Chapter 59: Tradition and Romance
Shelly took Alise and Grace around and turned her back to Roy and Himeko.
I saw three people lined up in front of me, and the snow-white dressing gowns they were wearing and the back of the pink dressing gown, as Himeko said, were embroidered with gold silk threads with the English characters "Blide", "Bridesmaid", which represented "bride" and "bridesmaid".
Immediately afterwards, the three of them reached out at the same time and grabbed the loose hem of the nightgown, opened it to the left and right, and their footsteps moved left and right with the movement of their hands, and their mouths emitted a neat musical beat:
"Bang rub, bang rub~~"
Seeing this ridiculous scene, both Royi and Himeko couldn't help but laugh out loud happily.
In this way, the foreigner's skill in playing treasure is also extraordinary.
Although there are different nationalities, different skin tones, and different eye colors, the funny nature of people is the same.
At this moment, the voice sensor embedded in the door "ticked" twice, and from inside came the voice of a respectful and polite lady, who said in a pure English accent:
"Dear Miss Shelly, breakfast is ready for you and your guests, please move to the dining room and enjoy it."
“OK,Tank you,Fern.”
Shelly replied politely.
“You don ' t mention it.” (You're welcome)
After their conversation was over, the sensor heard another "beep" sound, and the voice hung up.
Shelly smiled and clapped her hands:
"Friends, let's go down for breakfast first, the makeup artist who made the appointment will come over at 8:45 to help."
“OK。”
Everyone laughed and walked out of Shelly's master bedroom and headed to the dining room on the first floor.
Entering the dining room, a sumptuous Western-style breakfast had already been prepared for them on the shiny and expensive rectangular table.
White porcelain plates with gold trim and hand-woven rattan baskets are lined with all sorts of delicate cakes, pastries and breads. There is also a fresh red, yellow, orange and green vegetable salad, which creates a visual enjoyment, which is pleasing to the eye and increases the appetite.
Looking at the center of the tabletop, several delicate and transparent glass jugs hold thick milk, orange juice and mellow coffee, the attractive color is mouth-watering.
The beauties sat down one after another, enjoying the delicious food, while constantly posing on their mobile phones, recording and saving all kinds of amusement and laughter at this moment.
After a frenzied photo shoot, everyone began to discuss the details and etiquette that need to be paid attention to at the wedding.
Originally, this pre-wedding step should have been performed by the bride's mother, but Shelly's parents left her early when she was very young due to an accidental plane crash.
Shelly grew up with her loving grandmother, who died two years ago. The current Victorian period house is where her grandmother left her a place to live, and of course, there are other legacies, but that's a story for later.
A hearty breakfast ended happily with the arrival of the makeup artist on the second floor, and they returned to Shelly's bedroom on the second floor to begin the lengthy grooming process.
After 3 hours and 23 minutes of dressing up, the bride finally put on a beautiful snow-white wedding dress.
Speaking of which, it is very necessary to mention an English ballad that has been passed down from the Victorian era to the present day:
Something old,
Something new,
Something borrowed,
Something blue,
And a silver sixpence in her shoe.
The first four lines of this ballad are the golden sentences that test the bride's dress, which means "there is the old, there is the new, there is borrowing, and there is blue." ”
This is a traditional custom at weddings in the British, who believe that the bride will dress up like this to bring her good luck after marriage.
Just as the Chinese must wear red thread and cypress branches on their clothes on their wedding day, bringing profound and beautiful meanings.
In order to understand their traditional customs, let's analyze this English folk Yao.
First of all, it mentions "there is old". "Old" refers to the old clothes left behind by the bride's family, which here symbolizes inheritance.
The intricately hand-embroidered white veil worn on Shelly's head at this moment is the veil she used to wear when her mother and father got married.
Let's look at the second sentence of "there is new", this word is easy to understand, it is the new dress worn by the bride on the wedding day, symbolizing the optimism and hope of married life.
The romantic wedding dress that Shelly is wearing now is a wedding dress that she began to order half a year ago and is woven using ancient handmade techniques.
The third "borrowed" is a bit strange. Almost all of the bride's things at the wedding are freshly purchased, so why borrow them?
It turns out that this "borrowing" is a small ornament borrowed by the newlyweds from a married woman, or a small sewing kit, which means borrowed happiness.
The sparkling diamond on Shelly's head is a trinket, borrowed from Grace, who is married.
And what about the last one "has blue"? What does blue mean?
In the famous Bible, it is recorded that the Virgin Mary wore a blue robe. In Christianity, blue represents purity, loyalty, and love.
Compared with the blue wedding dresses that were very popular before the 19th century, brides after the 19th century basically chose snow-white wedding dresses. Now that the color of the wedding dress has changed, the traditional meaning cannot be abandoned. Therefore, they usually choose blue jewelry or wedding shoes instead of this "blue". As long as there is this beautiful meaning of blue, then the purity, loyalty and love it represents will exist.
Today's Shelly chooses a sapphire necklace left to her by her grandmother, which is crystal clear blue and calm and mysterious.
Everyone understands the first four sentences of this Min Yao, so what does the last sentence "And a silver sixpence in her shoe" mean?
It is said that in traditional weddings in England, a sixpence silver coin is placed in the bride's wedding shoes in order to bring wealth and happiness after marriage.
Unfortunately, the traditional practice of this silver coin seems to be somewhat difficult today, because the current sixpence coin is basically out of print.
Although the last one in this song can no longer be quoted, the first four are still strictly adhered to at the wedding.
In accordance with the traditional customs of the above wedding, the bride and bridesmaid group led by Shelly finally got ready to leave, and the time had already reached 12:16 noon.
A group of several people walked out of the door, and several luxurious wedding cars with new decorations were already waiting in front of the lawn of the small courtyard.
Shelly carried a long white gauze skirt into the first wedding car, and the two bridesmaids, Alise and Grace, helped put her beautiful lace white yarn into the car and closed the door.
They got into the second wedding car, and Roy and Himeko got into the third.
Several cars started almost simultaneously and drove smoothly towards the chapel a short distance away.