Chapter 347 Wedding
.In the early morning, the sun rises in the east, and there is a sense of peace in the cold air. The warm winter sun drives away the haze of many days. It seems that today is a good day.
Today is also a good day for Cao Liang.
Early in the morning, everyone in the Gaolinghou Mansion was busy, preparing the motorcade to welcome the bride and preparing the banquet for the guests.
Liu Ying was undoubtedly the busiest among the group, but her face was filled with happiness, and her smile was brighter than the sun.
Her son is about to get married, and she is naturally the happiest as a mother.
Although the Marquis of Gaoling Mansion is not as good as those famous families, it can still be regarded as a first-class noble in Luoyang City. The world is extravagant, and the weddings of those famous families are also compared with each other, each one more luxurious than the other.
Under this background, even though Cao Liang repeatedly emphasized that the wedding should be simpler, Liu Ying did not agree and insisted that although the Cao family did not compare with those aristocratic families, they could never fall behind.
The laughing stock, my son’s wedding is just this once, no matter how you describe it, it can’t be too shabby.
The Marquis of Gaoling's Mansion still has little savings and can afford to hold a grand wedding. Even if it can't afford it, it will still have to be done by selling everything. What other families should have, Liu Ying can't lack.
Cao Liang felt that wasting money on a wedding was a meaningless thing. The money for this wedding was enough to buy more than a dozen good horses or build hundreds of repeating crossbows. It was just for ostentation.
Showing off is really not worth it!
But Cao Liang couldn't resist his mother, so he had to let her go. Anyway, he was not short of money now, so even if the wedding was more luxurious, he could still afford it.
Since the morning, the outside of Gaolinghou Mansion has been bustling with traffic and bustling, with guests coming in an endless stream to congratulate Cao Liang.
Cao Liang's marriage completely caused a sensation in Luoyang City. The Cao family has the status of marquis, and the Taiyang family is a famous family, so they can be regarded as well-matched.
Although the Wei Dynasty has replaced the Han Dynasty, in many aspects, it still followed the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty was known as a state of etiquette and had a set of strict etiquette laws to follow. Weddings are of course no exception. Before the wedding, the ceremony has already been completed.
, ask the name, Najib, accept the collection, and apply for the five-item process.
Of course, the personal wedding is the real climax of the wedding, and naturally there is a whole set of tedious wedding procedures. Cao Liang doesn't understand these, so someone will be responsible for assisting.
The first thing is to change into the auspicious clothes of the wedding. The auspicious clothes are not the bright red ones of later generations, but Xuan clothes. The black and the red are "Xuan". The "Xuan" color is green, red, yellow and white.
, the five pure colors such as black are particularly noble and stand alone above it. The color of the sky is xuan, which is actually the supreme color. Xuan is used to "image" the sky, and the gods of heaven value quality, that is, the gods of heaven value virtue. Therefore, the use of xuan clothes contains the way of heaven.
In thinking, Xuan is used to imitate the sky, and Xuan is the way of heaven. For Shang, Qian is the sky, and its color is black; Kun is the earth, and its color is yellow. But the earth has no right position, and the support is in the south. The color of fire is red, and red and yellow combine, that is
This is the color. When he was welcomed personally, his son-in-law wore a royal hat and his wife wore pure clothes.
After changing into auspicious clothes, when it was Chen time, Cao Liang took a chariot and headed to Yangfu to welcome the bride.
The wedding carriage is very different from the usual vehicles. There is no carriage, only a green umbrella cover, which is beautifully decorated and draped in red.
In this era, it does not mean that anyone with money can take a carriage at will. There is a set of strict regulations on both dress and carriage. If anyone dares to violate the etiquette, he will be impeached and may be thrown into jail.
When an official is dismissed from office, his or her head will fall to the ground, so no one dares to cross the red line easily.
The Cao family is a pavilion marquis. According to the Han system, when a scholar personally welcomes a scholar, the chariots, carriages, and uniforms can be upgraded to a higher level, which is not considered rude. Therefore, the Cao family's personal greeting fleet can reach the standard of a rural marquis, and can use ten chariots.
At exactly 1 o'clock in the morning, Cao Liang set off from Gaolinghou's Mansion by car and headed for Yang's house.
With drum music clearing the way, the wedding convoy drove toward Yangfu in a mighty manner. Cao Liang was deeply moved when he saw such a luxurious convoy. I am afraid that even the Mercedes-Benz and BMW wedding convoys in future generations cannot be compared with this.
There were many people in the city watching. After all, such a luxurious and grand wedding convoy was not common. Ordinary people, even wealthy businessmen, had no chance to hold such a grand wedding. They could only watch the convoy drive by.
Then go and smash your mouth, which can be regarded as a bragging capital.
The motorcade headed straight for the Yang Mansion. At this moment, the Yang Mansion was also decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations.
This is no longer a wedding held by the Yang family for Yang Huiyu. It’s just that last year, although Yang Huiyu stepped out of the family in a bride’s wedding dress, the marriage ended up being aborted and Yang Huiyu returned without getting married.
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Now that Yang Huiyu is getting married again, the Yang family can only prepare for this again.
The convoy of greetings from the Cao family arrived at the gate of Yang Mansion. Yang Dan, Yang Mi and Yang Hu of the Yang family had already been waiting at the gate of the house. Cao Liang got out of the car and came to greet Yang Dan, Yang Mi and Yang Hu and exchanged pleasantries.
In a sentence, the Yang family welcomed Cao Liang into the mansion.
At this moment, Yang Huiyu had already dressed up, cried goodbye to her mother Cai, and then walked hand in hand with Cao Liang and walked through the door of Yang's house.
In the Han and Wei dynasties, brides did not have the custom of wearing a red hijab, nor did they have the custom of riding in a sedan chair. Yang Huiyu dressed in pure clothes and rode in a car with Cao Liang hand in hand. The two newlyweds sat on the carriage, and Cao Liang
With a face like a crown jade, a jade tree facing the wind, a majestic appearance, and extraordinary handsomeness, Yang Huiyu is even more beautiful in the sky, with a myriad of manners, noble and youthful, and the beauty of the country. The people who are watching are dumbfounded and shocked. What a wonderful sight.
The heavenly beauty is the retinue of the gods.
When we returned to Gaolinghou Mansion, it was already approaching noon, which was a good time.
Weddings in the Han and Wei dynasties had a cumbersome process, divided into seven ceremonies: worshiping in the hall, washing the bathroom, facing each other, staying together, tying the knot, tying hair, and holding hands. With the blessings of the guests in the hall, Cao Liang and Yang Huiyu followed the steps
Completed every step of the wedding on time.
The first is the worship hall, where the bride and groom bow to heaven and earth, and secondly to the high hall, where the husband and wife bow to each other. This ritual has been passed down from generation to generation by the Chinese nation for thousands of years, with little change.
After that, there is the washbasin. The boys and girls bring two basins of water for the newlyweds to clean their hands and face, and wash themselves. The male and female sit across from each other, and the servants serve wine and food, three vegetarian and one meat, for the newlyweds to eat together.
A plate of meat dishes means eating the meat of the same animal together. It is a joint prison, and then drinking from the same cup, it is called a joint meal.
The last part of the ceremony is for the bride and groom to cut off a section of their hair, tie it together and wrap it up. This is probably the reason why the couple became a married couple.
Chapter completed!