"When the newlyweds enter the door, the groom's parents are invited to take a seat, and the guests are invited to sit down, and the joy is played" Lin Erga's voice immediately set off the high of this wedding. Tide.

The band accompanying the wedding this time is also from Lin's Wedding Company, which is a professional folk music performance team, among which the suona and bamboo flute players are all pillars dug by Lin Erga personally from the civic orchestra.

Suddenly, the big courtyard sounded a folk music of "Backgammon", which is different from the "Wedding March" written by Wagner or the "Wedding March" written by Mendelssohn when many modern young people get married.

It's like this song "Backgammon" that has been circulated for I don't know how many years, as well as music such as "Eight Sections of Changhuan", "Eight Tone Harmony", "Bai Mei Niang", "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix", "Hundred Birds and Phoenix" and other music, all of which are classics in the Chinese Folk Month.

"Newcomers are invited to enter" Lin Erga shouted again, and it was extremely clear in the entire slightly noisy compound.

At this time, Tang Feng and Sophia separated, Tang Feng walked directly into the hall, while Sophia got into a red curtain in the compound.

When Sophia walked out of the red curtain, she was already holding a round Tang fan in her hand, covering her cheeks, her eyes were smiling, and she walked slowly towards the hall on the red carpet under the service of the maids on both sides.

Because it was a Tang Dynasty wedding, Sophia did not wear a red hijab on the top of her head at this time. In fact, in Chinese wedding customs, the earliest hijab arose during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but at that time, the bride put a headscarf on the top of her head in order to keep out the cold, which was definitely not like the red hijab later. Cover the bride's head completely.

Later, in the Tang Dynasty, this hijab evolved into a hood draped from head to shoulder to cover shame. However, it is said that in the reign of Tang Kaiyuan Tianbao, Li Longji ordered the palace maid to cover his head with "through the forehead" in order to be unconventional and intentionally break through the old habits. That is, let the women cover the hats of the early Tang Dynasty with another layer of tulle to cover the face.

As a kind of ornament, this kind of "Touluo" was developed from the fall of the Tang Dynasty, and then developed from the Song and Yuan dynasties, and finally developed into the later red hijab, which became an indispensable ornament for the bride in Chinese weddings.

It's just that today's wedding between Tang Feng and Sophia was carried out in accordance with the wedding customs of the Tang Dynasty, so Sophia's head did not have a red hijab, but only a layer of tulle on top of the phoenix crown, and this layer of tulle has not completely covered Sophia's face. However, the round Tang fan in Sophia's hand replaced part of the function of the red hijab. It was the bride who used it to cover her shame.

After Sophia walked to the hall and stood still under the service of the maids on both sides, Comrade Lin Erga said loudly again: "Please ask the groom to give the bride a 'fan ceremony' and give a poem "But Fan Poem"

In the Tang Dynasty wedding, the fan ceremony was equivalent to the groom in later generations using a scale pole to pick off the bride's red hijab in the cave room, which was a very important etiquette link. The bride of the Tang Dynasty wedding did not have a red hijab, so the groom had to remove the Tang fan from the bride's hand with a fan gift.

As for the chanting of a "Fan Poem", it is a job that the groom official must do, and this "Fan Poem" cannot be chanted in public, so the bride will not take off the Tang fan in her hand. Only the groom's official chant gave the bride a satisfactory "Fan Poem". The Tang fan in the bride's hand will be removed, and the guests and groom officials will see the bride's face.

For this. Tang Feng had already been prepared, and opened his mouth to say: "Don't fan out the painting to cover up the talent of Chunshan." If the reunion is a bright moon, osmanthus must be bloomed. ”

This "Fan Poem" is Li Shangyin's famous work, of course Tang Feng can't compose poetry, but the application of this product is very good. The "Hypnotic Poem" and the current "Fan Poem" when I picked up the bride just now fully embody Tang Feng's take-it-or-leave-it-it-ism.

Sophia also understood this process for a long time, so as soon as Tang Feng's "Fan Poem" came out, Sophia pretended to be reserved and hesitated for a while, and then slowly put down the Tang fan in her hand. smiled at Tang Feng.

Suddenly, a blonde and blue-eyed, but extremely beautiful girl appeared in front of all the guests.

