How complicated are these six rites? Let's talk about it step by step, Ye Wen and Father Lin mentioned marriage, and they both felt almost satisfied, so they chose a good day. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Ye Wen invited the official mediator Zhang San to go to Lin's father's house to officially propose "Nacai".

The matchmaker can't come empty-handed, Ye Wen prepared a few gifts, among which there must be a wild goose. If you can't catch it, if you don't have geese, you can use geese, or you can make do with ducks. If you don't even have a duck, you can carve a poultry out of wood, and if you don't, what kind of daughter-in-law will you marry? However, in order to be perfect, Ye Wen deliberately prepared the wild geese a month in advance, and caught them himself if he couldn't buy them.

And Father Lin knew that the matchmaker was coming, so he laid a mat on the west side of the main hall as a place for the "Nacai" ceremony. Then there was a knock at the door, and a matchmaker in a formal dress knocked on the door outside.

The people from Lin's father's family went out to answer the door and asked what was wrong, and the matchmaker Zhang San said: "Lin Gong is favored, and he gives his wife Ye." Ye had the gift of his ancestors, so that Zhang San asked for acceptance. The family came back to report, and Father Lin replied: "The son of a certain is stupid and can't be taught, Zhang Lang is killed, and a certain dare not resign." ”

So Father Lin also wore formal dresses and went out to welcome the matchmaker into the house, and the guests and hosts each stood in their own positions and saluted each other. The matchmaker said: "Dare to take it." "Give one of the geese you brought to Father Lin. That's the end of the ceremony. The matchmaker took another goose and began to perform the "name" ceremony, saying: "Since Zhang San has been ordered, he will add Bu, who does he dare to ask the woman for?" ”

Father Lin said: "Zhang Lang has a life, and he chooses by courtesy, he doesn't dare to resign, and he is called Lin Xiaomei." "It's telling the bride's name to the other party.

In fact, it is not enough to explain the name, you have to write Lin Xiaomei's birthday on the Geng post, and hand it over to the matchmaker to take it back to calculate whether the male and female have any place to fight each other. The matchmaker took the post, declined the woman's invitation to leave a hospitality, and went back to Ye Wen to make a hexagram. The "name asking" level has passed.

If the divination results of Ye Wen's side, the two of you match each other and are suitable for matching, then find a good day, and ask the matchmaker to come to Lin's father's house "Naji", and then take a goose to Lin's father, saying: "Lin Gong has a gift, and he ordered Ye to add to Yu Bu, Bu Yuji, so that Zhang San also dared to sue." Father Lin replied: "A certain son does not teach, I am afraid that I will be unbearable, and I am both auspicious, so I dare not resign." "This is considered to be the marriage is settled.

After that, Ye Wen chose two sons and daughters with official positions and talents in the family as "messengers" and "deputy messengers", carrying poplar or nanmu boxes that are one foot two inches long, one inch and two minutes wide, two points thick on the board, three points thick on the cover, and eight points wide inside. The second man was followed by a mighty bride price procession, and he went to Lin's father's house to kill. Of course, Ye Wen definitely has no relatives, so he asked someone close to him to help.

What is the bride price? Walking in the front are two horses with a letter of arrangement, without a bridle, with green silk as a halter, and then carry the manpower sedan chair that places the Yangmu Nanmu gift letter, next to the letter there are three beautiful maids guarding, and then the back is carrying five-colored satin, a large bunch of brocade silk, piles of copper coins, pigs, sheep and livestock, rice, flour, grain and oil, game and game, snacks and fruits, cheese, oil and salt, sauce, vinegar, onion and ginger......

As for Lin's father's house, before they arrived, a large low bed was set up, and then a case was placed on the bed, and incense burners, water bowls, and knives were set on the table. After the man's two messengers arrived, the two families instigated again. Father Lin took the letter, pried open the lid of the box with a knife, took out a piece of exquisite paper inside, unfolded it, and read aloud the block letters on the paper in public, which was generally the "Book of Intermarriage" written by the groom's father, but Ye Wen had no father here, so he had to write it himself.

