"Wedding red paper cover", why do many areas in China have this custom?

Wedding red paper cover? This custom is not only in the northeast, but also in many parts of the country. The purpose of this custom is to draw lots smoothly and avoid bad luck when getting married.

Wedding red paper cover? This is just one of the marriage customs. China has been a country of etiquette since ancient times. Marriage is the top priority in life. In ancient times, marriage customs were much more complicated than now. Modern people have simplified the marriage customs, but some customs have remained, such as choosing two days for marriage, which means couples. Choose the wedding time with the number eight, because Geely, there are many others that I won't list here. ? Wedding red paper covers the manhole cover? There are roughly three kinds of this statement among the people:

1. In the past, people were superstitious and believed in ghosts and gods. They think that marrying a daughter-in-law is a very serious matter. Because strangers will come to their house, they cover the manhole cover with red paper on the wedding day to drive away bad luck and seek happiness, so as to avoid the wife who comes in? Demon way? , affecting the harmony of the family. Another way of saying it is that where there is a well, there is a dragon king. Marrying a daughter-in-law is very lively, and everyone in the village will come to help, which will disturb the Dragon King. In the past, people thought that water was just water and wealth, so the Dragon King existed like a god in their eyes, giving them spiritual sustenance for the unknown, so in order not to disturb the Dragon King, they put a red happy word on the manhole cover. On the one hand, it reminds the Dragon King that there is a happy event in his family, and on the other hand, it hopes that the Dragon King can bless his family's prosperity. According to legend, the young master of a family once fell in love with his servant, and they eloped together, but they were finally discovered by their families. So the two men were caught back, and the scary man was thrown into the well and executed. The family found another marriage for the young master. It happened that there was a scary ghost in the winter, so he came out of the well and killed the young master's family for revenge. Since then, everyone has regarded the well as a filthy and evil place, and when they get married, they will cover it with red paper to ward off evil spirits.