What is the custom of engagement in Shuozhou?

1. Engagement: The bride price and dowry are decided by the matchmakers of both men and women many times. The woman exchanged her children's birthdays and set a wedding date. The man gave her a "box" and part of the bride price, and held a banquet to celebrate. The next day, the woman hosted a banquet for the man. After that, they got a marriage certificate one day, and some of them traveled abroad. After marriage, men and women give each other some clothes, which is called changing summer or winter. ,

2. Marriage: The bride price is given one month before the wedding, commonly known as "tea". The man asked the matchmaker to send the clothes (underwear) and "water ceremony" (rice, noodles and meat) worn by the bride when she went out for employment to her home, and informed her of the wedding date. After that, the close relatives of both men and women invite the future bride and groom home for dinner, which is called "having a happy meal". The day before the wedding, relatives and friends all come, commonly known as "treat guests", and some invite "drummers" to entertain them, so it is also called "playing drums". In the evening, men and women eat "turning cakes" at home.

On the wedding day, men and women fry oil cakes early in the morning, which is called "eating wedding cakes". After breakfast, the man plays drum music and lifts the sedan chair (some use carriages or mules to lift the sedan chair, but now they basically use cars) to marry the woman. Generally speaking, the man's uncle and nephew gets married. The groom will bring the bride a red ribbon called "tie the knot";

Take a bottle and put an onion in it, which is called "after taking root"; A piece of pork or mutton with five tendons is called "keeping the mother's meat" and "celebrating the five parties". When the man comes back from the wedding, he should bring back two of his ribs to show the harmony between husband and wife after marriage. This is called "inseparable bones and muscles".

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Marriage customs in other parts of Shanxi

1, Boys Publishing House

In Luliang Liulin, Fangshan, Linxian and other places, there used to be the custom of boys pressing the wedding bed. Up to now, this custom has evolved into adult men playing on the wedding bed. Several adult men pushing and shoving on the wedding bed will inevitably meet the bride. If it is okay to get married in winter, if the wedding is held in summer, the situation can be imagined. What's more, several adult men occupied the wedding bed all night and even collapsed it. These behaviors make the host and guest break up in discord.

2, Chili bag jiaozi

Yicheng County in Linfen has the custom of giving the groom five flavors of jiaozi. There are spices such as pepper and capsicum in jiaozi. This custom was originally designed to test the groom's eating style. Later, it became a program to cheat the groom. Today, this custom has almost disappeared in villages near the county seat, but it still exists in remote villages.