Father Lin accepted this letter and took out another letter, which was the written "Marriage Answer Book".

This letter was to be put into a gift letter of the same size, and sent to the two messengers, and they were to be taken back to the man's house. Then the Lin family accepted this large pile of dowry, and then entertained these people who gave things, and the "acceptance" was over, and from then on, Lin Xiaomei was already a member of her husband's family. In the future, even if Father Lin plots against the family, according to the law, it will have nothing to do with Lin Xiaomei.

The fifth rite of the six rites is the "invitation period", that is, the man's family calculates the day of the happy event, and sends a matchmaker to Lin's father's house to ask for permission (in fact, it is to notify Lin's father's family).

The envoy Zhang San took it to Lin's father's house and said to Lin's father: "Ye Ah ordered Zhang San to obey Lin Gong's orders." Father Lin replied: "Lin Da only listens." The matchmaker said: "Ambassador Ye Ah was ordered by Lin Gong, but Lin Gong did not allow it, and Ye Ah dared not expect it, and said that it was the eighth day of the third month." Father Lin replied: "Lin Da dares to disrespect the beard." ”

The matchmaker went back to restore her life, and Lin Xiaomei's wedding date was set for the eighth day of the first month of March, and more than half of this family affair had been completed. Next, it's time for the event, the sixth ceremony, "Welcome".

If the woman's father has been a petty official below the sixth rank and above the ninth grade, he can wear a "big sleeve dress" to marry according to the etiquette system. This troublesome dress includes: dark cyan large-sleeved tunics, plain gauze onesy underwear, "knee covering" around the abdomen, large and small belts, socks, and cloth shoes are also dark blue. When commoner girls get married, they are also dark blue clothes, with fewer decorations, and wedding dresses such as red wedding dresses will not become popular until hundreds of years.

The woman can wear a pair of "temples" on her head to cover her ears, and then fill it with gold, silver, miscellaneous treasures, hairpins, hairpins, and the like. The phoenix crown is not allowed to be used indiscriminately, it is only qualified to wear it if there is a grade.

And what does Ye Wen look like as a groom's official? There are two choices for Ye Wen's wedding clothes: one is that as a nine-grade or above, the official family stipulates that you can wear "Jueben" when you get married. It is a kind of official uniform, which is to wear a black tasseled crown, a blue robe, orange-red bottoms, a white gauze undergarment, a black belt, white socks and red shoes, and some bits and pieces.

However, if Ye Wen himself is willing, he can also not wear this more dull and retro dress, and wear the "Jiang Gong Dress" like a commoner, which is a red gauze single coat, a white inner skirt, and black boots, which is closer to the "big red wedding dress" in the concept of modern people. This groom costume was very popular in the Tang Dynasty, and the men wore red and the women wore green at weddings, which is also the origin of the term "red men and green women".

The official rule of the Tang Dynasty that when young men got married, they could wear dresses that were higher than their real grades, which was called "Sesheng", which was also to show the government's attitude of encouraging marriage.

"Regency" is not only manifested in dressing, but also in the whole process of the wedding, which will be accompanied by the man's braggart and exaggeration to deceive his daughter-in-law...... The sun is setting in the west, and Ye Wen, the groom, is about to set off from home to pick up the bride.

Before leaving, Ye Wen had to worship his ancestors and inform everyone in the sky that he was going to collect the population at home. After kowtowing, his father stood next to the tablet and ordered: "Go to welcome your wife and worship the temple!" (Go and pick up your daughter-in-law and bring incense to my house.) The bridegroom kowtowed and said, "I dare not resign." "Of course, this set of gifts can be regarded as saving.

Ye Wen got on the horse, hugged a goose, took a few concubines and a decorated wedding float, and then entangled dozens of hundreds of strong men, and went straight to the bride's house with righteousness.

