In ancient times, how was the wedding scene of the couple arranged, and what were the stresses?

The ancient wedding arrangement refers to the things that two people who are about to be newlyweds need to arrange in their respective homes and places before they get married. Both men and women should pay attention to the relevant rules when placing furniture and articles. Only in this way can we have a good start, which indicates that the wedding and the following things will go smoothly.

First of all, decorating furniture is the preparatory work that every couple must do before they get married. Ancient wedding arrangements mentioned that the day before the wedding, the woman's family would send someone to the man's house to decorate furniture and lay sheets with him. If the man wants to have a baby on his wedding day, he has to install a big bed and shelves. There are many rules for installing a big bed. The person who comes to install the big bed must be the elder of the man's family, and the first child is a man or someone with more children.

The second is to clean the wedding room and then set off firecrackers, which is convenient for exorcising evil spirits. Rich people will invite Taoist priests to sacrifice to the gods and burn gold ingots and paper money. After that, set up a new bed, let the people sent by the woman make the bed, and like the placement of accounts, dressing tables and other items. When you make the bed, you will put red dates, peanuts and longan under the bedding, which means early birth.

Thirdly, in ancient wedding arrangements, it was clearly stated that the man would move the dowry to the woman's home, and the woman usually put the prepared dowry in the hall for everyone to watch. This is the so-called "seeing the dowry". The prepared utensils need to be hung with red color lines, the prepared clothes and the like are smoked with sandalwood, and a certain amount of silver dollars are put at the bottom of the box, which is called "box money". When the dowry is moved to the man's house, it will be placed in the middle of the hall for people to watch. When unpacking, you need to let the old woman hold the woman's key and open the box. This is called "unpacking".

Then just two days before the wedding, it was mentioned in the ancient wedding layout that lanterns or red wool were hung on the sedan chair and wedding equipment that the man wanted to borrow. After that, it is called "light meal" to wait for the banquet and entertain the guests who come to congratulate. On the wedding day, at the time of the fifth watch, it is necessary to put the whole pig, sheep and fruit in the man's house and worship the "heaven and earth" in the hall, which is called "enjoying the first". It is very popular to eat fruit after breakfast.

Finally, the ancient wedding arrangements involved both the woman's family and the man's family. Mention how the families of both sides should arrange furniture and dowry before marriage. This arrangement is more decent and generous. Some rules have been passed down to this day. People are still insisting, just for a good moral.