Chapter 444: Calling Father Khan
These are all things that need to be prepared before getting married, Tian Khan has already prepared for Princess Siqin, and the rest is the most important marriage.
On the day of his marriage, Tian Khan invited all the leaders of Mongolia to the imperial city to celebrate the great day of Princess Siqin and Jiang Ge. When marrying, Jiang Ge no longer wore the clothes of Western Xia but changed to wear a gorgeous Mongolian robe, with a ribbon around his waist, a bowled red tasseled hat, high leather boots, and a bow and arrow. After arriving at Wan'an Palace, the groom Jiang Ge and the best man Tian Khan's son Tuo Lei held Hada and fine wine, toasted to Tian Khan and his eldest relatives one by one, and knelt down to worship. After the ceremony, the marrying person enters the table for dinner.
The next morning, when the bride set off, the bride, Princess Siqin, was carried by her father, Temugetu, into the float. The groom Jiang Ge rode around the bride's float three times. Then the marrying and the giveaway departed together. At the request of Princess Siqin, Tian Khan built another palace for her and Jiang Ge next to the imperial court. This palace changed the wooden and earth architecture that the Khan had always believed in and did not follow the Central Plains culture, but combined it with the Mongolian architectural style, and built it into a unique Mongol-Xia palace in the world, named Wanfu Palace and Wan'an Palace echo.
The construction of the Palace of Ten Thousand Blessings is a symbol of friendship between Mongolia and Western Xia. From its outward view, it also reflects the strong character, inner world, aesthetics and creative talents of the Mongols. And with its own unique style, it occupies a place in this oriental land.
The Mongol Khan considered himself to be the pride of nature, and the people of the country he created were unique people who loved, maintained, and depended on nature for survival. Therefore, in architecture, it is expressed as a philosophical view of "the unity of nature and man". Like this Wan'an Palace and Wanfu Palace, regardless of political factors, they must choose the scenic area of green mountains and green waters. The entire Imperial Court is built in a geographical and scenic spot, backed by mountains and rivers, and the natural beauty is all in it. The three major palaces, Wan'an Palace, Wanfu Palace, and Wanshou Palace, built by Tian Khan for his mother, are surrounded by green mountains and green waters, and have artificial gardens, zoos and lakes.
Later, when Lu Xiaoyu returned to Mongolia and saw these brand-new palaces, he described: "The main hall is spacious, enough for 6,000 people to gather and eat, and the number of houses can be described as a wonder. This palace is magnificent and rich, and the world's arrangement is good, and there is no one who exceeds this. The top tiles are all red, yellow, green, blue and other colors. Coated with glaze, the luster is brilliant, like crystal. As a result, the glory of this palace can also be seen in the distance. It should be known that its top is strong and can survive for a long time. ”
"Between the above two walls, there is a very beautiful grassland, planted with all kinds of beautiful fruit trees, and many beasts, deer, roe deer, goats, squirrels, breed in it. There are many beasts with musk deer, and their forms are very beautiful, and their kinds are many. ”
"Between these two walls there is a lake of great beauty, in which the Great Khan has placed all kinds of beasts, and there are many of them, and they take them as desired."
"To the north, a stone's throw from the palace, there is a hill, built by manpower. It is 100 steps high, about a mile around, the top of the mountain is flat, full of trees, the leaves do not fall, and it is evergreen in all seasons. When Khan heard that there was a beautiful tree in a certain place, he sent someone to take it, uproot it with the soil, and plant it in the mountain, regardless of the size of the tree. If the tree is big, it will come from the negative life, and it is the most beautiful tree in the world that gathers here. ”
Mongolia is very particular about the central axis in architecture, calling it "belly squeezing eyeliner" and the center point "belly squeezing eyeline". Similar to the "law of front" in ancient Egyptian sculpture and painting, Temugetu chose a plain in the northeast of Mongolia to build the Mongolian imperial court, and established a central pavilion at the center of the city. There is a central platform of "one acre of square width", and the stone tablet with the words "central platform" is written on it, which is the center point of the southeast, northwest and northwest directions of the whole city.
The central axis of Mongolian architecture, the central point theory, originated from the management of yurts, and the central point of yurts is "the place where the stove supports", also known as "a prosperous fire". In the eyes of the Mongolian nation, the breaking of a fire is a sign of re-extinction. Therefore, drawing a line from the "place of prosperity" to the door is called "belly squeezing eyeliner", which means the central axis. It is similar to the human body, with the center in the belly and squeezing the eyes.
When the Mongol Khan built his palace and city, he had to design a central axis, often near the central axis were government offices, important streets, barracks, and residences of wealthy officials.
The Mongolians call the highest mountain Mount Meru and the largest sea Canghai. Architecturally in Mongolia, the noblest palaces are built on three steps with balustrades. This step is the Sumeru seat.
Since then, Wan'an Palace, Wanfu Palace and Wanshou Palace have stood above the Mongolian imperial court and become three bright pearls of different styles on the Mongolian steppe.
With their own palaces, Princess Siqin and Jiang Ge have their own two-person world, and the next thing is the most important ceremony in the wedding.
Fire worship is the most indispensable part of Mongolian weddings. On the day of the wedding, the bride and groom pass between the two fires and receive the baptism of fire, which presupposes that their love will be purer and more steadfast. It also makes their lives happy and happy, and they grow old together.
Finally, there is the wedding banquet that lasts for two or three days, and Mongolia attaches great importance to the wedding ceremony, although the region is different and the form is different, but it is very grand and lively. Wedding banquets are usually set up with sheep's backs or whole sheep banquets, and all kinds of dairy foods and sweets are available. At the wedding banquet, Jiang Ge carried a silver pot as the groom, and Princess Siqin held a silver bowl as the bride, offering Hada and toasting to the elders, relatives and friends one by one. The lads held up their silver cups and drank merrily; The girls sang aloud along with the horse-head fiddle. Wedding receptions often last for two or three days before relatives and friends leave.
"After Jiang Ge, you will treat Siqin wholeheartedly, this girl is very simple, you can't do anything sorry for her because she is simple, if I find out, I will definitely not spare you." Tian Khan still warned Jiang Ge as seriously as before.
"Obey the orders of the Great Khan, I, Jiang Ge, will definitely not disappoint Siqin, and I will be good to her for the rest of my life."
"Silly boy, if you don't change your words now, no wonder the Great Khan said that you are a wooden person, and you should be called Father Khan." Mother Jiang patted her son beside her heavily and reminded.
Jiang Ge called someone else's father Khan for the first time, and he blushed for a long time and said, "Father Khan, please drink tea." "Serve milk tea with both hands and invite Tian Khan to drink.
Although Tian Khan still had a straight face, he still took the teacup with his hand and drank it all, and Princess Siqin also smiled.
"From now on, we will be a family, Father Khan, Brother Jiang, I Xiaoqin can have you two men guarding me, and I feel that I am the happiest woman in the world. I want you two to be okay, and don't have prejudices against each other for my sake, okay? ”
Princess Siqin said this to Tian Khan, Jiang Ge nodded first, and Tian Khan had no choice but to nod silently for the happiness of his daughter.