Wedding wine: Prepare a wedding banquet before the groom's sedan chair arrives; Crying wedding: When the bride gets on the sedan chair, she should cry a few times to express her attachment to her family; Getting off the sedan chair and getting married: the trigger needs to play music and fire cannons; The sedan chair arrives at the groom's house: the bride arrives at the groom's house and guests welcome her; Worship: Holding a worship ceremony during the blessings of family and friends; Wedding banquet: The groom's family holds a wedding banquet; Teasing the bridal chamber: bringing the bride closer to her husband's family; Return home: On the third day of the wedding, return to the home of the bride Fang.
Traditional Chinese Wedding Process
1. Wedding wine
In traditional weddings, the bride's family usually prepares the "wedding wine" in the morning, and the wedding banquet needs to be prepared before the groom's wedding sedan chair arrives. After the sedan chair arrives, the bride's family needs to welcome them with music and firecrackers. The groom bows to his parents in law and presents a red wedding greeting note written in his father's name. Then the bride's family can start with music.
2. Crying Marriage
After the breakfast banquet, the bride and groom bow to their elders and can be supported by bridesmaids to climb onto the bridal sedan chair. When climbing onto the sedan chair, the bride may cry a few times to show her attachment to her parents and family, which is called a wedding cry.
3. Getting off the sedan and getting married
After the bride gets on the sedan chair, she begins to play music and sound cannons. The band is in front, followed by the groom. If conditions permit, the groom can ride a horse, and then the bridal sedan chair and escorts follow.
4. The sedan chair arrives at the groom's house
The road back to marriage must take a different path from the one taken during the wedding, which is called 'not turning back'. After the bride's sedan chair arrives, the young bridesmaids need to step forward and lift the curtain, help the bride out of the sedan chair, and welcome guests with flowers.
5. Worship Hall
The worship hall can be regarded as the climax stage of traditional weddings, with cigarettes swirling around the incense table and red candles burning high. With the blessings of family and friends, the newlyweds go from worshiping heaven and earth, to worshiping their parents twice, and then to husband and wife, and the worship ceremony comes to an end.
6. Wedding banquet
The wedding banquet should be arranged according to the status of the guests, with the chairman placed in the center of the main room. The bride's father and uncle should sit in the right seat, and the groom's uncle should sit in the left seat.
7. Playful bridal chamber
The bridal chamber, also known as the bridal chamber, is an indispensable custom in traditional weddings. It is not only for celebration, but also to bring the bride closer to her husband's family without being too restrained.
8. Return to the door
Returning home is usually arranged on the morning of the third day of the wedding. The groom needs to accompany the bride from her in laws' home to her mother's home, and the bride's home needs to hold a grand homecoming banquet. During the banquet, the bride needs to introduce the groom to visit relatives of the bride's family. At this point, the traditional wedding has come to a complete end.