1、 Preparation before marriage

1. Media and Home Watch

Matchmaker: After the groom's parents find a suitable woman, they will hire a matchmaker to propose to the bride's family.

Housekeeping: The bride's family and relatives visit the groom's house to check on the family situation, and the groom's house will give red envelopes to the bride's family and friends who come to watch the house.

2. Engagement and gift giving

Engagement: Both parties need to get engaged before getting married, and after engagement, the groom's parents will send the wedding booking form to the bride's parents.

Sending betrothal gifts: Before the engagement, the man will entrust a matchmaker to wrap the gift money and betrothal gifts (such as gold, silver, jewelry, etc.) in red paper and deliver them to the woman's home.

3. Hehe Bazi

Both parties exchange the Geng Tie and calculate based on birth year, month, day, hour, and zodiac sign to see if they are mutually reinforcing and restraining.

2、 Wedding ceremony

1. Welcome, my dear

The groom personally goes to the bride's house to marry the bride, and on the way, there will be people who stop the bride to add fun to the wedding and ask for red envelopes.

2. Crying Marriage

Before the bride gets married, she will hold a crying wedding ceremony to express gratitude for the nurturing of her parents and elders, as well as the care of her siblings, and to express her nostalgia for her teenage life and her confusion and anxiety about her new life.

3. Open face

Before the wedding, decorate and groom the bride's face, using twisted double threads to remove hair from her face, trim her forehead and sideburns, and trim her eyebrows and makeup.

4. Worship Hall

Worship is the most important ceremony in traditional Chinese marriage etiquette, and after the ceremony, the couple is officially married.

5. Sitting in the singing hall and seeing off the bride

Sitting in the Song Hall: Set up several tables and plates of fruits in the courtyard, and let the bride's relatives, neighbors, children, and others sit and stand freely, singing, chatting, and congratulating the bride on her marriage.

Farewell: The married woman is accompanied by two good friends to the man's house, who are called "farewell guests". At the same time, the woman's brother, sister-in-law or brother, sisters will also go with her, but the woman's parents usually do not attend the wedding.

6. Playful bridal chamber

Making a scene in the bridal chamber is an indispensable part of traditional weddings. Friends and family take this opportunity to make a fuss and use various new tricks to make the bride and groom "trapped in a city of sorrow", unable to laugh or cry.

3、 Marriage customs

1. Return to the door

After marriage, the bride will take the groom back to her parents' home and introduce him to her relatives and acquaintances. The time for returning home varies from place to place, with some taking three days and others nine days.

2. Bride and dowry

The amount of dowry in Kaizhou District varies depending on family conditions, with a starting price of around 28000 yuan and generally ranging from 30000 to 60000 yuan. The parents of the bride will arrange a dowry for her daughter when she gets married, and the amount of dowry is usually related to the amount of dowry.