China traditional wedding is deeply loved by people because of its simplicity, comprehensive etiquette, warm celebration and warm publicity atmosphere. Especially, many newcomers from other places especially like this form, which is also the concentrated embodiment and essence of the wedding customs in northern China.

Sedan chair is the core part of traditional wedding. Four people carry, eight people carry two kinds. There are also dragon sedan chairs and phoenix sedan chairs. Besides the bearers, there are umbrellas and fans. Generally, the number of sedan chair teams ranges from a dozen to dozens, which is spectacular. There are not many sedan chairs now, so you must make an appointment in advance if you want to hold this kind of wedding. This kind of service can be provided in some wedding companies. Choose a park or a place far away from the main road, and leave enough space for your sedan chair, because the scene of sedan chair jumping will attract a large number of tourists and cause traffic jams.

The new couple's clothes are rockhopper robes and jackets, or robes and jackets. The bride in red veil, accompanied by the bridesmaid and led by the groom HongLing, slowly boarded the float. After arriving at the position of the sedan chair, the couple changed into the sedan chair.

Necessary customs of Chinese weddings

Sedan set out: With gongs, drums, suona and lion dance, the sedan chair set out. According to tradition, the bride is carried out by her brother and put in a sedan chair. But most modern people only have one child, so cousins or groomsmen can only do it for them, and generally use back-to-back hugs. At present, the distance of sedan chair is only one step away. Unless the two families are particularly close, it will be very tiring to carry them from one end of Shanghai to the other. However, it is a custom to give red envelopes to the sedan chair, otherwise it will deliberately shake the sedan chair to make the bride "feel better."

Archery across the brazier: In ancient ceremonies, the bride crossed the brazier in a sedan chair, but now it is usually the bride who directly crossed with the help of the matchmaker. Then, before getting off the sedan chair, the groom will pull a bow and shoot three red arrows at the door of the sedan chair to ward off evil spirits that the bride may be infected along the way.

Toast: after the brazier, someone wants to cross the saddle, which indicates that the couple's family is stable after marriage; Then, the groom picked Sipa on the bride's head with a weight wrapped in red cloth. At this time, it is time for the couple to formally marry the bride. The most important part after the meeting is not to ask for a glass of wine, but to offer tea to both sides. Usually, at this time, a group of people are in tears, the scene is touching, and the deep family affection permeates the warm holiday atmosphere.

Fahexie Media: In modern weddings, many things that should be in the bridal chamber are moved out for display. For example, tying hair, the couple will cut each other's hair in the bridal chamber and keep it together as a token of the relationship between husband and wife. Now it performs in public. Later, the mothers of both sides lit the dragon and phoenix candles together, and the couple exchanged books and jewels as keepsakes, and then asked the matchmaker to give them hoofs.