The bride's marriage is usually carried out by the man whose parents are alive and whose children are alive or by the girl's father. This is called carrying the bride. Take off the bride's shoes and wear them outside the door, indicating that her footprints have gone out, and she will be preoccupied with her husband's family in the future. It also implies that the girl is reluctant to leave home and be carried away. The bride goes out of her husband's house without a sedan chair, accompanied by more than a dozen bridesmaids. The groom should have a pair of shoes and a suit, the wife and aunt should have a bust, and the husband and uncle should have a belt. When the bride arrives at her parents-in-law's house, she has to step on the temporary bamboo ladder to go upstairs, and then cross the new bridge built for her to enter the bridal chamber. When she climbed the bamboo ladder, a young man whose parents were alive immediately cut it off. When I entered the bridal chamber, someone immediately pulled down the new bridge behind me. Cutting off the ladder and pulling down the bridge means that the bride's back road has been broken and she will never leave her husband's family, have children and get married. This also means that the couple will get married and live a happy life forever.
In the evening, bridesmaids and singers will sing with the boys in the village. The bride will return the door the next day, and the groom will pick it up on the same day or the next day. In the evening, bridesmaids and singers will sing with the young people in the village, including tea songs, hymns, love songs and so on. Some young people took advantage of this opportunity to find the right person. The traditional sports and entertainment activities of Zhuang youth and the unique way to express their love will. Hydrangeas are round, square and diamond, and some are made into various animal shapes. There is a ribbon at the top and a string of colorful silk spikes more than a foot long at the bottom. The ball is full of chaff or songs or performances. Then take turns pitching. When hydrangea is used as a token of love, the throwing methods are different.
Sometimes, when singing a duet, girls quietly give it to the right person when no one is looking, and the other person returns it with handkerchiefs, towels and other items, and the two continue to sing a duet to enhance understanding. Some girls have a crush on a person and throw it at a fixed point. If the other person has a good impression, they will tie a gift and throw it back. Hydrangea can open the hearts of both sides and create conditions for further contact and understanding. In some Zhuang areas in northern Guangxi, night marriage is also called torch marriage. On the wedding night, the groom took twenty or thirty people, lit torches, walked and sang, and went straight to the woman's house.
When we arrive at Nvjia Village, we will sing a duet with the bride and daughter first. Generally speaking, men always win. Then, the man sent a clever young man to the village and came to the woman's door. He was stopped by the girls, who questioned him with songs, and he was allowed to enter the door to meet the bride only after the answer was correct. On the way, the bride, accompanied by twenty or thirty female companions, sang with the young men who married the bride along the way, surrounded the bride with laughter and laughter, and arrived at the man's house to marry the bride and get married. After the couple entered the bridal chamber, the young man and woman continued to sing until dawn. By singing, they get to know each other, some make friends, and then they get married. Yao's marriage customs are even more peculiar, such as climbing stairs to say love and talking about marriage through the partition wall; There are hot meals to express love; There are also various customs of marriage and love. Men marry women, and both sides are at the top. Miao people have a romance of grabbing headscarves, and drinking spring water is a lifelong marriage custom. Dong people: To marry a bride, you don't need a sedan chair, just send a guide and an escort to carry the gift.
From dusk to midnight, the bride is received from the man's house. The wedding gift is relatively simple, usually thirty or forty kilograms of meat, twenty or thirty kilograms of wine and some dishes. On the eve of the bride's wedding, the rooster crowed for the third time, and the guide lang hung the lantern of the groom's house on the bride's door. After repeated urging, the bride reluctantly walked out of the door. Before accompanying the guide on the road, the bride cut the straw rope of the lantern, took out the woven flower ribbon and tied it to show that her heart is connected with the groom. On this day, young people collectively pay homage to the graves of revolutionary martyrs and revolutionary predecessors, remember the achievements of their ancestors, carry out revolutionary traditional education, and hold various commemorative activities.