Chapter 25 Tainan Folklore Exhibition Wedding Costume Talk

In the past two days, Tainan City is holding folk cultural relics exhibitions and various folk art activities, costing more than 10 million yuan.Mayor Su Nancheng's courage and skill are really admirable.One of the most eye-catching items in the program is the ancient wedding customs. According to the newspaper, this is a ritual note with the traditional marriage in the south of China 300 years ago.This kind of Jiangnan wedding standard in the early Qing Dynasty, although eager to see the scene of the past, it is a pity that the age is approaching and the chaos is so chaotic that there is no time to travel south.

On February 14th, there were two photos of welcoming relatives and paying respects in the hall, which were marked with "wedding in Jiangnan, China three hundred years ago".Picture 1 shows the groom stepping off the steed and advocating forward under the guidance of flag gong, umbrella fan.At present, although spring has begun and there is no rain, most people should still wear winter clothes, and before summer clothes are changed, deacons and others should put on summer hats (formally called reed hats), which is a bit too early.Picture 2 The groom wears a copper basin hat and black-rimmed glasses on his nose.The copper basin hat is a product of the early Republic of China. It can be asserted that the top hat worn by people in the south of the Yangtze River 300 years ago is definitely not the copper basin style;Back then, when juniors met their elders, and their subordinates met their superiors, they had to take off their hats and glasses before saluting. How could there be such a ceremony of not taking off their hats and glasses at church with flowers and candles?The bridegroom’s official garb of color and cloak of red has existed in ancient times, but there is also a saying that the groom should hang double colored silk, with a colored ball at the front and back, and the bridesmaid and master of ceremonies should only wear a colored ball!

The bride's hijab should be embroidered with Fufu, and the silk square scarf with four hanging wreaths. The main thing is not to lift the hijab, so you can't see the bride's charming and graceful appearance.Bridal dresses have changed a lot from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the beginning of the Republic of China. Of course there were new styles three hundred years ago, but the jade belt across the waist is a Beijing opera palace dress. How inconvenient the golden hook flounder is! It is too late for the rest of my life. Naturally, I have not seen the costumes of the newcomers three hundred years ago, but the pictures in ancient books prove that there are many modern weddings in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.This exhibition of folk cultural relics is already a pioneering work in various counties and cities, but history is all about seeking truth and truth, so I will write something based on what I know, for the reference of holding this kind of special exhibition next time.