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Worship is an important program of the ancient wedding, worship the whole process is how?

The main thing is that Sina went to pick up the bride and then in the hall side of the three worship after the ceremony sent into the cave.

The bride out of the sedan chair door first across a red lacquered wooden "saddle", step red felt, supported by the bridesmaids standing in the right side of the wedding hall position. At that time, the groom heard the sedan chair into the door, that is, pretend to hide elsewhere, by holding a candle small ingenious please (find) back, stand on the left. Pleasant Hall layout and the same everywhere, worship ceremony is slightly different, there is the main incense Gong Gong, mostly by the groom's grandfather or grandparents as uncle. Bride and groom incense.

Chamberlain shouted : line temple to see the ceremony, play music! (Music starts) The main celebrant visits the incense case and kneels, all of them kneeling! Kneel before the incense, all kneel! Kowtow, kowtow again, kowtow three times! Then the celebrant sings: "Rise, level off, reset. Kneel, all of you! And then the chanter sings, "Rise, worship. Rise, worship! Rise, worship! And again: Kneeling, all crisp, read the blessing! A young ingenue of thirteen or fourteen years old kneels on the right side of the worship stool and reads the chapter (read it well beforehand, do not read it incorrectly). Perform the ritual of three kneeling and nine kowtows.

Finally, the chanter sings: After the ceremony, retreat, sent to the cave! In the meantime, the groom, the bride in the hall, there are robbing the front kneeling custom, who knelt in front of the said, the latter can be managed later, to make a side by side to kick the mat, the groom whisked his sleeve and refused to worship the joke. There is also the custom of the bridal chamber, everyone together to tease the bride and groom.

After that is the groom's colorful balls and ribbons to lead the bride into the bridal chamber. feet must be stepped on the sacks walking, generally 5, there are 10 sacks, walk through one, the bride and other passes in the front of the pavement in the road, meaning "succession", "five generations to meet".

After entering the bridal chamber, according to the male left and female right to sit on the edge of the bed, said "sitting on the bed", by a woman with a scale pole micro-knocking the bride's head, and then pick off the "cover canopy", meaning that "The bride's head is then tipped off by a woman with a weighing rod, which is called a "square scarf" (方巾). The groom sits down for a while, the bride changes her make-up, and the guests eat "make-up soup and fruit". And then, the groom, the bride to perform "worship ceremony", on the affinity, seniority in order to meet on their knees, said "see size".

The bride and her peers meet with a bow, if the younger generation to meet, the bride also give "meet money". Afterwards, held a "feast to be", the bride sat in the chief, by the four women accompanying the feast to persuade food, the bride more than not really eat. It is to pretend, reflecting their own shyness.