Shanxi Datong Marriage Customs (1)

Wedding Customs in Datong City(1)

The customs of marriage are generally divided into marriage, changing stickers, tea, books, makeup, marriage, worship of heaven and earth, worship of church, return to the door, and live in the opposite month. In the past, marriage was ordered by the parents, the words of the matchmaker, but also pay attention to the door to the door, after the blind date, the parents of the two families agreed, that is, to change the gengtie marriage, the birth date of the two parties (four pillars) written on the red paper, please calculate, see if there is a boundary between each other.

After the marriage, Bu Ri was hired, called "changing posts". The post printed with the dragon and phoenix is written with a stereotypical set, and the Datong dragon and phoenix post pays attention to folding into nine folds, which has the meaning of heaven and earth. The exchange of gifts (rings, etc.) with each other is an engagement. At the banquet, the son-in-law paid homage to the father-in-law, and the father-in-law gave the son-in-law a gift, so he held a coin ceremony, and the son-in-law's family prepared clothing gifts, and the matchmaker sent them to the woman's family, known as "tea". It is also accompanied by a letter of invitation, called a "general book". After the woman's family agrees, the matchmaker informs the son-in-law's family that she is ready to marry. Before marrying, the close relatives of both men and women invite the newlyweds to eat "happy head meals".

The day before the marriage, the son-in-law's family prepared meat, noodles, tea cakes and other food boxes to the woman's home, called "make-up". The woman's family sent the makeup to the man's house in a food box. The female family gave the daughter "head", changed the hairstyle. "Open face" (open face), use silk thread to twist the hair on the face, trim the face, cut the sideburns. In the evening, both men and women choose "whole person" to accompany the newcomer to eat "turn over cake", 6 plates of small dishes, and light a unique lamp. When Tianzhen County eats the turnaround cake, it also uses bamboo sticks to prick 7 eyes; Zuoyun County men eat cakes, and women eat "contending fruits"; Guangling also eats "lower noodles".