what is the bridal chamber sutra? Speaking of the bridal chamber sutra in Wenling, elderly Wenling people should be familiar with it, which is a part of Wenling folk traditional marriage customs. In the past, when people who believed in Buddhism got married, they usually had to pay homage to the bride and send her to the bridal chamber. Among them, bridal chamber sutra is a kind of ritual song and duet sung when delivering bridal chamber. The bridal chamber sutra shows the desire to pray for children everywhere, influenced by the dominant culture of the Han nationality, and at the same time saturated with the essential characteristics of the ancient Wuyue culture, reflecting the remains of the thought of the ancestors of Wu Yue to exorcise evil spirits and Naji ... < P > There are more than 4 steps in the traditional bridal chamber sending < P > Ying Guangyuan (also known as Liu Mei), a 74-year-old folk artist in Jinghai Village, Binhai Town, is the inheritor of the Dragon Lantern Tune. He likes folk music and can sing bridal chamber sutra since he was a child. In his home, there are some manuscripts of bridesmaid poems and bridal chamber scriptures.
Ying Guangyuan has a piece of "Specific Steps to Send a Bridal Room", which was compiled by Wenling Cultural Heritage Protection Center, and it says 46 steps to send a Bridal Room. Including: 1. Worship parents; 2. Ask the kitchen to salute; 3. Go up the stairs; 4. Sing the Eight Immortals (you can choose one of the Little Eight Immortals, the Middle Eight Immortals and the Big Eight Immortals); 5. unlock the lock; 6. open the door; 7. Enter the bridal chamber; 8. Newcomers salute; 9. rest the plate; 1. lift the gold table; 11. Jie Jinhua; 12. Tie golden flowers; 13. divide the lights; 14. Ask for a stool head; 15. Location; 16. Ask for tea; 17. divide tea; 18. collect tea cups; 19. Ask for a hip flask; 2. Ask for a wine glass; 21. beg for chopsticks; 22. untie chopsticks; 23. Ask for a spoon (spoon); 24. Divide the spoons; 25. pour wine; 26. sing a warm bowl; 27. Greeting wine; 28. Ten glasses of wine; 29. look at the tide; 3. Newcomers speak; 31. Xie Chu; 32. collect the bowl; 33. send goods to the south; 34. Put thirteen flowers; 35. Dish dividing head; 36. Fractional yuan red (orange); 37. Stripped yuan red; 38. The dish head thanks the kitchen; 39. Ask for an early child; 4. It's still early; 41. Return to the gold table; 42. Sa Ma An; 43. Holding a dragon lantern for a happy reunion; 44. sprinkle fried rice; 45. Out of the bridal chamber; 46. Go down the stairs.
The ceremony steps are very complicated, but it is reported that some of them can be omitted in the actual delivery of the bridal chamber.
duet inside and outside the bridal chamber is a major feature of singing the bridal chamber sutra. A feature of Wenling's sending the bridal chamber to sing the bridal chamber sutra is duet, which is sung by the bridal chamber guest and the kitchen waiter.
bridal chamber guests are also called brotherly guests, ranging from 6 people to 1 to 16 people, and must be paired. The kitchen waiter refers to other people who participate in or watch the bridal chamber except the bridal chamber guests.
When entering the bridal chamber, the bridal chamber guests lined up in the lobby, with the lead singer singing a ceremony song in front, followed by a pair of bridal chamber guests carrying lanterns. The person who carries the dragon lantern is chosen for the groom, also known as the best man. Then there are the bridal chamber guests holding trays with palace lanterns and golden flowers on them. Then the groom and other bridal chamber guests, the bride has been "shut up" in the new house.
