In Chengde, Hebei, China, there is a custom of hanging door curtains when getting married. On the wedding day, the bride's dowry should be sent to the man's house first, and then the bride's brother will accompany the bride and the person who sent the bride off to the man's house. After the bride and groom entered the new house, the bride's brother took out a curtain and hung it on the door of the new house. Curtains are mostly red or pink, embroidered with mandarin ducks or beautiful peaks, which are brightly colored and very festive. After the bride's younger brother hangs the curtain, the man will send a small red paper bag as a bride price. There are four yuan, six yuan and eight yuan in the bag, but they are all even numbers, which means that the newlyweds should pair up and grow old together.

There is a beautiful story about the custom of hanging door curtains. According to legend, during the Western Han Dynasty, Huns were everywhere. In order to keep the border inviolable, the Huns were urged to pay tribute to Hanwang and Hanwang to marry each other, so as to achieve the goal of harmony between the two countries. Wang Zhaojun, the imperial concubine of the harem, invited her to marry the northern Xiongnu. Hanwang was very happy and immediately recognized her as her adopted daughter, and prepared a very rich dowry for her, ranging from industrial products, grain seeds, textile paintings to jewelry and clothing, gold and silver treasures. Zhaojun is a talented woman with courage and calculation. It took her three whole days to count these dowries one by one, and then she said to Hanwang, "Father, there is still one thing missing." Hanwang thought: You are my adopted daughter, for marriage. It is said that this dowry is already very rich. Why are there still things missing? So he asked what else was missing. Zhaojun said, I heard that the houses on the grassland are not as good as the palaces here. Although the house has doors, there are no curtains hanging, so people can see the house at a glance outside, which is inconvenient. Why didn't the father give the curtain of the palace door to his daughter so that the children could cover the house and block the door? Secondly, my daughter looks at the curtains every day, so she misses her hometown every day. Hanwang felt very reasonable after listening to it. He immediately sent someone to make a door curtain and ordered a special envoy to escort it and hang it on the door for Zhaojun on the wedding day.

It is said that when Princess Wencheng of Tang Dynasty married Songzan Gambu, the Tibetan leader, the King of Tang also asked the prince to personally deliver Princess Wencheng, and hung a curtain for Princess Wencheng on their wedding day. In this way, the custom of the bride's younger brother hanging the door curtain has been handed down. In recent years, although the wedding is simple, it is still necessary to hang curtains and the bride's brother. If the bride doesn't have a younger brother, please ask a little boy at home to hang up.