Tang Chuan Guide: Bride, where is your red veil? Don’t bring it? Can you forget to bring it?

As soon as you opened your eyes, you were surrounded by a crowd of noisy people. The four-dimensional coordinates you chose this time traveling through the landing are so amazing. After listening for a long time, you realized that the people around you said to you with a smile:

"Miss is so happy! A husband's family sent a matchmaker to come and pick him up!"

Well, I haven’t even made it clear that I’m going to get married?

Forget it, you can't make the decision anyway. Moreover, after marrying into your husband's family, even if your behavior is different from before, you will have less chance of being in trouble. Just treat it as a free visit to the Tangren wedding. You don't even have to pay for the money for free... What? What do you want to marry a husband like a pig's head? It's easy to do, just wear it back on the wedding night! The tickets for traveling around the round trip can be discounted!

Let’s take a deep thought and first experience how the Tang Dynasty girls were married.

The "Six Etiquettes" of marriage since the Han Dynasty were also followed in the Tang Dynasty. The "Six Etiquettes" had a literary name: Nacai, Ask for Names, Naji, Nazheng, invite a date, and welcome him. In fact, in modern times, the people generally called these steps: proposing marriage, combining eight characters, over-the-top posts, giving gifts, counting days, and picking up their daughter-in-law.

The family you wear is named Zhang, which is considered a well-off family. His father Zhang Jiu has served as a few minor officials of the seventh rank and eighth rank. Your future husband's family's surname is Li, and his social status is similar, and he may be a little higher. His father-in-law Li Ada has served as a sixth rank and seventh rank, but his husband Li Si is still in vain and is preparing for the imperial examination. The two families have known each other before and mentioned marriage. They both feel that they are almost satisfied with each other, so they choose a good day and invite official matchmaker Wang Wu to come to your house to formally propose marriage and "napped".

The matchmaker cannot come empty-handed. The man's family has prepared a few gifts for him. Among them, there must be a wild goose... Can't catch it? It's okay to use a geese without a wild goose, otherwise you can use a duck to make some things together, and there is not even a duck? Use wood to carve a poultry shape... Tsk, if you are so poor, why should you marry a wife...

Your father Zhang Jiu knew that the matchmaker was coming today, so he laid a mat on the west side of the main hall as a place to perform the "Nejiao" ceremony. Dangdangdang, the matchmaker wearing a formal dress knocked on the door outside.

Your family went out to answer the door and asked if there was anything. The matchmaker Wang Wu said, "Zhang Gongyouhui, and gave his wife Li. Li had the rituals of his ancestors, so he asked Wang Wu to ask for the recruitment." When the family came back to inform him, your father replied, "My son is stupid and stupid, and he can't teach him. Wang Lang ordered him, but he dared not refuse."

So your father also wore a formal dress and went out to welcome the matchmaker into the house. The guest and the host stood in their own positions and bowed to each other. The matchmaker said, "Dare to accept the picking of the game", and gave the geese (geese/duck/wooden bird) he brought to your father. This finished the gift.

The matchmaker took another goose (geese/duck/wooden bird) and began to perform the "name-questioning" ceremony, saying: "When Wang Wu received the order, he will add a divination. Who dares to ask his daughter to be?"

Your father said, "Wang Lang has a destiny, so he chooses it with courtesy. He dare not say he is A Chuan." - This is explaining your name to the other party.

In fact, just explaining the name is not enough. You have to write your birth date on the Geng Post and take it back to the matchmaker to calculate whether there is any conflict between men and women. The matchmaker took the post and refused to leave an invitation to entertain the woman, and went back to the man to divine. The "asking for name" level has been calculated.

If the man's divination result is that your two horoscopes are in line and suitable for matching, then find a good day. Please ask a matchmaker to come to your house to "Naji" and give it to your father, saying, "Your Majesty Zhang has given me, and ordered Li to add it to Bu, and Bu is auspicious, so that Wang Wu dares to sue." Your father replied, "I don't teach you my son, and I'm afraid I'm not going to bear it. Since there is auspiciousness, I'm here to give you a gift." - This is to settle your marriage.

