The origin of the bride's red headscarf

The origin of the bride's red headscarf

Lead: In ancient times, at the wedding, the bride always wore a unique piece of red satin, which is the so-called red hijab. This veil was unveiled when the groom entered the bridal chamber, which is one of the manners on the way to marry the bride.

Compared with modern people, ancient people have quite a lot of marriage customs, which is a valuable cultural tradition for us modern people. In ancient times, when a woman married her in-laws, she had to wear a red wedding dress and cover it with a bright red veil. So what is the origin of this custom and what is the story? Interested parties may wish to follow me.

Ancient marriage custom: the origin of red hijab

In ancient times, the bride lit candles in the bridal chamber and covered her head and face with a piece of HongLing, just like a rabbit, excited and shy, looking forward to the moment when the groom unveiled HongLing. As everyone knows, this seemingly warm and happy red gauze skirt was originally soaked with blood.

Legend has it that Wen Zhong was Yin's uncle when he won the title of the Three Armies. He shot down most of the mountains and rivers in Shang Dynasty. Zhou Wang has great respect for this uncle, and all the officials are obedient to him. There is only one thing. It is well known that the general is afraid of his wife.

On one occasion, Wen Zhong returned triumphantly, and Yin led civil servants and military commanders to meet him in the suburbs. Then he held a grand banquet to celebrate his success. During the dinner, alcohol played a joke on him. The cupbearer joked, "Master, it is a great honor for the Fuehrer to greet you and hold a banquet for you." ! Just? Will your wife guru come back to your home later? Ah, how was it punished? . The crowd burst into laughter, and Wenzhong's pride disappeared more than half, and he didn't know how to respond.

Uncle leaders joking this scene, all saw. Zhou Wang, who has always been grumpy, thought that uncle was really afraid of his wife to that extent? I want to see what the aunt in The Lion Roar looks like and how she treats her uncle. After the booze, Zhou Wang returned to the palace and put on casual clothes. He wandered around the surname mansion. Just walked to the door of my uncle's house, and through the crack of the door, he saw his uncle, who had always been tall and mighty, kneeling in front of his aunt to pay a New Year call to his wife and adults. My aunt shouted without looking. Stand up? .

Yin couldn't stand it any longer, so she leaned forward and returned to the palace. The next day, an imperial edict came down, ordering all civil and military officials in the Qing Dynasty to take their wives to the temple, so we had to find an excuse not to come! Officials don't know what to do, but they all bring my wife. It's like holding a group wedding, including Uncle Wenzhong and his wife. The civil servants and military commanders took their wives to visit Zhou Wang. They were just about to sit down when they heard Zhou Wang shout to the surrounding warriors: Take that hateful woman to court! Fierce eyes, waving arms at Wenzhong's aunt.

Before Mrs. Wenzhong was brought to the stage by several strong men from the crowd, Zhou Wang stood up and shouted: My uncle has made great contributions to the country by going in and out of bullets, not to mention that other courtiers respect and admire him, even if he is a lonely king, he should look up to him with great admiration; How dare you bully and humiliate him at home? An open general, half kneeling in front of you, what a scandal! I heard that my uncle is afraid of you at home. I thought this was a joke. I saw it with my own eyes yesterday What a shame!

After reprimanding, Zhou Wang immediately ordered: Cut off this woman's head!

The soldier's hand fell with a knife, and my aunt's head was cut off and her neck was long. The woman's neck was bleeding, and the warrior took a piece of white silk and wrapped it on it. The deep red blood soon dyed three feet of white silk. Zhou Wang was immediately inspired and issued a decree: Red Silk warned women all over the world not to humiliate and despise men after marriage. From today on, whenever a girl gets married, she must wear a HongLing, cover her head, live in her husband's house, obey her husband's orders and serve him wholeheartedly!

This is how the custom of the bride wearing a red hijab was formed and passed down from generation to generation.

;