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What are the rules of the traditional Chinese wedding

Chinese culture is profound, no matter where to say there is a cultural mix, next I explain for the owner of the traditional Chinese wedding what rules.

Decoration of the wedding room: the man's home should be decorated with festive, red lanterns, red candles, red happy words are indispensable. There are also firecrackers to be prepared at every important part of the wedding, red and lively. Newlywed clothing: unlike modern suits and wedding dresses, the bride used to be ready to Feng Guan Xiapi, red cape groom to prepare robes and coats.

(1) the bride began to make-up, the groom is ready to change clothes.

(2) Ancestor worship, the man before going out to meet the bride, in the home first burn incense to worship ancestors.

(3) Welcoming the bride, the groom goes to the bride's house with a procession and sedan chair to take the bride home. The procession should be in even numbers to symbolize the pairing of the bride and groom.

(4) Firecrackers are set off when the sedan chair is ready to depart.

(5) waiting, the bride is waiting for the groom to meet the bride, the bride with a silk thread "open face", that is, with a silk thread to scrape off the face of the fuzz. Then put on the cape, covered with red cloth, waiting for the palanquin to meet the bride.

(6) to be happy, the groom should hold up the bouquet in both hands to the bride to be married in the room, at this time, the bride's girlfriends to stop the groom, he was not allowed to see the bride, the woman can repeatedly put forward conditions to the groom to agree to, and finally be able to enter the boudoir.

(7) Bidding farewell, the bride and groom to the ancestors incense, and the bride because she is leaving home, need to kneel down to say goodbye to her parents, the groom bowed.

(8) go out, the elders of the bride's family will hold a bamboo sieve to protect the bride into the sedan chair, and the bride into the sedan chair when the feet to step on the bag of rice, because the bride in the wedding day can not be "mother's family soil" into the bridegroom's home, on behalf of the bad luck does not bring into the door. Or the groom walks in front with a big red silk, holding the bride slowly mounted sedan chair.

(9) Sedan chair, the bride on the sedan chair, the bride's parents will be sprinkled with a bowl of water and rice in the back, meaning that the daughter of the marriage out of the water out of the water, the daughter will not care about the future. And wish the daughter success in everything, food and clothing.

(10) the sedan chair, the groom hand-held sedan chair and walking, two sides of the road, gongs and drums in the forefront, followed by a lion dance, then behind the eight drummers, followed by eight deacons with their hands holding the crown, eight-carried sedan chair is at the end. Then the gongs and drums are loudly and the firecrackers sound, and the marriage procession sets off towards the bridegroom's house in great hilarity.

(11) upside down the sedan chair, car drivers in the middle of the process of upside down the sedan chair usually about 10 minutes, intended to block the brake.

(12) burning cannon, the marriage procession is about to arrive at the man's home, the man's family is ready to fire a salute. (13) touch orange, the groom with the bride home, there will be a child with a tangerine to meet the new couple. The bride will touch the tangerine and give the child a red packet in return. This orange to the next day to let the bride personally peeled, orange in many children, meaning many children and grandchildren.

(14) off the sedan chair, the man's family invited the bridesmaids to go up to lift the sedan chair curtains, the curtains open, the bride in the bridesmaids support, walk off the sedan chair; ground red felt, the bride's shoes can not touch the ground.

(15) hold the bride, the bride out of the sedan chair, should be a blessed elder by the male side of the bamboo sieve on top of the bride's head, pass the bag of rice to help the bride into the hall.

(16) Mai Huo Pang, symbolizing the future of life is red-hot.

(17) Crossing the saddle of the horse, symbolizing a peaceful future.

(18) Entering the door, the lion seals the door and asks for a red packet; the newcomer must never step on the threshold but cross it.

(19) Archery. Shooting at the sky, praying for the blessing of heaven; shooting at the earth, representing the longevity of the sky; shooting to a faraway place, wishing for a beautiful and happy life in the future.

(20) Worshiping heaven and earth is what we are familiar with in movies and TV dramas: one worships heaven and earth, two worships the high hall, and three worships by husband and wife.

(21) Lifting the head, using a scale to pick off the bride's head.

(22) Drinking a cup of wine, which means "to be one, never to be separated".

(23) Changing the name of the other party's parents to "Mom and Dad".

(24) Entering the bridal chamber, the bride changes her clothes.

(25) Wedding banquet, guests dining, the bride and groom toast to the guests.

(26) Sending off the guests, after the wedding banquet is over, the newlyweds stand at the door to send off the guests.

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