Nowadays, more and more Chinese guys want to find a beautiful and generous Russian girl as their company, but do you understand Russian marriage customs? The marriage custom in Russia is also gradually formed in the long historical process. Among them, there are factors of geographical and natural environment, but more of them are related to their religious beliefs. Of course, marriage customs all over the world have their points in common, and the Russian people also have more complicated and complicated processes like China. From the beginning of matchmaking to blind date, engagement and wedding are all indispensable steps. If you want to marry a Russian girl, you must read this article carefully!
Russian oil painting "сватовство" (media speaking)
Traditional Russian national marriage customs all started with media speaking. Most of the matchmakers are professional matchmakers. Of course, it can also be the man’s uncle Jiujiu and their wives. Of course, it can also be his father or the church’s godfather and godmother. According to the custom, you must be the matchmaker on the "Auspicious Day". Russians like odd numbers, so they choose a single day such as 13559. However, you can never choose "13" because they all believe in the Orthodox Church and 13 are in foreign countries. It is an unlucky number. The man usually entrusts the matchmaker to go to the woman’s house to ask for a marriage, and outsiders are not present, so the marriage is usually done at night. When the matchmaker arrives at the woman’s house, he must first knock on the door frame with his hand or arm, and then knock on the door. After entering the woman’s house, she must begin to draw a cross on the icon before she can speak. The woman’s parents have to interview the matchmaker alone, and the woman must not be present. Of course, when the matchmaker opens her mouth, she will say “I’m not here to eat or drink. I’m here to report the good news! I’m here as a matchmaker!”, "You have a good girl, we There is a good guy, it's a match made in heaven! "Such words. If the woman’s parents agree to this marriage, she and the matchmaker must walk around the table three times at the same time, and then cross the icon. Finally, the two parties negotiate the date for the boy and the girl to have a blind date. Russians like the number 7, so they usually arrange it within 7 days.
Russian oil painting "смотрины" (blind date)
Russian blind dates usually involve the male partner actively meeting the female partner.On the day of the blind date, the matchmaker led the man and his parents to the woman's house to meet with the girl and her parents. After the man and woman meet, the man and his parents will go to the corridors and porches to discuss. At this time, the girl’s mother would bring a cup of honey water to the young man. If the young man drank it, it means that he liked the girl. The marriage is half done, but if the young man only touches the cup with his lips, At the same time, handing the cup back, it means that this young man just doesn't match the girl. As usual, after the meeting, the two parties exchanged greetings, prayed, and walked around the table three times together before they could sit down and have tea while discussing the dowry. Russian bridesmaids generally include but are not limited to jewelry, clothing, furniture, daily necessities, etc. In the countryside, they may also include farming livestock such as cattle and horses. The Russian stove is a symbol of prosperity in Russian families. Therefore, there is still the habit of "watching the stove" when men and women are married.
Russian Marriage Registry Pay attention to the ring logo on the roof
Engagement is popular in Western countries, and Russia is no exception. Russians also attach great importance to the ceremony of engagement, which is a sacred and serious ceremony. In the city, both men and women go to the marriage registry to sign the engagement documents, legally confirm the engagement relationship between the two parties and determine the date of marriage. After enthroning, a party will be held at the woman's home to celebrate the engagement. There should be a bunch of budding roses on the dining table of the woman's family, which symbolizes the prosperity and happiness of both parties in the future. At the same time, hot Russian tea is also displayed, expressing the vitality of future life. It is essential to invite relatives and friends to join the engagement banquet. The dishes for the engagement banquet are usually cooked by the fiancée to show that he has a good tradition of doing housework in the kitchen. In the countryside, the woman’s parents usually warn of the celebration at the door of the house. The young man’s parents presented bread and salt to the girl’s parents, which is the etiquette of Russia to welcome the most important guests. The woman’s parents took the bread with both hands and kissed it to express their sincere acceptance and thanks. Then the fiancée walked up the steps to salute everyone and announced to everyone that she was engaged. At this moment, relatives and friends high-five to celebrate. In the evening, young people gather together to do various games, singing and dancing. Under normal circumstances, girls no longer participate in labor activities after getting engaged. He began to prepare wedding clothes for himself. The better the sewing, the happier he will be in the future.Waiting for the wedding day.
Farewell to give a ribbon to his girlfriend
Farewell is a special ceremony in Russian wedding customs. Girls must hold a farewell ceremony to Girls’ Generation before they get married. Generally, brides hold farewell parties in their own homes. The girl will invite her childhood girlfriends and best friends, sing folk songs with them, and then bathe and bid farewell to the family god. After bathing, give the ribbons worn on her head to her girlfriends to show her official farewell to Girls’ Generation.
