China traditional wedding process

The traditional wedding in China is more and more popular with the newcomers, especially many foreign newcomers are particularly fond of the traditional wedding in China. The following is the traditional wedding process in China, welcome to read.

1, one month before marriage

The bride and groom communicate the form and content of the wedding with the host in detail, and confirm the details such as sedan chair, clothing, wedding venue and scene decoration.

2. Two weeks before marriage

The bride and groom send invitations to relatives and friends, and inform them of the wedding form, and instruct them to wear Hanfu to better reflect the characteristics of retro weddings.

3. One week before marriage

Arrange makeup, decorate the venue, purchase wedding supplies, etc. The day before the wedding, the groom will also go to the scene with the bearers, the host and the photographer (cameraman) for on-the-spot investigation.

4, the wedding day process

(1) make-up

Get up at half past five.

At six o'clock, after the groom's hairstyle is done, wait at the woman's house.

At 7 o'clock, the bride finishes making up and informs the groom.

Give the makeup artist a red envelope.

(2) Sedan, gongs and drums, suona and lion dance

The sedan chair will be tied at seven o'clock.

At half past seven, the sedan chair came to the bride's house.

At eight o'clock, the groom took HongLing and led the bride to the sedan chair.

At 8: 05, the gong sounded to clear the way, followed by a lion dancer, eight trumpeters, eight crowned deacons leading the way, followed by eight people in red and cinnamon.

At 8: 30, the sedan chair bounced and the lion dance changed in a different way.

Arrive at the wedding scene at 9: 00. Get out and shoot.

Give red envelopes to bearers and others.

(3) Welcome the bride

At 9: 05, the groom helped the bride to the door.

At 9: 0010, the bride carefully crossed the charcoal brazier with the help of the matchmaker.

9: 15 The groom drew his bow and shot three red arrows (into the sky, praying for God's blessing; Clapping the ground means that the two will last forever; Shoot into the distance and wish the future' life is full of happiness'.

(4) Go to church and have a glass of wine.

At half past nine, the bride and groom formally paid their respects.

② 10: 00 The bridegroom wrapped the scale in red cloth and picked up the Xipa on the bride's head.

③ 10: 10 cheers to the bride and groom.

④ 10: 20 The bridesmaid prepares tea.

⑤ 10: 25 The bride offers tea to the man's parents.

⑥ 1 1: 00 The bride and groom leave or enter the bridal chamber.

(5) Hotel preparation or home preparation

First, hotel preparation

A, 1 1: 30 someone will bring cigarettes, wine, tea, drinks and sugar to the hotel.

B. 1 1: 30, there will be a special person to check the details of the banquet arrangement, sound, sign-in desk and so on.

C, 1 1: 30, there will be a special person to prepare cigarettes and sugar for the bride and groom to welcome the guests.

D. 1 1: 30 The ribbon cutter is waiting at the hotel gate.

B.welcome to the hotel.

The bride and groom came to the door of the hotel.

B, l 1:30: 30 Check-in desk personnel are in place.

C, 1 1: 30 wedding banquet guides are in place.

C, prepare at home

1 1: 30, cigarettes, wine, tea, sugar and drinks are placed on the dining table by special personnel.

1 1: 30 A special person will check the banquet arrangement, sound system and sign-in desk at last.

(6) wedding banquet

12: 00, the wedding reception begins, and the bride and groom take a seat to propose a toast to the guests.

The wedding game/kloc-0 starts at 2: 30.

/kloc-The wedding reception ends at 0/3: 00.

(7), rest

13: 30 guests leave or entertain themselves.

13: 30 The bride and groom have dinner and rest.

14: 00, there is a special person to count the remaining cigarettes, wine, sugar, etc.

Matters needing attention in traditional weddings in China:

1. Because the wedding reception is across the bridge, it is required that the bride's house should not be too far away from the groom's house and the wedding banquet hotel.

2. The whole process should be as authentic as possible. No matter the new clothes, makeup, wedding scenes and props used, they must be completely consistent with the wedding content, and they should not be made neither fish nor fowl, thus losing the retro wedding style.

3. There are relatively few hosts who know the process and details of retro wedding, so be careful when choosing.

Traditional weddings in China must:

1, Huaqiao, red ribbon, Tang suit

2, gongs and drums, suona, lion dance

3. Professional retro wedding emcee

4. Professional retro wedding makeup artist

5. Professional photographer (photographer)

Chinese traditional wedding custom

Uncle San

According to the traditional etiquette of China, the "three books" refer to the documents exchanged during the engagement, that is, the "letter of appointment"-the letter of appointment, which is exchanged at the time of engagement; "Gift Book"-a list of gifts, which lists the types and quantities of gifts in detail and exchanges them when giving gifts; "Wedding Book"-a book for marrying the bride, which is used when picking up the bride on the wedding day.

