In ancient times? At the wedding, the bride will put on a unique piece of red silk, which is called the red veil, and the groom will unveil this veil when he enters the bridal chamber.

The earliest hijab appeared in Qi State in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, when women used it to keep out the wind and cold? Just cover your head. In the early Tang dynasty, it evolved into a curtain hat that was draped from head to shoulder to hide shame. According to legend, during the reign of Kaiyuan Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji, Emperor Taizong, deliberately broke through the old habits and ordered maids to cover their heads with "Touluo", that is, women used a piece of gauze to cover the veil hat in the early Tang Dynasty as decoration. From the late Jin Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, hijab became popular among the people and became an indispensable holiday decoration for brides. To show happiness, the bride's hijab is red.

Why the bride should cover her head is also related to myths and legends.

According to Li Rong's Monologue in the Tang Dynasty, at the beginning of the universe, there were only two brothers and sisters, Nuwa. In order to breed human beings, the two brothers and sisters negotiated to become husband and wife. But they are all shy. So the brother and sister climbed to the top of the mountain and prayed to heaven: "If God agrees that the brother and sister are married, let a few clouds gather in the air;" If not, let them spread out. " The words sound just fell and the clouds in Ran Ran got closer and closer, and finally merged. So Nu Wa married her brother. In order to cover up her shame, Nu Wa made a fan out of grass to cover her face. Fans are homophonic with reeds. If you are a man, you will be a man. However, covering your face with a fan is not as soft, simple and beautiful as silk fabric. Therefore, the fan cover is gradually replaced by the cover.

In many legends about the origin of human beings in the world, there are stories of brother and sister getting married, and they are all described by leaves, skins or woven fabrics to avoid shame. The bride's red hijab just evolved from this.