Chapter 1119 Extra 03: Three Books and Six Ceremonies, a Formal Marriage
The groom tied his hair and put on a crown, wore a Han crown and a long robe with wide sleeves, and looked like a prince from two thousand years ago.
Behind the groom, several more men came out. They were Xue Yao's father Xue Yan, Xue Yao's grandfather Xue Qi, Xue Yao's two cousins, and six relatives of the Xue family.
Host: "Xue Yao, born on the Dingchou day of the Wuchen month of the Jiashen year, is a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, the ancestor of human civilization, and the twelfth-generation grandson of the Yellow Emperor's son Yuyang, Xue Hou Xi Zhong, and the ninety-first-generation grandson of Xi Zhong. The prince is energetic, handsome, and talented. He won the first place in the imperial examination in the Bingwu month of the Renyin year, bringing honor to the Xue family. Li asked the groom to burn incense, burn money, and kneel down to worship the ancestors."
Xue Yao then took the sandalwood handed over by the staff. He turned around and faced the ancestor painting in front of him. Then, he and his father, grandfather, and the male members of the Xue family performed the nine-bow ceremony of kowtow, bow, empty head, vibration, auspicious bow, inauspicious bow, strange bow, praise bow, and solemn bow.
This ritual of three kowtows and nine bows was only used in ancient times when worshiping ancestors and meeting the emperor.
The ceremony is over.
The host said: "China is a country with a pure heart. The beauty of the clothes is the name of China. The calm and elegant Xia Shili follows the etiquette. The friendship between the present and the past is carried forward. The heaven and earth, the emperor and the parents are witnesses to this scene. Fire the cannon and play the music. Please invite the parents, officials and servants to take their seats. Please invite the white horse to enter the hall, and ask the groom's father to put red and colorful clothes on his son."
At this time, all the guests fell silent. They stopped clapping and cheering and instead watched the solemn wedding ceremony before them.
We have all attended other weddings, even other Chinese weddings, but this wedding was extremely luxurious in both its layout and ceremony.
Xue Yan looked at his son who looked 50% like him, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously. As a father, there is nothing happier than seeing his son get married.
He took the red ribbon handed to him by the official, and then tied the red silk to his son's hand himself.
After tying him up, Xue Yan gave his son a thumbs up.
Xue Yao nodded, then looked outside the hall.
Because after completing this step, he will welcome his bride.
Host: "Please ask the groom to mount his horse. Please ask the drummers, officials, and waiters to prepare. The auspicious time has arrived. The groom is here to welcome the bride."
As the host finished saying this, drums started beating, and outside, the sound of salutes rang out again. The groom riding a white horse led the wedding procession slowly out of the hall to the West Lake. Behind him were officials and waiters in ancient costumes, and behind them was a drum band.
When the guests saw the groom go out, they all followed him out of the hall. The red carpet outside the hall stretched to 300 meters away, and 300 meters away there was a sedan chair with sixteen bearers.
Tang Su never thought that he would actually sit on a Sixteen-person carriage. This scene that he had only seen on TV was now happening to him.
The process of welcoming the bride is that the motorcade goes to the Tang family to pick up the bride first, and then changes into a big red sedan chair one mile outside the villa, and then the big red sedan chair is carried to the villa.
Tang Su really wanted to see what was outside at this moment, but she tried to lift the curtain several times, but was stopped by the matchmaker.
All she could hear was a bustling noise outside and the sound of drums deafening the sky.
The groom's wedding procession slowly walked towards the bride's sedan chair amid the cheers of the guests.
The host also came along with the team.
The groom stopped about 50 meters away from the sedan chair, and then the host said: "I think of your beautiful face from afar, the sunset reflects the red clouds, your bright eyes are kind, the morning clouds make it hard to sleep, your tenderness and charm, the elegant and magnificent hall, the fragrant and beautiful quilt, I am looking forward to your face. Li invites the bride to come down."
(End of this chapter)
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