Anlan Cultural Square is located on the south bank of the Anlan River, with stadiums and clubs under construction to the east and libraries and auditoriums under construction to the south.

To the west of the square are rows of three-storey buildings made of makeshift bamboo-reinforced concrete. These rows of small buildings are where the administrative area of Anlan City is located. Departments such as the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Household Affairs have occupied one of the small buildings. Lin Dejia's infrastructure engineering team also occupies one of the buildings because of the importance of the nature of the mission.

In the morning, in a large room of the Ministry of Rites, Bai Baoxiang, Mao Pi, Yun Lan, as well as Huang Shisan, Miao Buying, Huang Yizhou, Hu Kun and others sat around the conference table, each holding a freshly mimeographed "Chinese Etiquette. The first draft of The Wedding.

"Chinese Etiquette. After all, "Taxi Wedding" was made up by a group of modern people in the Political Research Office of the Ministry of Rites, whether it can be accepted and followed by the gentry and businessmen of this era, no one knows, Bai Baoxiang specially invited Huang Shisan, Miao Buying and others, and wanted to hear their opinions.

"Chinese Etiquette. The Wedding of Scholars is mainly based on the "Rites. Shi Du Li" is the blueprint, with reference to "Zhu Zi's Family Rites" has been processed and modified. The main thing is to cut down the complicated and simplify, and try to make the complicated rituals and programs conform to the rhythm of life and psychological habits in the industrial age.

Ren Xuefeng explained to everyone that the Zhou wedding, inheriting the ancient times to the Xia Shang, was integrated in the Western Zhou Dynasty, which was the founding of Lile, carried forward in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the gentleman's style, and stabilized when the Chinese ethnic groups finally formed the Han nation, and have always been the blueprint for Chinese weddings for 3,000 years. Therefore, my "Chinese Rites" mainly takes Zhou Rites as a reference object.

Weddings in the pre-Qin period were also called dusk rites. There are no extravagant dowries, no extravagant pomp, and no noisy feasts. It is the righteousness of the husband and wife and the grace of the knot that are important, and they do not think that this is a noisy and noisy thing. At that time, the ceremony was simple and clean, and there were no complicated things such as the complicated hijab and the haunted cave room in later generations. The next day, she visited her aunt and three months later, she visited the family temple, and from then on, the bride officially integrated into her husband's family.

The faint clothes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties were not the current red, but the dignified Xuanxi dress (Xuanxi, the color of red in black, according to the Five Elements Thought, is the most sacred color that symbolizes the heavens). The whole ceremony was quiet and serene, but there was a shocking power in the quiet and meticulous ceremony. The quiet and beautiful ceremony that began in the dusk reflected the breath of a long-lost civilization—that was a pure, beautiful and great Chinese civilization, pointing directly to the hearts of the people.

Huang Shisan, Miao Buying and others nodded again and again after hearing this, agreeing that the wedding should be restored to the solemnity and even sacredness of the pre-Qin period, and there should be no elements of fun and nicknames.

The "Etiquette. The whole wedding process is divided into four links: marriage, engagement, registration, and marriage.

"According to "Zhuzi's Family Rites", we listed 'marriage proposal' as the first link."

Ren Xuefeng looked up and explained that in the era of industrialization, the mass production of machines will be hundreds of people working together, and women will also enter the mass production of society. This will greatly increase the chances of men and women coming into contact with each other. But don't dare to do anything, both men and women have a good feeling, and they must go through a matchmaker and ask for the consent of both parents before they can enter the second link, "engagement".

"We've made a big change here to incorporate the process of Nacai and Na Coin into the engagement process, which is more in line with the rhythm of life in the industrial age."

Ren Xuefeng explained that throughout the "Etiquette", the ancients have always emphasized etiquette over property, and material is only used as a medium to express feelings. Therefore, "Chinese Etiquette" follows the original intention of the sages, in line with the principle of respecting prudence, simplicity and unpretentiousness, and attaching importance to filial piety. When getting married, the laying of the wild goose ceremony was only a wild goose.

In the pre-Qin period, the greeting gifts held by the scholar class were called "zhen" or "dear". In the Han Dynasty, coins were deerskins.

"The third step is registration. A few days before the wedding, the husband and wife need to go through the registration procedures at the government civil affairs office at the same time and obtain the marriage certificate issued by the government. ”

"It's not etiquette!" Huang Shisan and the others were quite surprised, the Ming Dynasty was prevalent in purification, and the women of the gentry families were all out of the door.

"This is not the way of industrial society. Industrial society requires a large number of female labor force to enter all aspects of socialized mass production. ”

Speaking of this, Ren Xuefeng smiled slightly, "The 'Three Books' were effective documents to protect marriage in the past, and now the imperial court recognizes one book." Only by registering with a government agency and obtaining a marriage certificate is a legal marriage recognized by the imperial court. If it is not registered, it can only be regarded as a de facto marriage. ”

Huang Shisan and the others immediately asked what the consequences would be if they did not register.

"An unregistered marriage can only be regarded as a de facto marriage and does not enjoy the full protection of the law."

Ren Xuefeng explained that the Chinese government will be built into an all-round government, and the government needs to care about the people's clothing, food, housing, transportation, birth, old age, sickness and death. Therefore, the people's household registration must be very accurate, any changes must be reported to the government office where the household registration is located, marriage needs to be registered, birth of children must be registered, and death needs to be cancelled.

