The custom of marriage in the Heinan Army Word area

the island of hainan has a wider area of "speakers" including parts of the cities of sanya, changjiang, wuzhou, orientale and penghing, with a population of over half a million.

their practice of marriage is unique and interesting.

the common saying is: “there is nothing to be done, nothing to be done”.

in these areas of the old society, “writing letters” are used as contracts for the union of young men and women.

“parent's orders, the words of the contract.” it is a combination of marriage.

when the boy reaches the age of 12 or 3, the parents will ask the matchmaker to make the choice of the family the basic condition for the choice of the couple, with the principal choice being five-person, good-working, reasonable and respectful parents.

the topics of the matchmaker's presence in the woman's home are so great, good and good, rich and generous, and so on, and so forth, as to please her parents.

the parents then gave each other the child's “decree” to the fortune teller, and if the two “eight words” combined, they would have the same fate.

the man will choose a good day, prepare a gift, be accompanied by a matchmaker to her parents and celebrate with two tables of wine.

after the engagement, the marriage is usually to be entered into at the age of 17 or 8.

if there is no objection, the husband chooses the date of the marriage, and the gift, such as rice and wine, is delivered to the wife ' s home.

at the time of marriage, the woman feels that she is going to marry and, in order to thank her parents for her upbringing, she usually cries for marriage, the content of which is a regular one, the most important of which is to remember the love of her parents, the love of her brother and sister and the love of her family.

it's a real cry.

it's like a sad song.

at the time of the marriage, the bride and groom must not only wear a brand new dress, but also have to do with their facial hair in order to show their desire for a new life.

on the day of the wedding, each boy and girl combed his groom's hair and read a message saying, “a comb with a hair light; two combs with a pair” .

they usually get married in a cow car, in which they decorate, with wooden bars on the arch, with a red blanket, with a one-metre sifter behind the car, with the word “holy”, in which the bull in the cart usually requires a red yellow cow, a red paper on the corner of the bull, and a “lifeful” cousin in the car, with the bride of the groom and the bride of the groom in the ox, and another ox。