The day after marriage, the new daughter-in-law will go back to her mother's house to visit her parents, which is called the return door. This custom exists everywhere, but the huimen in Yangxian and Chenggu in Hanzhong are quite special, and their affection is deep and interesting.
On the second day after the marriage (in some places it is the fourth day), the bride leads the groom back to her mother-in-law's house to thank her father-in-law and mother-in-law. If it is a son-in-law, go to thank the man's parents. The masses here, entertaining the new son-in-law is very peculiar, no smoke, no tea, no pastries and fruits, to first invite the groom to eat four happy tangyuan, the meaning is that the marriage is complete, the four seasons are safe.
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After the groom pays homage to the father-in-law, he will put on the rice balls. This kind of Sixi Tangyuan is different from the Lantern that is eaten plainly, and although the appearance is the same glutinous rice flour, the filling on the inside is different. These four kinds of fillings are made of pure pepper powder, salt noodles, chili noodles, and sugar. Meaning: The future path of life is "spicy, spicy, salty, and sweet" will be encountered. The groom must learn the ability to recognize and overcome all kinds of difficulties.
Eating Sixi tangyuan is a lively scene of fighting wisdom. Sisters-in-law love to make jokes about the groom, putting some hemp, spicy and salty fillings in front of the groom, while the mother-in-law loves the son-in-law and often quietly exchanges it. The bride was even more anxious at the side, making eyes and gestures to the groom, suggesting which bowl of the groom was sweet and which bowl was spicy. Because there is a rule for eating Sixi tangyuan, the tangyuan that fills the table is left to its pick, if the bowl is in hand, it is not allowed to be replaced, no matter what the taste, it must be eaten. Therefore, the new son-in-law looked at the tangyuan bowl on the table, overwhelmed, and uncertain. Some grooms are more ghostly and slippery, and he observes the movements around him, and engages in a trick of exchanging beams and pillars among the brothers who accompany the food, so that the accompanying eaters cannot get off the stage.
The scene of eating four happy rice balls is full of fun and laughter, sometimes some people are "spicy" sweat and tears flow together, and sometimes some people are "numb" and "salty" and shake their heads.
Sixi Tangyuan was eaten, and the father-in-law laid out wine and dishes to entertain the new son-in-law.
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