Marriage is a major event in life, and most people will attach great importance to it. In old Beijing, when you get married, you have to build a greenhouse and paste a happy word.
The shed for the wedding is also called the happiness shed. These sheds are all very high. There should be rolling shutters on the shed, and glass windows should be installed on the upper part of the surrounding walls to let the sun shine through the glass windows. The roof can also be decorated with colorful overhangs. The window frame is red, and the four corners are painted with exquisite patterns, highlighting the festive atmosphere.
There are pavilions in summer and greenhouses in winter, usually made of cloth or reed mats. There are railings, wooden tables, carpets on the floor and screens on the walls, which are similar to interior decoration. You also need to paste happy couplets on the main entrance and the second door, and paste happy characters on both sides of the street gate.
When the shed was set up, the happy words were posted. The word "happiness" is a symbol of good luck among the people. Men who marry their daughters should post "Xi" (double happiness), and those who recruit their daughters should post "Xi" (single happiness). Generally, the word "hi" is pasted on red paper with gold.
After posting happy words, we should also post happy couplets on the doorframes of the main entrance and the second door to express our best wishes to the bride and groom.
The more common wedding couplets are: one day's dry kunding tops one, poems, clouds, bells and drums; Horizontal comments are "a match made in heaven".
Another example: blowing sheng can attract phoenix, climb Guixi and Lapras; Cross-criticism of "Dragon and Phoenix Becoming Lucky"
Old Beijingers attach great importance to human relations, and everything is courtesy first. When you go to congratulate your relatives and friends, you should always "go with the flow" and the gift givers should wear red envelopes. If you send greetings (greetings), you must give priority to red.