Destination Wedding In Jaipur | The Hakkas’ Marriage Customs

On the day, the day before, or a few days before marrying the bride, the man prepares gifts and will be accompanied by the introducer to the woman’s home to worship the ancestors. This procedure is called the completion of hiring.

The items you need to prepare at the end of the hiring include: Bu Yi (to thank the bride's parents for nurturing the bride), sedan chair (the etiquette for the bride to get on the car), gifts, etc. Hakka customs also have six ceremonies: "burning ceremony", "shuyi", "sacrifice", "japanese ceremony", "grandma cuisine" and "cooking ceremony".

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At present, due to the changing trend of the times, the etiquette of Xusuo has been replaced by red envelopes. There are also cases where gifts are converted into cash. If you have to prepare a gift, you will generally need to prepare the following items:

1. "Gold, incense, candles, and cannons" are two each and "Lian Zhaoyu, grains, pig iron, charcoal" are wrapped into one package.

2. Pig, sheep, chicken, duck, noodles, preserved eggs, squid, canned food, wine, gift cakes, wedding candies, winter melon candies and ring cakes (betel nut and rock candies), etc., choose even-numbered items.

3. The Taozhumiao Hakkas also gave "grandmother dishes" (one chicken, one pork, one squid) to the wife's domestic and foreign grandmothers. The Hakka people from the sea will also give a "jiuhu chicken" (a chicken and a bottle of wine) to the wife's uncle or grandmother's elder relatives.

The relatives of the woman who received the "flavored chicken" must give a red envelope to the bride, and exchange the original bottle of wine with the rice juice for washing rice, indicating that the "not empty bottle" will be returned, and another copy will be provided for the woman to worship the ancestors .

In addition to the introducer, there are drivers and gift-bearing workers (not necessary when the number of gifts is small). After the wedding ceremony, the family members of both men and women will send them red envelopes to thank them for their help. The number of vehicles used at the wedding depends on the number of gifts and dowries.

Wedding procedure etiquette:

1. The gift given by the man is customarily fired when the gift is set off for the married couple and when the matchmaker arrives at the man's home.

2. Regardless of whether they are engaged or married, the gift given by the man to the woman is usually not accepted by the woman in full, and some of them must be refunded politely to show humility.

Marriage:

The large and small items presented by the wife's parents to marry their daughter, collectively referred to as "marriage." Usually, after the man has given the betrothal gifts and gifts for the woman to worship the ancestors, the returning car will carry the woman's wedding wives.

The traditional concept of the Hakka people is frugal and conservative, so the woman’s wedding supplies usually only need to prepare the daily necessities needed now, and the rest should be cash or deposits. They will be bought when necessary in the future, so that they will not be wasted and not practical.

Generally, the items of the bride’s wedding are nothing but clothes, footwear, cabinets, tables and chairs, electrochemical supplies, vehicles, cosmetics, accessories and so on.

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Moreover, it is customary for the woman to put banknotes on the curtains and pillows, and put several copper plates (all even numbers) in each clothing pocket and each drawer, in order to seek auspiciousness and safety for her.