When the group arrived in front of Lin's father's house with open fire, it was already night, and they saw that the door of Lin's father's house was closed and heavily guarded, and there was a thief-proof momentum inside and out.

Ye Wen, the groom, got off the horse, knocked on the door, cleared his throat and shouted: "The thief must be beaten, and the guest must be seen." Report on my sister-in-law, come out to see each other. ”

Across the door, the seven aunts and eight aunts of Lin Xiaomei's family also spoke: "If you don't judge the distinguished guests, you have to stop at the door at night?" Who is this gentleman, where is the talent? Why did the spirit come? ”

Ye Wenxiang replied: "I am a gentleman in Chang'an and a famous family in Chixian. Therefore, I came to visit and talk about glory. My sister-in-law is as follows, how is it in the body? (I'm a noble son of the imperial capital, I have nothing to do to come to visit and visit, how are you doing, sisters-in-law?) It's a clear idea of what to do.

The sisters-in-law in the door replied: "The well water in front of the court, the gold wood is the bar, and the sister-in-law is as follows, and she will be safe." The public came here to ask, how is it in the body? "If you want to talk nonsense, let's just do it, who is afraid of whom.

Ye Wen replied: "There is no talent to go down, and you have to go to the highest gate." All of them were asked, and they were invincible. It's a long time at night, so I've been together, and I've had something to say, please don't do it. (A few of you ask, I have something to do, don't talk nonsense here.) The sisters-in-law laughed and asked, "Since you are a gentleman of a high family, you are more noble than the hero, and you don't judge your intentions, what do you want?" (So what are you doing here?) Ye Wen replied: "Wen Jun Gao Yu, so I am like-minded." My Fair Lady, Gentleman. (They came to pick up their daughter-in-law.) The door smiled even more happily, and the sisters-in-law said, "You and other distinguished guests, and you will stay in the courtyard for a long time." You have to ask, what a pity about time? (Don't you think we're instigating?) ）

Ye Wen replied: "And it is a slender man in the country, and he understands the book and chapter." When in doubt, ask, how to waste time? (You are all beautiful and talented women, ask us questions to save face, how can we be verbose) Listening to this Lang Jun's sweet mouth and talking, the sisters-in-law finally gave up: "It's difficult to send a guest, spread the mattress and make a brocade bed, please get off the horse and discuss slowly." (We've allowed you to dismount – wait, who said we were going to open the gates?) ）

Ye Wen dismounted and stood in front of the gate in a daze - if he didn't open the door, would he have to climb over the wall and go in, or would he still have to use a battering ram? Of course not, here to chant poetry, chanting poetry! What's the matter? Fortunately, Ye Wen was prepared and chanted a poem "On the Gate of the Woman's Family": "The cypress is the Nanshan cypress, and it will be the door in the future." (This is the material that describes the bride's door of your house, pure solid wood!) When the door is long, the woman is a temporary visitor. (The girl's family will have to go out sooner or later, so don't be embarrassed for your husband.) ）”

After Ye Wenshi finished chanting, the door opened suddenly. Ye Wen was full of joy and was about to walk inside, but he was grabbed by the experienced maid and pushed to the side—he was able to dodge a big stick that was split in front of him.

I saw a group of fierce ladies with sticks rushing out of the gate of the woman's house, laughing and laughing while beating people when they saw them, especially when the groom crackled and beat them, the lady in charge also shouted while beating: "The son-in-law is a woman's dog, don't ask if you kill it!" ”

As a son-in-law, he can only dodge and ask for mercy, he can't get angry, and he can't fight back. Even if Ye Wen brought more than 100 strong men to protect himself, he couldn't come up to fight at this time, and those strong men would only cheer and applaud and laugh wildly at this time, so they didn't care how happy the bride's family was "getting a son-in-law".

The sisters-in-law were tired from fighting, Ye Wen still had a breath left, and was panting, and two more women came up to pour wine into Ye Wen, and there were words in their mouths: "The wine is peach (grape) wine, and in the future, the envoy will be the king, and he will be fortunate to drink it, and he will prolong the spring of ten thousand years." ”

Ye Wen had no choice but to reply: "The wine is peach wine, taste it with the master first, and my sister-in-law won't taste it?" Its wine is sprinkled on the south wall. "Raise your hand, splash it.

