Why did people in ancient China always get married with double happiness?

In our country, when people get married and hold happy events, they should put red characters on the doors and windows. It is said that this is related to the happy story of Wang Anshi, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, when he was young. That year, Wang Anshi was 23 years old. After studying in the capital of song dynasty in Beijing, he went to his uncle's home in Majia town in the east of the city. Walking in the street after dinner, I occasionally saw a lantern hanging upstairs in Mr. Ma's house. On the lantern, a pair of "lanterns, lanterns, stop" flashed, and I couldn't help clapping my hands and praising: "Good right, good right!" At this time, an old man stood by, bowed to Wang Anshi and said, "This couplet has been posted for several months, and there is no reply yet. Since the "xianggong" has agreed, please wait a moment, and I will ask for advice when I report to Members. "

Wang Anshi returned to his uncle's house before his family came out because he had an exam the next day. The next day, Wang Anshi waved his hand in the examination room and answered freely. The examiner saw that he was young and talented, and everyone liked him very much. During the interview, the examiner shouted the flying tiger flag in front of the lecture hall: "Flying tiger flag, flying tiger flag, flag rolling and hiding."

Wang Anshi remembered yesterday's first couplet, and casually recited, "Run the lantern, run the lantern, and stop when the lamp goes out." The examiner nodded frequently.

Wang Anshi went back to his uncle's house. Who knows, just sitting down, I saw the old man come in a hurry yesterday and said, "Oh, dear! "Xianggong, come with me, my family is waiting outside!"

Wang Anshi came to Ma's house with his servant. When Mr Ma saw him, he gave up his seat and asked Four Treasures of the Study to write couplets. Without thinking, Wang Anshi presented the examiner's first couplet just now: "Flying Tiger Flag, Flying Tiger Flag, Flag Rolling and Hiding."

It turns out that this is the couple chosen by Miss Mawai. After Wang Anshi fixed up the couple, Miss Ma went to Wang Anshi's uncle's house to ask for relatives for her daughter. After discussion, the two sides decided to let Wang Anshi and Miss Ma get married three days later.

The third day is an auspicious day. Suddenly, I heard people shouting horses outside the door. Two newspapers came to report: "Master Wang, the number one scholar, will be in court early tomorrow, and the emperor will personally summon him. Please go to the Qionglin banquet! "

Qionglin Banquet is a banquet for Jinshi. Started in the Song Dynasty. Song Taizu stipulated that after the imperial examination, the emperor announced the ranking of those who entered the imperial examination and held a banquet to celebrate. When Wang Anshi heard that he was going to be the top scholar, he invited him to the "Qionglin Banquet", which was a double happiness. Suddenly drums and firecrackers rang, and they worshipped heaven and earth with Miss Ma and entered the bridal chamber. The bride smiled and said to Wang Anshi, "Wang Lang and the gifted scholar won the top prize and married Nuwa. It' s really a double happiness for them to be admitted! "

Wang Anshi laughed and told the story again, saying, "The whole war has a good relationship. What are the merits of being an official? " After that, I wrote a big double happiness on red paper, posted it on the door, and recited a poem: a clever couplet turned into a double happiness, which was proved by a natural media. Wedding night, little Deng Ke met big Deng Ke. Since then, wedding stickers have spread among the people and become a symbol of happiness and auspiciousness. We should not only hang the room outside the gate, but also cut out window grilles and embroider bedding pillows in order to get auspicious colors.

In fact, this legend is based on the custom of double happiness. The reason why it is talked about by people is that it has played a role in explaining, rendering and inheriting the wedding custom of double happiness. The real origin of the wedding custom of "Double Happiness" is the folk worship of XiShen, which is closely related to going to the wedding banquet and welcoming XiShen.

In the activities of welcoming XiShen, XiShen is mainly the god of marriage. With the gradual expansion of XiShen's influence, people are bound to pray more to XiShen when holding a wedding, hoping that XiShen will come to the bridal chamber and bring more happiness to the couple.

But XiShen didn't take pictures since ancient times, so people put the two happy characters together as a symbol of XiShen and put them in the bridal chamber to pray for a happy marriage.