In ancient times, how many people were in the bridal party, how many people carried the sedan chair, and how many people were in the gongs and drums? What should be next to the sedan chair?

The sedan chair is divided into two kinds: one said "big sedan chair" (also known as "sedan chair", "four people sedan chair"); one said "small sedan chair "(also known as" green cloth sedan chair "," two people sedan chair "). Sedan chair and divided into two categories: a class said "open gong sedan chair" (that is, gong sedan chair); a class said "not open gong sedan chair" (that is, not gong sedan chair). Famous family with a large sedan chair, open gong; rich family and well-off family with a large sedan chair, but do not open gong; poor family and the second marriage, all with a small sedan chair. Sedan chair bearers and deacons are 16, 14, 12 people. Deacons are: suona players, gong players, lamp carriers, blue carriers, box carriers, torch players and so on. There are two sedan chair bearers, two or three suona players and blue bearers, or three or four. Sedan chair bearers and deacons are small households, they are all the master service, but all get a certain amount of pay. Empress wedding with the highest specification eight-carried sedan chair. Nowadays, the "eight-carried sedan chair to marry me" is usually to raise their status to the highest only, in ancient times, only the queen can.