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The light of the dragon tower is dawning, and the Lu Pavilion is open. ◢ With ◢ Dream ◢ Small ◢ Say Щщщшlā Bright sun heavy makeup shadow, low stars descend Wu Hui. The jade court is floating and rui, and the silver list is auspicious. The clouds turn to the flowers, and the leaves are embellished. Diao Xuan returned to Cui Mo, and the treasure returned to the Dan Palace. Mingzhu Pei Xiaoyi, the carving wheel opens the fan. Huaguan is a feast, and Lan Yan is feasted. Ring level Feng Le Chen, tortoise Xi Zhen shame recommended. The butterfly dance sleeves are fragrant, and the song is separated from the dust. Huan Ning Huanyi, celebrating Ye Qing's first marriage. The smell of summer heat, cool morning blowing is frequent. Fang period ** Tai, enjoy the spring of ten thousand years. - "The Prince's Concubine and Princess Taiping's Surrender" Tang Gaozong Li Zhi.

The peach is dying, scorching its glory. The son is home, and it is appropriate for him to live in his room. The peach is dying, and there is a fact. The son is home, and his family room is appropriate. The peach is dying, and its leaves are blooming. The son is home, and it is suitable for his family. - "The Book of Songs, Zhou Nan, Taoyao"

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There are Zhou rites in China, and there are also Zhou rites on the Tiancheng Continent, and they are similar to the Zhou rites in China.

The Chinese Zhou wedding, inherited from ancient times to ****, integrated in the Western Zhou Dynasty when Lile opened the country, carried forward in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the gentlemanly style, and stabilized when the Chinese ethnic groups finally formed the Han nation, it has always been the blueprint for Chinese weddings for 3,000 years, and finally became a brilliant cloud.

At that time, weddings were still called dusk prayers. Moreover, at that time, there was no extravagant dowry, no extravagant pomp, and no noisy feast. The emphasis is on the righteousness of the husband and wife and the grace of the knot, and I don't think it is a noisy and noisy thing.

At that time, the ceremony was simple and clean, and there were no complicated things such as wedding banquets, hijabs, and haunted cave rooms in later generations. The next day, she visited her aunt and three months later, she visited the family temple, and from then on, the bride officially integrated into her husband's family.

At that time, the faint dress was not a big red piece that people misunderstand now, but a dignified black dress (玄色, the color of red in black. According to the Five Elements Thought, it is the most sacred color that symbolizes the heavens).

Moreover, the house of the married woman did not extinguish the candle for three days, and in the light of the fire, she missed her distant daughter, and the husband's family did not have fun for three days. Comforting the bride who misses her parents......

Although the whole ceremony was quiet and serene, there was a shocking power in the quiet and delicate ceremony.

The quiet and graceful ritual that began in the dusk reflected a long-lost atmosphere of civilization - it was a pure, beautiful and great Han civilization, which pointed directly to the hearts of the people.

Later, the "Evening Prayer" gradually became the "Wedding", and the time for the "Evening Prayer" was held. Gradually, too, things have changed.

It is not known when the Chinese wedding was slowly placed in the daytime, perhaps because of the war after the Han Dynasty, the night was unsafe, or because it was infected with Hu customs, and the later wedding pomp gradually became larger and longer, and it was gradually placed in the morning, so that the celebratory ceremony often lasted one day.

Different from the weddings of later generations, from the first Qin to the two Han Dynasty, the female father greeted her son-in-law outside the door. Etiquette is very heavy, let alone making things difficult for son-in-law. Tang's "Feng's Wenjianlu" 6 volumes of Wuyun: "Modern marriages have obstacles, sons-in-law, fans and candles. ”

Ever since the dawn ceremony had a congratulatory guest and a wedding feast, the secular and celebratory atmosphere of the wedding has gradually expanded.

The celebratory atmosphere of the wedding is the norm of the people, and it also comes from the customs around China. Hu custom weddings are more festive, and many miscellaneous customs of later weddings, such as the haunted cave house, are Khitan wedding customs, and the cross-brazier is from the Manchus.

Originally, according to the Zhou ceremony, the wedding was without a hijab, but later the red hijab became a symbol of secular weddings.

Weddings in the rites of honor are not fun. There is no banquet for the ceremony, and only one table is reserved for the bride and groom in the new house. In later generations, banquets became an indispensable part of weddings, and the haunting room also became a reserved program.

Compared with the quiet and meticulous Zhou ancient rites. The wedding process that later generations are more familiar with is about the following: one worships heaven and earth, the second worships the high hall, and the husband and wife worship each other.

It is recorded in the "Book of Rites: The Rites of the Dawn" that the wedding ceremony in the Zhou period is divided into six stages, one is called Nacai, and the other is called asking for names. The third is Najib, the fourth is Nazheng, the fifth is the invitation, and the sixth is welcome. Commonly known as the "Six Rites".