Six rites

It refers to the process from matchmaking to marriage. They are "talented"-commonly known as matchmakers, that is, the man's family asks the matchmaker to propose marriage to the woman's family, and the woman's family promises to propose marriage, and the man's family prepares gifts to propose marriage; "Ask the name"-commonly known as the eight characters, ask the matchmaker to ask the woman's date of birth and name to prepare for the wedding ceremony; "Naji"-that is, after the man's family has a good omen, he will prepare a gift to inform the woman's family that the marriage is preliminarily agreed; "Zheng Na"-also called a gift, the man chooses an auspicious day to hold an engagement gift at the woman's house; "Invitation"-choose an auspicious day to get married. In the past, auspicious days of the zodiac were usually bimonthly and bimonthly, and I didn't like to choose March, June, November and Wednesday with scattered voices. I don't choose six because I don't want this couple to have a half-life marriage. November means a lot. "Kissing"-On the wedding day, the man personally went to the woman's house with a congratulatory letter to marry the bride.

Anchuang

A few days before the wedding, choose an auspicious day, spread the bedding and sheets on the new bed, then spread the dragon and phoenix quilt, and sprinkle all kinds of happy fruits on the bedding, such as peanuts, red dates, longan and lotus seeds. In other words, the couple will have a baby early. Those who lift the bed, make the bed, and sprinkle happy fruits are all carefully selected "lucky"-parents are alive, brothers and sisters are complete, marriage is harmonious, and children are in pairs. Naturally, I hope that such people can bring good luck to the newcomers.

dowry

The escort in the woman's home is a symbol of her family status and wealth. The dowry will be delivered to the in-laws at the latest the day before the wedding. In addition to clothes and ornaments, dowry is mainly a good omen, such as scissors, which means Hu Die and Qi Fei; Spiton, also known as the children's fight; Vase, meaning flowers bloom with wealth; Shoes mean growing old together; Feet, meaning fertile land and so on. Of course, customs and pay attention to different places.

It makes me addicted.

This is a premarital ceremony for both men and women. When choosing an auspicious day, men and women should comb their hair in their own homes and say loudly at the same time: comb it to the end, comb it to Qi Mei with white hair, comb it to the children and grandchildren, and comb it to four silver bamboo shoots.

Honggaitou

The bride usually wears a square red scarf with a length of three feet on her head. This kind of red scarf is called "hijab", commonly known as hijab. There are two opinions about the wedding custom of hijab: one is that in ancient times, the bride covered her head with red to hide her shame; There is also a saying that comes from the ancient saying of "predatory marriage", which means that after the bride covers her head, she can never find her way back, just like "the water spilled by her married daughter", which shows the status of ancient women.

Holding a red umbrella

On the wedding day, when the bride goes out, she stands in the open air. The bride's sister or bridesmaid holds up a red umbrella to protect the bride, which means "spreading the branches and leaves" and scattering Misha to the sky and the top of the umbrella.

Crying marriage

It seems difficult to understand crying marriage today, but in ancient times, because of the inconvenient transportation, it was difficult for a daughter to see her family after marriage. Moreover, after a woman gets married, she can't go home to visit relatives at any time as she does now. The bride must get the consent of her husband's family if she wants to go back to her family. There is also a saying that the source of crying marriage is because in ancient times, women's marriages were arranged by parents' orders and matchmakers' words, and women did not have the right to choose freely, so the song of crying marriage was used to accuse this unfair marriage system.

(of the bride and groom) salute to heaven and earth.

Also known as "worshipping heaven and earth", it is a very important ceremony in traditional weddings in China, but worshipping the bride does not belong to the etiquette in the ancient "Three Books and Six Rites". At the wedding ceremony, the master of ceremonies will say loudly, "One worships heaven and earth, the other worships Gaotang, and the husband and wife go into the bridal chamber together." Among them, "worship of heaven and earth" represents the worship of heaven and earth gods; "Worship Gao Tang" is to salute the man's parents and express filial piety; "Worship between husband and wife" means that husband and wife respect each other and respect customers. To some extent, "conjugal intercourse" is a manifestation that a few people in ancient times can make women and men have the same status.

(of relatives and friends) teasing the newlyweds on their wedding night.

In the old society, it was stipulated that the groom's brother of the same age could make trouble in the new house. Old people think that "if the newlyweds don't make trouble, they will make trouble", which can ward off evil spirits for the newlyweds and make money after marriage.

San Chao hui men

It means "mothering", and the bride returns home to report her peace. Three Dynasties means that on the third day after marriage, the bride, accompanied by her husband, returned to her mother's house with some gifts to pay homage to her ancestors, and then returned to her husband's family with her husband. In ancient times, after a woman got married, it was difficult for her to go back to her family, so it was probably the last chance for a woman to set foot in her family.