Ancient wedding ceremonies: red men and green women, there are many ceremonies

Source: Yuncheng News Network

On the night of the candle in the cave room and the inscription of the gold list, the wedding has always been a great joy in life. As the most glorious Tang Dynasty in ancient China, the grand sense of ceremony and full of literary and artistic models of Tang Dynasty weddings make now new people yearn for it.

According to the Tang Dynasty's Fengshi Wenzhi Records, "In modern marriages, there are obstacles, concubines, fans, and flower candles, as well as the ceremony of going down to the ground, settling accounts, and worshiping the church." From the royal family to the scholars, everything is the same. In fact, the rich content and procedures of the Tang Dynasty weddings are far more than what the sealed performances say.

In ancient times, the groom married the bride into the house, and the wedding ceremony officially began in the husband's house. The groom wears a crimson wedding dress and the bride wears a turquoise wedding dress, from which the term "red man and green woman" is derived. Tang Dynasty weddings were held at dusk, "marriage is at night, thinking of each other also". The word "marriage" is derived from "dusk", which means dusk.

After the bride arrives at her husband's house, she steps off the wedding car, her feet must not touch the ground, otherwise she will collide with the ghost god, and she needs to "turn the mat" and step on the prepared blanket felt mat to enter the house. Due to the length of the road and the short seats, it is necessary to move the felt mats stepped on behind to the front, all the way to the Qinglu where the ceremony is held, that is, the hundred sub-tents, so it is called "transfer seats". Bai Juyi's poem "Qingyi Passing Felt Mattress, Splendid Embroidery A Slant", which refers to this.

The newlyweds walked into the Qinglu, worshipped each other, and performed the ritual of worship.

According to the Tokyo Dream, the newcomer "prays to the end, takes the bed, the woman sits to the left, the man sits to the right, and the woman throws the colored fruit with money", which is called "throwing the tent". Subsequently, the husband and wife eat a piece of meat and drink the same wine, which is for the purpose of "the same prison and the same", which means that the husband and wife are one and love each other. The newcomers also have to cut off a strand of hair each, and tie it together to "tie the bun" to show that they are old with one heart. The female poet Chao Cai mentioned above once had a poetry cloud, "Nong cuts the cloud beard, and Lang also divides the hair." Look for nowhere, and make concentric knots."

After the bun is closed together, the bride begins to "remove the flowers", that is, remove the makeup, remove the flowers, and then cover the face with a fan. The groom also has to chant poetry in order to get the bride to remove the fan, in order to "fan". Li Shangyin has "Dai Dong Xiucai but Fan", "Mo fanned the painting out of the curtain to cover up the Spring Mountain. If the reunion of the Tao is like a bright moon, it is necessary to put osmanthus flowers in this place"; Lu Chang also composed a fan poem for the horse, "The treasure fan is held to enter the Forbidden Palace, and the incense wind is moved under the flowers of the Bon Sect." The clouds must fall one by one, and must not stay overnight in the middle of the moon." There is also a poem in the Dunhuang manuscript, "Youth is new tonight, and a flower blooms when the leaves are red." From the perspective of people, He Laoyu fan is more to cover", which is popular and bright to read.

After chanting the "but fan poem", the groom can relax a little, and the relatives and friends attending the wedding begin to target the bride, which is the "flower viewing candle", that is, the cave room. Until the red candle is halfway through, the night is already deep, and the new person has to sleep peacefully.

"The cave house stopped the red candle last night, waiting for the uncle to visit the aunt in front of the Xiaotang", the next day the bride had to get up early and ask her in-laws to be safe, and on the third day, the bride had to make a meal for her in-laws. Wang Jian's "New Bride's Words" Yun, "Three days into the kitchen, wash your hands to make soup." If you are not familiar with the nature of the girl's food, send the little sister to taste it first."

A bowl of fireworks, a steaming married life began. (China Youth Daily)