Why did ancient brides cover their heads with red cloth when they got married? What's so particular about this?

There is still this custom in many places now, but it takes a short time to cover the red hijab, instead of the bride covering it all day as before. Now they are all blindfolded before going out and then taken off by the groom when changing clothes.

As the saying goes, "The older a man is, the older a woman is." When the children get married, the matchmaker only needs to say yes and the parents agree to get engaged. On the wedding day, the bride should not only arrange flowers and wear red, but also cover her head with a piece of red cloth. He didn't know what his life partner looked like until he was carried to his in-laws' house, worshipped heaven and earth, entered the bridal chamber, and the groom picked up the red cloth on the bride's head. The red cloth on the bride's head is called Hong Haier with a hat.

The earliest hijab appeared in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, when women used it to shelter from the wind and rain. In the Tang Dynasty, this veil evolved into a kind of gauze, which was used as a woman's ornament to cover her head. Later, this kind of hijab became popular among the people and became a kind of head decoration for the bride. Red means happiness, and the bride's hijab is also red.

Another view is that this custom comes from moral norms. In ancient times, girls could not see any male outsiders after they were twelve years old, and they could only show up after they got married. The function of this red veil is to prevent the bride from being seen by outsiders during the wedding.

At the beginning of the universe, there were only Fuxi and Nuwa. In order to breed human beings, the two brothers and sisters negotiated to become husband and wife.

But they were ashamed, so the brother and sister went to the top of the mountain and prayed to heaven: "If God agrees that my brother and sister are husband and wife, then let a few clouds in the air get together;" If not, let them spread out! "

As soon as the words stopped, the clouds in Ran Ran got closer and closer, and finally merged into one. So Nu Wa married her brother. When getting married, Nu Wa made a fan of grass to cover her face in order to hide her shame. The fan is homophonic with the cover, and the cover is also covered.

However, the fan was replaced by silk fabrics, and the cover of the fan was gradually replaced by handkerchief heads.