The difference between yin marriage and ghost marriage

Ghost marriage is to find a horse for the dead. Some boys and girls died for some reason after they got engaged, but they didn't wait until they got married. In ancient times, old people thought that if they didn't get married for them, their ghosts would make trouble and make their families uneasy. So I decided to hold a ghost wedding ceremony for them and finally bury them together, become husband and wife, and be buried with the bones. In order to avoid solitary graves in the fields of men and women. In the old society, people were generally superstitious about the so-called "geomantic omen" in cemeteries, believing that presenting isolated graves would affect the prosperity of future generations of family houses. Some "Mr. Feng Shui" (called "Feng Shui Master" in ancient times) tried their best to make this ghost marriage in order to earn more money. Nowadays, ghost marriages are mostly aristocratic or rich, and poor families don't do this step.

Generally speaking, ghost weddings are introduced by a matchmaker. After several posts, the two parties get married in the Life Hall and get a dragon and phoenix post.

The release may be one-off, so there is no difference in size. Half of the gifts given by the man to the woman are real silks and satins, gold and silver treasures; Half of it is paper, cotton, clips and light clothes. The brocade box is made of two horses and contains gold ornaments such as earrings, bracelets, rings and hairpins. It will be incinerated in front of the woman's house or on the grave on the morning of its release.

In the communication, the "goose cage", "wine sea", dragon and phoenix wedding cakes, elbows and happy fruits that the man gave the woman were all real, but the clothes and gold ornaments were all paper ghosts.

The dowry of a woman's dowry is usually paper. After it is delivered to the man, it is only displayed in front of the "groom" photo or memorial tablet for half a day, and some just wander around the man's yard on their backs, that is, under the guidance of drum music, it is sent to a nearby square for burning.

In fact, it is not certain that all the above ceremonies will be held in ghost weddings, but wedding ceremonies are essential. On this day, a greenhouse was set up to entertain relatives and friends, and a sedan chair was lit in front of the door. In the happy room, "100%" God gives. There is a low table on the kang, facing each other, for the "groom" to take photos or set up a memorial tablet. There are many plates of apples and dragon and phoenix cakes in front of it. There is also a big red flower with the words "groom" written on it with a ribbon.

The photo or memorial tablet given to the bride in the woman's "pavilion room" is also provided as before, with a big red flower engraved with the word "bride".

After the sedan chair arrives at the woman, the bride's photo or memorial tablet will be taken down by the wife who saw her off, and the married wife will pick it up and let the sedan chair go. At this time, the parents of the "bride" will inevitably cry loudly and drive them out of the house. It is not a happy atmosphere at all.

After the wedding car belongs to the man, the married wife will still take out the photo or memorial tablet of the "bride" and put it on the altar on the kang in the wedding room, side by side with the "groom". Tie the two photos together with a red head rope (meaning the old man holding the red line) and attach red and yellow silk.

As long as the married wife kowtows to God with "100%" incense, even if the husband and wife worship the whole world. Then, the waiter brought "a glass of wine", "descendants jiaozi" and "short folded noodles" for the "newlyweds" to take photos or memorial tablets.

If the "newlyweds" have a younger brother mm or an aunt, brother-in-law, etc. Call out and kowtow to the photo or memorial tablet. The two in-laws congratulated each other.

After the above ceremony, find a teacher of Yin and Yang or Mr. Feng Shui to choose an auspicious day for the "auspicious day of the zodiac", break the ground and bury it, so as to awaken the female interest. According to the time specified by the Yin and Yang division, immediately after the coffin was pivoted out, a bucket of water was poured into the pit and two apples were thrown. At the same time, there are bonus notes hanging concavely and convexly. (Not a ghost wedding ceremony, but also a wake-up ceremony, etc. ).

The man dug a hole at the grave to show his help to the coffin of the groom, and buried the bride in this hole, ending the joint burial of husband and wife.

Bury, that is, in the grave.