“The time has come!—— “Recently, in Hangzhou Yuhang District, Xianlin Street, Minfeng Village cultural auditorium, drum ensemble, suona singing, a loud and clear call opened the street of the first” water town wedding ” folk culture festival activities prelude.
In the noise of the gongs and drums, the groom, the matchmaker and the wedding procession came to the bride’s home and called for three times before knocking on the wedding door. Welcome out the bride, the new people together to serve tea for the elders, listen to the family instructions, in the earnest entrust in the farewell parents, hold a red silk, boarded the happy boat together. A few red hanging color happy boat, slowly on the water.
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The new man boarded the happy ship. Leisure forest street for the picture
Babbling water, carrying 5 couples of the happy boat to the Xianlin old street river quay after the shore. The newlyweds walked through the Huilong Bridge hand in hand, took the bridal sedan chair, and toured along the antique streets. When they arrived near the main stage, the groom welcomed the bride out of the bridal sedan chair, covered it with the red cover, and walked to the main stage together.
Full of friends, the auspicious time has arrived. The new people stand opposite two steps apart, the line of the new ceremony, uncovered the red cover, signed the marriage letter, the song style “joint” ceremony.
According to the custom of “old foundation”, “marriage on water” has 15 procedures such as crossing a brazier and stepping on rice bags, and 20 ceremonial items such as descendant buckets and 100 quilts, which are complicated and varied. In order to practice the “Zhejiang style courtesy” in the “polite”, and strive to create a new model of “water town wedding” culture, the collective wedding in the original customs based on the new representatives were invited to read out the “Advocate civilized marriage customs to carry forward the new style of The Times proposal”, in order to create a healthy, civilized, simple and moderate marriage custom cultural atmosphere.
“This is my first time I sit in a sedan chair. I am very excited. Yesterday was my birthday, today came to the water town to hold a wedding, it can be said that double happiness.”Bride Liu Yihua said with a smiling smile.”The form of the rowing boat is very unique, living in the forest, in the water. I want to leave the best memories of my life together with her in a ‘water town wedding’.”Said the groom, Zhang Kang.
Chinese traditional culture gives marriage a unique charm, and “water town wedding” is an important part of the folk customs of Mengxi Xi Township. It is of great significance to protect and inherit this traditional custom.
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Folk culture festival scene. Leisure forest street for the picture
The event site also released the “100 Counties thousands of Bowls · Yuhang to Taste” Xianlin fish soup wedding banquet, including “family reunion”, “gold wan liang”, “fish flowers” and other 12 water town characteristic dishes, to provide reference for the Xianlin area to prepare the wedding banquet of the couple. By the Yuhang District Civil Affairs Bureau joint Xianlin Street to create the Yuhang District “Yu” you married outdoor wedding base, also in the scene of the event unveiling.
In recent years, idle Lin street continue to use “literary” activation “local” connotation, held a small dragon boat victory, “wedding”, harvest festival tradition and fashion of the town of folk festival culture brand activities, improve the local culture brand influence, attract more people into the idle Lin, understand, experience of folk culture, booster idle Lin become “new city center” has lasting appeal of spiritual civilization new heights.
It is reported that Xianlin Street will take “cultural empowerment” as the key grasp, create a series of distinctive water town folk culture logo, practice “Zhejiang polite”, promote “polite” basic unit construction; “inheritance and innovation”, create water town folk series of cultural logo, enhance the cultural sense of belonging and identity of the common people, play the basic strength of culture in promoting common prosperity, help industry promotion, social governance, civilization creation, people’s livelihood security, to create a cultural model.(Gao Qingyi)
(Editor: Ai Yutao, Kang Mengqi)
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