"Up the stairs", each staircase is usually sung by different bridal chamber guests, all of which are festive and auspicious words, and some even sing some traditional Chinese opera allusions. Such as: "... the six-lattice staircase is six-lattice high, and the Lord God of Wealth sent an ingot. Holding a silver ingot and smiling, golden couple is a husband and wife. The seven-lattice stairs are seven-lattice high, and the fairy comes down to earth to kiss her. The land master is a matchmaker and wants to marry Dong Yongcheng. Eight-lattice stairs are eight-lattice high, and eight-hole immortals come together. Holding a gold plate round and round, eight immortals came across the bridge. Nine-grid stairs are nine-grid high, and all classes of immortals come together. Golden couple gets married, and husband and wife live together for ten thousand years ... "
Then, the Eight Immortals will be sung, which can be divided into" Little Eight Immortals "or" Middle Eight Immortals "or" Big Eight Immortals ". "Little Eight Immortals" is very short. Generally, an "Eight Immortals" can sing one sentence, while a "Big Eight Immortals" is much longer. An "Eight Immortals" has to sing four or more sentences. For example, "Little Eight Immortals" sings like this: "The truth in the bridal chamber is neat, and the eight-hole fairy Han Zhong is separated. Rainbow rises on Mount Zhongnan, and Dong Bin flies with his sword on his back. Cultivate immortality and realize happiness, but ride Zhang Guolao, the donkey. Foot cloud freely, shining Tie Guai Li. Blowing flute is joyful, and Xiangzi teenagers go to practice. Young people's practice has come true, and the clouds are really fairy Lan Caihe. Cao Guojiu, the fairy of Yunyang, traveled across the ocean. Sunrise came and passed in the East, and He Xiangu, a colorful lotus girl. Dongfang Laoshuo came down to accompany the groom into the room. "
The "Big Eight Immortals" is much more complicated. For example, there is a version of the "Big Eight Immortals", and only Han Zhongli sang five lines: "Zhong is far away from the bodhi old zu, and the Taoist priest goes to Qingfeng Mountain. There is a Ziyang cave on the mountain, where Tao can be cultivated. Wearing a square scarf and double ribbons, wearing a blue shirt and a purple dragon robe. The waist is tied with eight treasures and a dragon belt, and the feet wear black boots on the Nine Bridges. Shangjiu Bridge, Shangjiu Bridge, three steps, one worship and four steps high. " There are three lines in Lv Dongbin's lyrics: "Lv Dongbin, with a good appearance, went to Zhongnanshan to practice Buddhism. There is an upper eight holes on the mountain, and the Tao is cultivated in the upper eight holes, with a green sword on his shoulder and swaying with the wind. One flutters to Hangzhou City, holding stones to turn gold and silver. "
Next, unlock the door. There is a version of the bridal chamber sutra, which includes all the place names with door characters in Taizhou in the lyrics, "... the new person is a golden lock, and the groom is a jade lock. Open the golden lock in good years and good months. Where there is a lock, there must be a door, and the Taoist crown goes straight into the Yellow Reef Gate. Jin Qing goes straight out of Dagang Gate, and there is a Cangshan Gate in Nantian. To Haimen, Jia Ji is the temple, and it is the pine gate ... "
One version of" Entering the bridal chamber "sings like this:" Thirty-three days went to heaven, and a fairy appeared in the clouds. Too white Venus clouds appear, and I don't feel like I came to the Bird Tower. Yellow flowers bloom everywhere, and little fairies come down to earth. Flowers welcome the new door, and the wedding candle is sent in. The wedding room is full of joy, and the husband and wife are in harmony with each other. "
The next steps, such as begging for stools, tea, hip flask, wine glasses and chopsticks, all need to be sung in duet, and the guests in the inner room should sing in duet with their friends outside (under the kitchen).
Foreign friends often make things difficult for bridal chamber guests, who often have to take out cigarettes and other solutions.
Spreading fried rice (spreading fruit) is a series of links behind the custom of "spreading accounts", in which spreading fried rice (pronounced as "tying" in dialect) (spreading fruit in some places), such as a version of the bridal chamber sutra, sings like this: "Spreading fruit (tying) the rockhopper, giving birth to a child to be a court (referring to being a dean). The fruit is scattered, and the son is the prime minister. The fruit is sprinkled in a bucket (toilet bucket), and the son is the president. If fruit is sown on the bed, it will give birth to a champion. Fruit is scattered in the cupboard, and children are rich. The fruit is sprinkled on the gold table, and the son is the governor. The fruit is scattered on the ground, and the husband and wife are prosperous for ten thousand years. "
This sprinkling of fruit or fried rice should be a legacy of the old custom of "spreading accounts". There are steps of "spreading accounts" in the wedding customs of various places in China, and there are relevant records in the county annals and other materials.
