Wedding Customs in Zuoyun County(8)

Wedding Customs in Zuoyun County(8)

Pour the treasure pot

The "pouring treasure pot" is also a kind of cave room. The pot is a 70 cm white pot along the iron. As early as the day before the wedding, that is, when the "gift" was given, the treasure pot was sent to the bride's house, and the mouth of the treasure pot was covered with red cloth, and the multicolored thread was tied, and three sheep ribs were tied to it, and one or two grains of rice were contained inside. When the bridegroom returned home after the "gift", the bride's family left one of the three lamb ribs on the pot and added one or two grains of rice to the pot. The groom went home with two or two grains of rice, only to wait for the pot to show his skills when he was in the cave room.

The host of the pouring pot is the eldest brother-in-law. After dinner, the bride was accompanied by the "greeting relatives" or the groom's sister-in-law to ask the eldest brother-in-law to pour the treasure pot, and said: "Li Li Hu, La Lahu, please ask the brother-in-law to pour the treasure pot, what does the brother-in-law ask for?" The brother-in-law put up the shelf of the "pot god" and said, "Please ask the brother-in-law to pour the treasure pot, the brother-in-law just has no time!" The bride had to take a good cigarette and candy out of her pocket and "bribe" her brother-in-law. Please come to the eldest brother-in-law, the pouring pot is about to begin. At that time, the situation was more or less like this: the kang was covered with a big red oilcloth, and the big red oilcloth was covered with a big red mattress, and on the big red mattress sat a bride and groom wearing a big red jacket. The eldest brother-in-law pretended to be possessed by the "pot", took the treasure pot, danced with his hands, and later sat down next to the groom. Surrounded by the groom's good friends, along the edge stood a group of children, men standing on the ground, women huddled on the door frame.

The eldest brother-in-law first asked the bride and groom to sit cross-legged face to face, saying: "The bottom placket is to the bottom placket, and the more one is one heart!" The bride and groom obediently listened to this and put the bottom of the blouse against each other. Finally began to pour the treasure pot. While sprinkling a small strand of rice on the placket opposite, the eldest brother-in-law said: "One pours gold, two pours silver, three pours children and grandchildren are full of red, four inverted mules and horses have become a herd, and five inverted silver dollars roll into the door!" ”

At this time, the pot could not pour out the rice. The brother-in-law pretended to shake the pot, looked at the pot repeatedly, and passed down the words of the "pot god": "It is the lingzi stuck" The so-called lingzi is the "tongue twister", commonly known as the "teaching order", that is, a person who watches the lively people first says the "lingzi", and then the bride and groom follow. As for the bride and groom who speak first, how much they say, they all say that the people of the order are arranged.

"Tongue twister", want to check whether the bride is "clever". For example, "There is a jujube on the tree of eight generations and eight generations, and a bird who does not slip and lose flowers and does not flower, and a bird who does not slip and lose flowers and does not flower, and the bird who does not slip and lose and does not flower, and the bird who does not slip and lose and does not flower, and the eight generations of eight generations of jujube who does not slip and lose, and the date of the eight generations of eight generations of flowers and eight generations of flowers and eight generations of eight generations of flowers and eight generations of eight generations of flowers and eight generations of eight generations of flowers and eight generations of eight generations of flowers and eight generations of flowers and eight generations of flowers and eight generations of flowers and eight generations of flowers and eight generations of flowers and eight generations of flowers and eight generations of flowers and eight generations of flowers ”

If the bride is shy or can't speak, give the gift to the person who said the order, usually a few pieces of sugar or a few cigarettes. Throughout the night, the mouth of the pot was loose and tight, and the grain poured out was more and less. After a while, the brother-in-law "Pot God" was attached, his ears were attached to the bottle wall, and his hand was half blocked and the bottle mouth was shaken, dropping a few grains of grain. After a while, he "returned to the human world", opened the frame, and directed the people on the scene to show and say orders, which was difficult for the bride and groom. Until midnight, the sister-in-law who accompanied the bride came forward and said, Don't make trouble! The bride smokes and sugar for everyone to eat. Then, the bride will give people smoke and sugar. Slowly, the scene will calm down.