At this moment, almost all adjectives can't describe Sophia's beauty and beauty, and it is said that on the day of marriage, the groom is the biggest official in the world, and the bride is the most beautiful woman in the world! The ancients really didn't deceive me

But after the fan ceremony is completed, according to the process, it is necessary to perform the bowing ceremony. Of course, before that, Comrade Lin Erga made witty remarks, introducing the identity of the bride and groom, the identity of the guests, the identity of the parents of the bride and groom, etc., and the gags set off a lot of small highs. Tide.

When the mood of all the guests was picked to the highest point, Comrade Lin Erga finally solemnly announced: "Next, is the most exciting sworn ceremony, please invite the newcomers forward"

After Tang Feng and Sophia stood side by side, Lin Erga said: "On today's auspicious day, our Mr. Tang Feng and Sophia. With two hearts that love each other, Miss Bell finally walked into this solemn and sacred wedding chapel! This is exactly, the talented man is matched with a beautiful woman, the weaver girl is matched with a cowherd, the moon is full, and the earth is long! The bride and groom worship heaven and earth"

"Worship the aura of heaven and earth, and there is a marriage on the Sansheng Stone! A bow!

Worship the essence of the sun and the moon again, and all things grow up to her! Bow again!

Three worship spring, summer and autumn and winter, the wind and rain are smooth and the grains are abundant! Three bows! ”

Tang Feng and Sophia followed Comrade Lin Erga's words, side by side, with their hands together, and bowed respectfully to heaven and earth three times.

"Water has a source, trees have roots, children do not forget to raise grace, today get married and start a family, respect the old and respect the virtuous white-haired parents, followed by the second worship of the high hall, parents and parents, there are newcomers to face their parents side by side"

"A bow! Happy to become a new home, don't forget your parents!

Two bows! Eat and live, honor your parents!

Three bows! Whether rich or poor, honor your parents!"

Tang Feng and Sophia bowed deeply three times to their parents sitting opposite each other with great gratitude.

"Next is the husband and wife worship, the two newlyweds turn left and right, you ask me how much I love you, it depends on who bows deeply

A bow! Stood!

Bow again! Grow old together!

Three bows! Forever united!"

After three bows, the prostrations are completed.

However, at this time, the whole wedding process is not finished, and there are several very important links that need to be done, such as the bride and groom need to kneel on the wedding carpet and accept a boy to sprinkle grains, which means that the bride and groom will give birth to a precious son early.

There is also a "wo ceremony", which is a part of the hands and faces before the newlyweds enter the table. Traditional Chinese etiquette places great emphasis on the consciousness of cleanliness, and the Wo Yu ceremony is not only to clean hands and faces, but also to imply a kind of spiritual baptism of the newlyweds, representing that the two newlyweds are engaged in a new life with a pure and clear heart.

After the "Wo Yu Ceremony", there is also the "Same Prison Ceremony", and the ancient Chinese people had a cloud that "men and women sit at different tables at the age of seven, and they do not eat together". From today onwards, a couple will begin to sit at the same table and eat together, which is called the ceremony of the same prison.

After the end of the "same prison ceremony", it is the "joint ceremony", that is, the modern popular drinking of a glass of wine. However, in the Tang Dynasty, this kind of "joint ceremony" represented a heavier meaning.

The original meaning of the merge is to divide a gourd into two and combine it into a complete utensil. Because the gourd is bitter, it must be bitter when it is used to hold wine. Therefore, the husband and wife drink together, which not only symbolizes that the husband and wife are united from the wedding and will always be married, but also contains the deep meaning of letting the bride and groom share weal and woe.

When the "Closing Ceremony" is over, it is the more important "untying the hair" ceremony, which is the so-called "Closing the Sideburns". The so-called groom unties, the bride knots the hair, which means that the bride and groom want to cut off a strand of hair for each other, and then tie it up with a red rope and put it in the brocade bag to complete the "sideburns", which is kept by the bride, symbolizing the harmony of the husband and wife and the eternal union.

Hair knot is the original ceremony of Han wedding, marriage is the most important thing in a person's life, so to cut a lock of hair to indicate the importance of marriage and the sharing of honor and disgrace.

After the knot is completed, it is the "hand holding ceremony", which means "holding the hand of the son, growing old with the son".

At this point, the whole newlywed process is really completed, of course, then send the newlyweds into the cave room, and when they get to the cave room, the groom paints the eyebrows for the bride, and the bride grinds for the groom, and the two of them do something shameless, then it will not be known to outsiders (to be continued.) )