For example, the emperor shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty was demoted as a quiet princess because Borzigit's "not to my liking", and he married another woman, the latter being the Empress Xiaohui. No matter how many concubines there are around the son of heaven, you can't enjoy the ostentation and extravagance of the wedding. For example, although the emperor shunzhi dared to dethrone the original marriage, she could only quietly "welcome" Dong Fei, who loved her very much, into the palace, but could not "marry" or even dare not go beyond the canonization system. When conferring the title, he "did not write a halogen book, did not play a song, and worked with Wang, Baylor, Beizi, Gong and so on. Did not pay tribute to each other. " Therefore, all the women who are emperors are mistresses and mistresses except the queen.
There is no difference in procedure between the son of heaven and the people looking for a wife. Generally speaking, we should also abide by the "six rites" agreed in the Book of Rites, that is, accepting gifts, asking names, Najib, accepting gifts, informing the date and welcoming the bride. The difference is that the ceremony is more grand and exquisite. In order to marry a daughter-in-law, the son of heaven also sent a bride price to the old father-in-law's house, but not personally, but sent a suitable courtier, who would not personally go there to marry him. His wife's family saw him to the door.
This bride price is a real gift for the son of heaven. For example, in the Han Dynasty, gold alone reached more than 10,000 Jin. When Herry Liu, Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, married the daughter of a powerful minister, he followed the example of his son, saying, "The engagement fee is 20,000 Jin, leading a horse and holding silks, as in the old code", and the gift was doubled. In fact, Tian Zi's family will send a bride price in every process of completing the Six Gifts. Even if the son of heaven wants to get married more often, it's so casual. Does it cost a lot of money?
The son of heaven should also enter the "bridal chamber" when he gets married. Different from the folk custom that the new house is a new house, the new house where the son of heaven got married is not in his bedroom, and there is no fixed new house. Usually he will find a room for temporary use in the place where the ceremony is held.
The marriage of emperors in Ming and Qing dynasties was generally held in Kunning Palace. Kunning Palace is the third of the last three palaces in the Forbidden City. In the Ming dynasty, this was the queen's bedroom. In the Qing Dynasty, two rooms in the east were designated as the wedding rooms of the Emperor, and five rooms in the west were changed into shrines of Shamanism. The Qing emperors were very grand and particular about getting married. The bride will be carried into the Qing Gate, pass through Tiananmen Square and Wumen Gate, and finally reach the harem. When concubines enter the palace, they can only take the Shenwumen at the back door of the Forbidden City.
Empress Dowager Cixi, as the queen of Tianhou Palace in the late Qing Dynasty, failed to walk through the Qing Gate, which became a lifelong pain in her heart. Cixi was just a concubine at first. In 185 1, she was elected to the palace as a female monk and named Zhu Zi. Because of the love of Emperor Xianfeng, she was named Ziyi on 1854. Although this mother loves her son very much, and her son Zai Chun later became the son of heaven, her marriage history with Xianfeng cannot be changed. So, later, the daughter-in-law of Tongzhi Queen Arut angered Empress Dowager Cixi with one sentence-"The slave was brought in from the Qing Dynasty". Shortly after Tongzhi's death, Cixi forced her to commit suicide.
The son of heaven's new house is much more luxurious than ordinary people's, but it can't be exempted from the custom of posting double happiness and festive couplets. The theme of the bridal chamber is also big red, forming a beaming and jubilant atmosphere. There will be "hundred curtains" and "hundred quilts" in front of the bed, which means that different expressions are embroidered on the curtains and quilts of 100 children; Red silk embroidered with dragons and phoenixes hung on the bedside, and the emperor's house was also "blessed with many children". During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the bridal chamber of Emperor Tiandi was carpeted with multiple barriers. There are curtains around the Longfeng bed, and the bridal chamber is very private.