Of course, the woman didn't do it: "The wine is peach wine, and it can be sold for a thousand dollars." (This wine is expensive!) That is, I asked my sister-in-law, why did you spill my wine? ”

Ye Wen replied: "After giving up a garden of leeks, but the mowing is still the same, that is, ask the second sister-in-law, why do you practice medicine and wine!" "You think I didn't know it was a sweat drug?

This son-in-law is not stupid. Enough tossing at the gate, let a group of people enter the courtyard, and in front of the middle gate, you have to chant poetry! Ye Wenyin, who had been prepared for a long time, said: "Tuanjin is the door leaf, and the jade is the door knocker." Break the golden hook lock, but dial the red sandalwood pass. ”

Entering the middle gate, another man-made pile was closed in front of him, locked, and Ye Wen held his forehead and thought: "There is no rubble there, why is this pile born?" Do not use a shovel, and use jade to destroy. The glaze is four walls, and the jade is used as the base step. Why do you want to strangle? It's not Tarzan. Temporarily borrow the key to open it, and let it go. ”

In front of the main hall, it was still locked. "The hall is square, and there are quadruple beds in it. Twelve screens, brocade is painted articles. The key opens the wishful lock, and the curtain closes the jade makeup. Good words to report to my sister-in-law, Xu Tanlang. ”

It's really not easy, after passing five levels and six generals, chanting seven poems and reciting eight mantras, Ye Wen finally entered the main hall of his father-in-law's house! As soon as the door opened, the curtain was closed—there was no one in the room, it was empty.

Where is the bride? The bride is in her boudoir at the back, slowly doing her hair and makeup.

As a woman in the Tang Dynasty, this is the most important thing to pretend to be in her life. When B embarrassed her husband with her temper and arrogance, she should especially cherish this great opportunity, and don't go out early, lest the kid think that it is easy to marry a daughter-in-law, and he will look down on him in the future.

At this time, the bride twisted the real hair wig together and coiled it a few times, brushed the **** putty on her face again, repainted her eyebrows, pasted a few more flowers, washed and smeared rouge......

At this time, Ye Wen had no choice but to chant "Hypnotic Poems" one after another outside Lin Xiaomei's boudoir.

Tonight, the Weaver Girl descended to the world, and she was idle in the mirror;

It has its own peach blossom noodles, and there is no need to stain the face with fat powder.

He has known both hearts since early on, and once he has covered up, he pretends to be late;

Even more worried, the moon rabbit is worried, and the love does not draw eyebrows.

It is rumored that the candle is lowered to red powder, and the mirror is not spring;

You don't need to be covered with makeup, but you have to wait for the painting with your eyebrows.

In the past, he will go to Yujing to travel, the first immortal Xu Xiangtou;

Today, I am fortunate to be the Qin Jin Association, and I will teach Luan Feng to make up the building in the morning.

In a word: It's not early, beauty, you can almost decorate it, we still have business, hurry up and come out.

Because the groom came to ask for a kiss, he couldn't be rude, he could only ask for good words and be red-faced. But at this time, the hundred or so strong men that Ye Wen brought from home could be white-faced, shouting and cheering behind the groom.

"Bride, rush out! Bride, rush out! Bride, rush out! Bride, rush out! Bride, rush out! ……”

Here is Tang Seng chanting poetry, there is noise pollution, when the mother's family can't stand it, okay, the bride and the little lady let's go out, anyway, there is an opportunity to torture the groom.

The sister-in-law and maidservant supported her, and hugged the bride Lin Xiaomei out of the boudoir.

Father Lin's house would hang a heavy screen curtain on the hall, and a saddle would be placed on the surface of the tent. Lin Xiaomei was supported to sit on the saddle, facing south and facing north, even if she stared out with wide eyes, she could only see a figure outside the tent polishing and turning, and was preparing to perform the "Laying Goose Ceremony".

