If people hold a Chinese wedding, there will be a link, that is, the bride will wear a red umbrella when she goes out. In fact, this is a wedding custom handed down from ancient times. The bride's intention of holding a red umbrella is to spread her branches and leaves. After all, people always want something auspicious. Later, many new sayings appeared among the people. Different people have different ideas. Let's see what they have.

Good moral

As a dowry, an umbrella is also a symbol of good luck. Opening the umbrella is a complete circle, which means that everything will be fine, the marriage is complete, the husband and wife are reunited and the family is harmonious. The traditional word "umbrella" has five people, one adult and four villains, which means "children and grandchildren are full, and people are prosperous".

Open branches and loose leaves

There are many sayings about the red umbrella, one of which is that the homonym of "umbrella" is "scattered", and then the meaning of opening an umbrella is also the meaning of opening branches and leaves, which means wishing the bride to open branches and leaves for her husband's family as soon as possible after marriage and continue each other's blood. In ancient times, children were very important to both the in-laws and the bride, which could determine the status of the bride in the in-laws in the future. Therefore, when a woman gets married, she will wear a red umbrella, which means that the branches and leaves will spread out as soon as possible.

Not a red scarf.

In the past, it was the matchmaker who carried the bride on her back. In order to prevent the bride's suffocation from "shaking the ground", she covered her head with a red scarf so that her feet could not offend the ground. Modern society will spread a red carpet or rice bag on the ground for the bride to step on, and the red silk veil will be replaced by a red umbrella.

Don't compete with heaven for greatness.

In ancient times, the bride was escorted to the sedan chair (limousine) by the female elders of Fogod, because the bride had a great position on the wedding day, but she could not compete with heaven.

Shelter from the wind and rain

In many places, the wedding custom is usually to let the bridesmaid open the red umbrella at the first step when the bride goes out, and then escort the bride to the car all the time, which means sheltering the bride from the wind and rain. There is also a saying that an umbrella is traditionally an auspicious thing that can drive away evil spirits. So if you go out with an umbrella, you can drive away some evil spirits and protect the safety of the bride.