The Forbidden City has The Complete Wedding Works of Zai Tian, which consists of eight volumes, and was drawn by Qing Dynasty court painter Qing Kuan and others. It recorded the whole process of Emperor Guangxu's marrying the queen in the form of cartoons.

These eight volumes of paintings include the first volume "Empress Leaving the Palace to the Mansion", the second volume "The Banquet of the Talented Ceremony", the third volume "The Great Ceremony", the fourth and fifth volumes are all "Empress's Dress-up", the sixth volume "Picture Book for Welcoming Empress", the seventh volume "The Phoenix and the Palace Gate of Empress" and the eighth volume "Etiquette".

The scenes depicted include the ceremony of accepting gifts, the ceremony of collecting gifts, the ceremony of conferring titles, the welcoming ceremony, the wedding ceremony, the celebration ceremony and the banquet. The picture book "The Wedding of the Emperor" is based on "The Complete Picture Book of Zai Tian Wedding", and combines historical materials and some pictures of cultural relics to sort out the wedding celebrations in Guangxu years from three parts: pre-marriage preparation, wedding day and wedding etiquette.

The "emperor's wedding" begins with "accepting bride price", which means that the man invites the matchmaker to propose marriage to the woman's house, and the woman agrees that the man will accept gifts in the future, that is, engagement. The ceremony of "accepting talents" in Qing Dynasty has distinct Manchu cultural characteristics. Armor and horses occupy an important position in the gifts organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which also reflects that riding and shooting are the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.

The wooden pots in that place are also very distinctive. This pot is made of gold, silver, enamel, ceramics, etc. Collected in the Qing Palace, it is a utensil for holding milk tea in Qinghai and Tibet.

Later, the emperor sent someone to the woman's house to send a bride price. Most of the "big gifts" of the Qing emperor are true. For example, when the emperor shunzhi gets married, the gift is 220 taels of gold, 2000 taels of silver 10000 taels, two gold tea cones 1 each, two gold and silver pots 1 each, 2000 satin, 2000 cloth and 20 saddles.

On the other hand, the queen will also send a dowry to the palace. The characteristic of the queen's dowry is that it is not prepared by her family, but organized by the court. Because the dowry of the queen is too large, not only her family can't bear it, but even the Ministry of Internal Affairs and even the whole Forbidden City can't complete this task.

According to the red file of Tongzhi wedding in Qing dynasty, the dowry of the queen can be divided into two ways: internal and external. The "Office of the Interior" is organized by institutions in Beijing. The items of the "Office of the Interior" are mainly crowns, shoes and socks, jewelry, etc., which are reserved by the Office of the Interior. The "foreign affairs office" needs to be undertaken by institutions outside Beijing, mainly including textiles such as clothing and wood, bedding, curtains, leather pieces, watches and clocks, etc.

These should be supervised by Guangdong Customs and undertaken by places like Jiangnan and Suzhou-Hangzhou Weaving.

The wedding day of the emperor is the highlight.

First of all, we should do a good job of "conferring the welcoming ceremony".

After the ceremony, Chen Wei managed to drive away the halogen thin outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the empress instrument was driven under the palace steps and outside the palace gate;

The music department hangs music outside the hall of supreme harmony;

The official section of Honglin Temple of the Ministry of Rites is located in the south of the center of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, with the case in the left west, the treasure case in the right east, and the Longting outside the pavilion.

The inner prison is located outside the palace gate, and the festival case is in the palace (both in the south). The treasure chest is located on the east and west sides of the palace gate, and the queen worship is located in the south of the incense table. ?

After the ceremony, Queen Yu Jifu took Feng Yu out of the house, crossed Jinshui Bridge and Wumen from Qingmen, and entered the palace from the middle gate of Wumen. Empress Feng Yu entered Gan Qing Palace from the middle gate of Gan Qing Gate, and then came down. Later, a married woman introduced the Queen to the bridal chamber, namely the East Nuan Pavilion of Kunning Palace.

In Kunning Palace, Dongnuange is the bridal chamber where the emperor and queen hold their wedding. Dongnuange is equipped with tents, and the furnishings are all in the form of happy rooms. The curtains are embroidered with red silk and colorful pictures of the ancient philosophers inlaid with gold, and the rest are the queen's dowry box and other supplies. The emperor got married and lived here with the queen for three days. After that, the emperor chose another palace among the six palaces for the queen to live in. The bridal chamber also has a series of ceremonies, such as sitting on the bill, tying the knot, and holding a banquet.

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The old eunuch recalled that on the wedding night of the emperor, the queen had to eat something first.

After thousands of years of ups and downs, China has played a very important role in the historical stage. And the classic truth handed down from ancient times to the present has gradually changed with the times. Once upon a time, we were a clan Men are revered and women are belittled. Men can have three wives and four concubines, while women can only live alone.

In particular, the nobles of the palace are vividly reflected. There are 3,000 beautiful women in the emperor's harem, each of whom is amazing in the world. Later, in order to review the history at that time, people will show us the scenes of people's lives in the past by shooting TV dramas.

In ancient times, the emperor would regularly choose concubines in the harem. In fact, at that time, the emperor would only get married once, and that person would get married, which was his first house. In addition, none of the other selected test concubines will hold another wedding. These women who were attracted by the emperor were sent directly to the palace whenever they were selected.

Maybe, in ancient times, it was not polygamy. Every man has only one wife, and the rest are concubines. The emperor's wife is a queen, so although the emperor has so many concubines, he has only been married once. Moreover, in that era when identity stratification was obvious, many things were not as played in TV dramas.

Since ancient times, people have attached great importance to all grand holiday banquets. This is a traditional custom. Choosing an auspicious time, even an important day like a family dinner or wedding, is to win a good prize for the future.

In some customs handed down from ancient times in marriage, these activities are undoubtedly a kind of good luck. Judging from ancient weddings, it is necessary to go through the custom of making trouble in the bridal chamber, toasting and eating peanuts and dates when getting married. Although many people advocate western-style weddings now, they will follow this custom when preparing for the wedding.

In fact, there is such a custom for the emperor to get married, but the emperor is the king of a country and can't go through the wedding ceremony. The wedding of the emperor and the queen was so grand that almost the whole country celebrated it. After all the ceremonies are held, the emperor will go back to the palace with the queen, and then the bridal chamber.

According to a eunuch in his later years, on the wedding night of the emperor, the queen will eat an unripe jiaozi in front of the bridal chamber. This jiaozi is called the treasure of future generations. This is also for good luck. When it is half cooked in jiaozi, it will be sent to the queen. At dinner, she will ask if the queen has given birth, and the queen will answer.

In the eyes of the ancients, this means that the descendants of the royal family are full. The wine that the emperor and the queen drank when they got married was not a toast, but a little higher than the folk name ([jǐn]), indicating that the emperor and the queen lived happily in the future.

References:

Phoenix. Com- The Emperor's Wedding and Ruyi Lin Lang Atlas: Romance and God in the Forbidden City from the Book