"Laying geese" is the core part of the Tang Dynasty wedding ceremony. The specific process is that the bridegroom takes the wild geese that he has brought from his family, and luckily lucks them on the side of the tent, shouts, and throws the geese across the barriers. On the side of Father Lin's house, there were a few more people, who quickly caught the wild goose, shook off a red Luo wrapped it, and then wrapped the goose's beak with five-colored silk brocade to prevent it from croaking. When the wedding is over, the groom's family will "ransom" the goose and release it. After throwing the geese, the next step is to recite poems. This time, I asked to remove the barriers that separated the newlyweds and to go in and meet the bride.

"The night is long, and the moon is oblique, and the embroidery obstacle is exquisite. In order to repay the maid, he saw Qing'e from his horse. (The bridegroom's self-proclaimed "colt" is bragging, which is also allowed by the "Setsa".) ）

If you don't remove the obstacles, continue to urge: "The barriers are heavily covered, and the Luo Yi team is fragrant." For the sake of the maid, what does it matter if you go? ”

It was a pair of boys and girls who came forward to remove the obstacles. After the groom entered the tent, he took a goose, knelt in front of the bride facing north in a humble position (the bride was sitting on the saddle facing south at this time), and put the goose in front of Lin Xiaomei.

Lin Xiaomei can take a look at her husband generously at this time, and Ye Wen can also raise her eyes to see the appearance of her own lady. Ye Wen and Lin Xiaomei looked at each other and smiled, Ye Wen looked at Lin Xiaomei, who was dressed beautifully, and felt that the sin just now was not in vain.

After the ceremony, the newlyweds bid farewell to the woman's parents, and the parents should give a few words of advice as usual. What the father-in-law said was: "Respect the precepts, the palace has no disobedience!" The mother-in-law also said: "Reluctant to respect, the night is not violated!" The general meaning is to teach the daughter-in-law to be careful and obedient after arriving at the husband's house, to restrain her temper, and to be honest and obedient.

In fact, before the husband greets her, the woman's parents should have told these many times, and the specific content of the advice is a "Mrs. Cui's Essay on Training", which is summarized very carefully.

…… Teach you to do the women's ceremony in front of you, but it is not contrary to my language. If the good and evil things are not seen, do not do it when you are at home. She is used to being a woman at home, and now she is the front edge of his wife's faith. If you want to think twice and then come out, the first thing is to say less. On the road, people must hold their hands, respect and avoid not blocking the front. Don't say the foreign language to the family, and don't pass the family language to outsiders. Gu Yan Gongyu responded in a low voice, and Xiaolang Gongyu did the same. The early court lived in the court, and the uncles of the houses passed it on. Concubines look at each other like fish in water, and men and women share compassion for each other. The upper and lower are harmonious and respectful, and there is no mediocrity in making two minds. The husband asked with a smile when he was drunk, and he wished to support Ruo to sleep peacefully. Don't insult each other in front of others, and when you wake up, you will definitely be discordant. If you can follow my language one by one, why don't you have mercy. Therefore, this law has been taught by the law, and it has been passed down through the ages.

These words, whether it is said or not, are the responsibility of parents, and it depends on the bride's own personality if you don't do it.

The parents worshipped, the family temple resigned, and the bride finally boarded the wedding car to go to her husband's house. Before getting into the car, the sisters-in-law and maids who accompanied Lin Xiaomei suddenly became busy and asked each other, "Where is the lady's knee-covering?" Where did it go? Who prepares? You can't forget it all, right? Won't it......"

"Knee covering" is a large square cloth towel that is put on the bride's head to prevent outsiders from seeing her face on the road.

