The main reasons for wearing green SHOES in Henan marriage are as follows: First, on behalf of the in-laws in the future will not be wronged. The second is the source of the "green wearing red days more prosperous" argument, that is, starting from the mother's home to put on green shoes, to the groom's wedding room after the red shoes, symbolizing the day will be more prosperous and happy. The third is to wear green wedding shoes to get married without being robbed by pirates, in ancient times the bride wearing green shoes will not be harassed by pirates.
Henan marriage why to wear green shoes
1. Wear green without prejudice
In Henan, there is a saying that "wearing green is not aggrieved", that is, the bride wears green wedding shoes at the time of marriage, and will not be humiliated in her husband's home after marriage. This is mainly from the Qing Dynasty a ge married wearing green shoes.
In order to ensure the purity of the Manchu lineage and not to fall into the hands of the Han people, the Qing Dynasty stipulated that Han women were not allowed to be concubines, and Han women were forbidden to enter the palace, and imperial women were not allowed to marry Han officials. But one of the Qianlong Emperor's Ge Ge made an exception.
Qianlong gave birth to a baby girl, but unfortunately she had a black mole on her face. The teacher told her fortune and said "Lord disaster". You have to marry a more prominent family than the lords and ministers to "avoid disaster." So I want to send my daughter to the literature hall, master Yu Minzhong home, do Yu Minzhong dry daughter. Later, she married Kong Xianpei, the 72nd direct grandson of Confucius, through the identity of Yu Minzhonggan's daughter, but in order to hide the identity of the flag bearer at the time of marriage (Manchu girls must wear blue wedding shoes when they get married), and to distinguish Han women, she chose to wear green shoes.
Because Ge Ge is wearing green shoes to marry over, the status is special, the princess's mother-in-law treat Ge Ge is very respectful. Others do not know the reason, mistakenly thought that the woman wearing green shoes married to her husband's home will not suffer, so they follow suit.
2, take off green wear red days more prosperous
On the wedding day, the bride will start from her mother's home to wear green shoes, until the groom's wedding room can be changed into red wedding shoes, which is called green wearing red, but also symbolizes the bride's life in her husband's home than in the mother's home more prosperous, happy. However, it should be noted that the bride's feet can not touch the ground when wearing green shoes, and the groom needs to hold or carry it.
3, wear green shoes to get married to avoid being robbed by pirates
During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese pirates ran amok, and the court was ineffective in suppressing the bandits, and the people suffered deeply. The pirates not only robbed the property, see the welcome team in the beautiful bride also want to rob.
Later, some local rich and powerful squire in order to ensure the safety of their children's marriage, privately and the pirates reached an agreement to give property to the pirates, the condition is to see their children can not be harassed. And in order to distinguish themselves from the ordinary bridal procession, they made an agreement that the bride would wear green bridal shoes when she got married. So if the pirates see a bride wearing green shoes, they won't bother them. So, the wedding wearing green bridal shoes in the folk spread.