When the marrying procession walked to the entrance of the village, they should fire cannons and move slowly to show their safe return.

When they arrive at the door of the house, they marry the female guest and send the female guest to the man's house to worship the male deacon, and then lead the groom to the sedan chair and invite the bride to get off the sedan chair.

At this time, the male deacon carried the tip of a red-hot plough in one hand and vinegar in the other; Turn left three times around the sedan chair and turn three times to the right, pouring vinegar on the red-hot ploughshare as you go; After throwing it at the bottom of the car, this is called "pouring the tip of the ploughshare".

Then the bride gets off the sedan chair, steps on the red bricks, crosses the saddle, and walks on the red felt, all of which take the auspicious meaning.

After entering the door, send the female guest to help the bride forward, and then marry the female guest, a hand in a hand, the bucket is filled with bran, bowl beans, cut grain grass and a small amount of bronze coins and red, green and yellow paper cut into the shape of the flower like ancient money on the bride's head; While withdrawing, he sang: "One sprinkles the bran, the second sprinkles the material, and the third sprinkles the daughter-in-law gets off the sedan chair." ”

When the bride reached the door, the bride continued to sing, "One sprinkled with gold, two sprinkled with silver, and three sprinkled with the daughter-in-law entered the door." ”

At this time, the bride, supported by the bridesmaids, walked to the flower hall; Then, under the guidance of the prime minister, worship heaven and earth, worship ancestors, worship matchmakers, worship relatives and friends, and worship husband and wife.

Entering the cave room, the groom takes off the bride's hijab, the bride takes off the phoenix clothes and phoenix crown, and the bride eats a friendly meal.

Generally, it is mostly noodles, which are served by the female customer, and the woman eats a bite first, and the man eats another bite.

Asking for keys, also known as turnkeys. It means that the bridesmaids have a boy, usually the bride's nephew. He carries the key to the bridal cabinet. After eating the meal, the groom came forward to ask for the key, and the child asked the groom for money and red envelopes, but the child always said that it was not enough, continued to bargain, and finally handed the key to the groom, and the groom handed the key to the female guest, and then handed it to the bride.

Then, the man and several young men removed the curtain of the new house and replaced it with a new curtain, and carried the box placed outside the room into the cave room.

Then ask the bride to spend a handkerchief, and there is still some bargaining; This is the so-called "hanging curtains" and "carrying boxes".

Subsequently, the bride combed her hair and washed her face, and a young man brought washing water to the bride; The basin is prepared by the woman, the basin mouth is sealed with red paper, and the word "Xi" is pasted on it, and the red paper is broken with water first, commonly known as "watering flowers".

Then serve the water, either pretending to be dirty water or cold water, the purpose is to play tricks and ask the woman for a red envelope or a small handkerchief; The purpose is to achieve the rear end to clean the face wash.

In the evening, a group of young people come to make a new house, commonly known as "playing house". There is a saying that "three days are big or small".

There are many tricks in the house, and its content is humorous and interesting, often making the bride shy, sometimes almost vulgar, and there is also the custom of "listening to the room......

Grandpa Huo babbled on and on for a while, and the Red Cloud girl was already impatient and said, "It's so cumbersome! ”

The Red Cloud girl said and looked at Lu Xing and said, "Sister Lu Xing, you must not be so verbose when you marry Brother Buffalo; Eliminate the tedious procedures that should be omitted! ”

Grandpa Fire heard Hongyun say this, his eyes widened like cowbells.

Zhang Jing laughed and said: "Grandpa Huo, Brother Buffalo picked up a daughter-in-law who is a green apricot; You'd better let them slam on......"

The dozen or so people sitting around the table all laughed, and Zhang Jing jumped into the conversation and said: "Without gossiping, let's rent two horse-drawn carts to take a look at the scenic spots and lively places in Bianjing City; Business matters behind the consultation! ”

Zhang Jing said, looked at Tian Jing and said unabashedly: "Brother Tian, while we are playing, we will listen to you tell how the prosperity of Bianliang City is......"

Two carriages were soon rented, and they were owned by Xiangyun Carriage; The chariot and horse shop sent two drivers to drive two carriages, each of which was stopped in front of the tavern of the king of Shu by three horses.