Russian church wedding
The most lively and ethnic scene in Russian wedding customs is the wedding. Weddings are divided into traditional and new styles. Traditional weddings are held in churches. They are simple and solemn, and there are countless benefits throughout. On the wedding day, the bride has to take a bath with her girlfriend (equivalent to a Chinese bridesmaid). While the girlfriends dress up the bride with wreaths and braids, they sing farewell songs together and wait for the groom's arrival. At this time, the groom must be accompanied by the best man, relatives, friends, matchmaker and host to pick up the bride. The traditional bridegroom greets the bride in a large carriage in summer and a three-horse sleigh in winter. The body is decorated with ribbons, flowers and garlands, and bells are also hung. Sina's boyfriends (equivalent to the Chinese best man) played the accordion and the guitar along the way, singing and laughing, and headed towards the bride's house under cheerful music and bells. According to the custom, the bride’s family must set up some obstacles on the scheduled Yingqin road, such as the other side’s long wooden pole. Whenever the welcoming team encounters an obstacle, the best man in the car will redeem these poles with wine or various small gifts to buy a way. This is similar to the custom of Chinese grooms racing red envelopes to bridesmaids through the crack of the door! When arriving at the bride’s door, there is also an activity to redeem the groom’s seat, similar to domestic car money? After the two newlyweds sit down, the parents of both parties should bless the newlyweds, and then prepare to go to the church for a formal wedding. Before the wedding convoy to the church, the bride and family members should start crying and howling as usual, symbolizing that the girl has left her natal family Similar to the crying marriage of the Tujia nationality in my country?), this is also the turning point of the whole wedding. Because according to the custom, the bride can only cry when she leaves her natal home to go to the church for the wedding, and then she can no longer cry in grief.And there can only be laughter. A wedding in a church is both grand and delicate. A church choir should be hired to sing hymns for newlyweds. If a wedding is held in the spring and autumn season, wealthy grooms must also step into the palace with flowers. When the bridegroom took the bride to the prayer stage, the priest began to read prayers, sang hymns, and drank three times light wine to bless the newlyweds, and then put the wedding crown on their heads. In the end, the priest took their hands, and the child's hand held a candle to lead the way, and walked around the platform. When the bride and groom exchange their wedding rings, the wedding is over. After coming out of the church, the bridegroom will drive back to the bridegroom's house together like this. At this time, Sina's parents held bread and salt at the door of their home to greet the newlyweds who had returned from the church and bless them. According to the custom, the new couple kiss their parents three times to show respect. Then the wedding banquet was held. The traditional wedding banquet has a gap at the bottom of the rectangle, and the newlyweds sit in the center. If the bride has an elder brother, he will first toast the newlyweds. At this moment, Xi Niang wears a square scarf on her head and generally does not participate in everyone's entertainment activities. At the banquet, guests will shout "Bitter! Bitter!" This is not a shame, but a special language for guests to kiss newlyweds! Before marriage, for the girl, the painful life started at the time of marriage, but now shouting "Bitter!" is an irony (it seems that many customs in China and Russia are similar!), and hope that the couple will be happy and sweet after marriage. At this time, the newlyweds frequently kissed KISS in the shouts of the guests. When the wedding banquet began to bring up various sweets or honey biscuits, the guests got up and danced. Misunderstandings at the wedding banquet all end in the middle of the night, and some even skip to the next day.
Newlyweds go to a long open flame (вечный огонь)
Contemporary Russian weddings have undergone great changes. Many tedious ceremonies have ceased to exist, and a lot of new content has been added. The newlyweds will buy a large bouquet of flowers on their wedding day, put on their wedding gowns, and ride in the car. In big cities, you will encounter wedding floats every holiday. Motorcycle teams are often escorted by some rural trucks. When holding a wedding, the bridesmaids and bridesmaids also wear dresses. The bridesmaids should also wear colorful floor-length skirts and follow the bride in white wedding dress holding flowers. Weddings in big cities are mostly held in wedding halls or churches. At the beginning of the wedding, the newlyweds should walk arm in arm under the guidance of the host.The parents of both parties, the best man, bridesmaid, and the guests of the witnesses followed closely, walking along the red carpet to the hall, and held a grand registration ceremony. The enthronement ceremony includes answering the host’s questions, confession of willingness to marry, and signing the marriage certificate. The host officially announces that the man and woman are married, and then exchanges rings, signs the marriage certificate and congratulatory letter, and goes around the venue to accept everyone’s blessings The guests hug and kiss. More meaningfully, some couples even went back to the long open fire (a place to commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives in World War II) and laid flowers to express their gratitude to the loss of their lives for the peaceful life of today. A grand wedding banquet will be held on the wedding night!
Love knows no borders. The marriage customs of China and Russia are similar, languages and cultures are different, but the true meaning of love is the same. Whether poor or rich, health or disease, will you never leave it?
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