South China Sea Myth

You have a good daughter in your family, and you raised her since she was a child.

The man's family knows that his parents are bitter, and he doesn't beat or scold after marriage

I don't send it to my mother's house when I'm old.

The best man sings to the groom:

Seeing that your bride is so beautiful, the bride is in good shape.

The skin is slippery and red, and the flowers and plants by the river are not comparable

Get married and have a good life.

There is a traditional rule of the Li people that the sun has not yet set, and the woman cannot let the bride go out. Finally, the sun finally set, and Tsu was guided by the torch raised by the best man to guide the beautifully dressed bride out of the house. A few bridesmaids followed, shaking a pair of bare feet to accompany the bride on a romantic journey. The welcoming team drove into the village where Dafeng lived, the village was boiling, and the village managers lit torches and flocked to the entrance of the village to greet them.

The old man who presided over the wedding ceremony lit a small pyre prepared in advance and recited a congratulatory message praying for happiness and auspiciousness. With the "bang" of an egg thrown into the fire, at this time, powder guns and firecrackers were set off to congratulate the happy event. The people who sent off their relatives stepped over the fire one by one. When the bride enters, the bridegroom's parents are both out of the house, the mother herself comes out to greet the bride, and the groom's father greets relatives and friends who come to the wedding. Ah Fang, whose face was flushed with excitement, lowered her head and drilled through the fire gate composed of torches, which is a traditional custom, and it is for the "evil spirit" that the cicada's daughter-in-law may have on the way to enter the house refreshingly.

In the new department, the bride holds a sacred worship ceremony, in the sound of drums and firecrackers, the groom and the bride worship their ancestors three times, and then the bride to the principality, and the in-laws return the gift with a "red seal" (copper coins were used at that time, but now they are used in RMB). After the worship ceremony, Ah Fang knelt in front of the door of the cave room, took off the jade bracelet on her hand and put it into the water bowl, and then washed her ears and eyes with the water soaked in the bracelet, indicating that her love for her husband will be as clear and pure as jade, which is an ancient oath ceremony.

Enthusiastic relatives, friends and neighbors waited for Ah Fang to finish taking the oath, and prepared the groom into the cave room to play a fun game in the cave room. The bridesmaids who are not willing to be lonely, and the best man and other young people sing on the mountain, touch the wine with the song, Shitong, the newlyweds drink happy wine in the sound of joy, the whole village kills pigs and sheep, carries out the "teasing mother" activity, gathers to celebrate, has been happy, and the guests from all over the world are separated.

The sun rises in the east, and the last marriage ceremony is a solemn labor ceremony: Ah Fang, who is dressed generously, leads the way in front of the girls in the village, carrying a load full of water. This water is the water of purity and the water of happiness. Therefore, bit by bit, don't sprinkle it casually on the Lu Zongyi ceremony, symbolizing that the bride will become the most industrious person in the village, expressing the concept of people's labor to create beauty.

The weddings of the Li people are colorful and full of life interest. Every year around the Spring Festival, it is a good time for young people of the Li nationality to get married. Their wedding ceremony is to send off the bride, welcome the relatives, eat the wedding wine, and send off the relatives. When sending the bride, there are "guide mothers, accompany mothers", and there are dozens of escort teams, some of which are from the bride's village. The bride is escorted by her mother, walks to her husband's house, and covers her face with an umbrella or bamboo hat. The procession of sending off relatives usually arrives at the man's village in the evening. The cloth of the congratulations, the betel nut to be delivered.

There is a jar of glutinous rice sweet wine in the banquet, and ten small bamboo pipes are inserted in the mouth of the jar, as well as several dishes. On both sides of the earthen jar for sake are two pairs of rattan stools made of animal skins, one pair of "main seats" and one pair of "companion seats". Except for those who sit on both sides of the earthen pot, they use small bamboo pipes to suck the wine, and everyone else drinks in bowls during the banquet. The bride and groom sit on the "main seat", and the two mothers sit on the "side seat". Everyone drank happily and sang to each other while drinking, and the folk eight-tone team continued to play the wedding song, and the banquet was full of joy.

