Huzhou's marriage custom-eight characters seeking red communication.

With the development of economy and the emancipation of mind, many people will choose western-style weddings, but in many cases, we can not forget the traditional wedding customs, and we need to pay attention to some wedding details. Let's take a look at some wedding customs in Chaozhou.

Eight-character combination

After the man proposed, the matchmaker asked the woman's name and date of birth to prepare for marriage, which was the second six gifts in ancient marriage. This is very important among ancient people to calculate the birthdays and months of men and women in one place. It affects not only the happiness of husband and wife, but also the happiness of the whole family. If the fortune teller says that he has made a big mistake, the marriage will be ruined. Huzhou's eight characters, if not rushed, men's historians will send people to women's eight characters in a selected day's family; Women's S homes should also be combined into eight characters. If so, female American families will ask the matchmaker to inform the man. The residence; If not, both parties will return the post.

2) Engagement

Also known as seeking for red, if both men and women can't get along, it is agreed to get engaged on an auspicious day. At that time, both parties will write their birthdays, hours, ages and three generations on a red poster and put them in a red envelope to prepare some engagement gifts for the matchmaker to send. The man asked the matchmaker to give the woman gifts, gold and silver jewelry, clothes, cakes and fruits on a certain day. At the same time, send it to the thank-you box, which contains a red inscription auspicious and a red and green origami. Write down the words on the red origami and sign the names of both parents at the end of the home page.

3) Communication

A period of time after engagement, the male family chooses good day and informs the female family, which is called communication. If the woman's family agrees, the man's uncle and uncle, accompanied by the matchmaker, will prepare fish wine and send it to the woman's family and send it to the Good Day Post Bar. The woman also invited her uncle, uncle, etc. For men, he received guests at home, hosted a banquet for men and sent them back as gifts. Men hold banquets, commonly known as social wine. In fact, many weddings or engagement ceremonies are for a new daughter, which is also a good explanation. This kind of ritual is only once in a lifetime, so we should be fully prepared.