After that, the man chose two men with officials and talented men from his relatives as "Letter Envoys" and "Deputy Letter Envoys", carrying a box of poplar or nanmu that is one foot and two inches long, one inch and two centimeters wide, two centimeters thick, three centimeters thick, and eight centimeters wide inside. The box is tied with colorful lines and the title is "Intermarriage Letter". The two men followed the mighty team of brides and came to your house.

What are the bride gifts? The ones walking in the front are two horses with bridles, without saddles and bridles, and use black silk as bridles (does the two handsome guys riding skills?); then the human sedan chair with a nanmu tribute letter placed on the tribute letter, and three beautiful maids guarding them next to the tribute letter; behind them are five-color satin, large bunches of brocade, piles of copper coins, pigs, sheep, livestock, rice, flour, grain and oil, game prey, dessert fruit, cheese, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, onion and ginger... I want to say that these are better than having dozens of high-end cars on the streets now...

At your home, before they arrive, set up a large short **, then put a case on it, and set up an incense burner, a water bowl, and a knife on the case (hey, it’s not that you kill the bride gift and wash it clean and eat it...)

After the two men's letters arrived, you two families would talk a little more. Your father took the gift letter, pried open the lid with a knife, took out a piece of exquisite paper inside, unfolded it, and read the regular characters on the paper in public. It was written by Li Ada, the father of the groom Li Si:

"A Dabai: The fourth year of the man has been established and there is no marriage. The third daughter of Chengxian Lingshu has heard of him. He has both four virtues and is willing to make a high support. I am very sorry for the matchmaker Wang Wu, who dares to invite him with courtesy. If you don't let him go, please listen to the orders of Jia. "A Dabai."

Your father Zhang Jiu accepted this letter and took out another letter, which was written as the "Marriage Answer": "Jiubai: The third daughter is still in her first year of birth, and she is not at ease. The fourth man in Chengxian has not had a couple, and she is willing to ask for help. I am afraid that the matchmaker Wang Wu will disrespect him. Jiubai."

This letter must also be put into a gift letter of the same size and given to the two messengers, and I have to take it back to the man's house. Then your family will accept this lot of bride gifts and entertain these people who give the goods. The "recruitment" level has been calculated, and from then on, you have already considered the husband's family. In the future, even if your father rebelled and confiscated the house, it has nothing to do with you.

The fifth ritual of the Six Rites is "Appointment", which means that the man's family has calculated the day to hold the wedding, and send a matchmaker to your house to ask for permission (actually, it is to notify your family).

You should also use a geese (geese/duck/wooden bird... The geese roar: Damn, I just abide by the rules and have a good temper and insist on monogamy. You humans don’t let you go, so you have become endangered animals now. Is there any?), the envoy Wang Wu took your home and said to your father: "Li Ada ordered Wang Wu to obey the orders of Zhang Gong." Your father replied: "Zhang Jiu will only obey the orders." The matchmaker said: "Amistant Li Ada was ordered by Zhang Gong, but Zhang Gong refused. Li Ada dared not expect it, and it was the sixth day of the fourth month." Your father replied: "Zhang Jiu dared to disrespect."

The matchmaker went back to report that your marriage date was set on the sixth day of the April 19th. The marriage has been completed for half of it, but... do you think that you, the bride, have nothing to do with you? Apart from digging through the cracks in the door and peeking, it seems that your father is always busy? Who is going to get married?

Don’t worry, the sixth ceremony “Hello” is the highlight, and you, the heroine, are finally about to appear.

As we count the days, the sixth day of the April 19th, you get up early in the morning and leave your bedroom, thinking about how busy the house is. As a result... everyone is calm and leisurely, including your mother and sister, you are not panicked at all.

You were so angry that you wanted to yell at the sky: Auntie, I'm going to get married today! The groom will come to pick you up later. Why are you not ready yet?

Even if you really yell, you will most likely be rolled by your family: I have never seen such an impatient bride! My husband comes to welcome the bride at dusk, why are you yelling early in the morning?

