On the day of the wedding, "Wang Niang pan" took the lead. There must be a goose in wangniangpan. In ancient times, the goose formally proposed to the woman with a wild goose. Because the wild goose's spouse was single-minded all his life, it symbolized a firm and harmonious marriage. Later, geese replaced geese.
Interpretation
Welcome
[basic explanation] [send a party to escort the bride to the group's house] in the old custom, when the man married, he used the sedan chair to play drum music. The day when the woman's home met the bride was already near the auspicious time for marriage. Xiren was not the kind of shrewd person, so he went to the sedan chair and made plans. ——A dream of Red Mansions
[detailed explanation]
1. Welcome and respect your relatives.
The tenth volume of notes of laoxuean written by Lu You in Song Dynasty: "from a time of panic, people from Hunan in Chenhu came to meet their relatives and steal their salary, and they begged for their grief." Qing Guizhuang's poem "EEE EEE" says: "uncle's family is raised by Lu, and it's cold felt to welcome relatives."
2. When they get married, the man goes to the woman's house to meet the bride.
The ninth chapter of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: "Duke Fu said:" I have promised to send my relatives. Can I break my promise? " Before they finished, they reported to the Marquis of Lu to stop driving in Chenyi and wait for the wedding "At the beginning of the surprise" Volume 13: "after two months, and near the auspicious day, but also owe the wedding fee." The first act of Ren Deyao's Malan Flower: "when the moon is at the head this evening, we will go to the foot of the mountain and meet the bride by the river."
Brief introduction
It is one of the traditional marriage customs of the Han nationality. To greet and marry, also known as "to marry" and "to marry a daughter-in-law", is equal to "to greet" in the "six rites". Usually, the bridegroom goes to the bride's house in person to greet the bride, but in some places of Xinzhou and Luliang, there are matchmakers or uncles leading the wedding procession to greet the bride, while the bridegroom sits at home and waits
The day before the wedding, the man set up a banquet to thank the media, and gave sweet soup to the neighbors. In the evening, the groom is accompanied to sleep by "Lang tou" (also known as pulling Lang, referring to unmarried youth). On the day of the wedding, "Wang Niang pan" took the lead. There must be a goose in wangniangpan. In ancient times, the goose formally proposed to the woman with a wild goose. Because the wild goose's spouse was single-minded all his life, it symbolized a firm and harmonious marriage. Later, geese replaced geese.
Give back
When a woman gives back a gift, there must be a five color cloth bag in the shape of a handkerchief, which means to meet five generations. It is a custom of Ningbo people to marry a bride in a sedan chair since the Southern Song Dynasty. It is said that Huaqiao was granted by Zhao Gou, king of song and Kang dynasties. The sedan chair was carried by four people to the bride's house, followed by the bride's sister-in-law. The woman set off firecrackers to greet her. At this time, the children stopped the sedan chair and did not let it in. The people who carried the sedan chair had to give some money (called "sedan door paper package"). At this time, the bride delays the time of getting on the sedan chair according to the Convention, commonly known as "getting on the sedan chair".
Get on the sedan
After the "three pleases" and "four cleanings", the bride wearing xiapi, Fengguan and red square scarf was seen. Her elder brother took her to the sedan chair, or her younger brother took her to the sedan chair. Before getting into the sedan chair, his mother fed him a meal, which means that he did not forget the kindness of upbringing. Then the mother and daughter burst into tears. There is a slang saying: "my mother's house is crying loudly, and her husband's house's property is going up." After the bride is seated in the sedan chair, she can't move her seat. Under the seat, there is a copper fire, burning charcoal fire and velvet incense. With the need of the sedan, two young men walk slowly, which is called the pressure sedan. The sedan chair will arrive, and the groom's house will arrange a reception. When they met, the man presented cakes to the woman to show his respect. At this time, the driver of the sedan chair lit a bag of cigarettes from the fire and inhaled them back bag by bag, which was called "jiexianghuo".