In the Qing Dynasty, the bridal chamber was generally located in the East Warm Pavilion of Kunning Palace, and the walls were decorated with red lacquer, silver and tung oil. In front of the bridal chamber hung a double-happiness palace lantern. On the gilded Dahongmen, there is a double happiness of gold powder. There is a cursive word "shou" above the door, and a long couplet on the wall next to the door falls straight to the ground. From the main entrance of Kunning Palace to the entrance of Dongnuange, in the corridor on the east side outside the bridal chamber, a red wooden shadow wall stands, which means to marry the emperor and "open the door and see happiness".
The golden treasure in the bridal chamber is resplendent and magnificent. There are two rooms in Dongnuange, with the throne of the son of heaven on the east and the jade handle symbolizing "good luck" on the right hand side. There is a big kang on the front eaves, with red sandalwood carving dragons and phoenixes on both sides, porcelain bottles, jewelry and other furnishings on the kang, and a pair of double happiness desk lamps on the left side in front of the kang. In the northwest corner of Dongnuange, there is a bed of dragons and phoenixes. The hi-bed is covered with a thick red silk double hi-word kang mattress, and the bedding includes bright yellow satin, vermilion satin hi-quilt and hi-pillow, with exquisite patterns, fine embroidery and incomparable wealth. There is a festive couplet hanging on the wall in the bed, with a picture of peony flowers in the middle and a pair of treasure cabinets against the wall. Now that the Forbidden City is open, you can see the emperor's bridal chamber.
The emperor's bridal chamber can't be noisy, but etiquette is indispensable. What should I do first when I enter the bridal chamber that day? In the folk, the bride and groom may get impatient as soon as they enter the bridal chamber and go straight to the subject-going to bed. The son of heaven can't You must complete the whole set of activities to have a pleasant evening.
According to the Eight Classics of Rites and Music (volume 18) and Tang Gaozong Receiving the Queen, the wedding of Tang Gaozong and the Queen is quite complicated. After entering the bridal chamber, you should first worship the gods and pay tribute to heaven, earth and ancestors. In fact, this kind of worship activity began before entering the bridal chamber. If you want to enter the same prison, there will be different kinds of worship activities in the days after marriage. There is a dining table under the west window of the new landlord's room. There are beans, baskets, baskets and bowls in front of the table. Like the folk saying "eat a pot of rice later", it is a worship activity after entering the bridal chamber and before the wedding ceremony (jǐn). Every time I make this sacrifice, the couple will have a meal together, so that they can really eat enough before going to bed and not be hungry. Because drinking a little wine can also adjust the interests of both sides, which is also a flirting means before going to bed.
The so-called "wedding ceremony" is what people call "drinking a glass of wine". "Same prison" means that husband and wife eat cooked sacrificial animals together, such as a pig; "Couple" refers to the combination of broken jars into a whole, which was used to hold wine in ancient times. Mixing the wine in the jars of the emperor and the queen is called "combination". This kind of toast is not feathers exchanged at modern weddings, but mixed wine. Now this form of drinking toast should be the product of trouble in the new house.
Of course, after the ceremony, that is, after drinking the toast, what should we do next? Everyone who has been married should know-go to bed. However, when the son of heaven is the groom's official, the bed should not be so-so, and priorities should be divided. In the Tang Dynasty, the Tianna emperor entered the bridal chamber like this-Shang Yi knelt on the north side and said, "After the ceremony, Xing." Both the emperor and the queen are prosperous. The upper palace led the son of heaven into the east room, issued a coronation suit, and served the royal suit; Go to the palace to lead the queen into the country and take off her clothes. Going to work attracts the son of heaven. I still have a thorough meal. It's located in the East Room, just like before. The queen's entourage is the son of heaven, and the waiter of the son of heaven is the queen's.
As can be seen from the above, after drinking the cup, the son of heaven was taken to the room by the sleeping imperial secretary, took off his coronation suit and put on plain clothes; The queen was first introduced into the account by the imperial secretary. The imperial secretary first took off her dress and introduced the son of heaven in plain clothes. She shared a bed with the queen and had a good night's sleep.