The next day, the bridegroom sets up a send-off banquet at the door, and each person who sends the bride to drink a bowl of wine. The procession of sending the bride home is usually ten people, and they have to bring back a load of sticky rice balls, a load of wine, half a slice of pork or a sheep. When leaving the village, both sides sing Li songs and wish each other that the groom's mother and a group of sisters accompany the bride home, and the mother's family sets up a banquet to entertain relatives and friends. On the third day, the bride returns to the man's house to work and live with the bridegroom.

Li Ping also introduced that the marriage customs of the Li nationality are quite interesting. First of all, the smear face: the young man of the Li nationality got married, and the groom did not go out, but stayed at home all day to greet the guests. The bride is pre-selected by the woman's parents, one young man and one young woman, and is escorted out of the village at night with torches. Looking at the lively knots, the bride must be patient and let others play. Their habit is to use the ashes from the bottom of the pot to "smear the bride's face", and they are not allowed to wash it halfway, and they must not wash it off until they arrive at the groom's house.

And then there's the chicken feet. In Li Village, no matter whose boy gets married or whose daughter marries, the brothers in the same village, each family has to prepare a big fat chicken, and on the day of the happy event, kill the chicken and invite the groom or bride to drink at home to celebrate. After drinking, the owner gave a pair of chicken feet to each other as a souvenir. The more chicken feet you get, the more brilliance you get.

And my bride. Your "bride" and several bridesmaids are covered in a red cloth, and you need to find out exactly what the "bride" is. If you find the wrong one, you will be punished, and if you find the right one, you will drink a glass of "concentric wine". There is only one wedding in life, and Li Ping's tour guide once accompanied the visitors to participate in the "second wedding", which is unforgettable.

Li Ping said: "Dafeng's wedding was very lively, which alarmed the Demon King of the Mixed Sea. This demon king lived on a small island in the South China Sea archipelago, and the nine sons of the Eight Immortals and the Dragon King taught him that for many years, he did not dare to carry out a major robbery. Now, he couldn't hold back the thought of sinning. The demon king listened to the introduction of his little monsters, and a family in this poor village became rich because of the sword and the hoe, and married a beautiful woman. This demon king is extremely ugly, with the head of a crocodile and the body of a pig.

He was so lustful that he decided to take possession of his beautiful daughter-in-law, and vowed to take away the sword and hoe. Back then, this demon king did evil on the sea, robbed fishermen frantically, and mutilated the creatures in the water. He can change in thirty-six ways, so it is impossible to guard against it, and the Dragon Lord is also afraid of him. It is said that after the Eight Immortals crossed the sea, they knew that there was a demon king in the South China Sea who did a lot of evil, at the beginning, it was Tie Guan Li who duel with him, and then, it was He Xiangu Shang, who did not have the upper hand, and later, the Eight Immortals went up together, and the demon king fled in the wilderness. "

Shi Xiaolin likes the story of "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", which is one of the Taoist myths. The "Eight Immortals" generally refer to the eight immortal characters of Tie Guan Li, Han Zhongli, Zhang Guolao, Lan Caihe, He Xiangu, Lu Dongbin, Han Xiangzi, and Uncle Cao Guo. In the legend, the eight immortals each showed their magical powers, using different magic weapons, the iron cane Li held the iron staff to hang the gourd, Han Zhongli shook the banana fan, Zhang Guolao used paper to fold the donkey, Lan Cai and jacquard basket, He Xianmei climbed the lotus, Lu Dongbin danced the long sword, Han Xiangzi held the horizontal flute, and Cao Guo's uncle held the jade version. In Chinese history, literary and artistic works about the Eight Immortals abound. On the blue and white porcelain vase that appeared in the Ming Dynasty, there is a pattern centered on the Queen Mother of the West, among them, there is also a scene of eight immortals celebrating their birthdays: in the South China Sea area, the square table that is quite popular with people is called "Eight Immortals Table". All this shows that the Eight Immortals have a profound influence in the minds of the people of the South China Sea.