1 thought on “The custom of "sending days" about the marriage period!”

  1. When preparing to marry, the man pre -selected the Ji Ri Jiajia period (calculated according to the gassal calendar), write it in red paper posts, and prepare gifts. "Sending the day", "sending the day", "sending the day", "sending the daylier", "sending the day list". Similar to the "Six Rites" in ancient times.

    It time, when you attach great importance to marriage, you must choose to avoid evil and choose a zodiac day. People often ask the fortune teller or Mr. Xing Xiang to "pick up the days". There are also read the emperor calendar, and refer to what you should choose to choose. In Datian, the marriage period must be based on the birthday of the men and women themselves, and it must also depend on the birthday characters of other family members (except daughters) of the two sides.

    In addition to the mysterious theory of fortune teller and the precepts of the old emperor calendar, Fujian folk is also popular for the habit of marriage during marriage. In some places, marry and marry in the year of spring. In the spring of no spring, there was no spring day, and some places were called "widow". Because the word "widow" in the "widow" is obviously unlucky with the words "widow", "widow", "widow loneliness" and other words. In many places in the east of Fujian and northern Fujian, there are also one of the women who are eighteen and twenty -four years old, because the legendary Madam Chen Jinggu (the goddess of the folk) is eighteen years old. Get married at the age of twenty -four years old, so for a woman, the age of eighteen and twenty -four is ominous. As for the season and month of the marriage period, Fujian people generally like autumn and winter and Zhongchun (especially in autumn and winter seasons), and there are few summer. There are taboos in Southern Fujian in May, July, and September, saying that "May" ("Five" and "Mistake" homophonic), "Marry a ghost in July" (July for Ghost Moon), "Nine Nine) Yue Dog Heavy ("Nine" and "Dog" are the same), and marriage is not good. Shao Wu people chose to get married. Generally, every six, seventh, nine or twelve days, most of them are on crops. In the autumn and winter season after the harvest (that is, the first month of the following year), August. Autumn and winter is the golden season of autumn and winter collection. The folk also has the saying that "autumn harvest winter collection, marry a wife and worship the chapel". And after the Spring Festival, "marry a daughter -in -law for a long time", adding festivals. In summer, the weather is hot, the food is easy to rot, the people feel sleepy, the agriculture is busy , Husband and wife's life is inconvenient, so try to avoid weddings. In some places, people choose to get married in both days and avoid marrying a single day; many places also have a two -month -old wedding custom. .

    The women who are sent by the men sent by the man will generally accept it. In Yongding, Taining and other places, the woman agrees to the "allowable period" post. If there is no objection, the man will marry as scheduled. In Fuqing, Luo Yuan, etc., the man chooses the date of marriage, and first tell the woman's family, after obtaining recognition, and then formally write a red post, and the gift of "send days". Creek, the man wants to send two or three "good days", which is determined by the woman. In Shao Wu, the "day" is written with red paper, and the matchmaker will be sent to the female house on the 7th day of the lunar calendar. Agree with the auspicious period of the male family, that is, accept this red post; if you do not agree, you will not accept it. If you refund the male home, the male family must be selected in the coming year. N
    "Latest List" must not only write the date of marriage, but also stipulate the time when the bride gets in and enter the door. In some places, it must even be listed. The bed and tailoring time and its should be avoided. In Hui'an, the "Japanese post" that marries the marriage must be prepared for two copies, one is given to the woman, and the other is posted on the wall of the man's ancestral or residential hall to show Cheng Shuangcheng pairs.

    During the day of sending, the man must also send the last part of the last part of the last part of the payment and other gifts, which is called "pressed the day" and "the day list". In Changle, Fuqing, Pingtan and other counties in Fuzhou and its neighbors, sending hires often perform two times- "first half of the gift" and "second half gift". "Rites" (the other half of the gift) is to make all the time when "sending days". When Changle, the man will tell the "second half of the gift", it is necessary to follow the "second half of the gift" There are hundreds of pounds of cakes, and the female family will divide the cakes throughout the cakes, indicating that the lucky period will be. There is a local ballad: "Dingri cakes, round and sweet, cousin like the winter solstice. If you are invited, please, please, please all the relatives and relatives. "Relatives ate the fixed Japanese cake, knowing that the marriage period, all presented items (mostly fabrics, but also gold and silver jewelry), called" add boxes ". Fu Qing's hiring money), add gifts such as trotters, lines, and other gifts; the female home returns gift cakes, mostly one hundred pairs, called "day cake". Marriage period. In Hui'an, the man needs to send Qi to the gold tail number, and plus two to four (puppets) (a kind of blue and purple soil cloth), which is called "sun head cloth". When you bring six packs of cakes and gifts.

    Nowadays, urban residents choose to be jointly agreed by men and women or families on both sides, and most of them are calculated during the Gregorian calendar. Few people can do it again. The gift of "send days", most of the taboos of the old days disappeared. However, the psychological psychology of finding auspiciousness and rejuvenation still exists. Multi -choice on holidays such as "May 1st", "Eleventh", "New Year's Day" and the Spring Festival. In rural areas, the customs of "sending the day" are still popular. . For example, on the eve of the Spring Festival in 1988, there are many places of marriage. One of the main reasons is that the "Lichun" solar term was on the eve of the Spring Festival, and it was the year of the lunar calendar in 1988. At this time It is hoped that the noble son is born in the dragon. However, this kind of old legacy has been diluted, and it has gradually become the same as the customs of the city.

Shopping Cart