Does anyone know the style, size and making method of sedan chair?

Wedding process one month before the wedding:

Communicate the form and content of the wedding with the host. Confirm the sedan chair, clothing, wedding venue, scene decoration and other details.

Two weeks in advance:

Inform relatives and friends and tell them the wedding form. I hope they can also look at Hanfu and truly reflect the national characteristics.

One week in advance:

Arrange makeup, venue layout, wedding supplies, menus, drinks and other details. One day in advance, go to the scene with the bearers, the host and the cameraman. Practice the process of the day.

Wedding day:

At eight o'clock, the bride began to make up. The groom is going to change.

At nine o'clock, the groom took the huahua twins to meet the bride. The sedan chair is ready.

At half past nine, the groom arrives at the bride's house. The bride wearing a red veil, accompanied by the bridesmaid and led by HongLing, the groom, slowly boarded the float.

10: OO floats arrive at the sedan chair position, and newcomers change to Mercury sedan chair. The bearers got up and skipped, accompanied by the band, and marched to the wedding scene. Guests can spray fireworks on newcomers and set up happy balls or ribbon crosswalks along the way. In the sound of gongs and drums, the festive and warm scenes are elegant.

Traditional weddings in China use red to create a festive and warm wedding atmosphere, and many newcomers, especially some foreign newcomers, especially like this form.

On-site layout: The interior of Chinese-style buildings is magnificent and not suitable for special decoration. Only China Festival, lanterns, firecrackers, red candles, red happy characters and blooming azaleas can be placed.

The couple's clothes: crested corolla, robe and mandarin jacket, and the bride is dressed in red.

Timetable:

At eight o'clock, the bride began to make up, and the groom was ready to change clothes;

At nine o'clock, the groom greeted the bride with a float and the sedan chair was ready.

At half past nine, the groom arrived at the bride's house, and the bride covered her head with red. Accompanied by the bridesmaid, she was led by HongLing, who was led by the groom, and slowly boarded the float.

10: 00 The float arrives at the sedan chair position. The wedding procession is ready: the two sides are in front of the gong, the lion dance performance is in front, followed by eight trumpeters, followed by eight deacons with crowns, and finally the eight sedan chairs in red;

10: 05 The couple changed their sedan chairs, and the bearers carried them. The groom is walking with a sedan chair in his hand. In the loud drums, we set off for the wedding venue;

10: 30 hit the car halfway.

1 1: 00 The bride gets off the sedan chair: the curtain of the sedan chair is opened, and the bride gets off the sedan chair with the help of the bridesmaid;

1 1: 03 take the brazier, which means that the future life is thriving;

1 1: 05 Enter the door: the lion closes the door and asks for a red envelope;

1 1: 07 archery: shoot into the sky and pray for the blessing of heaven; Shooting the ground represents eternity; Shoot into the distance and wish you a happy life in the future;

1 1: 08 Worship heaven and earth: one worships heaven and earth, the other worships Gaotang, and three couples worship each other;

1 1: 10 lifting the veil: take off the bride's veil with a scale;

1 1: 15 cheers;

1 1: 18 toast;

1 1: 20 into the bridal chamber;

1 1: 40 The bride changes clothes and makes a toast to the guests;

12: 00 folk performance;

12: 30 The wedding reception is over.

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The traditional marriage of Han nationality includes sending eight characters, reporting the sun, giving gifts, welcoming relatives and having sex. Sending eight characters is engagement. In the old society, marriage was arranged by parents. The man's family took a fancy to a daughter, that is, prepared a gift and invited the right person to be the matchmaker, which is also commonly known as "please the matchmaker". After being entrusted, the matchmaker went to the woman's house to make peace and called at home, commonly known as "proposing marriage." After the woman's family expressed their desire to get married, both men and women invited fortune tellers to celebrate their birthdays together. In the eight-character combination, the woman's family chooses a date to invite relatives to the man's house to visit the family and the appearance and personality of both parties to the marriage, commonly known as "meeting people." After being seen by others, birthdates, who was selected by the male family to exchange parties with the female family on the auspicious day of the ecliptic, was formally engaged. On that day, the average man will invite the closest relatives of both men and women to attend and hold a banquet.