Ah... I came here only in the evening... It's really... it's a god?￣﹏￣|||

It is a god horse, and your family doesn't know it. It can only be said that it is an ancient ritual passed down from the old age. It has been like this from the creation of the world to the present. In fact, this is the remnant of the custom of "marriage robbery" in the primitive tribal society. At that time, the man and the woman were brought their brothers to the woman's house to rob their wives... Since it was a robbery at home, it would be best to take advantage of the dark moon and wind. The ancient bride ceremony was originally called "dun ceremony". At dusk, the word "miao" was attached to the next chapter.

Less gossip, your family has a whole day to prepare, clean the inside and outside the house, place decorate the food, welcome guests, and distribute sticks, swords and guns (hey)... As for you, several aunts and sisters helped you make your hair with wedding dresses. They tossed inside and out, and put on heavy clothes. They opened their eyes and looked at them on their bodies. They were startled and screamed:

"You guys wore it wrong for me! This dress is blue!"

In the blue sky and the sun, who can get married in blue clothes? Shouldn’t it be a big red wedding dress? - Looking up, your aunts and sisters rolled their eyes and shook their heads and muttered, "This woman is crazy." They are too lazy to pay attention to you, and they put a hairpin on your hair bun.

As for you, because your father has been a small official of the sixth rank or above, he can wear a "big-sleeved robe" according to the etiquette system. Looking in the mirror, this troublesome set of dresses includes: a dark-sleeved large-sleeved outer robe, a plain gauze one-piece, a "knee cover" around the belly, a large and large belt, socks, and cloth shoes are also dark-sleeved. When a commoner gets married, he also has dark-sleeved clothes and fewer decorations. So please ask someone for something like big red wedding dress for hundreds of years.

You can wear a pair of "beef hair" that covers your ears on your head, and then put them in full with gold, silver, treasure, flower hairpins, hairpins, hairpins, etc. You are not allowed to use the phoenix crown and red robe, only time travelers of grade are qualified to wear.

What are you asking? What does the groom wear? Alas, he is such an impatient bride. Will you see it in a while? Well, okay, your husband Li Silang, because he is also the son of a 6th and 7th rank official, he has two choices for his wedding clothes:

First, as a ninth rank or above, the official family stipulates that "Jueba" can be worn when getting married. This is a kind of public uniform, with black tassel crowns, green robes, orange-red lower robes, white gauze underwear, black belts, white socks and red shoes, and some fragmentary decorations.

However, if the Li family is willing, they can not wear this more dull and retro dress, and like ordinary people, they are red gauze single clothes, white inner skirts, and black boots, which are closer to the "big red wedding dress" in modern people's concepts. This kind of groom's outfit was very popular in the Tang Dynasty. Men wear red and women wear green at weddings, which is also the origin of the term "red man, green woman".

The official regulations of the Tang Dynasty that young men can wear dresses that are more serious than themselves when they get married. This is called "Shesheng", and it is also to show the government's attitude of encouraging marriage. "Shesheng" is not only reflected in wearing clothes, but the entire wedding process will be accompanied by the man's bragging and exaggerating words to deceive his wife...

The sun sets west, and the groom is about to set off from home to pick you up. Before departure, he has to worship his ancestors first and inform everyone in heaven that I am going to take the people at home... After kowtow, his father stood next to the tablet and issued an order:

"Go to welcome your wife and worship the ancestral temple! (Go to pick up your wife and continue the incense for my family)"

The groom kowtowed and said, "I dare not refuse." He got up and got on the horse, hugged another geese (geese/duck/wooden bird... wild geese: T_T), took a few brides and a decorated wedding cart, and then he was struggling with dozens or hundreds of strong men, and set off on the road with righteousness and headed straight to your house with a bride.

When the group arrived in front of your house in an open flame, it was already night. I saw that the door of your house was closed and was heavily guarded, and there was a sense of thief protection inside and outside (it was not wrong in essence).

The groom dismounted, knocked on the door, cleared his throat and shouted: "The thief must be beaten, and the guest must be watched. Report to the sister-in-law and come out to see him."

