On the eighth day of the new year, the white hand also came to Tong's house early.

Others are earlier than white-handed.

The trumpet and drum corps invited by the Tong family has been playing non-stop in the yard, and many of the tunes are also familiar songs to white hands.

What "Tomorrow's Life Is Sweeter Than Honey", "Toast Song", "Let's Swing Double Awards"......

Suddenly, the drum corps played "Forward, forward, forward, our team ...... to the sun"

Isn't this the song of liberation and the army?

Tong Guohua, the younger brother of the groom officer, told Bai Shou that the leader of the trumpet and drum corps was his brother's comrade-in-arms, and that at least three-quarters of the twelve members of the trumpet and drum corps had served as soldiers.

They are all soldiers, so it's no wonder that they are particularly energetic when they play army songs.

The locals called it "Yanggu Yangtu", which was still a new thing at that time, with a conductor, a big drum, two small drums, and a trumpet and trombone...... The outfits are uniform, the pace is consistent, and the spirit is full......

At eight o'clock sharp, the drum corps played the "welcome song".

At half past eight, the greeting team set off, and today I didn't take a tractor, but went by two motorized boats.

In addition to the trumpet and drum team and two matchmakers, there are also groom officials and two escorts, as well as six male guests and eight female guests.

The eight female guests were all girls who went to pick up the bride.

The six male guests were all young men, all friends of the groom's officer, and their task was to carry back the bride's wedding quilt and two pairs of boxes.

In addition to the role of a chaperone, the white hand is also responsible for sending the happy money. Because the boat will dock some distance from the woman's house, on the way to the woman's house, there will be passers-by blocking the road to please the woman, and only if the happy money is sent will it be released.

The welcoming procession was huge, and when it arrived at the woman's house, it was already half past ten in the morning.

In full swing, the matchmaker took the groom official and two escorts to salute all the elders, including the bride's parents.

At this time, those elders will politely dodge, which depends on the ability of the two escorts, or drag or pull or grab, anyway, it is a bit "unscrupulous".

At noon, this meal sent a family wine, and more than 20 tables were set up.

The white hand is responsible for distributing cigarettes, regardless of men and women, young and old, six packs per table, and the worst is the big front door with two corners and nine points.

There are many things to accompany the groom, and you have to accompany the groom to toast at each table and three cups of old wine at each table.

The groom can't drink more, and the amount of alcohol in his white hands is not high, but fortunately, the other escort Lang Dachuan is Tong Guojun's old comrade-in-arms, not only is he tall and big, but also has a large amount of alcohol.

After the toast, Tong Guojun and Bai Shou didn't drink much, and most of them were wrapped by Dachuan.

White-handed admiration, this guy Okawa, after drinking so much wine, is as if he is fine.

There is another difficulty in the greeting procession, folding quilts.

The quilts for the bride are colorful and colorful, and there are more than a dozen large and small quilts.

It is not an easy task for the groom's friends to fold a dozen quilts and six pairs of pillows and tie them up neatly and beautifully.

In the process of folding the quilt, the woman will not help, but will only point fingers, or pick thorns, or coax.

The woman will also send someone to stuff the quilt with boiled and dyed eggs, at least thirty-six, the more the better.

The quilt is folded and tied firmly, and the woman has to send someone to try to carry it, and if it falls apart or the egg falls, the groom will give out cigarettes.

This live white hand will not be at all, just watch the excitement from the side.

After failing to pass three times, he took out three cigarettes from his big travel bag with his white hand and a bunch of good words to barely get through.

It wasn't until two o'clock in the afternoon that the woman was willing to let go.

The two motor boats returned fully loaded.

In addition to the wedding team, there are also people who send off the woman.

The bride and her eleven female companions, among whom are the bride's sisters and sisters, and the others are the bride's girlfriends.

There is also the bride's father and two younger brothers.

The bride's brother-in-law, who is responsible for delivering happy eggs, carries a load of at least 300 red eggs, and is also a member of the family.

The two motorized boats docked five miles away from Baicun, and in addition to the dowry and happy eggs, the people who greeted and sent off their relatives all went ashore and walked.

The matchmaker led the way, the trumpet and drum corps blew vigorously, and the greeting team marched on foot.

