“A Thanh Hoa man married into Thai Binh (now Hung Yen) after 2 years still not used to the 7am wedding ceremony custom” – a video with a short description posted on social media recently attracted hundreds of thousands of interactions.

Below the post, many netizens expressed surprise and delight at the custom of eating wedding feasts early in the morning.

Some people revealed that this unique cultural feature also appears in many areas in the North such as: Kim Son Commune, Ninh Binh Province; Quynh Phu Commune, Hung Yen Province (Quynh Phu District, former Thai Binh Province);...

Sharing with reporters, Nguyen Thuy (born in 1999, in Quynh Phu commune) said that the above video was recorded by her at a wedding at her neighbor's house. Thuy's family's yard was used as a place to set up a tent and have a feast.

Thuy's husband - Le Thanh (from Sam Son, Thanh Hoa) has attended many weddings in his wife's hometown but is still not used to eating a feast early in the morning. Thuy said that she and her husband got married more than 2 years ago and currently live and work in Hanoi.

“I was born and raised here but I’m still not used to it. Maybe it’s because I’ve lived in Hanoi for so long and often stay up late,” Thuy added.

However, 9X still feels excited and proud of the unique customs in his hometown, reflecting the cultural identity and rich life of the local people.

The young girl was also happy to be able to wake up early and help everyone prepare the food. This is a way to show the connection between generations, the close affection between neighbors, a beautiful feature in spiritual life that needs to be maintained and promoted.

“In my hometown, people usually cook for themselves, so they prepare the ingredients the afternoon or evening before. Around 3-4am the next day, the men in the neighborhood or family will gather to cook the feast. Women mainly help or cook simple dishes...

At around 6 o'clock, the young men will set up tables and chairs, arrange the food on trays,...", she added.

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The Central region groom has many times experienced eating an early wedding feast in his wife's hometown.

Thuy said that the customs in her hometown do not represent the general feasting culture in the North. Right in the province, depending on each family and the culture of each region, people will arrange to have a wedding feast at noon (10-11am), or maybe earlier or later.

In her opinion, the reason why local people still maintain the custom of eating early in the morning is partly due to their farming habits in the past. People eat early to get back to work in the fields or go to the fields to plant rice at dawn and then come back to eat.

“Eating early means that people who go to work or children who go to school can still be on time. People also don’t lose a day or a session or have other work affected,” she said.

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Cat meat is a dish that often appears on the feast tray in Thai Binh (now Hung Yen).

Not only was Thuy surprised by the custom of eating early in the morning, her husband also did not dare to try a familiar dish on the table in his wife's hometown. That was cat meat.

According to Thuy, cat meat is one of the rustic delicacies that often appears on the trays of offerings at weddings and death anniversaries in some localities of Hung Yen (formerly Thai Binh province) such as Quynh Phu commune, Kien Xuong commune, Thai Thuy commune...

Depending on each family, people can prepare stir-fried cat meat with pennywort or stir-fried cat meat, adding pennywort sprinkled on top.

“Although we have eaten at parties in my wife’s hometown many times, my husband still hasn’t dared to try cat meat. At my wedding a few years ago, my family replaced cat meat with another dish on the wedding feast that the bride’s family invited the groom’s family to when they came to pick up the bride,” Thuy said.

The 26-year-old woman shared that each locality will have different customs and culinary culture. She respects those differences and sympathizes and understands her husband when he has not yet adapted to some habits and customs in the life of his wife's hometown.

Photo, video: Thuy Nguyen/Em Trung 2 dimples

The elder sister got married, the younger brother got married on the same day, the wedding had many interesting things. Parents in Dong Thap welcomed their daughter-in-law and married their daughter on the same day, everything was cleverly arranged for the wedding to take place completely.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/re-mien-trung-ngo-ngang-canh-an-co-luc-7h-o-mien-bac-ngai-thu-1-mon-trong-mam-2419848.html