Folk customs of Zhoucun

In the old society, every family married a daughter-in-law at 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning. The daughter-in-law had to enter her husband's house before dawn. After leaving her mother's house, she would take her mother's chopsticks and scatter them on the road. It means that you will no longer eat from your mother’s family, follow your husband’s family and live a good life. In the husband's house, a door curtain should be hung on the door of the new daughter-in-law's room. The man would ask his closest nephew to hang a door curtain. At this time, the man would ask for a red envelope from the woman. When the new daughter-in-law goes to the toilet, the young men deliberately place a table in the middle of the road to prevent the new daughter-in-law from passing by. The woman has to prepare handkerchiefs for them to let them pass. Marriage pays attention to the word "hao", which means joy.

In the Guanzhong area, funerals are also very particular. After a person dies, he must first ask a Feng Shui master to find the location and direction of the cemetery and lay the tomb. Then the elders in the family will arrange for the young and middle-aged men to report the funeral to the relatives and friends of the deceased, and set up a mourning hall at home. Everyone comes to burn paper money to express their condolences to the deceased. Especially on the night before the burial, all blood relatives take turns to burn paper money, kowtow three times and bow nine times. All filial sons must be present to express gratitude and return gifts to relatives for their worship. During the official burial, all relatives and friends will come to see him off. In the past, when people were buried, musicians would be invited to play suona to see the dead person off; later, film troupes and opera singers were invited. Nowadays, due to the continuous progress of society and the enlightenment of people's minds, it is advocated to carry out cremation and civilized mourning for the deceased.