Why do women in the Northern Song Dynasty wear green wedding clothes when they get married?

At that time, red was the symbol of men's rights, and green was the representative of women's nobleness and brilliance. So in Fu Sheng, we can see that only big ladies have green clothes to wear.

Many people in modern times think that it is unlucky to use green for wedding dresses, but the wedding dresses in ancient China were very particular. China's wedding originated in the Zhou Dynasty more than 3000 years ago. At that time, the color of wedding dresses was mostly black and red, and the technical term was: black and red. This color tone continued until the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and now you can generally see the so-called weekly marriage.

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Generally speaking, a wedding has six steps: accept, ask the name, Najib, accept, invite and welcome. However, in the Song Dynasty, only four programs were preserved: Nacai, Naji, Zheng Na and Qin Ying.

In the Song Dynasty, some new customs appeared. Because the commodity economy is relatively developed, when talking about marriage, the practice of taking care of each other's daughters-in-law and using wealth began to appear. A daughter-in-law is a blind date. The man and the woman agreed on a date to meet. If you are in the middle, you can insert a gold hairpin on a woman's bun, which is called "inserting a hairpin". If you don't like it, send colorful satin, which is called "shocking the world"

General wealth is to indicate the names and birthdays of both men and women and the property status of the family in the marriage book, which is very obvious. Before the wedding reception, the man should send pollen and other things to "promote marriage" and the woman should decorate the new house with curtains and bedding, which is called "paving the house"

At the wedding, the groom leads the float or sedan chair to the woman's house, and the wedding begins with the sedan chair. After the bride gets on the sedan chair, there is also the custom of asking for lucky money and holding a wedding reception. Came to the door of the man's house, the bride came down, and there was a practice of "scattering corn beans" for good luck. After the bride enters the church, there is a "visit to the church" activity. Newlyweds hold "concentric knot", which was called "hug towel" in Song Dynasty.

The newlyweds hold towels to worship the heavens and the earth and their ancestors first, and then enter the bridal chamber, where the husband and wife pay homage. After the worship, the couple sat on the bed and had a ceremony of "spreading the account" and "tying the bun". A bun is a knot that each newlywed cuts off a strand of hair and forms as a symbol of the wedding.

After that, there will be a ceremony of picking flowers and fanning them until the candles go out. During the time when the candles are out, guests, old and young, can play practical jokes and make things difficult for new people. This is the predecessor of our "noisy bridal chamber" now. The next morning, the newlyweds paid New Year greetings to their in-laws and the wedding was over.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Wedding in Song Dynasty

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Ancient Wedding