159.The Evening Rite of the National Wind (II)
In the midst of the commotion, Shao Qingyang held Gu Fang's arms, "Are you okay?" ”
Gu Fang blushed and parted with him as if electrocuted, "It's okay." ”
When the crowd quieted down a little, a child next to him shouted, "Kiss one!" ”
Immediately someone followed suit, Zhang Lixian said calmly on the stage, "Our Chinese evening ceremony is very respectful of privacy, unlike Western weddings, people are not close in front of people, and you can do anything behind closed doors." ”
It's okay that she didn't explain, but as soon as she explained, there was a knowing laugh from the bottom, which made Gu Fang's face even hotter, so hot that she couldn't even hide her heavy makeup.
"Mom, the bride's face is so red." On the side, there are still childish words.
"Don't be nervous." Seeing that she was cramped and uneasy, Shao Qingyang comforted her, and then took her hand and walked to Qinglu on the side of the stage.
Rehearsals are not like this...... There is no holding hands......
But Gu Fang was too nervous, if it weren't for Shao Qingyang leading her away, she probably wouldn't know where to go, and after being welcomed into Qinglu by everyone, she breathed a sigh of relief.
In the West, the mourning was carried out in the church, and before the Tang and Song dynasties, a green house would be erected, and before the official start of the mourning ceremony, the green curtain would be raised to demonstrate, and after the evening prayer was over, the green curtain would be lowered for the newlyweds to spend the night together.
Because it was time to wait for the auspicious day, other ceremonial performances and displays began on the stage.
Gu Fang was stunned in the Qinglu for a while, and Fu Su on the side brought a fan to her and signaled her to prepare.
Looking at the snow-like gauze fan in his hand, Gu Fangfang came back to his senses completely, Shao Qingyang was no longer in Qinglu, and there were only her and some female companions in Qinglu.
Gu Yifang's thoughts gradually turned back, in fact, she and Shao Qingyang only demonstrated the parts of "worship", "scattering the tent", "but fanning" and "knotting hair".
Prior to this, "Make-up" and "Barrier" were demonstrated on the stage through musical skits.
These processes are also simplified in line with the modern living environment.
After interspersing other liturgical performances, the time came at 3 p.m., and the stage switched back to the evening prayer demonstration.
Zhang Lixian took the stage again and said, "It's three o'clock in the afternoon, in ancient times it was Shen time, dusk ceremony, as the name suggests, held at dusk, ancient dusk is unitary time, that is, between five o'clock and seven o'clock in the afternoon, this time we do a stage show, the time is slightly advanced, don't look at the groom just now to pick up the bride so smooth, in fact, it's not so easy." ”
After a short introduction to "Make-up" and "Barrier", the musical skit began on stage.
In ancient times, it was usually necessary to urge for two or three days in a row, and the bride began to dress up and go downstairs, and in modern times, it evolved into a wedding day to urge the door, stuffing red envelopes and playing games is a common practice, and the stage is to take the traditional music to urge makeup, of course, red envelopes are not exempt from vulgarity.
After the barrier car, in ancient times, is the real distribution of red envelopes and wine and food, due to the excessiveness, in the Tang Dynasty, the barrier car once became a bad custom, was banned by the government.
During the stage demonstration, it was changed to a vehicle that stopped three times when it went out, and the three elders came to send blessings and instructions.
After the witty skit passed, Gu Yifang picked up the fan, covered his face, and withdrew from Qinglu.
After the people who played the elders and emcees were in place, Gu Fangcai and Shao Qingyang re-entered the Qinglu and carried out various steps according to the process.
There are a lot of people, and Gu Yifang's mood has also stabilized, and he has rehearsed many times for worshipping and drinking, which has almost become a conditioned reflex.
In the Tang Dynasty, because the newlyweds spent the first night in the Qinglu, everyone would sprinkle grain beans around to ward off evil spirits before exiting the Qinglu, and then fruits such as dates, longan, and peanuts would bless the birth of children.
