The flow of wedding officiating

It is rumored that the earliest marriage relationship and wedding ceremony in China started from the Fuxi's system of marriage and Nuwa's establishment of matchmaking. It is written in the book, "In the ancient times, there was no difference between men and women, and Tai Hao started to set up the marriage ceremony with the ritual of "Lipi"." From then on, the "Lipi" (a pair of deer skins) became one of the classic wedding gifts. After that, in addition to the "Lipi gift" in addition, but also "must tell the parents"; to the summer and the Shang, and appeared in the "pro-greeting in the court" "pro-greeting in the Hall The rituals of the "kiss and welcome in the hall". The Zhou Dynasty is the etiquette of the era of completion, which gradually formed a complete set of marriage etiquette, "rituals" in the detailed regulations, the whole set of rituals for the "six rituals". The six rites of marriage have since become the template for traditional Chinese weddings, which have been passed down to the present day.

Chinese Wedding Ceremony Flow

Ancestor Sacrifice: Before the man goes out to marry the bride, he first worships his ancestors.

Departure: It is better to have an even number of caravans to welcome the bride.

Firecrackers: welcome the bride train on the way, should be all the way to firecrackers to celebrate.

Waiting: When the bridegroom arrives at the woman's home, there will be a boy waiting for the bridegroom with a tea tray, and after the bridegroom gets off the bus, the boy should be rewarded with a red packet in return for the gift, and then enter the woman's home.

Happy: the groom should hold a bouquet to the room to be married to the bride, at this time, the bride's girlfriends to stop the groom, not allowed to see the bride, the woman can put forward conditions to the groom to agree to, through the only way to enter. (Chinese weddings do not have this link, this link for the West for the Chinese)

Bidding farewell: the bride and groom to incense ancestors, the bride should kowtow to her parents to say goodbye, and by the mother to cover the cover, and the groom only bowed to salute can be.

Going out: the bride should be escorted to the limousine by a bamboo sieve or a black umbrella held by female elders of high moral standing, because the bride's status on her wedding day is greater than anyone else's, and therefore she must not compete with the heavens for greatness.

Ceremony car: in the bride on the ceremony car, the car started soon, the female parent should be a bowl of water, rice sprinkled in the back of the car, on behalf of the daughter has been thrown out of the water, and all the future will never be asked, and wished his daughter success in all things, have to eat and wear.

Burning cannon: from the woman's home to the man's home on the way, the same way to fire a salute.

Touch orange: the bride to welcome the new caravan arrived at the groom's home, by a child with a tangerine to meet the new couple, the bride to lightly touch a tangerine, and a gift of red packets in return. These two oranges to be put in the evening, so that the bride personally peeled, meaning to attract "longevity".

Holding the new: the bride from the limousine out of the car, should be a blessed elder by the man holding a bamboo sieve on top of the bride's head, and help the bride into the hall. When entering the door, the bride and groom should never step on the threshold, but should cross it.

The bride should cross over the charcoal fire pot before entering the door, which means to wash away the bad luck and bad luck before entering the door.

Happy Banquet: It is quite popular nowadays to have a Chinese and Western-style wedding, and most of the guests are invited to the banquet in the evening while the ceremony is being held, at which the bride can take off her bridal gown and put on an evening gown to toast to all the tables one by one.

Send-off: After the banquet, the couple stands in front of the house to send off the guests.

Disturbing the bridal chamber: The size of the disaster that the bride and groom are subjected to depends on whether the bride and groom have teased other people at other weddings, or whether they have treated people faithfully enough.

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