It is said that the red wedding dress originated from the precedent of quasi-Shu Ren wearing scarlet gauze robe, probably around the Tang Dynasty; But in fact, until the Song Dynasty, the wedding dresses of maids were still blue. The appearance of "Zhen Hong Duijin Sleeve Shirt+Guan Feng Xiaguan" in Ming Dynasty is quite certain. This wedding dress style, which originated very late, is now understood by Chinese people as a Chinese wedding dress and is deeply rooted.
The official history "The Five Weddings of Daming Hui Dian" states: "All the descendants of the officials wear nine-grade clothes, and the rest are folded in towels."
In various operas and novels of the Ming Dynasty, the dress of the groom, especially the bride, was described in great detail. For example, the story in "The Story of Awakening Marriage" describes: "Di rode a horse, wore a hairpin and red flowers, and the child wore a sleeveless robe of red silk Kirin, a plain silver belt, covered with a hundred poems, a sedan chair for four and twelve drummers, and was married to the apartment." Another example is the popular novel "Jin Ping Mei" in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, which also contains many descriptions of bride's dress and wedding.
Comparing the images in Ming dynasty prints with those in calligraphy and painting dramas since Qing dynasty, the official dress of the groom in Ming dynasty should be the official dress of black silk round neck, not the official dress of wearing handkerchief. The black silk round neck is called the official uniform, and it was also seen in the ceremony: "All civil and military officials always look after the affairs, and take their black silk hats, league collars and belts as official uniforms." Wearing a uniform red robe is very consistent with the image of the groom in various arts since the Ming Dynasty. The uniforms of quality officials and their descendants should be a supplement to each edition, and the color is not specific red, but it should be the same as the color of the uniform system, but it does not rule out the gradual formation of specific color habits in weddings. The details need to be tested.
But at present, there is no typical image handed down from generation to generation, or there is no need to stick to one. It is also possible to use men's dresses at that time. At first glance, the groom wearing a soap shirt is different from the general understanding, but we can see a similar image later. In the Qing Dynasty, men wore black and blue dresses when they got married (in the Republic of China, we also saw the groom wearing red and sky-blue mandarin jackets, which were men's dresses at that time), and it was also a coincidence that the groom wore black dresses as far away as Japan and Taixi. However, how the people of the Ming Dynasty are still in need of detailed textual research.
The bride's dress, which only contains "Fu Sheng" in the ceremony, should also be a woman's big dress at that time, such as Zhai Guan, gown, Xiaguan and so on. Judging from the description of the novel and other artistic images, the bride in the later period is basically dressed like a maid. (Zhai) wears a crown and a red round-neck robe, without a big gown, and the official may or may not use it. However, the image of Gai Jinfu (hijab) continued into the Qing Dynasty, and similar costumes can still be seen today.