Strictly speaking, it is difficult for Li Yuanjia to tell clearly whether the wedding process in ancient times was more cumbersome or whether modern weddings in the future will be more complicated.
After all, he has been single all his life and has never been married.
But one thing Li Yuanjia is sure of is that as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, one of the most noble people in the world, his wedding "procedure" is clearly written in the "Five Rites", which is also the "New Rites of the Tang Dynasty"
In the chapter "Jia Li".
First of all, the first rule is to be a good match.
It’s just a matter of marrying a concubine, which is relatively loose. But if you want to marry a legitimate wife, that is, the first wife, then the identity requirements for both men and women are strict. It’s written in black and white in the legal provisions. Once it is violated
That means severe punishment without mercy! Especially members of the royal family like Li Yuanjia would not even dare to have the extravagant idea of being the master of their own affairs!
As for the wedding process, the rules are quite strict.
The most famous ones are of course the Three Books and Six Rites. The Six Rites are Nacai, Asking for Name, Naji, Nazhi, Asking for Appointment, and Personal Welfare. The Three Books are the letter of appointment, the letter of etiquette, and the Welfare Letter used in the process of the Six Rites.
Three kinds of documents. The first five items of the six rites must have been completed long ago. Almost every item required Li Yuanjia to struggle a lot, and the last item of personal greetings included more than a dozen items, each of which had strict requirements.
Provisions……
So if you want to serve some stir-fried dishes at the wedding, change to new wine or something, that’s all. But if you want to do something else, be prepared to be punished by the emperor’s second brother.
Of course, King Han's wedding was originally planned by the Zongzheng Mansion, and it was not Li Yuanjia's turn to speak.
So in the last few days, Li Yuanjia was like a wooden man, letting others manipulate him. Until the afternoon of May 16th, the busyness of Prince Han's Mansion finally reached its peak...
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May 16th, cloudy.
Starting from the sound of drums on Chengtian Gate in the early morning, the entire Prince Han's Mansion became lively.
All three small doors were opened, and countless meats and vegetables entered Chang'an from Chunming Gate and were sent to Prince Han's palace. And the maids and servants in the palace also put on new clothes and were busy everywhere with joy.
It was a lively scene. As for the people sent by Zong Zhengfu, as well as Li Yuanjia's uncle Yu Wenshi and the people sent to help, they also entered the palace early in the morning and got busy with the servants.
As for today's leading actor Li Yuanjia, he is the only one who is idle.
Because he really didn't want to see the chaos at home, Li Yuanjia stayed in his study all morning. Everyone else went about their duties, but no one bothered him until he had lunch and took a nap.
, the Zongzheng Mansion official in charge of today’s wedding knocked on the door of the study.
"Your Majesty, it's time to change clothes."
After the door opened, someone already came forward holding the groom's clothes and respectfully asked Li Yuanjia to change.
"Hmm? It's time so soon?"
Looking at the sky outside, Li Yuanjia asked in confusion.
"Yes, Your Majesty, it's almost time to apply."
"Shen Shi..."
Although it had been several years since he passed by, Li Yuanjia still subconsciously calculated the calculation after hearing the other party's words, and then nodded. Is it already past two o'clock in the afternoon?
After getting up and stretching, Li Yuanjia casually opened his arms.
Although there is still some time before dusk, and Prince Han’s Mansion is not far from Duke Liang’s Mansion, the groom must prepare in advance, right?
Weddings in the Tang Dynasty were all held at dusk.
Li Yuanjia also did some research and found out that it turns out that marriage means dusk, and the reason why women get married at dusk is because marriage snatching was popular in ancient times. And the last step of the three books and six etiquettes is basically the wedding.
Over the next period of time...
Seeing that the king had already posed, Chun Yan and Liu Mei quickly stepped forward to dress him.
The auspicious clothes used at the wedding were much more gorgeous than the clothes worn by ordinary princes, but they were also much more difficult to wear. So after spending a lot of time dressing Li Yuanjia, Chun Yan and the others quickly got busy powdering his face.
, wear flowers on your hair...
During the whole process, Li Yuanjia kept his eyes tightly closed.
He really didn't dare to open his eyes and look at himself, not to look at the thick white powder on his face, not to look at the charming flowers on his head, and certainly not to look at the red robe he was wearing!
Because of this red robe, Li Yuanjia was already full of resentment.
You said that a good old man should not only put powder on his face and wear flowers in his hair when he gets married, but also wear bright red clothes. Isn't this disgusting?
The first time he put on the full set of equipment, Li Yuanjia almost vomited.
and……
What made his chest bulge even more was not the bright red he wore, but the bride's clothes. He originally thought that the bride should be the Fengguan Xiale in his memory, wearing a red hijab or something, but it turned out that she accidentally
After asking, I found out that Fang Fengzhu was going to wear a green suit on her wedding day. Li Yuanjia had seen it before and said it was cyan, but it was actually more green.
As a historically illiterate, Li Yuanjia certainly didn't know that women wearing red when they got married was something that happened after the Ming Dynasty. Before, men always wore red and women wore green, which is what people often call red and green in later generations. What a bullshit?
Girl!
After spending a lot of time getting dressed, he tried not to think about himself. After the officials in charge of today's affairs from Zongzheng Mansion arrived, Li Yuanjia took a deep breath, raised his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Let's go..."
First of all, the first item was to pay homage to his ancestors and tell them the news that he was getting married. Then Li Yuanjia rode a tall, docile horse and led a large number of people to Shengyefang. Although he had no friends in Chang'an, he was the prince.
Naturally, there was no shortage of groomsmen, and they were all deliberately selected elites from the poetry world.
After all, after arriving at the bride's house, there are still a series of rigorous tests waiting for the groom and the groomsmen!
The son-in-law is a procedure used by the bride's relatives and friends to make things difficult for the bridegroom. People in the Tang Dynasty played it very hard. There are even records of playing the groom to death in Tang Dynasty books; the grooming process, when the groom arrives at the hall and urges the bride to come out; sitting on the saddle and paying homage to the geese
, a representative part of traditional wedding customs influenced by the Hu people; knee-covering, the bride's parents told their daughter to cover her face with something at the same time, but it is not the later red hijab; three turns around the car, after the bride gets on the car, the groom rides around three times
, get ready to set off; the car is blocked, and the bride’s relatives and friends stop the car to prevent it from starting, and ask them to compose poems or give money; next, after arriving at the Han Palace, there are transfers, getting the bride, paying homage, setting up the tent, fanning, and joining the prison together.
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Li Yuanjia easily got through those aspects that are extremely troublesome for many grooms.
Firstly, Li Yuanjia is a prince, so few dare to use the same moves on other grooms; secondly, Fang Xuanling is a square man and dislikes messing around the most, so Fang Yiai, the most noisy member of the Fang family,
I don’t dare to mess with it. As for one thing that people in the Tang Dynasty love most, the poems on makeup, removing obstacles, poems on carriages, fanning poems, stripping poems, removing flowers, hanging curtain poems, etc. are all written by the best man.
The prime ministers did it for them, and Li Yuanjia didn't have to put any thought into it.
Smoothly, I entered the bridal chamber.
When everyone exited the Qinglu and put down the curtains, looking at Fang Fengzhu who looked shy but extremely charming beside the bed, Li Yuanjia's eyes flickered, and his heart was filled with complicated emotions...