What does it mean to carry a big sedan chair eight times?

In China's long and profound traditional culture, there are many wedding customs. In modern society, people will also learn ancient wedding customs and show them at their own weddings. This is the study and inheritance of traditional culture. Next, let's look at the custom culture of ancient weddings.

What is an eight-sedan chair?

Sedan chair is a special means of transportation in ancient China. Some people say that the sedan chair is a kind of car without wheels, which is not unreasonable. Sui Shu Etiquette System states: "Today, the system is like a car without wheels, and people are responsible for it." A "car" without wheels, carried by people, is a sedan chair. According to historical records, the prototype of sedan chair existed as early as the Xia Dynasty. In Shangshu Yiji, when Dayu was in charge of water control, he claimed: "Take four years to publish wood with the mountains." "Four years" includes the original sedan chair. In this regard, there are similar records in Historical Records Xia Benji.

History of sedan chair lifting

Yan You, a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, has a picture of Emperor Taizong sitting in a sedan chair. In the picture, Emperor Taizong sits on a "stepping chariot". It was carried by two ladies-in-waiting, and its four corners were supported by ladies-in-waiting. "The Book of the Old Tang Dynasty Xuanzong Ji" contains: Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty once hosted a banquet for hundreds of officials in Dongzhou, Shang Yang, and the drunk gave a mattress, "Go back with your shoulders, and go home." At that time, there were many people riding on their shoulders, but sedan chair was a gift from the emperor after all, and sedan chair was not a common means of transportation in society. It is worth noting that this kind of shoulder is mostly used in mountainous areas. Wu Zetian went to yuquan temple, Wan 'an, and had to use the prepared shoulder straps because the mountain road was dangerous. Lu Cheng Biography, an old book of the Tang Dynasty, said that when Lu Cheng went to Jin Yanggong to confer the title of the Queen Mother, "the mountain road is dangerous and I sat on my shoulder." . After retiring, Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, made an incense club with a full-name monk in Xiangshan, and walked shoulder to shoulder (Yi Zhuan of Baiju in the Old Tang Dynasty). This shows that sedan chairs are more and more widely used.

Does it take eight people to carry the big sedan chair?

Eight people carry a big sedan chair. Sedan chair appeared earlier, dating back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but it was really popular in the Song Dynasty. At that time, the types of sedan chairs have been greatly enriched. In ancient times, there were strict rules about the shape of sedan chairs. Different status and status have caused differences in the color, type and number of sedan chairs. Ordinary people can only sit in a sedan chair carried by two people; The sedan chairs used by officials are mainly divided into four people and eight people; There are more than 30 sedan chairs and sedan chairs in the royal family from 10, which reflects the strictness of the hierarchy to some extent. Although people in ancient times were not as hierarchical as officialdom when they got married in sedan chairs, they sometimes reflected the bride's position in the future husband's family.