"The fourth step is getting married. The groom brings the welcome book and marries the bride through the door, and the 'aldehyde ceremony' and 'laying goose ceremony' are included in it. ”

Huang Shisan and the others flipped through the first draft in their hands while listening to Ren Xuefeng's introduction. They deeply felt that the "Chinese Rites" formulated for the industrial age had indeed changed a lot compared with the past.

Huang Shisan and Miao Buying are not roundabout masters, they understand very well that new rituals are indeed needed on the occasion of the Ding Revolution, rituals that meet the requirements of the new era. However, they still don't know much about this new industrial era, so they don't talk nonsense, but the "Chinese Etiquette" in their hands is indeed simple and easy, and it is in line with the essence of Zhou Rites.

Everyone said that they had no opinions, and they could let people practice it and see how it worked.

In the afternoon, Yunlan and the others only held an executive committee at Ershawan Fort, and the engagement ceremony was handed over to a group of people from the Political Research Office of the Ministry of Rites to be in charge of Zhang Luo.

The Executive Committee listened to the work reports of Qian Shuiting, Wang Tiehammer and Lin Youde. At the meeting, it was decided to convene a Taiwan work conference on December 11 to convene cadres in Taiwan to deliberate and approve the plan for the establishment of the party and government system, and to study and arrange the work plan for Taiwan in 1855 (2696 in the republican calendar).

The First National Congress of the Communist Party of China adopted a resolution that during the wartime emergency, the Executive Committee would be solely responsible for all major matters. It has been a month and a half since the First National Congress was held, and now that it has successfully landed in Taiwan and taken over half of the island, the Executive Committee feels that the work plan for the establishment of the system and Taiwan's development plan for the next year should be deliberated and approved at the Central Work Conference of the Renaissance Party.

In addition, the Executive Committee has also incorporated many personnel and vessels from Dinghai into the Coast Guard. The Taiwan Coast Guard has been further expanded, and the radius of movement of coast guard vessels has also been extended to the central part of the Taiwan Strait.

In the evening, the large dining room of the Diaoyutai Guest House is lit up, and dozens of tables in the hall are full.

There is an open space near the north wall of the dining room, and in the center is an offering table with an incense burner and a pair of candles, and various fruits are displayed in front of the incense burner.

In the left compartment of the open space, two rows of young men wearing Xuanxi Hanfu stood against the wall, and in the right compartment, two rows of young women wearing Xuanxi Hanfu also stood against the wall. These were selected from the Guozixue and the women's school barracks.

They were all a little excited to witness the legendary weekly wedding in person.

With the melodious ancient music remembered, these young men and women chanted "Zhou Nan? Guan Ju", "Zheng Feng? Wind and Rain", which praises the virtues of an unmarried man and woman, and at the same time expresses the joy and surprise of the two people knowing each other.

Under the auspices of the Taoist chief of the pot, Yun Dongming, who was wearing a black Hanfu, poured wine for the wine glass on the table. Worship heaven and earth, drink the earth with wine, and worship again.

Miao Buying, who was also wearing a dark dress, was invited by the pot and exchanged gifts with Yun Dongming.

Then, Yun Dongming picked up a wooden plate, on which was placed a snow goose tied tightly with a rope, "In-law, you are gracious and give your daughter to my son Yunlan as a wife." I have a gift left by my ancestors, and as a gift of selection, please accept it. ”

Miao Buying modestly replied, "My daughter is very dull, and I haven't been able to teach her well. Now that you have ordered me like this, I don't dare to refuse. Then he took the wooden plate.

These are imitations of the Rite of Order. Taxi Wedding".

Miao Qiushui stood in front of the woman in the right compartment, listening to her father's words, she was very unhappy, glared hard at Yunlan who was standing in the left compartment, and said in her heart, where am I stupid, where am I dull!

After Nacai finished, Miao Buying poured wine and worshiped heaven and earth.

Then the neutron of the pot began to preside over the currency again.

Huang Shisan, Bai Baoxiang and others sat at a table at the front.

Looking at Miao Buying taking over the wooden plate containing two deer skins and a bunch of silk, Huang Shisan suddenly remembered a question. If this ritual is promulgated and implemented throughout the country, there will be many live geese and deerskins.

"It's easy." Lin Youde blurted out, "We will adopt industrial methods to raise wild geese and elk in large quantities." ”

"It's not a long-term solution." Bai Baoxiang shook his head, he thought for a while, "The industrial society must adopt the methods of the industrial society, we can change the live geese into a pair of wild goose handicrafts, so that they can be placed at home for a long time." ”

"It works." Huang Shisan agreed, "The five silk horses and two deer skins used for the Na currency can also be changed into five silk horses and five cotton cloths." ”

The ancient music sounded again, and Yun Lan and Miao Qiushui came to the center of the front desk under the guidance of the male and female maids respectively.

A servant stood beside Yunlan with a tray containing a jade bracelet in his hand.

A servant stood beside Miao Qiushui with a tray of jade pendants in his hand.

After Yunlan and Miao Qiushui greeted each other, the two men and women helped exchange love tokens.

The female singer in the right chamber is affectionate and long, "Vote for me with papaya, and repay it with Qiongju." Bandit retribution, always think it is good! ”

"Vote for me with a peach, and repay it with Qiong Yao. Bandit retribution, always think it is good! The male chant on the left side responded with an affectionate, heavy chant.

With the help of the prime minister, Yun Lan hung the jade pendant on his waist, and Miao Qiushui put the jade bracelet on his wrist.

All the eulogists chanted loudly in unison, "Vote for me with Mu Li, and repay it with Qiongjiu." Bandit retribution, always think it is good! ”