In ancient times, what was the difference between a man marrying a concubine and a wife in the form of a wedding?

Marrying a wife is very formal, and it is necessary to be suitable, to be divined, and to be married by the media. The dowry given by the man and the dowry given by the woman are very rich. When you get married, you need a wedding procession with "ten miles of red makeup". The woman wears a red wedding dress and the groom wears a red dress to meet the bride in person. The procession has priority on the official road, and officials of all sizes should avoid it. This is a tradition left by the Southern Song Dynasty. When the woman goes to the man's house, the man needs to open the middle door wide, put up a happy shed, put on red clothes at all the doors, invite relatives and friends from all over the country to pay homage to the parents of heaven and earth, and then tell his ancestors to enter the spectrum. The emperor marries the queen through the middle door of all the doors. In ancient times, except the emperor, only the new champion could have this honor. Going home three days after marriage, my wife is still dressed in red. In addition, the wife is the head of the family, leading the wives and managing the housework, and has the right to punish and manage them.

Concubine is much simpler. Just take a sedan chair and enter the man's house from the side door. No wedding ceremony, little dowry, generally no dowry. The man usually only invites relatives and friends at home, and only the inner courtyard simply hangs a few red silks. You can't see a wedding at home. Women can only wear blue clothes when they return home after marriage. Although I am also the master of the family, I am only better than the servant, even worse than the housekeeper or servant. The royal concubines promised to enter the palace from Shenwumen. Although there are also canonization ceremonies, the scale and grand degree are obviously not the same as the wedding.