Marriage rituals have existed in ancient my country and have also formed a system. In ancient times, when a man and a woman got married, it was not called getting married. It was usually called getting married or taking a wife. To be more elegant, it was called getting married or welcoming a bride. Of course, the woman was called getting married, and the man was called taking a wife! The steps on the wedding day are:
Carrying the sedan chair and setting off: Accompanied by gongs, drums, suonas, and lion dances, the sedan chair begins to set off. According to tradition, the bride should be carried out in a sedan by her brothers. However, most people nowadays have only children, so they can only do it for their cousins ??or best men, who usually carry them instead of carrying them. The journey of the sedan chair is just a formality at the moment. Unless the two families are very close, carrying it from one end of Shanghai to the other will definitely make you fall down from exhaustion. However, it is customary to give red envelopes to the bearers, otherwise they will intentionally shake the sedan to make the bride "feel better".
Crossing the brazier and shooting arrows: In the ancient ceremony, the bride sat in a sedan chair and crossed the charcoal brazier, but now it is usually the bride who crosses directly with the support of the matchmaker. Then before getting off the sedan, the groom has to draw his bow and shoot three red arrows toward the sedan door to drive away any evil spirits that the bride may have contracted along the way. After the brazier, some people have to step over the saddle, which indicates that the couple will have a safe family after marriage; then the groom will use a scale beam wrapped in red cloth to lift the wedding scarf on the bride's head. At this time, the couple should Officially worshiped. The most important part after the visit is not to exchange a glass of wine (Hexinjiu), but to serve tea to both parties in the high hall. Usually at this time, a group of people burst into tears. The scene is touching, and there is a deep sense of family affection in the warm and festive atmosphere.
Tie Xinyi and thank the matchmaker: In modern marriage ceremonies, many things that should be done in the bridal chamber are brought out and displayed. For example, hair tying should be done by the newlyweds in the bridal chamber and kept together as a token of their relationship. Now it is performed in public. Afterwards, the mothers of both parties lit dragon and phoenix candles together, the newlyweds exchanged fragrant books and beautiful jade as tokens, and then invited a matchmaker to present hoofs.