lying down

Weddings in the Tang Dynasty were also called "Hunning Ceremony" and were held at dusk.The ancients believed that dusk was an auspicious time, so they performed the ceremony of marrying a wife at dusk, hence the name.Because in the concept of yin-yang, five elements, and Shinto teachings, women belong to yin, and dusk is "Yang goes and yin comes", and everything in the wedding is related to the meaning of welcoming yin into the home.Among the five rites, the Hun ceremony is Jiali, and it is the second milestone in life after the crown ceremony for men or the Ji ceremony for women.

The six ceremonies refer to Nacai, Asking Names, Najib, Nazheng, Asking for a Date, and Greeting in person.Nacai is a marriage proposal, asking for the name of a woman with the same surname (because the same surname is not married), Naji is for divination whether the horoscope is suitable for birth, Nazheng is for paying a bride price, the request period is for confirming the date of welcoming relatives, and personally welcoming is for welcoming the bride.Zhou Li also stipulates that the woman should live in the man's house.In the weddings before the Northern and Southern Dynasties, both men and women did not congratulate each other.It's just that "the curtain is the house, inside and outside the door, it's called Qinglu, and worship here."At dusk, the groom wears a royal uniform, all the attendants wear black, and the carriage to welcome the bride is also painted black.No drumming, no congratulations from relatives and friends.The weddings in the Sui and Tang dynasties began to hang high lanterns, full of joy, and the details of the wedding also changed.Ouyang Yu, who loves the history of the Tang Dynasty, naturally knows this historical knowledge.

"To give Fifth Brother a romantic wedding, it really exhausts a lot of my brain cells!" Ouyang Yu was a little dazed while holding the carbon head in his hand, and murmured, "Where should I start this painting, and how should I paint it! Hey, I'm only now discovering the hardships of being a 'talent'."

Have!The most unforgettable scene of Fifth Brother so far is the fierceness of shooting arrows in the ring competition, but it is not suitable for a big wedding, so let's modify it a little.But it is very difficult to draw the future fifth sister-in-law Chu Xiang well. I have never seen her real face, but only saw him covering her face with a scarf and walking lightly during the competition.

Raise your hand and lightly lift the carbon head, and draw it carefully.The difficulties in the process are only known to him, and some of the key points have to be practiced more than ten times on a small piece of linen before they are finalized.

"Hey, the painting is finally finished. This is really not human work. I'm so tired!" Ouyang Yu put away the canvas and put it away carefully.Shaking his sore wrists, he shook his neck to relax.Looking out of the window, it was already the morning of the second day.After taking a breath of fresh air, he said to himself: "Fifth brother, I tried my best." He didn't even take off his clothes, just lay on the bed and fell asleep like that.

He slept until late at night, when Yunniang came to urge him to eat again, Ouyang Yu got up in a hurry.

"Brother Seven, how is the Kongming Lantern going?" Ouyang Yu put down his chopsticks and asked worriedly.

"There are already more than 30 lamps. Don't worry, you should be able to finish them tomorrow evening. By the way, Hachiro, why do you need so many bright lanterns? There are so many petals, they can be used in the flower workshop. Listen to your two The sister-in-law said that she has sewn a lot of linen and wants to paint?" Qilang's gossip came.

When Qilang asked, not only the old lady, Yunniang, Sumei and other female family members stopped their chopsticks and looked at Ouyang Yu with gossip stars in their eyes, even Erlang closed his ears and waited for Ouyang Yu's answer.Not to mention Goro, with a serious and nervous face, the chopsticks in one hand creaked.Seeing everyone's appearance, Ouyang Yu spit out the food from his mouth and coughed repeatedly.

Qilang was sitting next to him, and quickly got up to pat his back.After he recovered his breath, he pretended to stroke his beard without a hair, frowned and said in a low voice, "The mountain man has his own tricks!"

This is great, seeing his funny and lively appearance, with rice still sticking to his face and vegetables hanging from the corner of his mouth, but he still wants to look serious.He was not the only one who sprayed rice, Qilang was choked directly, Yunniang and Sumei struggled to hold back the food in their mouths, and covered their hands to prevent the food from coming out.The old lady laughed and scolded while leaking the meal: "This Hachiro, what kind of a fool is he, you're going to die of laughter!" Erlang turned his head and wiped the spouted food quietly, which was considered gentle.Only Goro, with a bitter face, became another object of people's laughter.

The meal was enjoyable, and the tension and hard work of everyone during the day were also relieved a lot.

"It's great to have my uncle!" Yunniang exclaimed, "Who says it's not!" The old lady also said casually, feeling warm in her heart.In fact, Ouyang Yu also found that he gradually became lively and cheerful, he gradually fell in love with this family, this Tang Dynasty, this world!

The day before the big wedding, Yunniang actually brought more than 20 daughters-in-law and young girls to pick flowers.Among them were neighbors, and Yunniang's own family members.

I saw one of the girls, about fourteen or fifteen years old, standing beside Yunniang, who looked somewhat similar to Yunniang.

I saw that she was born with smooth muscles and bones, and her manners were elegant.Lips are red without spots, eyebrows are green without painting, face is like a silver basin, and eyes are like water apricots.A pair of big watery eyes quietly looked at Ouyang Yu.No matter how you look at it, she is a future beauty, with a delicate and naive energy inside and out.

Seeing Ouyang Yu looking at her with a smile, his cheeks turned red, and the hand that was holding Yunniang's sleeve tightened.He took a step behind Yunniang.

Yunniang noticed the abnormality of the woman behind her, her heart moved, she smiled cleverly: "Balang, this is my own sister, she is fifteen years old, the youngest in the family, her name is Hanxi." After saying that, she turned and pulled the little girl to her front : "This is your brother-in-law's younger brother Balang, Ouyang Yu. Don't you always ask what is the use of picking so many petals? Go and ask yourself."

