The wedding of emperors in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period

The marriage of the emperor and the knighthood of the queen are all included in the complicated court etiquette. Every dynasty should set an example for the world through grand, solemn and noble wedding ceremonies. According to China's orthodox thoughts and viewpoints, the emperor's wedding "will conform to the interests of two surnames, the last one will serve the temple, and the next one will inherit the later generations, and the gentleman will pay attention to it. * * * Prison and food, marriage and death, so fit. Kissing each other in the same way makes men and women different, establishes the meaning of husband and wife, and then father and son. " Therefore, some people say that the wedding is the essence of the ceremony. "In many ancient codes, the etiquette procedures that the emperor's wedding should follow are specified in detail. In this grand ceremony, all civil and military officials were mobilized to act as the media for the emperor and queen. First of all, the emperor wants to make an appointment in the porch, and the messenger who undertakes the wedding must be a senior official, Da Dian. In the Tang Dynasty, Qiu was appointed as ambassador and deputy ambassador, and the scale of the emperor's envoy was equivalent to a big festival. Elegant music hung in the court, officials gathered in the court, the ceremonial ceremony was in place, the emperor came, and the ceremonial officer ordered the officials to worship again. The ambassador and the deputy ambassador stood in the designated place. The emperor's attendants announced that Jane Doe was accepted as the queen and ordered the people to hold festivals and accept gifts.

The messenger led his entourage to the woman's house and stood outside the woman's house. The owner of the woman's house, the father of the future queen, stood in her temple or purlin, and the messenger said outside the door, "A reward." The guest passed this information to the hostess, who said, "I dare not quit because of my interview." The guest came out and gave the message to the messenger. Then, the master was led out to meet the messenger, and the messenger and his party entered the main hall. Standing in the prescribed position, the messenger said, "There is a system." In other words, the other party will announce that the emperor has published a book, mainly to worship again. After the messenger finished reading, the master bowed down and kowtowed. The messenger took the goose from the follower who led it.

This is the first bride price, awarded to the host. Then give the master an answer sheet, and the master will write down the answer to the emperor's book on it. After winning the lottery, you just ask the name. The messenger stood outside the door again and asked the guest to send a message: "We will add divination and ask the name." Asking the name is asking the name and birthday of the woman's family. After the guest sends the message, the host answers according to the prescribed sentence pattern. According to the above way, the messenger enters the woman's house, stands in the specified position with the host, and asks and answers politely. After washing with water, the two sides exchanged gifts and sacrificed them to their chests. After the ceremony, the two sides stood in silence according to the rules, and the attache of the messenger gave the host a heavy gift-coins.

When the messenger comes back, the official in charge of divination will divine the woman's name and date of birth. If the result is auspicious, then a few days later, Naji ceremony will be held again to inform the woman's family of good luck. Then pay the bride price, that is, formally give the bride price to the bride's family. After recruiting, the date of the wedding was chosen, and the messenger went to the woman's house to hold a ceremony. There is a solemn and complicated ceremony of winning prizes, asking names, Najib, withdrawing troops and reporting dates. Every time the messenger reads the emperor.

The hostess should also write back to the book. The ceremony was held immediately after the release of the new book. The day before, the imperial palace appointed someone to live in front of the woman's house, outside the future queen's pavilion. On that day, the ambassador and deputy ambassador stood outside the woman's house with the chamberlain and the court etiquette officer. The hostess stood on the steps of the court in royal costume, and the ambassador sent a message to the guests: "An official gave the queen something." The host went out to meet the guests outside the door and bowed again. The messenger did not answer the prayers, but entered the gate under the guidance of the worshippers, followed by the worshippers and case holders. The host and officials stood in turn, and the case owner respectfully presented the book treasure to the deputy envoy. The messenger handed the book treasure to the supervisor, who knelt outside the queen's cabinet and put it on the case. The female official Shanggong and others entered the cabinet to help the queen decorate her head. Mu Fu led the queen out of the pavilion, and Champaign led the queen to stand in the yard, facing the north. Shang Hong knelt down to get the book, Fu Shang knelt down to get the treasure ribbon, and then stood in the specified position. Shanggong said, "There is a system." Under the praise and guidance of Shang Yi, the queen made another pilgrimage and went to the palace to read books. The Emperor wrote: "Wei Yue, the Emperor made an official and Stuart sealed it, and the book named the official as the queen. Guan Ju, the first poem in Zi Er Yi Jie Gan Kun, is the foundation work of Wang Hua, and it is actually assisted by internal and external cooperation. Therefore, the emperor is worried and the emperor is light; Tairen Congji, the section chief of zhou yun, and the queen only said that she would help Juede inherit the ancestral temple. Feeding in dedication and respecting women's morality; Handsome director of the Sixth Academy, as a universal model. God has no relatives, and virtue depends on it, but it can be careless. Goodbye, queen. Shanggong and Fu Shang presented the book treasure to the queen, and the queen solemnly accepted the book treasure, indicating that she accepted the status of queen and was willing to enter the harem. The queen gave the book treasure to Siyan and Bao Si, and then was promoted to the seat under the guidance of Shangyi, sitting in the north and south. The queen accepted it as a queen for the first time.

Worship of officials. On the wedding day, the emperor put on his crown and drove to the main hall. Guards stand around, and civil and military officials stand in the east and west halls in five grades or above. Ambassadors and female officials went to the women's palace to meet the queen. At the queen's house, the messenger read out the book about the marriage between the emperor and the queen, and the queen's father politely handed the answer sheet to the messenger. The emissary announced that he had been ordered by the emperor to meet the queen. The minister said this to the queen, and the queen bowed again. The Queen's father warned his daughter according to the regulations: "Respect it and never disobey your orders at night."

