The bride takes the sedan chair in the front and the matchmaker takes the sedan chair in the back. And there are two people running all the way in front, called "sedan chair". The bride should choose a day to wash her hair before the wedding and invite a "lucky" woman to light the stove and burn incense to help comb her hair and bun. Three days before the bride gets married, her daily life is accompanied by her neighbors and sisters. On the wedding day, you should eat "six bowls", that is, six-style dishes, and your aunt should accompany you to eat. In some places, on the morning of their wedding, they have breakfast with their parents and brothers, and other women are not allowed to sit down. If parents or brothers are away because of something, they should also prepare a table, put a bowl of chopsticks and spoons, and have dinner. At the banquet, parents prepared a bowl of longevity noodles and a plate of pork liver fried onions for their daughter, which meant longevity and intelligence. In Haishan Town, the bride shares rice with her brother on the wedding day. Mother or aunt put the money and rice on the dustpan or bamboo curtain, shake it hard and read while shaking it; "After the round, children and grandchildren are rich; Even, hold a male grandson next year. " Then divide the money and rice according to the number of brothers and daughters, and the daughter takes the money and rice and puts it in a special Chinese-style belly pocket to get married. The next day, when she arrived at her husband's house, she put money and rice into his rice jar. Before the bride gets on the sedan chair, she should kowtow and sob to her parents, which means crying some juice to make a "guy" (family wealth) for her brother, which was called "rhyme" in ancient times. As the auspicious time for getting on the sedan chair approached, the matchmaker came into the house with lanterns and urged the bride to get on the sedan chair three times. When getting on the sedan chair, the bride should use a red silk handkerchief (my mother's coat is often used in rural areas) and the maid should carry the sedan chair. After the bride went out, the mother quickly sprinkled or sprayed rice grains or safflower water, and said while spraying: "When the safflower water is sprayed on the sedan chair, the daughter becomes the lady's milk; Safflower water, sprayed into the sky, daughter inside and outside. " In Hakka areas, the mother bolted the door immediately after sowing rice, and read: "Open the door for the woman to go out, bolt the door and return the property."
When the bride's sedan chair was carried to the groom's door, the man's house whipped up his whip and was greeted by a grand suona drum music. After the sedan chair stopped, the groom knocked on the curtain of the sedan chair with a fan, kicked the door open with his toes, and then tore off the red note of "Jifeng" posted on the door. The brother-in-law or the boy brought tea and invited the bride out of the sedan chair for tea. The matchmaker helps the bride. When the bride enters the door, she puts a small straw at the door to light a cigarette, which is called "fire smoke". After getting started, the groom will use a folding fan to uncover the red handkerchief on the bride's head and introduce it into the new house. During the memorial ceremony, the "auspicious" woman helped the bride to stand on the right, the groom stood on the left, and the paper shot. Both of them worshipped heaven and earth, ancestors, Gaotang and their relatives, and then the husband and wife worshipped. After the service, the groom pulls the bride into the bridal chamber. The "good luck" woman and the bridesmaid followed her into the room and brought wine for the bride and groom to drink and propose a toast. Then, the groom returned to the hall to propose a toast to the guests. When entertaining guests, they usually sit in a big position with their loved ones. In some places, the bride is accompanied by a brother of the bride, and the wife and uncle sit in a big position at the party. In coastal areas, mothers and uncles must sit in a big position. There is a saying that "the zenith tripterygium wilfordii is an underground uncle". After the banquet, the relatives of the older generation will be left behind, and the bride will come out to offer tea to the elders. People who drink tea will "enjoy the noodles" with red envelopes.