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Do you know why Sheng Jia's daughter wears green clothes when she gets married?

Know No is a TV series starring Zhao and Zhao. The antique scenes and various etiquette in the play have a strong sense of time, which makes people look very comfortable. In the play, Mo Ran, the four girls of the Sheng family, tried all kinds of tricks and means to marry the six sons of the Liang family. On her wedding day, she wore a green wedding dress. The wedding dress and headdress are relatively simple, and the wedding dress is still green. Although everyone thought that Moran's wedding dress and headdress would be simple, they didn't expect to wear green when they got married.

It turns out that this is actually an ancient custom. We are used to red wedding dresses, so we think women should wear red wedding dresses when they get married. Actually, it doesn't mean that a woman must wear a red wedding dress when she gets married. Red wedding clothes became popular only after the Ming Dynasty. There is a word called "red men and green women", which means that when getting married, men wear red clothes and women wear green clothes. We often say "big red and big green" in our daily life. Red and green were noble colors in ancient times. Especially in some dynasties, green is a symbol of elegance and nobility for women. Therefore, it is a great honor for women to wear green when they get married.

In Do You Know, although Ming Lan and Moran are both married in green clothes, their quality and workmanship are completely different. Ming Lan is much more advanced than Moran in headdress, fabric and details. At this point, we can still see that the family background of two people is different.

Although red with green is a vulgar collocation in the eyes of modern people, it is still a very popular collocation in the feudal society of the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the bride always wore a green wedding dress and a rockhopper before getting married, and then mostly covered her face with a round fan. Then when the groom comes, he needs to write a poem, and then the bride can take off the fan. Only in this way can the two couples meet. In Do You Know, women wear green wedding dresses when they get married, which actually conforms to the custom of the Song Dynasty at that time, so it can be seen that the crew is still very attentive. At first glance, comments and interactions are welcome.