What should I say when eating dumplings when getting married?
1. The bride gives a speech and eats dumplings after leaving the palace
The wedding is approaching, and both the male and female families are busy planning. However, compared to the groom, the bride’s family has one more special thing to prepare, and that is the dumplings, which should be wrapped for the daughter to be married to eat before going out on the day. In Jinan, eating dumplings is indispensable when getting married, but it has many origins and explanations. You may wish to take a look.
Explanation 1: Symbolism of pregnant women
Because dumplings are made of skin on the outside and stuffing on the inside, and their bulging shape resembles the belly of a pregnant woman. Therefore, Chinese people who attach great importance to the inheritance of blood and pay attention to having more children and more blessings regard the bride eating dumplings when she gets married as a good luck, so that she can have children smoothly and continue her family life after she gets married.
Explanation 2: Family Integration Theory
As we all know, although dumplings are small, their wrappers contain several kinds of fillings and seasonings. For dumplings to be delicious, these ingredients must blend together just right. Therefore, the bride eating dumplings when she gets married symbolizes that she can get along well with her husband's family and the whole family will be harmonious after arriving at her husband's house.
Explanation 3: The meaning of Jiao Er
In a farming society, people usually choose to get married in winter when there is slack for farming. The winter in the north is relatively cold. In order to prevent the bride from freezing her ears on the way to her husband's house, she has to eat dumplings (Jiao Er) before leaving her husband's house for safety and success.
According to Jinan folklore expert Zhang Jiping, there is a saying in Jinan customs that "dumplings rise and noodles fall." In the old society, after a daughter left home, she could only return to her parents' home on a limited number of days on the second day of the first lunar month. Therefore, eating dumplings before leaving home indicated a safe journey, which is what we say in the saying, "Get out of here, dumplings." (Jinan commonly calls dumplings as steamed buns). ”
As for how many dumplings the bride should eat before going out? Zhang Jiping said that now this custom has been formalized, so the bride only needs to make an idea and there is no final decision. Moreover, the mother usually feeds the daughter herself before the bride leaves home.
2. Who knows what it means when the bride and groom eat dumplings and pasta when they get married?
Dumplings are called offspring dumplings, which means having many children and grandchildren. A broad-minded face represents long-term love, mutual tolerance, and lifelong destiny.
The number of dumplings for descendants is particular. They are "one pair for the sky, one pair for the earth, one pair for the father, one pair for the mother. (These dumplings are the same size as ordinary dumplings). One pair for one's own age (these Dumplings are only the size of peanuts)",
In addition, 8 noodles must be cooked. The noodles should be cut very wide and are called wide noodles. When cooking, you should use a rolling pin to stir, and while stirring, you should say, "Put the rolling pin on the pot (meaning to stir in northern dialect), the girl and the boy will make a big nest" in order to have more children.
The dumplings and noodles were both undercooked. When they were eating, a boy who had been arranged in advance asked outside the house: "Is the baby alive?" The bride replied: "Yes." This is called "asking for luck". I hope that in the days to come, I will have many children and grandchildren, and be happy.
Extended information:
Wedding customs:
1. Peonies, orchids, lotus and daffodils are used as decorations at traditional Chinese weddings. Because peonies represent wealth, narcissus represents spring and new life, orchids are fragrant and beautiful, and lotus represents love. The lotus is a symbol of holiness in Chinese Buddhism.
2. The traditional Chinese wedding tokens of red dates, longan, peanuts and lotus seeds all symbolize the continuation of descendants, the birth of a child every year, reunion, wealth and good luck.
3. Combined bun. "Hundred bun", also known as "hair knot", is a traditional Chinese wedding token. The symbolic meaning of "joined bun" is harmony between husband and wife, and they will always be united. The specific operation method of "hair binding" has been different throughout the ages. In the pre-Qin, Qin and Han Dynasties, the "hair knot" was when the groom personally took off the wedding tassel, which was the ribbon that tied the bride's hair, with his own hands, and then tied it back after combing the hair.
After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the "hair knot" meant that both men and women cut off a small amount of hair and tied it into a "bun", which was usually handed over to the bride for storage immediately. Chao Cai, a female poet of the Tang Dynasty, said in her "Midnight Song": "Yi cuts her hair, and her hair is divided.
When searching for places where there is no one around, the strings are knotted together." It is this approach. description. People in the world often use "hair knot" and "tied bun" as synonyms for the union of husband and wife, and even specifically refer to the "first wife" (also known as the "first wife") couple, which expresses the great significance of mutual respect and love between husband and wife.
4. Before getting up from the sedan chair, the girl to be married must sleep on the bed. After being urged by the matchmaker three times, she can get up, dress up, and eat the "sedan meal." The "sedan meal" was particularly full because the bride could not eat on this day. The first bite of the "sedan rice" the bride takes is to be spit back to her parents' bedside, which means "feeding back" and repaying her parents for their kindness in raising her.
After swallowing it all, it means that you will have food and meat to eat at your husband's house, and you will be happy throughout your life. Then, the mother and daughter will have a big cry, and if they don’t cry, they will get rid of the feng shui. When the time comes, the bride's eldest brother will carry her into the sedan, and she is not allowed to touch anything in the house. After the sedan is lifted, the parents will pour a basin of water on the place where the sedan is lifted, which means that the daughter who is getting married, the water thrown out belongs to other people. At this time, the mother will "cry to get married" in the boudoir, and the sisters and other female family members will all cry to see each other off, but they cannot send them off to the hall.