When a woman gets married, the dowry is a very important component.
The standard for girls in Jia Fu to marry is generally 10,000 taels. Wang Xifeng and Ping'er once explicitly said this criterion when talking about this matter: "The second girl is from the side of the eldest master, and it does not count; there are three or four left, and each person spends ten thousand silver..."
As a woman's private wealth after marriage, the dowry is naturally the more the better.
Wang Xifeng talked to Jia Lian about the dowry with full confidence: "Take a closer look at the dowry of my wife and mine, compared to yours, that is not worthy of you." ”
When Jia Tanchun got married, Jia Fu had already fallen, and as an emissary of distant marriage and relatives, he would not bring silver when he married. (Note: In the 5th episode of "Dream of the Red Chamber", Jia Tanchun's judgment painting: two people flying kites, a sea, a large boat, and a woman in the boat covered her face and wept; Jia Tanchun's sentence: Only from shrewdness and self-elevation, born in the end of the world. Qingming sent the river to look, a thousand miles of east wind a dream. ”）
So, what kind of dowry will Jia Tanchun bring when he gets married?
01
The first dowry: a gold and jade ring.
On Jia Mu's eightieth birthday, everyone came to the scene, and the princesses of Nan'an, the princesses of Northern Jing, and several princes of the world also came to the scene. While listening to the play, Princess Nan'an proposed to see the Jia family girl. When Jia Mu asked Wang Xifeng to bring out Shi Xiangyun, Xue Baochao's sisters, and Lin Daiyu, "just ask your three sisters to accompany them." (Dream of the Red Chamber, 71st)
After seeing the crowd, Princess Nan'an asked people to take out "five gold and jade rings each, and five strings of incense beads on the wrist" and give each person a copy as a greeting gift.
The gold and jade ring is not a precious thing, and the princess of Nan'an gave it to five people in public, which can be known to be only a status symbol.
Jia Tangchun married far away, the purpose is to make peace. Xue Baoqin's seven of the ten huaigu poems, "Qingzuka Huaigu", which says that "the black water is not flowing, and the ice strings are plucked in the song"; the third "Ming Concubine" of Lin Daiyu's "Five Beautiful Yin", which says that "the absolutely beautiful and amazing out of the Han Palace, the red face and the fate of the ancient and modern are the same." "All hinted that Jia Tanchunyuan married overseas as a princess."
Jia Tanchun is the daughter of Shu Chu, and she must show her identity to the outside world, and the gold and jade ring can be done with falsehood. Therefore, the first dowry that Jia Tanchun took away was a ring.
02
The second dowry: the golden phoenix.
The golden phoenix is the standard for Jia Fu's daughters before they are married, and they must be worn when there are major celebrations and important festivals, which Jia Tanchun's Yahuan embroidered orange once clearly said.
Jia Mu caught the gamble and found out that Jia Yingchun's wet nurse was a gambler, and Jia Mu severely punished her equally. Lady Xing's face was dull, and she went to Jia Yingchun's room to reprimand. After leaving, Jia Yingchun's Yahuan embroidered orange took the opportunity to say that the wet nurse would exchange the pearls for gold phoenixes for gambling, and suggested that he ask him back: "... I'm afraid I'm going to wear it on August 15th. The girl should ask the grandmother, but her face is soft and afraid of annoyance. Now that I am afraid of nothingness, when Ming'er wants to wear them all, we don't wear them alone, what does it mean? ”
Jia Yingchun was reluctant to beg, and her grandmother and daughter-in-law bullied Jia Yingchun for being weak, and when the Yahuan questioned the matter, they resolutely refused to return it. After Jia Tanchun learned of this, while inquiring, he sent someone to find Ping'er and recover the golden phoenix.
Jia Tanchun attaches so much importance to the golden phoenix, as a symbol of the wealth and dignity of the daughter of the Jia family, she will definitely take it with her as a dowry when she gets married.
03
The third dowry: pen and ink.
The four girls of the Jia family have their own talents, according to the piano and chess calligraphy and painting, Jia Yuanchun is good at playing the piano, Jia Yingchun is good at playing chess, Jia Tanchun is good at pen and ink, and Jia Xichun is good at painting. Therefore, among the four girls, Jia Tanchun is a person who likes pen and ink.
