I would like to know what the wedding customs are like in Jurong, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. Please be specific.

Jurong Traditional Wedding

1. Engagement In the old days, marriage in Jurong was based on the order of the parents and was matched by a matchmaker. The two parties were of similar age and well-matched. In order to "conquer" each other, the man will prepare a small amount of gift money, red cakes, red-headed rope (yellow thread), etc. for the woman to "place an order". The parents of both parties refer to each other as in-laws.

2. Betrothal gift: In the old days of Jurong, the woman asked for betrothal gift before marriage, which was called betrothal gift. The thickness of the gifts varies depending on the rich and the poor. The rich have gold and silver jewelry, silks and satins, and clothes (materials). Gifts for poor households are thin, but fish, meat, cakes, sugar and evergreen (grass) are all indispensable. In rural areas, betrothal gifts are mostly used as dowries for daughters. The richness of the dowry depends on the thickness of the groom's betrothal gift.

3. On the eve of the wedding, the girl’s parents invite “quanfu” (both parents) girls from relatives and friends to a banquet to accompany her, and serve as a farewell party for the girl to be married, and order the wedding wine

4. Dowry On the wedding day or the day before, the groom will send someone to receive the dowry of the girl to be married, which usually consists of eight large or small wooden items (boxes, kitchen cabinets, tables, stools, buckets, basins), etc. There are differences between the rich and the poor, but a bucket (toilet) for descendants is a must (it means having descendants and descendants is auspicious). This custom is still followed in rural areas today.

5. Marriage On the day of the wedding, the man must pick up the bride in a sedan chair, and before leaving the sedan chair, he must "warm the sedan chair" and "sacrifice the sedan chair god." When the sedan arrives, the woman will be rewarded with "opening gift money". A bride who is bedridden is called "Lai (Lian) Bed", and her brother has to pay her to get out of bed. The bride is carried into the sedan chair by her father and brother, which is called "carrying the sedan chair". Before boarding the sedan, the mother and daughter cried bitterly and called "crying for marriage" to express their farewell. When the groom reaches the sedan chair, he does not let the bride get off the sedan chair, which is called "patience". Getting off the sedan chair and walking into the house with a sack is called "passing on from generation to generation". After going to the living room to "go to the bridal chamber" and then being sent to the bridal chamber, you are considered married. After liberation, old customs have been changed. Couples must register with the grassroots government in accordance with the Marriage Law and obtain a marriage certificate.

6. Having a bridal chamber. When the newlyweds enter the bridal chamber, young men and women compete to see the bride and tease the newlyweds in various ways for fun and fun, which is called "bridal chamber bridal chamber". There are also those who tease grandpas and uncles, saying that "there is no big or small in the three dynasties". This custom is still popular.

7. The girl’s father, brother, aunt, uncle will come to the groom’s side on the day after the wedding to meet the groom’s main relatives for the first time. This is called a newlyweds’ reunion, and the groom will receive them with grand etiquette. Before the banquet, three courses of tea (sugar, cake, and eggs) are essential. Most of the wedding parties are male.

8. The bride and groom return home three days after the wedding, which is called "returning home". Nowadays, with convenient transportation and open communication, this custom has faded away. There are also cases where the couple will meet and return home on the wedding day, which is called "together."

Ten o'clock makeup

To put on makeup is to put on red. When the bride gets off the sedan, a girl with a father and mother helps her get out of the sedan, and then a woman gives the bride The woman who puts on the makeup must have a husband and children, and she says happy words while putting on the makeup. The order of applying makeup is: the first point is in the middle of the two eyebrows, the second point is on the tip of the nose, and the third to tenth points are on both sides of the face. After applying makeup, the girl will help the bride into the groom's house.

The Ballad of Ten-point Makeup:

A little makeup will lead you to a long life, and two-point makeup will fill the house with gold and jade

Three-point makeup will bring you three yuan, and four-point makeup will make a difference Everything goes well

At five o'clock, five children will be admitted, at six o'clock, six and six will be successful

At seven o'clock, seven children will be reunited, at eight o'clock, eight holes will be immortal

Nine o'clock Nine generations of makeup live together, makeup is real at ten o'clock

Spring Festival

Jurong is called the Chinese New Year. It is the twelfth lunar month, and every household is doing New Year's goods and making new clothes. New Year's goods mainly include: pickled meat, chicken, goose, duck, buying melon seeds, peanuts, candies and cakes, and bags for New Year greetings. Mothers sew cotton-padded clothes, cotton trousers, and make new shoes with soles for their children. In the days leading up to New Year's Eve, we soaked soybeans, ground tofu, made rice cakes, and steamed steamed buns. In addition, in order to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, every household must clean, commonly known as "dust dusting" among the people. It removes old items from the home, removes dust and old New Year pictures from the roof and walls, scrubs the stove and furniture, cleans the toilet bowl, and fills it with water. Everyone goes to the bathhouse to take a bath and welcome the new year cleanly.

Folks believe that the fortune and misfortunes of a family are controlled by the Kitchen God (Zao Master). Therefore, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month before the Spring Festival, every household will offer sacrifices to the Stove (to pay respect to the Kitchen God), steam dumplings (sticky mouth), and make glutinous rice cakes ( (to feed the stove), scatter beans, use fodder and horses, and burn old statues of the Stove God, which is called "giving away the stove" and praying to the "Stove Master": God will say good things, and the lower world will be safe. On New Year's Eve, the Stove God statue is replaced with a new one, which is called "receiving the Stove".

On New Year’s Eve, adults prepare for the New Year’s Eve dinner and put up New Year pictures. New couplets are put up on all the doors in the house. Banners and red paper-engraved “hanging off” are posted on the door lintels. "The number of sheets is an odd number, and corresponding notices must be posted on cowsheds, pig pens, chicken coops, stoves, and water tanks. The contents of the notices are "prosperity of the six livestocks", "good news of a good harvest", "blessings, water, good fire", etc. Prayer. The words "wealth" and "blessing" were pasted on windows, pillars, etc., and the Spring Festival couplets were written on red paper with ink pen. Those who had a funeral that year used yellow paper. The next year, they switched to green paper. In the third year, the couplets on red paper were restored. After the couplets came to the door, Debt collectors can't come to your door.

Before the New Year’s Eve dinner, people offer food to worship their ancestors (respect their ancestors), burn incense, light candles, burn paper money (tinfoil folded into the shape of ingots), kowtow and bow. After paying homage to the ancestors, the meal must be returned to the stove and served on the table. After setting off firecrackers, the whole family sits down to have a reunion dinner. During this period, the elders give "New Year's money" to the younger ones. After the meal, they fry melon seeds, peanuts, and make dumplings (breakfast on the first day of the first lunar month). Eat dumplings).

On the first day of the first lunar month, every household sets off firecrackers to connect "heaven and earth", and men, women, old and children wear new clothes and hats. Neighbors greet each other with blessings.

Happy New Year. There are rules for New Year greetings. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, you don't go out. You visit your parents and neighbors at home. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, you visit your uncle. The uncle is the eldest. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, you visit your father-in-law. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, you visit your aunts and aunts.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, every household gets up early to set off firecrackers to receive the "God of Wealth".

Celebrate the New Year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month

There are many "Henanese" in Jurong. They are immigrants who fled from Guangshan and Luoshan in Henan hundreds of years ago.

Jurong "Henan people" have the custom of celebrating the New Year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. They have a saying, "The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is like a new year." Why is there such a custom?

According to legend, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Li Shimin led his troops to fight. The battle was fought from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and he did not make any money on New Year's Eve.

The battle ended on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the battle was won