Why do Tianjin people in the urban area still use the wedding habits of Anhui people?

Some people say that the customs of Tianjin inherited the "Huizhou" wedding customs of the Ming Dynasty, which is also the reason why Tianjin weddings are very similar to Nanjing and Shanghai weddings. It is also said that Tianjin people get married in the afternoon because "Weizuizi" Tianjin people love to eat. Fang Zhaolin, director of the Literature and History Office of Tianjin CPPCC, said: "Because Tianjin people like to eat, it is meaningless to change the wedding to the afternoon. It is difficult to change the customs of a place after it is formed. The reason why it has been handed down has certain roots. "

Lynn Yang, a professor of Tianjin folklore at Nankai University, said: "Before the founding of New China, Tianjin had the custom of getting married in the afternoon. At first, Tianjin took economic service as the dock culture, which was brought by Huaihe immigrants. The custom of getting married in the afternoon in Tianjin may be related to the dock culture. At that time, ships from south to north passed by the dock, and people were very busy in the morning, so they didn't have time to get married, and they only had time to get together in the afternoon. In the early days of Tianjin, many people with status and prestige came from Hefei, Anhui Province, including many famous soldiers. Their hometown people got married in the afternoon, so they got married in the afternoon after coming to Tianjin. Everyone will unconsciously learn from them, so they gradually changed to get married in the afternoon. This is not a sudden change after the founding of New China. "

This custom has something to do with Anhui. The wedding customs in Tianjin are exactly the same as those in Hefei, but only people in Hefei, Anhui get married in the afternoon.