The dumplings are called Zisun dumplings, which means having many children and grandchildren. Broad-heartedness represents long-term love, mutual tolerance, and lifelong destiny.
The number of dumplings for descendants is particular. They are "a pair in the sky, a pair in the earth, a pair in the father, a pair in the mother. (These dumplings are the same size as ordinary dumplings). A pair when one is one year old (these are Dumplings are only the size of peanuts)",
In addition, 8 noodles must be cooked. The noodles should be cut very wide and are called wide noodles. When cooking, you should use a rolling pin to stir, and while stirring, you should also say, "Put the rolling pin on the pot (meaning to stir in northern dialect), the girl and the boy will have a big nest" in order to have more children.
The dumplings and noodles were both undercooked. When they were eating, a boy who had been arranged in advance asked outside the house: "Is the baby alive?" The bride replied: "Yes." This is called "asking for luck". I hope that in the days to come, I will have many children and grandchildren, and be happy.
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Wedding customs:
1. Traditional Chinese weddings like to use peonies, orchids, lotus and narcissus as decorations. Because peonies represent wealth, narcissus represents spring and new life, orchids are fragrant and beautiful, and lotus represents love. The lotus is a symbol of holiness in Chinese Buddhism.
2. The traditional Chinese wedding tokens of red dates, longan, peanuts and lotus seeds all symbolize the continuation of descendants, the birth of a child every year, reunion, wealth and good luck.
3. Combined bun. "Hundred bun", also known as "hair knot", is a traditional Chinese wedding token. The symbolic meaning of "joined bun" is harmony between husband and wife, and they will always be united. The specific operation method of "hair binding" has been different throughout the ages. In the pre-Qin, Qin and Han Dynasties, the "hair knot" was when the groom personally took off the wedding tassel, which was the ribbon that tied the bride's hair, with his own hands, and then tied it back after combing the hair.
After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the "hair knot" meant that both men and women cut off a small amount of hair and tied it into a "bun", which was usually handed over to the bride for storage immediately. Chao Cai, a female poet of the Tang Dynasty, said in her "Midnight Song": "Yi cuts her hair, and her hair is divided.
Look for places where there is no one, and tie them together to form a knot of the same heart." It is this practice. description. People in the world often use "hair knot" and "tied bun" as synonyms for the union of husband and wife, and even specifically refer to the "first wife" (also known as the "first wife") couple, which expresses the great significance of mutual respect and love between husband and wife.
4. Before getting up on the sedan chair, the girl to be married must sleep on the bed. After being urged by the matchmaker three times, she can get up, dress up, and eat the "sedan meal." The "sedan meal" was particularly full because the bride could not eat on this day. The first bite of the "sedan rice" the bride takes is to be spit back to her parents' bedside, which means "feeding back" and repaying her parents for their nurturing kindness.
After swallowing it all, it means that you will have food and meat to eat at your husband's house, and you will be happy for life. Then, the mother and daughter will have a big cry, and if they don't cry, they will get feng shui. When the time comes, the bride's eldest brother will carry her into the sedan, and she is not allowed to touch anything in the house. After the sedan is lifted, the parents will pour a basin of water on the place where the sedan is lifted, which means that the daughter who is getting married, the water thrown out belongs to other people. At this time, the mother will "cry to get married" in the boudoir, and the sisters and other female family members will all cry to see each other off, but they cannot send them off to the hall.
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