Why is it called "eight-carried sedan chair"?

The eight-carried sedan chair originally refers to the kind of decorative sedan chair used by people to marry, then called the sedan chair. The people who carry the sedan chair are generally two to eight people, the folk are mostly two people to carry the sedan chair, the official sedan chair, there are four people to carry and eight people to carry the points.

Now mostly used to refer to the invitation of the person's attitude is very sincere, the ceremony is grand, but more often used to describe the pose, more ironic meaning.

Expanded information:

In ancient times, the sedan chair used by people of different classes was also different. The royal princes used, known as the sedan chair; officials and nobles ride, called the official sedan chair; people marrying the kind of decorative sedan chair, known as the sedan chair. Carrying the sedan chair people have more or less, generally two to eight people, folk more than two people to carry the sedan chair, the official sedan chair, there are four people to carry and eight people to carry the points.

As stipulated in the Qing Dynasty, all the three or more Beijing officials, in the capital by "four people to carry", out of the capital by "eight people to carry"; the governor of the provinces by "eight people to carry", the governor's subordinates Ride "four people carry"; more than three ministers, ride "eight people carry" and so on. As for the royal relatives in the sedan chair, there are more than 10 or even more than 30 people to carry. Everywhere shows the strict hierarchy in feudal society.

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