Then, the mother also warned her daughter in accordance with the prescribed language: "Be respectful and never disobey orders at night." At this time, Cheng Yu entered the queen, the queen boarded Cheng Yu, and the car went out of the city gate. The huge wedding procession sailed joyfully and solemnly to the palace and sent the queen into the bridal chamber from the main entrance of the palace. The emperor's marriage began on the wedding night. The palace and the imperial bedroom are located in the emperor's bedroom, which is located in the east corner of the bedroom. There are heavy fungi on the ground and screens are set around. In the evening, it is still eaten by its officials. There are sauce, glutinous rice, glutinous rice, glutinous rice, millet, millet, rice and sorghum, and chopsticks are put on the food. When Shang Shi knelt down to play food, the emperor clapped his hands and asked the queen to sit opposite him. Sacrifice first, that is, put glutinous rice, glutinous rice, millet, millet, rice and sorghum into beans (sacrificial utensils) respectively. Then, the waiter presented towels to the emperor and the queen respectively for them to wipe their hands when drinking. The two Shang's first knelt down and tasted the food, which was found to be non-toxic, and then gave Xiaomi and Yue's brother ridge (bacon with bones) to the emperor and queen. Both the emperor and the queen eat three meals. After eating, Shang Shi washed his hands, offered two glasses of wine, and then gave a sacrificial ceremony to the emperor, queen, emperor and queen, and then got married. After the ceremony, the waiters withdrew. The emperor and queen were ready to go to bed, and the palace led the emperor into the East Room, took off his coronation suit and put on his spy suit. The other one went to the palace to lure the queen into the palace and undress. Then, the emperor was introduced into the cave ...

In the next few days, the queen will appear in front of the empress dowager, receive congratulations from ministers and married women, and enter the temple to salute. On the marriage system of emperors

In feudal society, the emperor was the "son of heaven" above ten thousand people, and their marriage was always closely linked to the royal power.

Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, dew, etc. , are the laudatory name of the emperor having sex with the opposite sex. Take the Qing Dynasty as an example:

According to the rules of the Qing court, all inferior women, such as concubines and concubines, had to take off their clothes first and wash their whole bodies with blue soup on the night of sleeping with the emperor, waiting for the eunuch to wrap them naked with a quilt and send them to the emperor's dormitory. The emperor had already taken off his coat before visiting a concubine, lying on the bed. The concubine who was sent to serve as the bedroom could neither get into the emperor's bed from the quilt head nor uncover the quilt, but could only climb in from the quilt foot that had been opened. Then he had to climb out of the quilt by the same way, and the eunuch was still wrapped in red brocade and carried out of the bedroom. There is also a set of procedures, and the concubines decide to serve the emperor that night. Generally speaking, every emperor's favorite concubine has a green card, which is a green brand at both ends; When serving the emperor for dinner, the eunuchs in the respect room will put a dozen or dozens of famous brands in a big silver plate and give them to the emperor with the meal. After the emperor had dinner, the eunuch would kneel before the emperor for instructions. If the emperor had no intention of finding a concubine for the night, he said "step down"; If a concubine stays with him for the night, he should turn over the sign with her name written on it and inform him in advance. The eunuch at the end of the plate gave the famous brand to other eunuchs. The licensed eunuch is responsible for sending the concubine who is about to be "appointed by the emperor" to the emperor's bed. In addition, the emperor's concubines were also restricted by the queen and could not go to the concubines' residence at will. Some documents also say that if the emperor wants to favor a concubine, he must get the queen's orders in advance and wait on her before he goes. The imperial edict must be stamped with the queen's seal. If there is no imperial edict, or if there is an imperial edict but no decree, although you have arrived,

This concubine had to refuse Verner. It is said that Emperor Guangxu was in poor health, and one day he wanted to play with a maid-in-waiting named Feng Xiu, telling the queen that she could not. Guangxu asked again, but the queen was helpless. This is an imperial decree, and the emperor is glad that he is lucky. Jing Shi is the organization that manages the affairs of the emperor's bedroom, and the highest person in charge is called Jing Shi eunuch. The eunuchs in the Imperial Palace not only dealt with the overnight stay of the emperor and his empresses, but also specially recorded the history of the emperor's sexual life. In the Qing dynasty, the emperor and the queen shared the same bed, and the eunuch in the worship room stood outside the window as usual to "listen". Hearing the emperor coughing inside, the eunuch immediately wrote down "On a certain day, on a certain month, the emperor was lucky enough to be so-and-so" so that the lucky man could be examined when he was alive in the future. If the emperor is lucky enough to have a concubine, the eunuch who respects the room afterwards must ask the emperor if he is allowed to have children with the concubine who stayed with him for the night. The emperor said no, so he was given contraception. If the emperor says "stay", the eunuch in the respect room will record the next year, month and day as evidence of pregnancy. Because the birth of a prince has a great influence on the future status of the concubine. This book is a special document. When the emperor was alive, only the empress dowager had the right to see it. After the emperor died, it was burned and never left any trace on the earth. So why did the Qing emperors have to "wrap their clothes and walk" and perform strict "procedures" when calling concubines and maids? When did this system come into being? Judging from historical data, there are roughly two kinds of statements. One said that it began in the Ming dynasty and followed the old system of the Ming dynasty. Speaking of the history of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, this rule was established because Sejong in the Qing Dynasty was stabbed to death to prevent his concubine from being assassinated.