The "Five Rites General Examination" once said that since the Later Qi Dynasty, regardless of the Son of Heaven and the common people, weddings have followed the six rituals of "Nacai, Asking for Names, Naji, Naji, Recruitment, Invitation, and Greeting" in the "Book of Rites: Shi Du Li".

The "faint" in "The Book of Rites: The Book of Rites" and "The Book of Rites: The Meaning of the Dusk", the original text is "昬", which is named after the ancestors' personal greeting ceremony carried out at dusk. At this time, the sun and the moon are gradually changing, containing the meaning of "yang to yin", and the Chinese ancestors, who pay attention to the unity of heaven and man, chose such a subtle moment, skillfully interpreting the meaning of marriage, and at the same time bringing sacred and reverent feelings to this ceremony.

Later, when the word "dusk" was added to the word "female" to write "wedding", the last rite of the six rites, "welcome", was no longer limited to the quiet dusk, and of course, the sacred consciousness of this ritual gradually faded until it was forgotten by the world.

The ancestors of China valued humanity, and weddings were highly valued. "The Book of Rites" cloud: "Those who faint will combine the two surnames, go up to the temple, and go down to the future generations, so the gentleman is important." ”

The attitude of the Chinese ancestors towards the faint ceremony is "respectful and prudent and then kissing", and the faint ceremony can be called "the great gift of the ceremony".

On the basis of the righteousness of husband and wife, it can be established that father and son are related, and the kindness of father and son can be expanded and sublimated to the courtesy of kings and ministers...... Therefore, the dusk rite is the foundation of the ritual.

The evening ceremony belongs to one of the family rites, and the Jia ceremony is close to the people.

The Chinese Zhou system "dusk ceremony" is the model of the "wedding" of the later generations, and the weddings of the later generations have developed in the exchanges of various foreign cultures, and also integrate a lot of new customs, but from the acceptance to the personal welcome, and the combination of the cave room, even if the connotation of the charm is changed, but the structure of the basic ritual has not changed significantly.

According to legend, the earliest marriage relationship and wedding ceremony in China began with the Fuxi clan marriage and Nuwa's matchmaking. However, the earliest marriage relationship and wedding ceremony on the Tiancheng Continent have disappeared in the torrent of history that has lasted for a long time, and has been divided for a long time.

"Tongjian Outer Chronicle" contains: "In ancient times, there was no difference between men and women, and Taihao began to marry, and took the skin as a gift. Since then, the lico (pairs of deerskin) has become one of the classic wedding gifts. After that, in addition to the "gift of beauty", you also have to "tell your parents". When I arrived at ****, there was a ritual of "welcoming the court" and "welcoming the hall".

The Zhou Dynasty was the era of etiquette, when a complete set of marriage etiquette was gradually formed, and there were detailed regulations in the "Etiquette". The whole set of ceremonies is combined into the "Six Rites".

Since then, the "six-ceremony marriage system" has been the template for traditional Chinese weddings and has been passed down to this day.

Originally, the ancient rituals of the Tiancheng Continent were also the same as those of the Chinese cycle. But later, in the development of long history, the faint rites on the Tiancheng Continent gradually underwent some changes. However, the process of change is similar to the change of the evening rite in the late Chinese period.

Although many rituals on the Tiancheng Continent have long been annihilated in the torrent of history, they no longer exist. However, today, the wedding procedures of various countries on the mainland still follow the "six-rite marriage system". They are as follows:

1. Nacai: This is the first stage of marriage proposal, after the man asks the matchmaker to propose, the woman agrees to propose marriage, and the man prepares a gift to go to the woman's house to propose, the gift is a goose, and the goose will live.

Why use geese as migratory birds, take the symbol of yin and yang, and later develop a new idea, saying that geese lose mates. No more pairs for life, take their loyalty.

2. Asking for a name: After the marriage proposal, the matchmaker asks the woman for the date of birth and her name to prepare for the marriage ceremony.

3. Najib: It is a ritual to inform the woman of the good news of the marriage after asking the name.

Najib is also known as "Engagement". This is the main etiquette at the stage of engagement. In ancient customs, geese should be used as a token of the marriage. Later, it developed into jewelry, colored silk, cakes, incense and candles, and even sheep and pigs, so it is also called "sending fixed" or "fixed".

Fourth, the recruitment: After Najib, the man's family will send the dowry to the woman's family, which is the etiquette at the stage of marriage.

This wedding is also commonly known as "complete engagement" or "big engagement", "excessive gift" and so on. Later, the ceremony also took the practice of returning the gift. Partial or full return of the food in the dowry gift, or return the clothes, hats, shoes and socks given by the woman to the man after being hired.

The number of dowry gifts and the name of the item are mostly auspicious, and the number is taken as a double taboo.

5. Invitation period: After giving the dowry, choose the wedding date. A ceremony to prepare a gift to a woman's house and ask for permission. The ancient custom is to use geese as usual, the gifts are generally simple, and the invitation ceremony is often combined with the dowry ceremony, and the wedding date is determined at the same time as the big gift.

