In many places, on the wedding day, the man usually gets up early to pick up the bride, and then the woman's house receives the wedding procession, and the man's house will also prepare for the arrival of the bride, and then the wedding can be held in one day. However, the wedding customs in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province are somewhat different. Shangrao always leaves at noon or afternoon, and then returns in the early hours of the morning, and visits the bride earlier. Not only that, there are many wedding processes. Let's take a look.

Post exchange

Parents of both sides call their children's eight-character exchange post exchange, also known as "eight-character". After the parents of both sides were satisfied with the preliminary understanding of the situation, they wrote the eight characters of the man's birth with a red post, which was sent to the woman by the introducer, and the woman asked Mr. Destiny to "open and close". If they match, write the eight characters to the man, which is commonly known as "returning the eight characters". Write it in red paper and put it under the incense burner in front of the ancestral tablet for three days. If the whole family is safe within three days, this will be considered as a success.

engagement

After the marriage is confirmed, the man chooses the auspicious occasion to invite "Lingdong wine", also called engagement wine. At the banquet, the man presents clothes, shoes and socks, towels and the like, invites the woman to "pull cloth" on the street, and sends the agreed gifts such as engagement money, gold and silver jewelry, money exchange and three generations of stickers to the woman. The woman handed over all her stickers to the man. After the banquet, the man will also ask the matchmaker to send the "dragon and phoenix stickers" to the woman, and the marriage will be finally settled here.

Wedding ceremony in the early morning

When the bride's family arrives, they will eat snacks first, and then the bride's family will take them to the ancestral temple to burn incense and worship their ancestors. The bride's family will hold a banquet to treat them. The bride usually leaves in the middle of the night or at midnight, and the more she walks, the brighter it gets, which symbolizes the light. The bride usually enters the door at 7: or 8: or 9: in the morning. At the entrance time, the bride will kick the car door, and the man's maid of honor will lead the bride out of the car, and then "cross the fire" at the gate. The bride will cross the fire with fir branches before entering the gate.

paying homage to the bride

After the bride entered the hall with the sound of drum music, she began to pay homage to the bride. The hall is decorated with incense tables, with parents and elders in the east, consorts in the west, relatives in the north and juniors in the south. Before meeting the bride, my husband will hang red on the groom and put a five-foot red cloth over him. When paying homage to the church, the groom stood on the left and the bride stood on the right. Li Sheng called: one worships heaven and earth, the other worships ancestors, the third worships Gaotang, and the four couples worship each other.