Zhou wedding is based on the etiquette system of Zhou Dynasty, which is classical, elegant and solemn. The Tang system followed the "Zhou Li" and was magnificent; Because the country was open to the outside world at that time, international exchanges increased and the overall form was more lively. Ming-style wedding inherited the etiquette of Ming dynasty, dressed in Ming-style wedding clothes, and women wore phoenix-crowned robes, which were colorful.
Zhou Shi Zhi hun fu
At that time, the faint suit was not a red item that people misunderstood now, but a dignified dark black dress (dark black, the red color in black, according to the five elements is the most sacred color symbolizing the sky). The whole ceremony was peaceful. But there is a shocking power in the quiet and meticulous ceremony-perhaps this is the power we want to capture today. The quiet and beautiful ceremony that began at dusk reflected a long-lost breath of civilization-it was a pure, beautiful and great Han civilization, pointing directly at people's hearts.
Zhou Li's marriage system advocates elegance and dignity, and has a strong sense of sacredness and symbolic significance. Therefore, until the Song Dynasty, weddings above the official level strictly followed the weekly system in terms of clothing and wedding ceremonies. The faint color of a suit follows the "Meng Xuan system", taking the noblest color between heaven and earth.
Tang wedding dress
Tang suit-elegant and atmospheric
Some people think that this is the origin of the red wedding dress. Women's clothing "flowers, women's hair, green clothes, green leather with shoes (the same color as clothes)." If a husband has an official, he will take it from him. It's dark blue clothes, decorated with gold, silver and colored glasses. The bold color matching collision is worthy of the gorgeous weather of the Tang Dynasty, and the wedding dresses made in the Tang Dynasty also created the idiom "guys and girls".
The dresses of Han women are mostly dark clothes, which means that women are "virtuous, noble and single-minded", while the "green clothes" wedding clothes also refer to blue dark clothes. However, in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, dresses made of Fu skirts became popular, and this beautiful dress was greatly developed in the open and gorgeous weather of the Tang Dynasty. Hairpin skirt is a kind of skirt. Layers of regular clothes make up for the lack of liveliness and seriousness of skirts, which are as dignified as deep dresses and more beautiful and attractive. Therefore, the ceremony dress became a very attractive grand dress popular in the Tang Dynasty. In the 7th year of Wude (AD 624), Tang Gaozu Li Yuan issued the "Wude Order", which stipulated that the queen's three kinds of clothes were robes, bows and hairpins. The three kinds of clothes of the Crown Princess are Zhai, Ju and Xi Chai Li. The six kinds of clothes in a woman's life are Zhai Yi, Xi Chai Li, Li Yi, work clothes, half-sleeve skirt and Hua Chai Li. Ladies and husbands can also wear hairpin skirts when they get married.
Ming wedding dress
When a gentleman marries, if he wears deep clothes, the woman will wear Zhen Hong, red skirt and fake flower buds accordingly; My husband can also pretend to wear do official clothes (Ming dynasty official clothes are bright, civil servants are quails, military attache is seahorse. Note: It's a horse in the sea, not the familiar seahorse. ), the woman is wearing a crowned gown or hairpin, Zhen Hong big sleeves or a round neck female python suit (the same level as her husband), and a red pleated skirt.