Through the door, your aunts and aunts also spoke: "If you don't examine who distinguished guests, you will stop at the door when you invade the night? Who is the gentleman, where is the talent? Why is the spirit of a bright person? Why is he here?"

The groom or minister replied: "I was originally a gentleman in Chang'an and a famous scholar in Chi County. Therefore, I came to visit and talk about glory. My sister-in-law is as follows, how about my body?"——(I am a noble son of the imperial capital. I came to visit my house for nothing. How are you doing, my sister-in-law and you are in good health?) This is to clear the purpose of the visit and get close to it.

The sisters and sisters in the door answered: "Christian Jingshui, Jinmu is orchid, sisters and sisters and sisters are as follows, and they will be safe. The husband comes here to ask, what's in his body?" (If you want to talk about it, we will be trapped, who is afraid of whom?)

The man replied: "I have no talent when I go down and get the highest sect. I am all asked about it, but I cannot win the battle. It is late at night, so I come and go. Please ask for something quickly and don't talk." (I'll ask you a few of you, I have something serious, please don't talk nonsense here.)

The sisters and sisters in the door laughed and asked, "Since they are gentlemen of the noble family, they are more noble than the heroes, and they don't know what they want?" (Then what are you doing here?)

The man replied: "I heard that you are talking to each other, so I come to be like each other. A beautiful lady is a gentleman." (They are here to pick up his wife's TT)

The door laughed even happier, and the sisters and sisters said, "You have been waiting for the distinguished guests for a long time. You need to ask more, is it a pity for time?" (Do you think we are stinging?)

The man replied: "It's also a beautiful and graceful middle school in the country. If you have any questions, ask me, how can you cherish time?" (You are all beautiful and talented women. Asking us questions is for face. Why do we feel rude? Haha...)

Hearing that the husband is sweet and able to speak, the sisters and sisters-in-law finally made a mercy: "It is difficult to send a guest to the point of being sent, so the deer is humiliating the mercy. Please come off the horse and discuss it slowly." (We are kind to let you get off the horse - wait, who said he agreed to open the door?)

The groom 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 or use a siege ram?

Of course not, here we need to recite poems and poems!

What to recite? Of course, if the groom or the princess is talented, it is best to write a poem immediately. If you don’t have that ability, we have a ready-made poem here, a song worth five cents (hey! You are not allowed to sell private goods from time travelers to charge a second charge!)... TT OK, free of charge is provided by "The Gate of the Girl's Home":

Cypress is a Nanshan cypress, which will be used as a door in the future. (This is the material used to describe your door of your bride, pure solid wood!)

The door is here for a long time, and the girl is a temporary guest. (The girl’s house will be out sooner or later, so don’t make things difficult for her husband)

After the poem was finished, the door opened suddenly. The groom walked in happily, but was pulled by an experienced master and pushed it to the side - barely avoiding a big stick that was slashed towards him.

What are you going to do? Open a human meat bun shop?

A group of BH ladies holding sticks rushed out of the gate of the woman's house. They laughed and beat people when they saw each other. In particular, the groom beat him up and beat him up. The lady in charge also beat him and shouted: "The son-in-law is a wife's dog, so he can't help but kill him!"

As a son-in-law, you can only dodge and beg for mercy, and you can't be angry, and you can't fight back... Didn't the groom bring a hundred strong men to protect you? Why don't you come up and fight at this time? Come on, those strong men will only cheer and applaud and laugh at this time, and no matter how happy it is for the bride's "playing a son-in-law" in the bride's family to "get married".

The sister-in-law and sister-in-law were tired of fighting. If the groom had a breath left, two more women came up to drink wine for their son-in-law, muttering: "The wine is the wine of the elixir. I will come to the envoy, and I will drink it happily, and it will last for thousands of years."

The man replied: "The wine is Pujiao wine, let's taste it first... Isn't my sister-in-law often? - The wine is sprinkled in the Nanba." He raised his hand and splashed it off.

Of course the woman stopped doing it: "The wine is Pocao wine, and it costs a thousand yuan per minute. (Damn this wine is very expensive!) Then I asked my second sister-in-law, why did I spill my wine?"

