Don't open an umbrella inside: It's a bad idea to open an umbrella inside.
The color of the umbrella is preferably bright red: red represents happiness and good luck in the Chinese mind.
Do not use an old umbrella: Always use a new umbrella on occasions such as weddings.
Umbrella can not send the new: the homophony of the umbrella is "scattered", sending the umbrella has the meaning of dispersion and breakup.
First, the rules of umbrella
1. You can't open your umbrella in the house
Opening an umbrella inside the house will hurt the peace of the wedding, and it is generally opened when the bride walks to the door and carries out the ceremony.
2, the color of the umbrella is best red
In Chinese traditional customs, red is full of many positive emotions such as justice, enthusiasm, and where there is righteousness, evil spirits can not be invaded, and red in the Chinese people's thoughts, also represents happiness and luck.
3. Don't use old umbrellas
The bride can not use an old umbrella, can not be rented or borrowed, must be a newly bought umbrella, has not been used, because this is the most valuable time in life, no one likes to use other people's second-hand luck.
4, umbrella can not send new people
The homophony of the umbrella is scattered, sending an umbrella has the meaning of dispersing and breaking up, so it can not send an umbrella to the new person.
Two, who is suitable to help the bride hold an umbrella
1. Bridesmaids hold umbrellas
Bridesmaids are generally the bride's best friends or sisters, is responsible for some of the trivial matters at the wedding, so the umbrella is naturally responsible for them, this type of umbrella personnel in the South is more common, after the wedding game, follow the bride to go out together, to help hold a red umbrella.
2. The bride's mother holds an umbrella
Holding a red umbrella is mostly for protection and blessing, so let the mother to do this thing is most appropriate, and we all know that there will be no parents in the family, let the mother send her daughter to the wedding car is also a comfort to her soul.
3, the bride brother umbrella
There are also some areas where the bride's brother holds an umbrella, because the brother is male and close relatives, by them to help hold an umbrella, you can suppress evil spirits and protect the bride.
4. Unmarried women
There are also places where the bride gets off by the groom to find a girl who is not married to give the bride an umbrella, and the man is looking for an umbrella, which means to welcome the bride into the door.
5. Older, happy women
There are also areas where the role of "full blessing" is asked to help hold a red umbrella, which is similar to the meaning of the choice of marriage bed, mainly in order to bless the bride and bring the bride good luck.