After the bride and groom enter the door, they will then "worship the church", also known as "worship heaven and earth" Generally, the place to worship the church is in front of the bridal chamber. There is an altar with the tablets of the monarch and the teacher of heaven and earth on it, and the curtain of the ancestors is hung behind the altar. After the bride and groom are in place, they are guided by two male guests, kneeling three times and knocking nine times to pay homage to heaven and earth, ancestors and parents. Then the woman is east, the man is west, and the husband and wife pay homage. In the Datong area of Yanbei, the bride doesn't worship when the groom visits the wedding, which is quite different from the usual custom.

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After the meeting, the bride and groom stepped into the bridal chamber surrounded by everyone. In Jinzhong, Jinnan and other places, a saddle should be placed in front of the bridal chamber or on the threshold in advance, and the saddle will be removed as soon as the bride crosses her front foot.

In addition to some daily necessities, wedding couplets should be posted at the door, big red double happiness characters should be posted on the windows, and red candles should be lit in the room. In Xinzhou and other places, a face rabbit will be hung at the entrance of the bridal chamber. Around Qin county, there is a bucket in the bridal chamber, which contains grains, bronze mirrors and other town objects to ward off evil spirits; Lamps and candles are hung on high walls and do not burn overnight, which is commonly known as "longevity lamp". In Yanbei Pinglu, after the groom enters the bridal chamber, he will shoot bows and arrows in all directions, which is called "driving the white tiger". In some places in Jinzhong and Jinnan, bows and arrows are hung on the walls. Folk believe that the bridal chamber is vulnerable to evil spirits, and if it is not suppressed, abnormal accidents will occur, which is not good for the bride and groom.

In Qixian, Jinzhong and other places, after entering the bridal chamber, the bride and groom sit side by side on the edge of the kang and are greeted by the "Quanfu people", pressing the bride's skirt on the groom's robe. The groom used the balance beam to remove the "red veil" from the bride's head and then quit. The bride's sister-in-law immediately took off the new shoes on her feet and put them on for her. The so-called "new shoes and new styles" means that the bride should follow the rules of the man's family and be bound by her husband's family in the future. In the Hequ area of Xinzhou, after the groom takes off the bride's red veil, he will symbolically comb her hair with a comb, commonly known as "Shangtou", indicating that this woman has become his wife since then. Previously, after the bride and groom entered the bridal chamber, they also used the same utensils to eat and drink and carry out the "wedding ceremony". Generally speaking, the bride and groom drink a little from each cup, then mix two glasses of wine and drink in the other cup. The customs in different parts of Shanxi are slightly different. The bride and groom have a glass of wine in Shou Ping, Yanbei, which is called "Jade Emperor Wine" and "Harmonious Wine". Wenxi and other places have evolved into the "wedding face" of the bride and groom on their wedding night.

On the wedding night, there is a custom of "stepping on the four corners" in some places in southern Shanxi. The groom and the bride turned left and right three times on the kang. When I stepped on it, some people were chanting praise: "Step, step, step on the four corners, and the four-cornered empress protects it. There are many children and few women, and the two husbands are always fine ... "Shanxi, like other parts of the country, has the custom of" building new houses ",and the wedding night is very lively. As the saying goes, "if you don't make trouble, you will have it." There is also the folk custom of "three days after marriage, big or small". Three days after marriage, guests, neighbors, relatives and friends, regardless of generation, men, women and children, can gather in the new house and participate in teasing the bride and groom. It is believed that disturbing the new house can not only add to the festive atmosphere of the wedding, but also drive away evil spirits and bless the bride and groom with good luck after marriage.