Last night, the candles in the bridal chamber were lit all night, waiting for dawn to worship the parents-in-law. Dressed up beautifully, I asked my husband: Can my eyebrows be painted in different shades? This is a poem that Zhang Ji received before taking the imperial examination. The first two sentences render the typical wedding bridal chamber environment and write about the bride's elaborate dress. The last two sentences write that the bride doesn't know whether her dress can please her in-laws, and anxiously asks her husband if his eyebrows are appropriate.
This poem compares the bride to herself, the groom to Zhang Ji, and the in-laws to the examiner to solicit Zhang Ji's opinion. The whole poem is novel in material selection and unique in perspective. Taking the word "no time" as the soul, it is self-evident and amazing to compare whether you can embark on a career with the bride's nervous mood.
Comparing the love relationship between husband and wife or men and women with friends, teachers, students and other social relations is a traditional expression in Chinese classical poetry, which first appeared in Chu Ci and later developed. This poem is also written in this way.
An ancient custom:
Bridal price is one of the ancient wedding customs in China, also known as betrothal price, bride price and engagement. In ancient China, when an engagement was concluded, it was customary to exchange betrothal money and bride price. This kind of betrothal money and dowry is usually called "bride price". During the period after the founding of New China, both bride price and engagement were related to bride price.
I got married the night before, and the bride didn't see her in-laws until early the next morning. The focus of this poem is her psychological state before she went to visit. The first sentence is married. New house, here refers to the new house. Stop and get in position. Stop the red candle, that is, let the red candle burn for a night. Write an interview in the second sentence. Because visiting is an important event, she got up early in the morning, dressed up in the light of red candle, and waited for dawn to salute in front of the mourning hall.