Welcoming the bride to the house, there is also a series of ceremonies about the bride.

This ritual is called 'Nian Fu Xiang'.

The overall ritual is: invite the bridegroom, worship heaven and earth, worship the dragon king, worship the family hall, and worship the ancestors.

Then the bridegroom and the bridegroom are in place, handing over a glass of wine, bowing to each other, worshipping their parents and elders, worshipping the matchmaker, worshipping the chef, worshipping the cook, worshipping the neighbors, and worshipping the four relatives and six relatives.

Then it is to send the dragon king and send the newcomer into the cave room.

Next is the banquet for all the guests attending the wedding.

The banquet on the wedding day was the largest in the entire wedding, because there were two more tables for the woman.

The banquet begins at 5 p.m. and ends at 7 p.m.

The guests did not disperse, but became more and more lively.

Because there's another big event coming up.

Send the cave room. The groom's grandparents spoke, and the link of sending the cave house cannot be saved, and it must be an old-fashioned delivery of the cave room.

Sending the cave room is also a haunting cave room, and the cave room scripture must be sung.

Wenlin Cave Fangjing is almost a unique folk culture and art in the Han nation.

The Dongfang Sutra is a unique cultural phenomenon of weddings in the Wenhuang Plain, and its content includes songs and couplets sung during the wedding process.

Nian Fu Xiang can invite other guests to preside, but it is the task of the groom's friend to send the cave room, and it is naturally their business to drink the cave room scripture.

Tong Guojun has quite a lot of friends, and there are sixteen of them who come to eat and drink, plus white hands.

As soon as they heard that they were going to recite the Dongfang Sutra, everyone immediately panicked, because no one knew how to recite it.

A few years ago, sending the cave house and reciting the cave house scriptures were all forbidden things, and this generation of people in their twenties happened to grow up in that environment.

They were muttering and discussing, trying to find someone who knew how to send a cave house and recite the cave house scriptures.

The white hand is still an old habit, after eating, he retired from the table, squatted next to him, and watched the excitement while smoking.

The second brother Bai Dang gathered in the hall and shouted nonsense.

"Brother Guojun, my eldest brother can sing the Dongfang Sutra, he can do anything."

Tong Guojun didn't believe it, because the white hand had never eaten wedding wine before, and besides, when people got married before, there was rarely a link of sending the cave room to sing the cave room scripture.

"When, your eldest brother can really sing?"

"If you don't believe it, ask yourself, he really can sing, and he sings very well."

Without waiting for Tong Guojun to get up, his friend Da Chuan walked to the door of the hall and dragged the white hand that was squatting there over.

Dachuan said: "Xiaobai, your second brother Bai Dang said, you can sing the Cave Room Sutra, you can show us a hand." ”

White-handed smiled modestly, "How can I sing the Cave Room Sutra." When I was a child, I listened to my grandfather singing, and I learned a few words randomly. ”

Tong Guojun asked, "Hand, do you really know how to sing?" ”

White Hand nodded.

"Xiaobai, you're not kidding?" Okawa asked.

"I guess it's better than you." Whitehand smiled.

Tong Guojun's grandfather, Tong Dahong, walked over on crutches, "Hand, you sing a paragraph for me to listen to." ”

"Grandpa, which passage do you always want to hear?"

"Little Eight Immortals."

He cleared his throat with his white hands, took a breath, and then sang the "Little Eight Immortals" in the Dongfang Sutra unhurriedly.

"Spring, summer, autumn and winter have four seasons, and the peach and willow green compete for glory. The door is open on both sides, and the husband and wife are in harmony for thousands of years. Today, the eight immortals came, and the Queen Mother beckoned. Where are the immortals going, congratulations on the newlyweds. The cave room is full of candles and pottery, and the eight cave immortals are here. Zhongli Lao Zu has a high Dao method, and Tie Guan Li Lao Zu is happy. Chunyang carries the Qingfeng sword on his shoulder, and Xiangzi Yuntou blows the jade flute. Lan Caihe put up the longevity wine, and He Xiangu held the flower basket and swayed. Before the eight immortals came to the gate, the flowers and candles in the cave room were sent in. ”