The wedding process in Han and Tang dynasties: the groom marries the bride, carries out baptism, pays homage, gives the wedding, performs prison ceremony, tightens the wedding, unties the tassel, holds the hand ceremony, exchanges tokens, and congratulates friends.
1, wedding ceremony. Whether men are superior to women in ancient times or men and women are equal today, the groom needs to go to the bride's house to get married in person on the wedding day and prepare rich red envelopes and gifts. The bride will also go with the groom with a dowry.
2, through baptism. The bride and groom, led by flower girl, walked into the ceremony and were thoroughly baptized. The bride and groom wipe their hands and faces with towels, which represents a good wish for their married life, and also shows that the newlyweds love each other with a pure love and enter a new life.
3. Wedding and worship ceremony. The bride and groom fight each other, with a slight gap in the middle, but they kneel down to worship heaven and earth, parents and husband and wife. This is gratitude for the last marriage, gratitude for the kindness of parents, and vows and commitments to each other. It is the climax of the wedding in Han and Tang Dynasties.
4. The same supervisor. When the bride and groom eat the same bowl of meat, they don't have to eat much. Just a little. Then each side takes a cup, and after drinking half of it, the two sides exchange and drink the rest, which means that after marriage, they share joys and sorrows, share weal and woe, and never part.
5. Untie your hair. At the wedding, the groom untied the tassel on the bride's head, cut off a small bundle of their hair and tied it with the tassel, which means that the two will grow old together and walk hand in hand for the rest of their lives.
6. Hold hands. The bride and groom closed their eyes, clasped their hands under the witness of their parents, relatives and friends, and read the vows together.
7. Exchange tokens. In ancient times, both men and women attached great importance to the vows of love, thinking that as long as they accepted each other's vows, they would be soul mates from now on, and wedding rings and other tokens could also be exchanged in this part of the Han and Tang ceremonies.
8. Be congratulated and rewarded by friends. At this stage, the ceremony of the bride and groom has basically ended. Relatives and friends present on that day should congratulate the couple, and the couple should reciprocate.
The above is the formal wedding in the wedding process of Han and Tang Dynasties. For the bride and groom in ancient times, the wedding process is not over yet. The morning after marriage, the newlyweds need to get up early to see their in-laws, prepare dinner and gargle for them. After three months of marriage, take the bride to worship her ancestors. However, in modern weddings, this part of the wedding ceremony has been gradually omitted.