What is the marriage ceremony on the maturity?

Shangmu is the "ritual of maturity", which means that when a woman reaches the age of 15 in the old society, she has to put her hair up and put on a hairpin. The age at which a woman can insert a hairpin is the age at which she becomes an adult and can have children.

The ancients attached great importance to hair. Ancient people believed that women use their hair as a ritual, and they dare not meet people without a bun. In ancient times, when a woman reached the age of 15, although not married, but also to maturity hair.

The day of maturity, "on the maturity of the ceremony" is held under the auspices of the woman's mother. The procedure is as follows:

1. Invite a woman who knows the etiquette of the ceremony and who has many children and grandchildren to be the Master of Ceremonies;

2. Set up a table in the middle hall of the home and place a mirror on the tabletop;

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3, in front of the table put a cross force, the old drying food utensils, bamboo gabion made of round, cross force on the An Dou (An Dou, the old measurement of rice utensils, a bucket is equal to 8 kilograms);

4, so that the "on the maturity of the ceremony" of the girl

5. The woman who is the master of ceremonies combs the girl's hair, puts on a bun, dresses her, and worships the Mirror God, four times in front of the mirror, and sacrifices tea to the Mirror God;

6. The girl's mother leads the girl to the ancestor's shrine and pays four times, which is the completion of the ritual of maturity. The ceremony is completed.