"Covering the knees" should not be thought of as a "red hijab". In the Tang Dynasty, it can be said that there was no such thing as a "red hijab", and the bride was basically unmasked in her own home in the first half of the wedding. That piece may be a "knee cover" of any color, and it is only covered before boarding the wedding car and going out, the intention is also to prevent outsiders from looking at his face, not to protect his husband. This thing is not in line with the ancient etiquette, it only rose up in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, so although the popularity is quite high, it is not rude if you don't use it, if you can't find it, you can not cover your head, you can get on the car directly.

The red hijab can be left uncovered, but the bride can hold a mace in her hand and hide a small knife on her body...... It's not for use against husbands. Ye Wen rode around the car three times, and set off after the turn. The sticks and knives are all used to deal with the "obstacle clans" who are ambushed in the middle of the road.

Generally speaking, the "car barrier people" are just people who join in the fun and joke, they crowd up to block the road when the wedding car passes by, sing and dance to eat, drink and wealth. Of course, when he stretched out his hand, he had to sing a lot of words in his mouth, not the uneducated kind of "the old lady is good", but also full of the Tang Dynasty style with chapters of export.

Er Langwei! I'm a boy from Zhuzhou, and I'm traveling to another country. Describe the slender and charming Zhulang. Containing beads and spitting jade, the belt is delicate. (This is the situation of the car barrier people themselves, and they are all serious people.) Therefore, if you get a car obstacle, you must get cattle and sheep! (Give us cattle and sheep to let the wedding car pass.) Mrs. Ban Han Jun hair, the golden wisps extended. Ling Yi Shude, Yuxiu Lanfang. (It's a compliment to the bride.) Xuan Mian does not spare Yishui, and official marriages are not Jinyang. The two are well together, a thousand years of glow. (This is a celebration of the marriage.) Er Langwei! And think about it carefully, inside and outside, everything is on a blind date, and the head is equal. A certain Jialang does not boast of talent and rhyme, and the little lady has no time to adjust makeup. (This is also saying that the couple are very compatible, and the marriage is complete.) Very good also, very Kang Qiang also. The two women are babbling, and the five men are geese. (This is to wish the couple two daughters and five sons, which the Tang Dynasty people considered the most ideal fertility situation.) Natural embroidery painting, general interpretation of the article. The uncle is already the prime minister, and when he knocks on the door, it is all Cheng Lang, and the nine clans of Ronglian are more than a thousand boxes. Seeing your children getting married, I specially celebrated the high hall. (These words are still good wishes, the children are all talented, among the ranks of the great nobles, and get married and climb to the high gate.) Er Langwei! Wishing and exaggerating one by one. And look at the reward, it must be unusual. (This means that since you have been given so many wishes, you must give more rewards.) Under the curtain, the degree of embroidery, the drapery on the gum. The treasure is rotten, and the dragon musk is fragrant. Raindrops of gold and silver were sprinkled, and Kira was piled up and walled. The music is noisy, the lights and candles are shining, the plate is full of stuffing, and the wine syrup is large. (These are the things that the handicapped people want to get.) Er Langwei! The general burden will return, and teach you to be happy. More kowtow to the gods and Buddhas, and support the gateway Jichang. I want my wife and my son to be virtuous, and I will survive in peace, and I will be fearful and loyal to the country! (These are all auspicious words.) ["Er Lang Wei" is the lyrics of the poems that the people actually chanted during the wedding at that time, starting with "Er Lang Wei", which is similar to the "word card" of later generations, and is also the syllable need for singing the key. The () in the text is the content attached by the author. ]

Ye Wen listened to this set of auspicious words, and Ye Wen couldn't show weakness here, so someone shouted in the car and asked: "Today's sanctification raises the common people." Where is the youth, the things are rampant! Hurry to avoid the road, waste my car! "In broad daylight (no, it's still late at night.) ), which muddy boy is blocking my wedding car! Get out of the way!

The handicapped car clan responded: "I am the position of Santai, the descendant of the prime minister." Taiyuan Wang, Guo, Zhengzhou Cui, Chen, Hedong Pei, Liu, Longxi Niu, Yang, Nanyang Zhang, Li, Jidai loyal ministers. Chen Jun's carriage and horse, how can he be a mortal!" - The above are all big county dignitaries in the Tang Dynasty, and they are bragging...... Bragging? Then let's blow it together.

