Chapter 347: Wedding
。 In the early morning, the sun rises in the east, there is a sense of harmony in the cold air, and the warm winter sun expells the haze of many days, and it seems that today is a good day.
Today is also a good day for Cao Liang.
Early in the morning, the top and bottom of the Gaoling Marquis Mansion were busy, preparing the convoy to welcome relatives and preparing the banquet for guests.
Liu Ying is undoubtedly the busiest one in this group, but happiness is on her face, and her smile is brighter than the sun.
The son is about to get married, and she is naturally the happiest as a mother.
Although the Gaoling Marquis Mansion is not as good as those famous families, but in this Luoyang City, it can be regarded as a first-class noble, the world is extravagant, and the weddings of those famous families are also compared with each other, each more pompous and luxurious.
In this context, even if Cao Liang repeatedly emphasized that it would be enough to make the wedding simpler, Liu Ying did not agree, insisting that although the Cao family does not compare with those big families, it must not be laughed at, and the son's wedding is like this, no matter how shabby it is.
The Gaoling Marquis Mansion is still a small savings, and it can afford a grand wedding, even if it can't be done, it has to be done if it smashes the pot and sells iron, and Liu Ying can't do the same if someone else's family should have.
Cao Liang felt that wasting money on a wedding was a meaningless thing in itself, and the money for this wedding was enough to buy more than a dozen good horses or build hundreds of repeaters, just to talk about pomp and circumstance, just to show off, it was really not worth it!
But Cao Liang couldn't resist his mother, so he had to go with her, anyway, he is not short of money now, even if this wedding is more luxurious, he can completely afford it.
Since the morning, the outside of the Gaoling Marquis Mansion has been full of traffic, and the guests have come to congratulate Cao Liang.
Cao Liang's marriage was completely sensational in Luoyang City, the Cao family is a marquis, and the Taishan Goat family is a famous family, which can be regarded as a good match.
Although it is said that Wei has been the Han Dynasty, in many ways, it is still a continuation of the Han system, and the Han Dynasty is known as the state of etiquette, with a set of strict etiquette laws to follow, the wedding is of course no exception.
Of course, the personal welcome is the real climax of the wedding, and naturally there is a whole set of cumbersome wedding procedures, Cao Liang doesn't understand this, and someone is responsible for assisting.
The first is to change into the auspicious dress of the wedding, and the auspicious dress is not the bright red of the later generations, but the dark clothes. The black in the red is "Xuan". Compared with the five positive colors such as blue, red, yellow, white, and black, the "Xuan" color is particularly noble and lives alone. The color of heaven is mysterious, and it is really the supreme color. With the Xuan "like" sky, the gods are still qualitative, that is, the gods are virtuous. Therefore, the use of Xuanyi is Xuan, which connotates the idea of Heavenly Dao, and imitates the sky with Xuan, and Xuanyi is the way of heaven. Those who wear clothes are dry for the sky, and their colors are mysterious; Kun is the ground, and its color is yellow. But the soil is not in place, and it is located in the south. The color of fire is red, and the combination of red and yellow is the color of the fire. When he greeted him, he wore a son-in-law and a woman in pure clothes.
After changing into auspicious clothes, when it was time to arrive, Cao Liang took a public car and went to Yangfu to greet his relatives.
The car at the time of the wedding is very different from the usual vehicle, there is no carriage, only the Qingluo umbrella cover, beautifully decorated, draped in red and hung with colors.
In this era, it is not that whoever has money can take the car casually, whether it is dress or car, there is a set of strict rules, if anyone dares to violate the etiquette system, will be impeached, at least lose the official dismissal, the heavy head to the ground, so no one dares to easily cross the red line.
The Cao family is a pavilion marquis, according to the Han system, the scholars can go up to the next level when the car service system can be greeted, which is not rude, so the Cao family's personal welcome team can reach the standard of the township marquis, and ten public cars can be used.
At the right time, Cao Liang set off from the Gaoling Marquis Mansion by car and went to Yang's house.
Under the opening of the drum music, the convoy of relatives drove towards Yangfu. Cao Liang looked at such a luxurious and pompous team, and sighed with great emotion, I am afraid that even the Mercedes-Benz BMW welcome team in the future will not be able to compare with this.
The people in the city watched a lot, after all, such a luxurious and pompous convoy of relatives is not common, ordinary people, even if it is a businessman on the rich side, there is no chance to hold such a huge wedding, can only watch the convoy go away, smash the mouth, and it can be regarded as having the capital to brag.
The convoy went straight to Yangfu, and the sheep family at this moment was also full of lights and red colors.
This is no longer the wedding held by the Yang family for Yang Huiyu, but last year, although Yang Huiyu stepped out of the house in a bride's wedding dress, in the end, the marriage was yellow, and Yang Huiyu did not get married, and returned again.
Now that Yang Huiyu is married again, the Yang family can only prepare such a set.
The convoy of the Cao family arrived at the gate of the Yang Mansion, the Yang family's Yang Tan, Yang Mi and Yang Hu had already been waiting at the gate of the house, Cao Liang got out of the car, and Yang Tan, Yang Mi, Yang Hu saw each other, and exchanged a few words, and the Yang family welcomed Cao Liang into the house.
At this moment, Yang Huiyu was already dressed up, said goodbye to her mother Cai, and then held hands with Cao Liang and went to the door of Yang's house.
The bride of the Han and Wei dynasties did not have the custom of wearing a red hijab or sitting in a sedan chair, so Yang Huiyu wore pure clothes and rode hand in hand with Cao Liang. The two newcomers sat on the car, Cao Liang's face was like a crown of jade, the jade tree was in the wind, the appearance was dignified, handsome and extraordinary, and Yang Huiyu was even more beautiful, with a beautiful demeanor, noble and fragrant, and the country and the city, and the people who watched were dumbfounded, shocked by the heavens, and a good pair of beautiful women and fairy dependents.
When I returned to the Gaoling Marquis Mansion, it was already close to noon, and it was an auspicious time.
Han and Wei weddings have a cumbersome process, which is divided into seven ceremonies: worship hall, wo bowl, opposite table, same prison, closing the body, knotting the hair, and holding hands. With the blessing of the full house, Cao Liang and Yang Huiyu completed every step of the wedding step by step.
The first is the worship hall, the bride and groom worship heaven and earth, the second worship the high hall, and the husband and wife worship each other. This ritual has been passed down from generation to generation by the Chinese nation for thousands of years, and little has changed.
After that, there was the Wo Xu, and the boy and girl brought two basins of water to the newlyweds to wash their hands and faces, and wash themselves. Men and women sit on the table, the next person offers wine and food, three vegetables and one meat, and the newcomer eats a plate of meat dishes, which means that the meat of a livestock is eaten together, and it is for the same prison, and then the cup is drunk, which is called a combination.
The last part of the ritual is that the bride and groom each cut off their hair and wrap it in one place, which is probably the reason for the couple.
Finally, a couple entered the cave room with their hands cheered by the guests, and the wedding was completed.