Chapter 949: The Welcoming Procession Parades Around the Street

In the courtyard of Yiyoutai, Agni led a group of officials and villagers to hang lanterns, tie colored silk, paste red couplets in the courtyard, etc., and decorate the courtyard into a festive atmosphere. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Agni made Chen Pinyu order a reward banquet, and everyone had a simple dinner together in the other courtyard.

After dinner, everyone studied the itinerary of tomorrow's wedding and the arrangement of the impromptu program, as well as the candidates for the old man and the matchmaker, as for the best man and the bridesmaid there were no suitable acquaintances, and there were as many as seven brides, so they gave up the best man and the bridesmaids, and the flower girl was served by Cen Xiaotao, and the other people in various positions were also screened one by one, and they were discussed until three o'clock, and those cumbersome arrangements were basically finalized, until everyone felt that there was nothing missing, and they went back to rest with peace of mind.

Because the local wedding custom is to worship the church at night, the marriage is said to be a ceremony at dusk, so it is called marriage. The bride is not allowed to show up to meet strangers during the day, that is to say, she cannot go out on the day of marriage, she can only stay at the woman's house and wait for the man's house to come through the door to greet her relatives, and then the bride sedan chair to avoid seeing strangers and landing on her feet, these are very exquisite things.

So before dawn, Teng Xiaolan and other seven brides, under the leadership of Teng Xiaolan and his mother, got up early and rushed to the jewelry shop to wait. And Teng Xiaolan's father prepared things, and Hu Jiaming helped move them to the jewelry shop, and waited for dawn after everything was ready.

When the morning light entered the Youtai Courtyard, the three members of the Lie family began to be busy with the scene arrangement, Chen Pinqi brought a large group of officials to help with the villagers, for yesterday's layout was slightly modified, and there were some deficiencies to improve, the red carpet was spread from the front of the Lie's house to the gate of the courtyard, gathering everyone's thoughts and opinions to achieve perfection, and the entire courtyard was arranged with joy.

After finishing all this, seeing that it was almost time, Lie Yongqin and Yu Xiaomin immediately asked Agni Huo to prepare to set off to greet his relatives. As the groom, Agni Huo wore a red champion robe and a black gauze hat with palace flowers, and came to the gate of the courtyard in good spirits. And he was followed by Lie Yongqin and Yu Xiaomin, as well as Chen Pinqi and a large group of officials, and next to him were the invited matchmaker and seven sedan chairs, the person carrying the twelve dowry gifts and the wind band. As soon as the hour came, a cannon salute was fired, and a welcoming party of more than 50 people immediately set off.

The wind and the sun were beautiful, and the two officials, the wind band, and the firecracker were in front, followed by the matchmaker and the family members such as Agni, followed by the people with flags, gongs, umbrellas, and fans, and seven sedan chairs followed, and the people carrying twelve dowry gifts and a group of officials walked behind.

Tick Tick ...... The sound of the loudspeaker ringing all over the street, occasionally coupled with the sound of firecrackers, the mighty procession of welcoming relatives through the streets and alleys, along the street are hung with knots, happy lanterns, and red ribbons fluttering in the wind. Along the road, many neighbors onlookers, the most talked about in the crowd is the seven sedan chairs, they guess whether there are seven couples to tie the knot, or one person to ask for seven wives, but guess the latter is the majority.

The greeting team walked along the gate of West Street to the gate of East Street, crossed the opposite side of the road and turned back to the gate of North Street, and then turned back to the center of West Street.

A salute sounded, and Hu Jiaming, who was waiting at the door of the jewelry shop, immediately lit a salute in response, and there was a loud bang, indicating that the woman's family was all ready, and also said that the man's family was welcome.

The wind band continued to play on both sides of the door, seven sedan chairs stopped on the side of the road, the officials immediately took precautions, and stopped the crowd of onlookers, the firecrackers then set off firecrackers, and the matchmaker stepped forward to introduce the families of both sides, and said some words of blessing. Then Teng Xiaolan's father invited Agni and the other in-laws into the house, and Agni waved his hand to let the person with the twelve dowry gifts follow.