The person on Ye Wen's side said: "The method of obstacle car first has its own way." You must get a corner of a unicorn and a three-legged phoenix. Liaodong wine flavor, western country Hu sheep. Intended to be Guixi, Qindi ginger. One less is insufficient, and it is really invisible! "You guys go get those rare birds and foreign objects first, and then you can play with the obstacle car!

People are not stupid: "We are here to stop the car, according to the ancient law." Jun has no sheep wine, so why sit and blame. If you ask the east, you will answer the west, and you will know the north when you reach the south. It's not the right time, don't count too much! ”

After being entangled in this question and answer for a while, if Ye Wen and his young couple were really anxious to go home, they would have to have some blood and send some cattle, sheep, cloth, wine and meat to others, and the people would let them go. However, in more remote places, or if you really have a bad character and meet a real robber, then there are really brides and dead people on the street. However, Ye Wen and Lin Xiaomei are both from the same place, and they are quite close.

Blowing and blowing all the way, Ye Wen rode forward, Lin Xiaomei followed behind in the car, and the concubine was surrounded by the crowd, escorted to the gate of Ye Wen's house, and parked.

The maid lifted the curtain and came out of her husband's house a group of women, each holding a felt mat. These are not those who come up to beat the bride to avenge the groom, they are paving the way for the bride.

The leading maidservant spread the felt mat under the car, and the people behind spread it out in turn into a road and led it to the door of the house. The bride walks over on the felt, and someone behind her picks up the mat that she has stepped on, trotting and continuing to spread it forward, this ritual is called "turning felt" or "passing felt", to ensure that the bride does not touch the ground on the way from the car into the room.

The bride walked this way, before the arrival of the wedding car, the husband's family has been cleaned up: first fill the stone mortar with 3 liters of millet, plug the window with 3 catties of hemp, cover the well with a mat, and put three arrows on the lintel of the gate, the bride will walk under the arrow, and after entering the yard, she must first worship the pigsty, and then worship the stove. When worshipping, the husband's in-laws and other people have to go out of the courtyard from the side door, and then come in from the main gate, and they all step on your footprints, which is called "the bride's trace". Ye Wen had no parents in the Tang Dynasty, so he was exempted from this set.

Why are you doing all this Shinto stuff? cough, it's not feudal superstition plus discrimination against women, saying that the bride is easy to bring demons and monsters into her husband's house, so you must do a good job of protection, and then there is to suppress the bride's spirit, so as not to be difficult to discipline in the future.

Similar to the bride's family "getting a son-in-law", the husband's family also wants to "get a bride", but it is relatively less violent, and it is mainly verbal molestation. Then, Ye Wenxiao and his wife were not in the house, but to find an auspicious piece of land in the southwest corner of the courtyard and set up "Qinglu" and "Baizi Tent".

Of course, this tent has already been set up, and when it is erected, the female family will send someone to participate in the "tent casting" ceremony, that is, throwing some fruits, money, flowers, and the like into the tent everywhere, and singing the "Mantra" while sprinkling: "Tonight, the daughter of the Zhang family and the Li family are married, and after the wish is accepted, long live the thousand autumns, and keep Jichang." Five men and two women, slaves and maids. The man is always the prime minister, and the woman is the king. From hereby, the life expectancy of the husband and wife will be extended! ”

The "Qinglu" where the marriage is married is a place with a relatively large space. When the bride enters the house, she can let the maid cover her body and face with a barrier and a fan, and then walk in reservedly to salute (if it is after Wu Zhou at this time, then the groom should kneel down and bow down during the salute, but the bride does not have to kneel, just bow with her hands in front of her chest, which is called "men kneel and women do not kneel"), and then "sit in the tent".