Xiao Hanxi heard her sister-in-law's introduction, so she had no choice but to bow lightly, and said: "Hanxi has met Brother Balang!" Her voice was like a lark, and it was very pleasant.After finishing speaking, he secretly raised his eyes to look at Ouyang Yu a few times, seeing that Ouyang Yu was still looking at her with a smile, his face turned redder, he hurriedly lowered his head, but forgot to ask Ouyang Yu why he picked so many petals.

In fact, Ouyang Yu was shocked by this little girl at the beginning. Thinking about his own two lives, his mood has already matured, but this girl who just popped up really made people's eyes shine.Compared with the so-called beauties with makeup in the later generations, they are called the beauty of the water lotus, without makeup.However, he only loves it. He hasn't found his wife and children yet, and his knots are still unresolved. He just stays at the stage of loving and appreciating beautiful things and people, and doesn't go deeper.

"Little girl, you don't need to be too polite, I was rude just now, please don't take it offence." Ouyang Yu said loudly with a smile, and apologized for staring at the little girl just now.

"Uncle, let's go pick flowers." Yunniang smiled and said goodbye without waiting for them to say more.But no matter how you look at it, the smile in his eyes has a different meaning.

"Oh, sister-in-law, go slowly, be careful on the road, I'll see if there is anyone else who needs help." Ouyang Yu wanted to find an excuse to leave, but he really didn't understand why Yunniang smiled like that.

On the third day, the day of the big wedding.

The whole family is busy in the dark.Ouyang Yu has his own mission, and he promised Fifth Brother that he must do well in a different wedding.When I went out, I saw a group of children chattering and playing in the yard, they must have been the children found by the old lady.First, I found a few helpers, and first bound a hundred Kongming lanterns from the village entrance to the home along the street. The distance between each Kongming lantern was almost even, and they were all tied with thin hemp ropes.Then arrange for a few people so and so, and so and so.

After returning home, he summoned all the children to the place where the petals were stored, and carefully arranged and instructed them.Fearing that the children's minds will not be determined, and they only care about playing and delay the big things, they select a few people from them and name them "Little Chiefs", and allow them to manage them spontaneously by granting them some benefits.

In the auspicious afternoon, everything is ready.

Suona drums sounded loudly, Wulang was dressed in wedding clothes, riding a bay red horse in the center, followed by chariots, horses and soft sedan chairs, and went to welcome his relatives to Mengshan like stars arching the moon.

"Eighth brother, tell me what you should pay attention to again, I forgot again!" Wu Lang turned around and said to Ouyang Yu who was following him.

"Fifth Brother, you've asked this question ten times. Why are you nervous? You were so excited during the ring competition that day!" Ouyang Yu laughed teasingly.

"Isn't this different! Eighth brother, tell my brother quickly, I don't know what's in my mind. Also, are you ready for what you promised to be your brother? Don't make it to night...you understand!" After speaking, Goro couldn't help but Embarrassed, Ouyang Yulei couldn't be bothered by saying "you know". This is a buzzword in later generations, I didn't expect Fifth Brother to use it.

"Fifth brother, don't worry, have I made any mistakes in my work?" Ouyang Yu, who had a hard life, acted as a psychiatrist along the way.

When we arrived at the father-in-law's house in Mengshan, it was quite lively again.There were makeup reminder poems, car barriers, money for blocking doors, etc., so that Ouyang Yu could really experience the excitement and festivities of ancient weddings beside him.

After the bride got on the sedan chair, someone from the Chu family joined the accompanying team back home, and the team grew stronger.Chui Chuida Da returned along the way.

When we approached the entrance of the village, the setting sun was about to set, and the faint rosy clouds pressed against the western skyline. Most of the sky was approaching night, and the faint black and white and rosy clouds were intertwined, which was too beautiful to behold.This is the border between day and night.

Ouyang Yu smiled and said to Wu Lang: "Fifth brother, quickly ask sister-in-law to lift the curtain beside the sedan chair, don't look too late, you can't blame me if you didn't get your wish at night!"

Wulang drove to Chuxiang's sedan chair, and said softly, "Xiang'er, just take a look, I promised you a different wedding. Now it's time to honor it!"

Chu Xiang in the sedan chair didn't say a word, and after hearing this, he gently raised a corner of the sedan chair curtain and looked out.

Ouyang Yu kept staring at this side, and when he saw the bride lift the curtain, he shouted: "Get up!~"

Everyone was startled by this shout, they didn't know why Ouyang Yu was shouting or to whom, they all slowed down their steps and turned their heads to look at Ouyang Yu.

I saw Ouyang Yu smiling and pointing in the direction of the village.Everyone turned their heads in the direction of his finger.

"Look, what is that!" A person in the crowd was surprised and pointed at the entrance of the village.

I saw Kongming lanterns on both sides of the street rising slowly, arranged in sequence, extending to the village.In the evening, the breeze blows, and the Kongming lanterns dance with the wind, shining like stars in the sky. If you look at it from a high place, it looks like a dragon moving lightly.The big "Xi" characters are posted on the Kongming lanterns, which is truly spectacular.

"Here, is this Panshan Village? Could it be that I went wrong?" A villager was so shocked by this scene that he didn't even recognize his own village.

"This is not Panshan Village, this is the fairyland of the Moon Mother!" A villager was obviously even more insane.

Fifth Brother also opened his mouth wide, even if he was given ten exquisite hearts, he might not have thought of such a method.

The hand that lifted the corner of the curtain was already trembling, and the red lips were biting lightly.