The cultural connotation of the traditional Chinese wedding red head covering

The earliest cover appeared in the North and South Dynasties during the Qi Dynasty, when it was used by women to protect themselves from the wind and cold by covering only the top of their heads. By the early Tang Dynasty, it evolved into a kind of drapery cap from the head to the shoulder, used to cover shame. According to legend, during the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Emperor Li Longji in order to be new and different, intends to break through the old habits, directing the courtesans to "through the forehead Luo" cover the head, that is, the women in the early Tang Dynasty, a piece of gauze covered with a cap to cover the forehead, as a kind of ornamentation. From the Jin Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, cover the head in the folk popularity is not abolished, and become indispensable to the bride's festive decorations. In order to express the joy, the bride's head are selected red.

Until modern times, social evolution, customs change, "finger for marriage" and "engaged in doll marriage" and appeared one after another. In the men and women married into the cave before, are not allowed to see the "Lushan true face", so the cover this symbol of isolation measures still have value. Later expanded to become a car with curtains, sedan chair, etc.. The only right to open the cover for the new son-in-law, that is, the bride legal sex object.

To this day, the new style of marriage, such as the spring breeze, around the world has been constantly changing customs, but the cover of this welcoming customs, still in a few areas as a welcoming rituals are followed. Red head, red symbolizes the joy, symbolizes the bright, cover the head to cover the history of the old customs. Lift the red head, the heartbeat of each other's lives, the beginning of a new life, the newcomer to look at each other and pulsating love of the moving moment, always make people move, unforgettable.