At this time, although Ye Wen had already seen Lin Xiaomei, Lin Xiaomei covered her face with a fan after getting out of the car, but the rest of her husband's family didn't know what this bride looked like. Wonder? Well—keep chanting.

Three poems of "Go to Fan Poems":

Youth is new tonight, and the red leaves are a flower when they bloom.

It is clear that the treasure tree is seen from a human being, and He Laoyu's fan is even more covered.

The thousand-heavy Luo fan does not need to be covered, and the hundred beauty is not luxurious.

The maid doesn't have to ask for it, it will inevitably belong to his family after all.

The boudoir is as red as a flower, and the rain rains on the people.

It has its own cloud clothes and five-color reflections, and there is no need for a hundred fans.

After chanting the poem, the fan will be moved away.

The bridegroom and the bride were invited to sit side by side in the tent, and then chanted, "A pair of the same prison plate, the second official in the future." For the sake of the words, go around the tent three times", hold the "same prison plate" with meat and rice, and feed the groom and the bride three mouthfuls of rice each.

The following is to drink a glass of wine, and the crepe of the text is called "He". The traditional wine glass should be "two pieces of a small scoop and placed in the tukuli". If you can't find the little scoop, use two small gold and silver cups and let a pair of boys hand them to the little couple respectively, "one for the son-in-law, and the other for the bride", Ye Wen and Lin Xiaomei can take a sip at the same time.

At this time, someone also used five-colored silk cotton to tie Ye Wen and Lin Xiaomei's toes together, "The system is from the heart, and the heart is true." Skillfully tie the heart to the heart, pay to the heart. ”

Okay, you can get real guns. Someone over there undressed the groom. "The mountain treasure path is very prosperous, and there are two phoenixes behind the shirt. The crotch is covered with two sleeves and two crows, and the clothes are connected into the suitcase. "If you see it like a flower, why do you need to wear embroidered clothes?" In the end, he will fly double in the future. ”

Compared with the groom, Lin Xiaomei's side is much more troublesome. First, go to the "hat confusion" (a kind of headdress similar to a wig): "Pupu has a flower, and the temples are clouded." It's good to have less sideburns, and you don't need to cover it with a hat. ”

Then pluck the flowers from Lin Xiaomei's hair: "A flower is gone, but a new flower is new, the front flower is fake and the back flower is real." There are flowers and birds on the fake flowers, and the real flowers are more flower pickers. ”

Comb the hair of the bride and groom: "In the moon, the trees are tall, and the branches are difficult to climb. I borrowed a tooth comb for the time being, but returned my hair. "This is the palace of the king of Chu, and we have to meet tonight. The head is coiled in a dragon bun, and the face is appliqué red. ”

So the irrelevant people finally withdrew: "The heavens intertwine the woman who crosses the river and comes to the world only for people." The people on all sides are always far away, and there is a new mess from him and his wife. ”

The curtain was lowered and the bride and groom were allowed to speak. "The palace people and jade girls are self-slender, and the lady Heng'e is diving. If you want to look at your appearance, please ask others to go down the curtain for the time being. ”

Finally, when the tabernacle was closed, the lamps were blown and the wax was plucked, and everyone dispersed, and the day was almost dawn.

When she got up the next day, Lin Xiaomei had to meet her aunt (in-laws), which was another big set of cumbersome etiquette. Because Ye Wen has no parents, he can only be exempted from these etiquette.

However, three months later, I went to the family temple of my husband's family to pay my respects and officially informed everyone in the sky that I had moved the household registration book into my husband's house, which was still a bunch of messy rules, and the wedding in the Tang Dynasty was roughly like this.

Finally, I add: The above is the process of the groom welcoming the bride and returning to his home for the wedding. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a very common phenomenon that if the woman's family was richer and more powerful than the man at the time of marriage, or the man's family was not in the place where the marriage was made, the whole wedding was held in the woman's house. Even for a long time after getting married, the young couple lived in the woman's house, and everyone was accustomed to this phenomenon, and the groom was not the kind of "door-to-door son-in-law" who was looked down upon.