According to legend, the custom of "spreading accounts" originated in the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it was also recorded in Song Mengyuan's Dream of Tokyo that people got married at that time. "After paying homage in front of the temple, the women went back to their homes and helped them to worship. When men and women rushed to worship, they slept with the women to the left and the men sat to the right, and the women threw money and fruits, which was called spreading accounts."
Gu Jiegang's book "Discrimination of Historical Relics and Customs" (Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House) quoted a paragraph from a certain place: "The east of the account, a pair of good hibiscus at the bedside. A pair of golden roosters at the head of the bed. It's easy for children and grandchildren to get it. It's not difficult for children and grandchildren to spread their accounts. ..... five men and two women. Women's reunion. I can't sleep in bed, but I have to sleep under the bed. Pee on the bed and punt under the bed. "
Gu Jiegang said that this was a compliment and a prayer for Duozi.
under normal circumstances, the bridal chamber starts at eight or nine o'clock in the evening and ends at two or three o'clock in the morning, and some may be longer. During this time, if the bridal chamber guests want to come out to relieve themselves, they must come out in pairs with lanterns, and they can't say anything like urinating and defecating, but they should say "watching the tide".
It is also a part of Wenling's traditional wedding to read the bridesmaid and look forward to the bride's attendance at the wedding.
"The zodiac is blessed with a long life, and cigarettes are misty and pleasant. Cigarettes are glowing red, so please come out to nave. " The first paragraph of the best man's opening has been read like this since ancient times.
Then, the person who read the bridesmaid is deliberately modest, and will sing like this: "I am a bridesmaid without belly talent, and I stand in the flower hall and look red. My master's family made it difficult for me to shirk it. I pulled out my old book and read it according to the words. " Then I took out my manuscript and read the best man.
According to Ying Guangyuan, the inheritor of the Dragon Lantern Tune in Wenling Intangible Cultural Heritage Project, "Next, we should sing about environmental layout. For example, if colorful flags and red lights are hung, we should sing' The zodiac is auspicious and sunny, and the colorful flags are really beautiful in the sky. How many colors there are in front of the door, such as "Long live the Golden Hall" and so on, this can also be omitted. "
first, light incense sticks and invite the Eight Immortals to read. Then there are the Eight Immortals, usually the Little Eight Immortals. Then, please visit the Buddha at home, that is, worship the Buddha at home.
Then, invite the new couple and the groom. Newcomers are more reserved and shy, so it is more difficult to invite them. At least three invitations are needed before they can come out with their aunts. For example, a paragraph of the second invitation to the new couple: "Please invite the new couple to laugh again and again, and Guanyin will send the child to the door. How loving it is to get married at the church, and the thin head (dialect, meaning boy) is born in pairs. " In a word, they are auspicious words such as praying for an early birth of your son.
Next, there are worshippers of heaven and earth, Guanyin, the land, the god of wealth, the three officials and the great emperors. If anyone worships the dragon king, worship the dragon king. Such as worshipping the land: "The sky is high and the land is low, and the land master smiles. Thanks to the laughter of the land master, it will be prosperous for thousands of years. " Worship the god of wealth: "The family is auspicious and happy, and the treasure of the god of wealth is long. Every day brings wealth and wealth, and children and grandchildren live a long life. "
Then, the groom respects the position, the new couple respects the position, and the flowers are pulled and returned (pulled from the new head and placed on the groom's head). Drinking a toast is an important link. For example, the groom drinks the third toast, and the bridesmaid says, "The groom can drink the third toast, and the two of them drink and laugh. The third glass of wine is happy, and even three cups are full of red. "
It is said that sometimes, the best man will temporarily add an item "The bride and groom blare their mouths". "Wuzui" means kissing in Wenling dialect, and a version of the bridesmaid word provided by Ying Guangyuan is "Free marriage has many benefits, and boys and girls take the bride. Now entering a new era, the bride and groom are full of mouths. "
finally, the husband and wife worship each other and their elders. "Worship to the adversary" reads: "Men stand in the east and women stand in the west, and heaven matches a good couple. Husband and wife were predestined in their previous lives and got married 5 years ago. "
generally speaking, the order of respect for elders is parents, adoptive father (if there is an adoptive father), teacher's head (master), great-uncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, great-uncle, great-aunt, great-uncle and great-aunt.