The man replied: "I gave up the leeks in the back garden, but they still had the same crop. The man asked my second aunt and sister-in-law why I used medicinal wine!" - Do you think I don't know it was a thing with sweating medicine?

Isn't this son-in-law stupid... I've been tossing at the gate enough, and I've put a group into the yard and in front of the middle gate, and I have to recite a poem! Let's recite: "Group of gold is used as the door leaf, polishing jade is used as the door knocker. I'll lock the golden horn lock, and I'll push the red sandalwood gate." - Yulan'er, where can I open the door!

When he entered the middle gate, another artificial pile of gate was locked in front of him. The groom held his forehead and said, "There is no rubble there, why did this pile be born? It is not a croaker, but a pile of jade is borrowed. The glass is used as the four walls and the jade is ground as the base. Why do we want to tie the corners? It is not a cliff of Taishan. Please open the key and let it pass by."

When I arrived at the front of the main hall, the meow was still locked... "The hall door is built in all directions, and there are four-piece ** in it. Twelve screens, twelve branches paint articles. The key is opened, the curtain is put on the jade box to make up. Good words are heard from my sister-in-law, and Xu Tanlang is opened."

It's really not easy. After passing five passes and killing six generals, chanting seven poems and chanting eight mantras, the groom finally stepped into the main hall of his father-in-law's house! As soon as the door of the hall opened, the curtains were closed-up-

There is no one in the room, it is empty. (=@__@=)

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

As a woman who traveled to the Tang Dynasty, this is the most time you should pretend to be arrogant and embarrassed by your husband in your life. The author seriously advises you to cherish this great opportunity and never go out early, so as not to think that the boy would feel that it is too easy to marry a wife and would look down on you in the future.

The one who came forward to evacuate the obstacle was a pair of boys and girls who were specially found. After the groom entered the tent, he took a geese and knelt in front of the bride in a humble position (bride, you are sitting on the saddle south at this time), and placed the geese (geese/ducks/wooden birds/knife...) in front of you. At this time, you can look at your husband openly, and he can also look up at the appearance of his wife... Hey, why do you look like you are thundering? I am not so ugly! -Dish-

Anyway, no matter what, it is too late to regret the marriage at this time. After the ceremony of the romance, the newlyweds will bow to the daughter’s parents, and the parents will give in as usual a few words. The father-in-law and father-in-law said: "Be careful and respect it, and the palace will not be violated!" The mother-in-law also said: "Please respect it, and you will not be violated day and night!" The general meaning is to teach you, a wife, to be careful, obedient after you arrive at your husband’s house, to be cautious, restrain your temper, and be honest and obedient.

In fact, before your husband welcomed him, your parents should have given these instructions many times. The specific content of the instructions is an article "Mrs. Cui's teachings to women", which summarizes them very carefully:

"...... I teach you to show your wife's rituals in front of you, but do not disobey me. If you don't see good things and bad things, don't do your original intention when you are at home. If you are spoiled and pityed at home, now you are a woman who believes in the previous relationship. If you want to talk and think twice before you come out, don't talk much. When you meet someone on the road, don't block the front. Don't talk to your home and don't talk to others. Gu Zhang (官网) speaks in a low voice, and the same is true for the young man. When you are alive in the morning, all the uncles of the house will pass on each other. My sister-in-law look at each other like fish and water, and men and women share the same kindness; the upper and lowers are harmonious and respectful, don't make any other intentions. The husband comes to ask with a smile and asks in front of you, and supports him and sleeps; don't insult him before you wake up. If you can follow my words one by one, how can you get the old woman not be loving? Therefore, this method will be taught to be passed down forever."

These words are the responsibility of being a parent. If you don’t say anything, it depends on your own personality. As a modern new woman who travels through the past, I bet you can’t even do half of it… Don’t believe it? If you don’t believe it, let’s wait and see, hehehehe.