After the Tang and Song dynasties, Qinglu was no longer used, so it was sprinkled in the new house, and after a long time, it evolved into a bad hole house and bad customs.
After explaining the evolution of the tent to the cave house, Zhang Lixian lost no time in saying, "All in all, the tent is the beautiful meaning originally used to bless a new family to blossom and bear fruit, the bad customs of the cave house have never been advocated by the mainstream orthodox culture, today we should keep in mind the meaning of the blessing of the tent, consider it again and again, this time, or at the scene of the dusk ceremony to spread the tent blessing, use latte art instead of food, and use cinnamon jujube lotus seed peanut soup to express blessing." ”
Maybe it's because of the hot event, or maybe it's because there are so many women present, I don't know who applauded first, and then the applause resounded throughout the audience and lasted for a long time.
After the audience calmed down, Zhang Lixian said, "But the fan and knotted hair, this is a separate etiquette between husband and wife, but, change customs, this kind of ceremony with the nature of oath, now you have to come in person, all say that the traditional Chinese men are inferior to women, but the evening ceremony is not the same, this is the fan ceremony, it can be seen as the man swears to the woman first, the woman is satisfied, put down the fan, dissatisfied, the man has to reflect well, make persistent efforts, until the bride is satisfied, this knot, can be seen as the woman's response to the man's oath, In the actual ceremony, whether it is to tie the hair, whether it is to exchange wedding rings, or to exchange jade pendants, everyone can match it at will. ”
As he was talking, music sounded on the stage, and a poem slowly flowed out of the music, "The new crack is as clean as frost and snow." Cut into a acacia fan, like a bright moon. In and out of the sleeves of the king, shaking the breeze. I am often afraid that the autumn festival is coming, and the cool soars to seize the heat. In the abandonment of donations, the kindness is refused. ”
With this recitation, Gu Yifang stretched out his hand and made a gesture of refusal.
Zhang Lixian pretended to be surprised on the stage and said, "Hey, bride, why don't you play cards according to reason?" The groom hasn't read the poem yet, why did you read it first? Does anyone know about this poem? ”
"Ban Jieyu!"
"Resentful songs!"
Zhang Lixian nodded and said, "You know a lot, the bride is asking the groom, what should you do if you change your mind in the future, what do you say?" ”
The audience suddenly shouted in a mess.
"Gone!"
"Get out of the house!"
"Emasculated!"
"Slaughtered!"
"Stewed!"
"It's cooked!"
"Ruthless, you guys are so ruthless!" Zhang Lixian shook his head on the stage, and there was laughter below.
At this time, the music on the stage changed again, and a male voice sounded, reciting a poem: "Pity each other and miss each other, a pair of people from generation to generation in life." ”
"Does anyone know this poem?" Zhang Lixian continued to ask on the stage.
Many people in the audience said "Nalan Xingde", and some people muttered, "It doesn't seem to be the same." ”
Zhang Lixian said, "I know that you will fall into the pit, we mainly refer to the Tang system faint ceremony this time, and we must also use Tang poems, right?" The original copyright of a lifetime generation and a pair is Luo Bingwang's. The title of the poem is very long, I can't remember it, if you are interested, go back and search for this poem, plus the keywords of Luo Bingwang, you can see the original version. How, is the bride satisfied? Zhang Lixian said and looked at Qinglu again.
Gu Fang stretched out his hand and shook it again, Zhang Lixian smiled, "Of course I'm not satisfied, I want to send it away with a sentence?" ”
The music started again, and the male voice recited again, "Don't compare Danxin to Xuanshi, but clean up the turbid water." ”
Zhang Lixian said, "Yes, bring the last two sentences to be more sincere." Here is an allusion, the turbid water is humble, the dust is a metaphor for the beauty of the other party, the muddy water is the dust, it is extremely humble, I dare not say that my heart is as firm as Xuanshi, but I am willing to follow you forever. Turbid water is generally a woman's self-humility, and now the groom says that he is muddy water and is willing to run with the bride, how about it, is the bride satisfied? ”