The whole process of Ming wedding:

1, three combs.

In traditional customs, it is a very important process to get married and comb your hair. If the matchmaker or his mother says something auspicious, one comb, two combs and three combs will also have different sayings. For example, a comb, two combs in Qi Mei and three combs in fly with me will be combined together forever.

2. add gifts.

"In Yi Li's Poetic Soul": "A woman promises to marry and is praised for her courtesy." Wash your face and hair, tie your hair in a bun, and then worship your ancestors and parents and listen to their teachings.

3. Welcome ceremony.

The sixth of the six ceremonies. Commonly known as "wedding ceremony". It is etiquette for the groom to marry the bride himself and go home. Tang Du You's Collection of the Princess in the Last Eighteen Days: "Xia Qin welcomes the DPRK, Tang Dynasty. When the weekly system limits the age of marriage for men and women, it is welcome at home. "

4. Li.

The master of the marriage went out to welcome the groom into the hall, and the groom's servants were a pair of geese. The wedding ceremony with geese symbolizes the harmony of yin and yang between a man and a woman, and also symbolizes the loyalty and singleness of marriage.

5, but Fan Li.

Since the wedding ceremony, the bride has been holding the fan in her hand, that is, opening it with both hands to cover her face when meeting people.

6. three obeisances.

The complier took the husband and wife to their seats, and things faced each other. Both husband and wife bowed once and sat down.

7.wally.

Before a new person takes a seat, he should wash his hands to show solemnity and sincerity. After the ceremony, the praise came to the table and the couple sat opposite each other.

8. Wedding ceremony.

Bitter gourd is divided into two parts, husband and wife drink half, break into two parts into one, symbolizing the integration of husband and wife. The wedding cups are connected by red silk thread, which means that the husband and wife will get married forever. The gourd tastes bitter, meaning that the ups and downs are the same.

9. Prison ceremony.

Sit at the same table and eat at the same table. The staple food millet and millet are placed in front of the new husband and wife, and there is meat sauce for seasoning, which is for the new husband and wife to eat together. It's called "* * * eating in prison", and the couple offer millet, millet and lungs in turn, and three meals with soup. It means that husband and wife fall in love and become one from now on.

10, untie the tassel and tie the hair.

The groom untied the red rope tied to the bride's head in advance, and then the waiter cut a lock of hair from the groom's head and the bride's head and put it in the prepared kit. The red headband on the bride's head symbolizes engagement. When the groom untied this red headband, he made a lifelong commitment.

1 1, salute.

The couple stood up, holding hands and looking at each other. "Life and death are rich, so tell Zicheng to hold your hand and grow old with your son."

12, tent ceremony.

On the wedding night, after the couple sat in bed, many women sprinkled concentric money and five-color fruits into the bed account to pray for wealth and good luck and have more children.

13, Li Cheng.

Praisers and newcomers thank their guests.