wider legs and white or blue trouser circumference. Because of its wide width, it sways and floats in the wind as you move, creating an elegant and elegant style.

Huang Lizi is also one of the unique decorations of Hui'an women. This kind of half-hat is made of bamboo, painted yellow, and has a very long strap. It is tied along the edge of the flowered scarf on the face to the tip of the jaw, and the remaining part is hung in the red velvet silk ring specially prepared under the hat.

Another decoration on the head is the headscarf. Turbans also come in different colors and patterns, and are often decorated with a variety of plastic flowers.

In addition, silver jewelry chains are also an important item of unique decoration for Hui'an women. When they wear black silk trousers, they usually tie up the trousers with a silk rope belt and hang them on the hips with silver trousers chains to highlight the curves of the waist and buttocks. Silver trouser chains sometimes have up to nine strands. Silver bracelets are often worn by most Hui'an women. When they go out, they put neatly folded floral handkerchiefs in their shirt pockets on their waists, with half of them exposed, showing off their charm.

No matter in spring, summer, autumn or winter, they always wrap their heads tightly, expose their bellies, wear cut-off shirts and black silk trousers. Therefore, some people say that they are: "feudal heads, democratic bellies, thrifty clothes, wasteful trousers" . ”

A glimpse of Hakka customs

During the Jin and Tang Dynasties, wars continued in the Central Plains, and many Han people moved south to avoid the wars. Among the Han people who came to Fujian, some were late arrivals and were therefore called "Hakka". Some of the Hakka customs are very peculiar, such as the custom of welcoming a bride-in-law, the unique "soup washing", and the clothing of Hakka women, etc.

The Hakka people in western Fujian have a very particular custom of welcoming their bride-in-law.

When getting married, the bride first has a "farewell meal" with her family, then worships her ancestors and parents, and then "comes to sift" (the rice sieve is painted with Bagua pictures) to put on new shoes. The elders carried her on the sedan chair and poured a bowl of water on her. At this time, the bride burst into tears and was reluctant to leave. At the front of the wedding procession, there is a man carrying a new bamboo with a tail, which is called "Too Qing". A portion of pork must be hung on a red thread in front of the drag. Behind the tuoqing are the matchmaker's sedan, the band, the two children's sedan, the newlyweds' sedan, and the dowry procession. The procession of welcoming brides usually marches at night, in a mighty and mighty way, and they never avoid the procession. This custom has been passed down to this day, but most of the newlyweds' sedans have been changed to sedans.

Hakka weddings and Hakka hospitality are also very warm. If you are a guest at a Hakka home in Ninghua, the first thing the host will treat you to is "washing soup". Washing soup also means taking a bath. Here, bathing is very common. Every house has a waist-shaped bathtub, one end is high and the other is low, with a bucket of boiling water next to it. When docking, sit at the high end, pour a spoonful of hot water into the basin, and wipe your whole body with a towel dipped in water. After the docking, I felt refreshed and both the host and the guests were very happy.

Hakka women’s attire is also very distinctive. They wear an exquisite bamboo hat all year round. The bamboo hat is carefully woven from thin strips or wheat straw. Surrounding the bamboo hat is a 6-inch-wide "笠 Cape" made of brightly colored cloth and a bamboo hat, which adds a touching and mysterious color to the hard-working and kind-hearted Hakka women.

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