Folk custom of making four sentences in Chaoshan

In the old wedding custom in Chaoshan, when a woman gets married, she must be accompanied by a middle-aged or elderly woman who knows all kinds of wedding etiquette, commonly known as "maid of honor" or "green mother-in-law".

The role of bridesmaid is not easy. She must be healthy, quick-thinking, versatile, good at rhetoric and able to write "four sentences" (four-sentence dialect poems each). Bridesmaids should be guided from the bride's sedan chair, leaving her family, going to her husband's house, crossing the fire and smoke, worshiping the world, worshiping the bride, entering the bridal chamber, arranging bedding, putting pillows and drinking a glass of wine. So that the bride won't make a fool of herself in complicated etiquette.