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The jewelry shop did not open today, but a vacant seat was set up at a round table, Teng Xiaolan and his father invited Lie Yongqin and Yu Xiaomin to sit first, followed by the matchmaker and Chen Pinqi, and finally Agni. Then Teng Xiaolan and his mother entered the inner hall, and Teng Xiaolan, the representative of the red hijab, came out and poured tea for everyone present, of course, this matter needs Teng Xiaolan's mother to help complete.

After pouring the tea, Teng Xiaolan and his mother helped Teng Xiaolan back to the inner hall. The two sides outside began to exchange gifts, and the matchmaker got up and stood next to him and recited auspicious words: "A hundred years of good harmony, a hundred years of old together, a match made in heaven, a hundred years of Qinse, a white head and an old man, a good couple of nature, forever married, forever in love, flowers bloom and stalk, such as drums and pianos, flowers are full of moon, heart to heart, wings and wings, talented and beautiful, love each other, happy marriage, love and affection, Yingfeng and Song, happy marriage, husband and wife harmony, early birth of noble sons, children and grandchildren." ”

At noon, the groom must stay at the woman's house for an hour, because the sun is full of yang at this time, and the bride should not go out, so she needs to wait until the end of the day to get on the sedan chair, which is to avoid some bad things to get into trouble, and the custom continues.

Gossip often waited until the end of the day, a salute sounded, everyone got up to welcome the bride on the sedan chair, because Teng Xiaolan's family had no brothers, the task of carrying the bride on the sedan chair was handed over to Liao Ju and the two disciples of the Baihua faction. They respectively put Teng Xiaolan and others on the back of the sedan chair, each bride is wearing a phoenix crown Xia Wei, the phoenix crown is decorated with silver or other texture of the phoenix model, Xia Wei is a red shawl, generally speaking, the bride wears red silk pants, embroidered shoes, shoes embroidered mandarin ducks, plum blossoms, lotus and other auspicious patterns, waist tassel streamers, under an embroidered color skirt, wearing a phoenix crown woven with pompoms, pearls, jade silk pendants and other decorations, and then the red cover on the phoenix crown, and then to the shoulder draped with a brocade embroidered with various auspicious patterns.

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It wasn't until the seven brides sat in the sedan chair that the sedan chair was fired again, and the brides in the sedan chair cried one after another. It is also a custom for the bride to cry, and it is rumored that the more the woman cries when she gets married, the more auspicious it is, which can bring prosperity to the man's family, and it also represents the daughter's reluctance to be a father. Teng Xiaolan's father and mother also cried silently, they were also reluctant to give up their daughter, but their daughter should always get married when she grows up.

The two officials and the wind band immediately set off to open the way, and the welcoming team officially returned to the man's house, Teng Xiaolan and his father and mother did not follow after sending a ride, but returned directly to the Yiyoutai Courtyard, and they could only wait until the evening to drink and feast together before they could meet.

On the way back to welcome the family, due to the increase in personnel, at the same time the seven brides are also on the sedan chair, the band and firecracker players work harder, blow and blow and set off firecrackers along the road, showing a festive scene, the seven sedan chairs that are hugged before and after are not magnificent, the flag gong umbrella fan is even more eye-catching, attracting many passers-by to watch and chase, and the lively atmosphere infects the whole Xiyu City.

The welcoming procession walked around every street in Xiyu City, and the team of more than 60 people, plus the chasing crowd, far exceeded more than 100 people, and paraded around the streets together. It was not until the time of the unit that they returned to the entrance of the courtyard of Yiyoutai, and the greeting procession stopped, and they waited for the auspicious time before they could carry the sedan chair in, that is, the dusk after the sun went down, and the time when it was not yet dark was regarded as the auspicious time.

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