Jia Tanchun has two ya rings, one is called Toshu and the other is called Cuimo. The "book" to be booked is the book of calligraphy, "to be booked" also means "will write an amazing chapter of history", and Cui Mo is a high-grade fresh ink.
When Grandma Liu entered the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Mu took her to visit the Grand View Garden, entered Jia Tanchun's room, and saw the following situation:
The three rooms are not separated, but open up the hall, very spacious and spacious, there are local pear marble cases, various celebrity legal posts on the case, dozens of square brick platforms, and the brushes in various color pen holders are like trees. On the wall hangs a painting of Mi Fu, a couplet written by Yan Zhenqing. These furnishings not only show Jia Tanchun's character, but also reveal that she is a calligrapher. (Dream of the Red Chamber, 40th)
Marrying away from home, Jia Tanchun will not give up personal cultivation, let alone give up spiritual pursuits, so he will definitely take away the pen and ink as a dowry.
04
The Fourth Dowry: A New Book.
Books are a kind of wealth, but also a kind of sustenance, and they can become a dowry.
After Lin Ruhai's death, Lin Daiyu entered the Rongguo Mansion and brought paper and pencil to Xue Baochao, Jia Baoyu, Jia Tanchun and others, and placed the books in the books herself; Xue Baochao did not approve of girls reading, and the garden was like snow, although it was simple, but there were still two books on the table.
That night, when Jia Yuanchun left Jia Province, he gave gifts to everyone, and Jia Tanchun's gifts were the same as those of Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochao, the original text is as follows:
Baochao, Daiyu sisters, etc., each with a new book, a treasure yan side, a new format of gold and silver hammer two pairs. (Dream of the Red Chamber, 18th)
The new books are royal supplies, but also gifts given by the sister, Jia Tangchun will definitely take away the new books that Jia Yuanchun rewarded.
05
The Fifth Dowry: A Book of Poems.
As the eldest sister, Jia Yuanchun is well aware of the sister's talents. During the Lantern Festival, she asked each person to do the poem inscription, everyone wrote a poem manuscript, and gave Jia Baoyu a "stage", let him make four poems alone, and publicly praised Lin Daiyu's "apricot curtain" as the crown of the four songs, so she changed "Huange Mountain Villa" to "Daoxiang Village". Subsequently, he ordered TanChun to transcribe a dozen poems from Fang Cai in another brocade note, so that the eunuch could pass them on to the outer chamber.
After Jia Yuanchun returned to the palace, he also ordered all the inscriptions on the day of the province's relatives in Jia Province, ordered Tanchun to copy and compromise, compiled his own advantages and disadvantages, and ordered the Stones in the Grand View Garden to be elegant for the ages.
Jia Tanchun copied the poems and compiled them by Jia Yuanchun, and returned them to Jia Fu to be inscribed in the Grand View Garden according to the poems, and after the completion of this project, Jia Tanchun will definitely leave a collection of provincial pro-poetry.
This collection of poems has both Jia Yuanchun's painstaking efforts and his own handwriting, and it is also a testimony to the prosperity of Jia Fu's "flowers with brocade, fire cooking oil", Jia Tanchun will definitely take it away when he gets married.
06
The daughters of Jia Fu, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochao, Shi Xiangyun, everyone has lived their own appearance, especially Jia Tanchun, she is as delicate and beautiful as a rose, as full of vitality as a round of sunrise, although other women have their own style, but only she is the true hero in the fat powder team and the big husband among women.
Jia Tanchun married for the country and the family, the gold and jade ring represents the identity of going out and kissing, highlighting the mission of marriage; the golden phoenix represents the imprint of the Jia family, indicating that she is the daughter of the Jia family. There is no difference in the essence of pens, books and poetry collections, they are all cultural supplies, representing Jia Tanchun's inner cultivation and spiritual pursuit.
After the long marriage, in the face of the unfamiliar environment and the helpless married life, the golden jade ring and the golden phoenix can make Jia Tanchun feel the existence of the dynasty; pens, books and poetry collections can enrich her inner world and live out her spiritual style.
Therefore, Jia Tanchun will definitely take away 5 dowries when he marries.
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