My parents bowed and the family temple left. You, the bride, finally got on the wedding car and went to your husband's house. Before getting on the car, the sister-in-law and sister-in-law who accompanied you suddenly became busy and asked each other: "Where is the lady's knee covering? Where did she go? Who has prepared? Don't you forget them all, right? No, no..."

You were dizzy when you asked, "What's the knee-blocking?" Someone answered you: "It's just the big cloth scarf that covers your head to prevent outsiders from seeing their faces on the road!"

I fainted, it turned out to be a red veil... Hey, it's not right. The wedding is halfway through, and the groom has seen your face. Why did you think of the "Red veil"? Shouldn't you be covered in the beginning and let the groom pick up his face after the wedding and drink the wine?

Look, you're wearing the wrong era again, right? In the Tang Dynasty, it can be said that there was no "red veil". The bride basically did not mask her face in the first half of the wedding. The piece of "knee" of any color is covered only before boarding the wedding car and going out. The purpose is to prevent outsiders from looking at their faces, rather than guarding against their husbands. This thing is not in line with ancient etiquette and only became popular during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Therefore, although it is quite popular, it is not rude to not be needed. If you can't find it, just don't cover your head and get in the car directly.

The red veil is not hidden, but the author seriously suggests that you can hold a mace in your hand and a knife hidden on your body... Cough, it is not used to deal with your husband. He is riding a horse around the carriage for three times, and then set off after he turns. The sticks and knives are all for dealing with the "barrier carriages" who are ambushing halfway.

Generally speaking, the "barrier car race" are just some guys who join in the fun and joke. When the wedding car passes by, they come up to block the road, sing, dance, eat, drink, and money. Of course, when they reach out, they also sing a lot of lyrics in their mouths, not the uncultured kind of "the master and the wife are good at doing things", but also full of the Tang Dynasty style that is full of eloquent expressions:

"My son, I am a boy from the provinces, and I travel to a foreign land. I describe the graceful and charming couple. I spit out pearls and jade, and I wear a belt and a proud dress. (Damn, it turns out that it is a group of small receivers...) I have to get a cart when I come to a car, and I must get a cow and sheep! My wife's ban twigs are long and long. I am so kind, and the jade and orchids are beautiful. The Xuanmeng will not spare Yishui, and the official marriage will be different from Jinyang. The two families are in harmony and will be shining for thousands of years.

"My son is great! I think carefully, the inner and outer sides are in a blind date, and everything is in a blind date. A certain Jia Lang does not praise his talent, but the young lady does not have time to make up. He is very blessed and very healthy. The two girls learn to speak, while the five men learn to geese and geese make a walk. Natural embroidery paintings are always explained. My uncle has become the prime minister, and he knocks on the door and is the chief man, and the nine tribes are connected to the nine tribes. Seeing that your children are getting married, they are specially celebrated.

"My son, I am very proud! I fulfill my wishes, and I exaggerate them one by one. Let's look at the rewards, and it's unusual. The embroidered doors are opened under the curtain, and the teeth are thrilled in the curtain. The precious fibers are radiant, and the dragon and musk are fragrant. The gold and silver utensils are sprinkled with raindrops, and the silk is piled high and the walls are covered with noisy music, the candles are shining, the candles are filled with fillings, and the wine is sautumn.

"My son, Lang Wei! The general manager will return and teach you joyfully. He also kowtows to the gods and Buddhas, and supports the door of Jichang. He wants his wife and wife to be virtuous and harmonious, to maintain affairs, and to obtain a country with loyalty and kindness!"

Tsk, listen to these auspicious words... You can't show weakness, so someone shouted in the car:

"Today's sanctification, raising the people. Where can I be young, I am in a mess! I'm rushing to avoid the road and sending me a car!" - In broad daylight (no, it's still late at night...), which kid blocks my wedding car! Go away and give way!

The trampoline responded: "I am the position of Santai, descendants of the prime minister. The king of Taiyuan, Guo, Cui, Zhengzhou, Chen, Pei, Pei, Liu, Longxi, Niu, Sheep, Zhang, Li, and Jidian loyal minister. Chen Jun was not a mortal!"——The above are all the great families in the Tang Dynasty, and they are bragging...
To be continued...