Name of wedding shoes

The names of wedding shoes vary from place to place, and there are several names:

One is the zodiac shoes. In ancient times, the auspicious day of the zodiac was chosen for marriage. Shoes made of yellow cloth worn by the bride when she gets married and gets on the sedan chair are also called "Zodiac shoes". Change into red wedding shoes when you get to your husband's house.

One is stepping on shoes. Some places refer to the shoes that women wear when they get married; Some places refer to the shoes that the bride puts on her face from top to bottom. The tapestry with thin bottom and red ribbon is embroidered with festive flowers. Change your shoes after opening your face, throw your foot pads under the bed and let them rot under the bed to show that the bride will get married for the second time in her life. The other said that the baby was born early on your shoes.

One is sleeping shoes. In the past, women wore soft-soled shoes when they got married and slept in the bridal chamber. Take it off with the help of the groom when sleeping. There are pictures in the shoes, and the bride and groom will watch them together after taking off their shoes.

There is also a kind called "back door shoes". After the full moon of the wedding, the bride's family will take her daughter home for a few days, commonly known as "Huimenzi" or "single Huimenzi". If the husband and wife walk together, it is called a "two-way door"; The two-way door can stay in the woman's house for one month, which is called "crossing the moon". The number of days a one-way bride stays at her parents' home is determined by her mother-in-law, which generally includes the word "eight": eight days, eighteen days and twenty-eight days; There are also places where the theory of nine is called "nine times". No matter "September 9" or "August 8", it can't be more than one month. When the bride pays a return visit, she should make a new pair of shoes for everyone in her husband's family, commonly known as "return visit shoes". Door-to-door shoes can be divided into "full house" and "half hall" According to the head of the husband's family, a pair is called "full house shoes"; The bride can only make a pair of new shoes for her husband and father-in-law, which are called "half-hall shoes".