The fire buffalo saw the carriage parked at the door and said with a flash of inspiration: "Little brother Zhang Jing, don't we have a sliding rod in Shu?" Wouldn't it be easy to make money if you got a few slides to carry people around the attractions? ”

Zhang Jing felt that the fire buffalo was quite creative, so he asked Tian Jing: "Brother Tian, if we get a few sliding rods and carry people around the scenic spots in Bianjing City; Isn't it more profitable! ”

Tian Jing smiled and said: "The two-person bridge in Bianjing is very popular, and I haven't seen the sliding rod yet!" ”

Zhang Jing frowned and said: "The small sedan chair has a sedan curtain to block people inside, and they can't look out, and the sliding rod is a chair that is carried by people on all sides; I guess that's the idea! ”

"If the idea works, let's try it!" The fire buffalo said with great interest: "Make a pair of sliding rods and try it first, if someone greets it, it means that there is a market!" ”

Zhang Jing told Grandpa Huo about making the sliding rod, and Grandpa Huo scratched his head with difficulty and said: "The sliding rod is easy to make, but who can be lifted after it is made?" Who lifts? ”

Zhang Jing thought for a while and said, "The villain and the buffalo brother lift, Grandpa Huo is an outsider, you come to sit!" ”

"No, no, no, old decay is a man's heavy skeleton; Since it's a test, it's better to find a woman to sit on! Grandpa Fire said unquestionably.

"Then carry the green apricot!" The fire buffalo grabbed the conversation and said: "The green apricot only weighs dozens of catties!" ”

The fire buffalo has long had a strange affection for the green apricot girl, and just now the relationship between the two was broken by the red cloud girl, so he took the opportunity to say a word.

When Zhang Jing saw the fire buffalo say this, he immediately shouted to Lu Xing: "Little sister Lu Xing, Brother Buffalo wants you to sit on a sliding pole; It's better to be willing or not! ”

The green apricot blushed, and she didn't say yes or no; But he walked towards Zhang Jing and the fire buffalo and said angrily: "Zhang Jing, you old eagle knows that you are blind, wow, if you talk too much, you will lose your teeth and wishbones!" ”

Zhang Jing laughed loudly, and everyone laughed along with him.

15 people in two carriages, six in one carriage; Zhang Jing and the fire buffalo carried a sliding pole made of rattan chairs, and green apricots sat in it and walked around Bianliang City.

Tian Jing sat in the head car, looking at the buildings in one street and two rows; And he went on and on.

In addition to the prosperity of Bianliang City in the Northern Song Dynasty, which occupies an important position in the political, economic and cultural center of the country, the convenience of waterway transportation in the territory is also one of the main factors.

A city with water is naturally full of spirituality, but due to the natural geography of China; Most of the cities in the north lack the nourishment of water.

However, there will still be some water cities in the transition zone from warm temperate to middle temperate zone, and Bianjing is a water city.

A city of Song Yun and half a city of water,

Menghua is overflowing with Bianjing.

This poem is a true portrayal of Bianjing, which is indeed a city surrounded by many rivers and lakes.

There are not only the Yellow River, Jishui, Rushui, Jingshui, Weishui, Yingshui, Whirlpool, Lishui and other rivers outside Bianjing, but also three large natural lakes such as Putianze, Mengzhuze and Pengze in the northwest, southeast and northeast directions.

In order to channel and utilize these natural rivers and lakes, as early as the Warring States Period, King Wei Hui artificially opened up the rivers in Xingyang, Bianjing and other places.

By the Northern Song Dynasty, the artificial water system was more complete; In Bianliang City, the imperial court excavated the Jinshui River, the city canal, the outer city moat, 253 Lifang ditches, the Jiangwu Pond used for the training and practice of the navy, and the artificial ponds and marshes in the official and private gardens all over Bianliang City, forming a large-scale artificial water system system such as the Bianhe River, the Wuzhang River, the Cai River and the Jinshui River, as well as the Jiangwu Pond.

As for why such an artificial water system was built, the general reasons may be as follows:

The first is political function. For example, the Yinjin River runs through Bianjing, just like the Milky Way in the sky runs through the imperial capital, corresponding to the stars in the sky; And this kind of thinking is also reflected in the layout of capital cities such as Daxing City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and Luoyang City, the divine capital.

The second is economic function. Bianjing City is able to supply an urban population of 1.5 million, thanks to developed water and land transportation; In particular, the river channel from the southeast to Bianjing through the Bianhe River plays a great role.

In history, Zhao Kuangyin tried to move the capital to Luoyang many times without success, and many ministers used the benefits of the Bianhe River to persuade him.

The third is the doctrine of Feng Shui. Use the theory of feng shui gossip to communicate the rivers and lakes in the city, and realize the concept of "harmony between heaven and man".

From the perspective of large geomorphological units, the Yellow River is used as the Xuanwu in the north of Bianliang City; The other three sides are the Bianhe River, surrounded by rivers such as Wuzhang River, Cai River, Huimin River, and Jinshui River; This is a very perfect feng shui of five waters around Bianliang, and Handu eight waters around Chang'an have the charm of different works.