Since ancient times, there has been a custom in China that women get married with ten miles of red makeup, which is used to describe the rich dowry of women. The old wedding custom is that the bridesmaid makes the bed for the bride. The day before the wedding, bedding, clothes, jewelry, quilts, ancient cosmetics, etc. will follow the sedan chair outside after the wedding. The rest of the bed, bed table, utensils, boxes, bedding, everything, daily necessities are all-encompassing. The team in red will meander for miles from the woman's house to the man's house. Everywhere is filled with festive atmosphere and rich joy, also known as "ten-mile red makeup"

Since the Han dynasty, red has been popular when getting married, so it is called red makeup. The custom of "ten miles of red makeup" began in the Southern Song Dynasty, when the regime was relatively loose and the government was still vigorously developing production. The southern region is a rich land with relatively rich families. Therefore, Shili red makeup is particularly popular in the south of China to show housework.

When a woman gets married, she will take her handmaiden to her husband's house, which is a woman's private property. In addition, there are boxes of gold and silver, shops and title deeds, as well as countless clothes and cloth that brides will wear. Everything is available at home, from furniture to needle and thread. There is a well-preserved wedding sedan chair, made of superior wood, with lifelike carved flowers and red paint at the bottom. Put on a gold foil decal. The 250 people in the sedan chair are even more lifelike. Because the handicraft industry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is relatively developed, many wedding utensils are very delicate and beautiful. The bride's wedding bed and sedan chair are very luxurious Nice and expensive. It can be seen that Shili red makeup was luxurious at that time.