In the Qing dynasty, the emperor paid more attention to the wedding before going to bed. The Qing emperor was Manchu, believing in Shamanism, but he also had to worship the gods, such as crossing the brazier. Go to the shrine next to the west of the bridal chamber to worship a god before going to bed. The memorial ceremony was presided over by an old shaman.
Shortly after the queen entered the bridal chamber, the son of heaven was also dressed in a dragon robe and auspicious clothes, and was sent from Gan Qing Palace to Kunning Palace by Prince Jinzhi. After taking off the towel on the queen's head, the Emperor and the Queen sat on the bed with dragons and phoenixes. The female officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs put a copper basin on the bed, containing the "children's treasures" in a round box. This kind of "children's cake" is a kind of pasta, which is a special kind of small dumplings.
There is also a mattress and banquet table. The princess and the female official respectfully ask the emperor to sit opposite, and Fujin is ready to wait on the wedding banquet. At the wedding reception, the emperor and the queen exchanged drinks and made a toast. At this time, in front of the window outside the temple, a couple of guards sang "Song of Congratulations" in Manchu. Get married and pay the bill. In the evening, Fujin, a female official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, etc. Serve the emperor and then eat longevity noodles. After eating noodles, let alone the following things, and enjoy the pleasure of men and women.
Some people will ask, the bride and groom will have a "wardrobe" when they enter the bridal chamber. Did the son of heaven enter the bridal chamber to learn some sexual knowledge, or did he want the eunuch to guide his sexual life? This is a concern. In the past, emperors usually got married at the age of 16, but before that, they usually had sex education at the age of 14, and even earlier, adult experienced maids worked as sex interns for little emperors or princes. Maids in the harem who have four titles, namely, master of ceremonies, letters from home, books for sleeping and books for account, are the sexual practice teachers of the son of heaven, who specially protect them. Of course, these "teachers" are paid every month, which is not a "good thing" for ordinary maids.
Sima Zhong, the stupidest son of heaven in the history of China, got married the earliest, at the age of 13. His father Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, knew that his son was stupid and sent Xie Jiu, a scholar in the harem, to enlighten him. Xie's guidance was in place, but I didn't expect Sima Zhong to be hit and get Xie Jiu pregnant. Sima Zhong himself was still in the dark. Even the stupid son of heaven's premarital sex education is so successful, the son of heaven with normal intellectual development doesn't need to teach at all, and the bridal chamber doesn't have to worry about not understanding it.
However, it should be noted that many emperors were married before they were born, so they could not get married. For example, there were 10 people in the Qing Dynasty, but only four emperors, Shunzhi, Kangxi, Tongzhi and Guangxu, got married when they were in power.
Wedding night, meeting for a long time and meeting an old friend in another country are the three great pleasures of life. But for the son of heaven, the big wedding is often a political marriage, sometimes painful and helpless, and it is difficult for the cold queen to feel the joy of the wedding night. The emperor and the queen don't live together every day, but it is stipulated in the Qing Palace that after the wedding, the emperor and the queen have to live in the East Warm Pavilion of Kunning Palace for one month before they can return to their bedrooms.
But Kangxi was the only one who really lived in the Qing Dynasty for a month. Tongzhi lived for 2 days and Guangxu lived for 6 days. It was held only after the abdication of the last emperor, Xuan Tong Puyi, but it was also held in the palace, which is no different from the wedding of the son of heaven. But he moved to Shishuntang in Yangxintang that night, saying that the new house was not used to it. Among the Qing emperors, the most sad thing about the bridal chamber was Emperor Guangxu. He was so absorbed in the bridal chamber that he didn't want to sleep with the queen and her cousin Yulong. It is said that in the end, he cried in Yulong's arms, saying that he could only respect her forever. Guangxu didn't sleep with Queen Yulong for a long time after the wedding. It turned out that Guangxu's favorite princess was Pearl Krabs, but Cixi forced him to marry his cousin.