Sixth, the welcome: is the ceremony of the new son-in-law to the woman's house to welcome the party. This ritual is often seen as the main procedure of the wedding, while the first five are used as transitional rites such as marriage and engagement.

These ceremonies. Some of them are due to the needs of social relationships, such as the "makeup" of the woman's house, the "opening of the house" and the "hole room" when going to the man's house, etc., are all rituals to establish social relations.

It is purely a ceremony to welcome the part of the family, generally with a sedan chair, divided into double or single top, to help the bride on the sedan chair "send the sister-in-law", accompany the groom to the woman's house to pick up the "welcome guests", all have their own requirements, up the sedan chair, return to the horse, welcome the sedan chair, get off the sedan chair, worship the world, the ceremony, enter the cave room...... Each process has several to a dozen forms, most of which represent good luck and exorcism.

The season of "greeting" is generally selected in the spring, and the state is based on agriculture, which coincides with the agricultural leisure and the harvest is just the right marriage. However, due to various reasons, it is not possible to choose the situation of "personal welcome" in the spring, and later, "personal welcome" is not so particular, as long as the man and woman agree on the season, they can "welcome" which season they want.

After the "six ceremonies" of marriage, the transition period begins, and the bride returns to her parents' home to "return to Ning", until the bride enters the childbearing period, and the second generation performs the "birth ceremony".

When Leng Qing and Zhu Zimo got married, the fundamental reason was because Leng Qing and Zhu Zimo didn't want Liu Ruyun to end up with regrets, so there was a marriage between Leng Qing and Zhu Zimo.

Since Leng Qing and Zhu Zimo decided to get married because they didn't want Liu Ruyun to regret it, this wedding date naturally had to be rushed before Liu Ruyun drove the crane west, and this alone was not enough time for Zhu Zimo to prepare for such a cumbersome marriage ceremony.

Therefore, when Leng Qing and Zhu Zimo got married, although the pomp and circumstance on the wedding day were very sufficient, and the dowry arranged by Zhu Zimo for Leng Qing was also very valuable, but the "six-ceremony marriage system" of this ancient rite was not done.

And the marriage contract between Yan Ziming and Yan Qingqiu seems to be a marriage between the two countries, which should be an extremely grand happy event, but in the "six-rite marriage system", it has also been reduced by half-

Although "Nacai" is the first article of the "six-rite marriage system", Yan Ziming and Yan Qingqiu do not have this "Nacai" procedure. After all, the marriage contract between Yan Ziming and Yan Qingqiu was privately agreed between the Empress of the Chibing Kingdom and the Empress of the Yan Kingdom, and there are not many people who know about this layer, it is nothing more than a few henchmen around the queens of these two countries and the people who do things from it.

Since it was agreed in private, and it was a marriage between the royal families of the two countries, the man did not need to prepare a gift to go to the woman's house to propose, and this "acceptance" on the bright side was naturally omitted.

In the marriage between Yan Ziming and Yan Qingqiu, both Chibing and Yan have their own thoughts, so after confirming the marriage contract between Yan Ziming and Yan Qingqiu, the two countries directly issued a decree to inform their people at the first time: The prince of Chibing Country is going to marry Princess Haoyue of Yan Kingdom......

The second is "asking for names". Yan Ziming is the prince of the Chibing Kingdom, and Yan Qingqiu is the princess Haoyue who is held in the palm of the hand by the emperor and the queen of the Yan Kingdom. In this way, there is naturally no need to "ask for names".

Again "Najib". Although this ritual is not completely omitted, it is also omitted.

From ancient times to the present, the heavenly family has determined the in-laws, and there has never been a saying that the eight characters are incompatible. Even if the two people who are married are not compatible, with the means of the heavenly family, they can also make a match made in heaven for a hundred years of marriage and a full house of children and grandchildren!

Therefore, since the marriage contract between Yan Ziming and Yan Qingqiu has been confirmed in private, whether it is the Chibing Kingdom or the Yan Kingdom, neither country will compete with each other and do that calculation and divination in a serious manner. At most, according to the etiquette of "Najib", when the marriage contract was first decided, Chibing Kingdom sent a bunch of priceless gold, silver and jade to Yan Kingdom, and the right to be hired was fixed.

Not to mention "personal welcome", because it is a marriage between the two countries, the Chibing State and the Yan State, and because the Chibing State is several times stronger than the Yan State in terms of national strength, land area, and the number of people, therefore, there is no such thing as Yan Ziming, who is the prince of the Chibing State, going to the Yan Kingdom to "welcome" Yan Qingqiu.

It is precisely because of this that there is a scene where Emperor Yanchang Yan Tian and his queen Lu Xun sent Yan Qingqiu to marry in front of the Kite and Hall of the Yan Palace.

Calculated in this way, the wedding ceremony of Yan Ziming and Yan Qingqiu, not to mention compared with the princes and grandsons of the same dynasty, even compared with the ordinary nobles of the family, is very hasty and simple - the "six-rite marriage system" is also "enlisted" and "invited" are all done according to the ceremony.

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