Nuer Hung
There is a unusual custom in Tainan, no matter boyhood and girls while they sixteen years old, parents can lead the child to offer sacrifices to Qi niang ma, and pass through the credence、Qi niang ma pavilion, it means 「When you sixteen years old that you are grown-up」.Pass through sixteen years incubate child in order to their daughter develop from a child into an adult and get married that moment, declare happy news to all flesh and blood、friends, than invite them to drink “Nuer Hung Chiew ”, they congratulate the newly wed happiness and early procreation a good fortune child.
And Taiwan aborigines from the Ming Dynasty to in the early Republic of China this section of period, almost come from China that include Chekiang、Fujian、Guangdong, also introduces this folk ceremonial to Taiwan (including marriage ceremonial).But history and environment flux by time that Taiwan administers the tobacco and liquor monopoly system. Strictly forbid folk go to brew alcohol secretly, cause culture of liquor flow away, Puli Brewery for the sake of retrieve culture of the folk a wedding banquet and acceded history fragrant liquor, especially fine selects and elects, has fermented in sixteen years Puli good wine, in 1995 made and promoted “cellaring sixteen years - Nuer Hung” that start to say….
「When give birth to a daughter need to make a new wine, used terra to seal in cellar, get married in twenty-eight age, the bride face is red like drunk.」
The honest wedding is welcome the bride come to the groom's family, after holds the official knot for husband and wife ceremony, there are five stages that may divide into Bai Tang、Wo Guan、Dui Xi、Jiao Bei Chiew、He Jin.
「Bai Tang」is a religious rites that man and woman offer sacrifices to gods or ancestors together in a wedding.
「Wo Guan」is husband and wife bathe the clean body all fouls and misfortunes cleaning, it symbolizes a new start.
「Dui Xi」is newlywed mutual inclination of the head after into a bridal chamber, they sit the sides of the bed, face each other.
「Jiao Bei Chiew」is newlywed eat and drink together that symbolize husband and wife life in unison.
Nuer Hung gifts supplied two chalices that use to drink Jiao Bei Chiew.
「He Jin」is bridegroom uses a Zhuqin (like a bamboo) to lift bride the tassel (have a scarf cover her head), after male and female both sides official knot for husband and wife.
Nuer Hung wedding suggest： use a red scarf cover her head that symbolize lift the tassel、drink Jiao Bei Chiew, the wedding procedure is completed.
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