Xizi is a folk auspicious symbol. According to the custom, the word "double happiness" is used in marriage, and the word "single happiness" is attached to the married woman. When people hold happy events, they put happy words on the street gate, saying "I am happy". It is said that posting double happiness characters is related to Wang Anshi, a great writer in the Song Dynasty.
It is said that one spring, Wang Anshi went to Bianliang from his hometown of Jiangxi to take the exam. On the way, he saw a wealthy family named Ma hanging a lantern on the gatehouse, which read half a couplet: "Run the lantern, run the horse, stop the horse." It turns out that this family has a daughter with both talent and beauty who wants to marry. The young lady came up with this couplet herself, and whoever can match it will be married. Wang Anshi appreciated the ingenious conception of this couplet and secretly fell in love with the couplet-makers. However, he couldn't think of a suitable downlinker, and he was afraid that he would miss the exam date, so he had to leave the lamp on his way.
in the capital of song dynasty, Wang Anshi took the exam and successfully passed the three levels of poetry, prose and strategy. I didn't expect this year's examiner to have an interview to take the exam to cope with agility. It was Wang Anshi's turn to take the exam, and the flying tiger flag erected in front of the examiner's finger made a couplet: "Flying tiger flag, flying tiger flag, tiger flag hiding." Wang Anshi had a brainwave, and when he opened his mouth, he put the half-couplet made by Ma's family girl together. The examiner was overjoyed and nodded his praise.
after his appearance, Wang Anshi left the capital without waiting for the list to be published, and went to Ma's house on a starry night. At first glance, the lantern that picked the son-in-law was still there, so Wang Anshi used the examiner's upper part as the lower part to deal with it. Miss Ma was right. Her father immediately recruited Wang Anshi as his son-in-law. On the day of worshipping heaven and earth, a newspaper suddenly came to pass: Wang Anshi was nominated for the Jinshi and the Golden List!
that's a real joy! Wang Anshi, who was overjoyed, immediately wrote down two conjoined "happy characters" on the red paper bucket and posted them on the door. Write another poem: "Clever couplets form a double happiness song. Lantern flying tiger knotted silk. The bridal chamber has a gold medal, and Xiao Dengke meets the headlights. " Since then, double happiness has become an auspicious symbol of celebration, especially wedding celebration. However, in Qing Dynasty, Manchu people used the word "single happiness" for weddings. According to the examination, Manchu people think that the word "double happiness" is another way of writing the word "traitor", and it is not auspicious to celebrate the uncivilized marriage with it.
The auditorium is a place where newlyweds worship heaven and earth. There should be a table of heaven and earth in the auditorium. The so-called table of heaven and earth is an incense table dedicated to the gods of heaven and earth, and the newlyweds worship heaven and earth. The table of heaven and earth should be surrounded by red satin and covered with red carpet.
A wedding room is a bridal chamber. Wedding couplets should be posted at the entrance of the bridal chamber, red wedding characters should be posted on the windows, and red curtains should be hung on the kang (bed). There are red satin on the kang (bed), a bed embroidered with green satin and a pair of embroidered pillows with mandarin ducks. Spread a red carpet in front of the kang. In general, people's auditoriums and wedding rooms can be visited by relatives and friends who congratulate them before they come back. When you get married, you have to close it up. Large families began to avoid the door in the auditorium and wedding room the day before their wedding.
traditional weddings in China have special requirements for etiquette personnel. The first must be a well-off person (also known as a well-off person), that is, there should be a spouse and children, and it is better for parents to be in the classroom. In terms of human relations, it is more ideal for four generations to live under one roof and five generations to live under one roof. Widowed and lonely people can't be etiquette personnel. Second, the etiquette personnel's animal sign can't match the bride and groom. Third, we must understand the traditional wedding etiquette and be good at socializing outside. Fourth, there is no obvious disability in face and posture, and the appearance should be responsive and generous. On the wedding day, the proprietors and emcees invited by the male family and the female family mainly include: the married wife who is the general host of the male family's wedding ceremony, the wedding official, the little boy who carries the red baggage, the girl whose bride gets off the sedan chair and the woman who helps the bride get off the sedan chair (known as the bridesmaid in the south), etc., and the female family who is the general host of the female family's wedding ceremony. The master of ceremonies and master of ceremonies invited by both men's and women's families should prepare gifts and come to the door in person.