Ask for eight bowls of dishes and their names when getting married in Cangshan rural area, Shandong Province.

We don't have assorted cucumbers here. The practice of each village will be different. The dishes will be different. What remains unchanged is that the pig's head is mixed with mustard vinegar and lotus root silk, and the other two dishes will change. Eight bowls were originally vermicelli (covered with a layer of tofu skin), meatballs (fried noodles with radish and lard), crispy pork floss, crispy fish and egg soup (this soup is basically recommended by everyone). Braised pork (the bowl is full of hot oil), fried chicken with green pepper and shredded pork celery are basically the same now. Crispy fish should be rare, and everything else is available. The whole chicken can also be served, and now there are elbows. Carp is also essential, and many villages in Cangshan will be different.

Some will add clear water meatballs, and fried chicken will go with the whole chicken, which is bought.