Report to Japan, that is, "please make an appointment." First, the man prepared a gift and asked the matchmaker to go to the woman's house to "seek happiness" and propose a wedding date. After the woman's family approved it, he chose an auspicious day to prepare wine and tea, and formally proposed the wedding date, which was called "reporting the day". The daily newspaper is usually carried out half a year before marriage, so that the woman's family can buy dowry.

Gifts refer to dresses, jewelry and cosmetics that the man gives to the woman the day before the wedding, so that the bride can dress up; They also brought wine, cakes and so on. For female families to entertain guests. At the same time, the woman will bring back big dowry such as bed and cupboard to the man. On this day, the bride opens her face, combs her hair, wears flowers and new clothes, and entertains relatives and friends. In the evening, a "farewell ceremony" is held to hold a banquet for her daughter and invite her closest relatives and friends to accompany her, which is called "farewell wine". During the dinner, relatives and friends exchanged parting messages, and their parents told them the way out. When the banquet broke up, the woman went to the room to "cry and marry", but in fact she was crying and singing. In the old society, there was a song of weeping marriage.

Wedding ceremony refers to the wedding day, the bride and groom, bridesmaids (usually girls) and other wedding ceremony personnel led by the matchmaker to the woman's home to meet the bride. In the old days, the man greeted his wife with a sedan chair, and the rich also brought bands and rituals. From 1960s to 1970s, bicycles were popular in wedding ceremonies, and cars were popular in wedding ceremonies after 1980s. The bride's house is closed before the arrival of the wedding staff, and she wants to "open the door to benefit the market". After bargaining, she opened the door to marriage. Accompanying the bride to get married is called "seeing the bride off", and the person accompanying her is called "being a relative". The "upper relative" is the biggest, and the man must be accompanied by a peer. The bride goes to the man's house, led by the bridesmaid and the groom, and pays homage in front of the incense table. In the past, it was very particular to worship the church. Li Sheng Li, worship heaven and earth, worship ancestors, worship parents, worship husband and wife. After the founding of New China, people changed to salute or hold weddings at night. On the wedding night, there is the custom of making love.

The morning after the wedding, the newlyweds "sifted tea" (egg tea) to meet their parents, elders, relatives and friends and hundreds of guests. Tea worshippers have to pay back the money, which is called "tea worships money". After breakfast, the bride and groom go to their parents' home to visit relatives and friends. This is called "returning". The Yue family gave a banquet in honor of the groom, but did not stay overnight. It is customary to stay in the house for a month after the wedding. When the couple came home that day, the wedding was over.

Sedan chair: Sedan chair is light and durable. Generally, wood such as camphor wood, catalpa bungeana and ginkgo are selected, and the carvings are mostly festive and auspicious themes such as "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", "Kirin Sending Children", "Harmony with Two Immortals", "Golden Dragon Cai Feng" and "beaming". The production process of the sedan chair is very complicated, with decorative techniques such as relief, through carving, gilding, silver painting and fan painting. It is exquisite and gorgeous, just like a Buddhist shrine made of gold.

This sedan chair is called Dragon and Phoenix sedan chair. It is made of camphor and other wood. It is 2.6m high,1.1.3m wide and1.3m deep. The sedan chair is carved with different shapes of 18 dragons and 18 phoenixes, as well as vivid patterns symbolizing good luck, such as giving children to unicorns and giving fairies birthdays. Jiang Shengbiao also bought 24K gold and platinum worth 10,000 yuan from Nanjing Gold and Platinum Factory and stuck it on the fence, flower board and column of the sedan chair, making the whole sedan chair look magnificent.