The story behind Xi

The story behind the song "Xi": It tells the story of a woman getting married, but the wedding is not as happy as expected, but full of sadness. In fact, this is a "ghost wedding" where the groom marries the ghost bride and the bride has been killed by the king. But the affectionate man didn't forget his promise with the woman, so he decided to hold a ghost wedding. The whole lyrics of Xi were written on the ghost wedding day.

The story behind Xi

Chinese Wedding is an original antique song composed by Ge. The song is very original, describing the wedding of China people, and adding suona to the song. It is said that "suona is either great joy or great sorrow", and a copper tube blows out all the weddings and funerals of China people from birth to death. In songs, suona is used to express "happiness" and "sadness".

Why do you say that Xi is about ghost marriage? Because the first lyric of the song is "the 18th day of the first month/auspicious day of the ecliptic". In fact, the 18th day of the first month is not an auspicious day, and it is not suitable for living people to get married, but the first month is suitable for yin marriage. Secondly, "sorghum bears/bears red skirts/hates one foot" to ward off evil spirits. How does the bride need to carry a red dress? "Let's talk about it later/push the door and the fog will open itself." This is the time for ghost weddings, and the living usually get married at noon, and there will be no fog.

"The wild cat crooked its neck and followed the trees for several blocks", which means that the cat smelled the bride, so it followed for a long time. "It's strange to close all the doors in this village." Most people get married with onlookers and help, so they are not used to closing the door. "The officer thought for a long time/just mumbled something about the sadness of leaving people." How can the groom worry about getting married? Therefore, Xi describes the day when ghosts get married.