In rural areas of our country, in most rural areas, when newlyweds get married, most of them will choose to have a banquet at home instead of going to a hotel.

Not only that, most of the people hosting the banquet are family members, that is, people from the same ancestral hall, so there is basically no need to invite anyone.

As long as someone has a happy event, relatives and neighbors will come to help three days in advance, because wedding banquets usually last three days, and some last one and a half days.

Even though living conditions are now better, rural people are gradually becoming more fashionable; but they still prefer to hold wedding banquets at home instead of going to hotels to entertain relatives and friends.

Why is this so?

Is it to save money?

We attended a rural wedding in a small town on the outskirts of Kunming, Yunnan, and 18 dishes were served on the small table!

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"We rural people are honest and try our best to make the dishes as beautiful as possible; but more importantly, we are accustomed to our own craftsmanship. Neighbors from all over the world know who is good at the craftsmanship and what dishes everyone likes to eat." The chef of the wedding banquet, Master Yang, is the groom's

My uncle is also the chief chef in the village. He is the one who makes the decision for every big banquet.

Master Yang said that in the past, people in the village arranged their own weddings and rarely went to hotels.

"At first it was cheap, but later it was convenient." What Master Yang said was cheap. That was in the past, but now it is popular and it doesn't cost a lot of money. It's just that it's more convenient for my family to organize a banquet, and the portions are enough and everyone can feel it.

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According to rural wedding customs, the banquet must be prepared in advance, three days for a grand ceremony, and one day for a simpler one.

Because wedding banquets often last for several days, the main day is to welcome the bride, followed by morning tea, and preparations for returning to her parents' home three days later. It is much more convenient to host the banquet at home than in a hotel.

In the kitchen where rural people get married, the pots, lids, stoves, bowls and chopsticks are all owned by the ancestral hall. Master Yang said that when people in the village hold banquets when they get married, a rule has been formed: based on the village or an ancestral hall, there is usually a public official in the village.

Tables, chairs, benches, large stoves, pots and pans will all be moved to the house where there is a wedding.

Every time a banquet is organized, there will be several twists and turns, including the preparation of ingredients, hard dishes, tables, chairs and stools.

But it is also a rare gathering. "Although people in the village usually look up and down, they rarely have time to chat. When we have a wedding banquet, the villagers can get together. Even if they are busy preparing the banquet, they are all very happy."

, everyone is chattering like a party, a rich and thick mixture of family and friendship. "Rice in wooden barrels, large wooden pots, large pots, thick bowls of rice, and simple serving racks, everyone likes to see it, and they are used to it.

With eighteen dishes in each mouth, the wedding banquet has a long-term meaning. In fact, it is not difficult to see that even though the living standards in rural areas have improved now, there are still many rural people who are willing to choose to have wedding banquets at home.

Because rural people’s wedding banquets are flowing water banquets that last for a long time, rather than just a meal and a drink.

Not only that, the wedding banquet is a rare opportunity for villagers and fellow countrymen to get together at the same time to "gossip", help each other, chatter, and the relationship suddenly becomes lively and close; instead of meeting and saying hello and having a meal

We parted ways, I don’t know where we’ll meet next time.

Perhaps, this is exactly the atmosphere needed for wedding banquets, which is only common in rural areas.