Why do I have to wear a hijab when I get married?

Whether it is a scene in a TV series or in reality, many brides will cover their heads with a red cloth when they get married, and then the groom will uncover them. This custom of red hijab plays an important role in the wedding process, but if you ask the bride why she wears a red hijab on her wedding day, it may not be clear to even the elderly.

Throughout the ages, China has regarded marriage as a major event, not only to invite relatives and friends to witness, but also to have strict steps in the whole process. From welcoming the bride to the chapel, and then to the night of candles in the cave room, although the process is tedious, no one dares to slack off. From welcoming the bride to the candle night in the cave room, the bride will cover her head with a red hijab, so that people can't see the face under the hijab.

At the end of the wedding process, the groom can remove the hijab from the bride's head with a weighing rod. In recent years, with the continuous enhancement of international exchanges, many foreigners have also been invited to participate in the wedding of Chinese friends, in the process of experiencing traditional Chinese weddings, many foreigners will have such a puzzle in their hearts, that is, why the bride's head should be covered with a red cloth?

In this way, no one else can see what the bride really looks like. In fact, not only foreigners, but also many Chinese do not understand the custom of red hijab. Why did the ancients leave such a custom?

Since the custom of the red hijab can stand the test of time for thousands of years, it naturally has its own uniqueness.

The role of the red hijab is mainly in the following three aspects. The first is shaming. The ancients were very particular about the difference between men and women, unlike in modern society, where boys and girls play together from an early age.

Many girls have never met a few boys of the same age before they get married, and even the groom is the first time they have seen each other. In this case, let alone a bride in the feudal era, even a modern girl will definitely be very shy. Covering her head with a red hijab will make it psychologically easier for the bride to not have to face onlookers directly with relatives and friends.

Even if you have an unnatural face because of shyness, others can't see it.

In ancient times, people got married not because you were willing to do it, but to rob the marriage, of course the bride was unwilling, so there would be a fight, of course, the groom who grabbed the bride would cover a piece of cloth on the bride's head in order to prevent the bride from escaping Now it has slowly become a form Of course, in ancient times, when the male power was above, if the bride dared to rob the groom, it might be the groom who covered his head today.

This is a custom that has been handed down, and now it is actually to increase the atmosphere to see, please a good fortune, take the meaning of good luck, and then there is the mystery of covering the face.

Hijab is an important part of traditional Chinese weddings, but now most of them choose Western-style weddings, hijabs we have only seen in TV series, but in fact, the bride wears a hijab is not unique to Chinese culture, many weddings in Asia also have a moment of red hijab, many regions of Central Asia and Turkey have this kind of ceremony, some even retain this ceremony to the present, in Turkey, although the bride is wearing a white wedding dress, but also to wear a red red hijab.

First, the origin of the red hijab in fact, the bride wore a red hijab, it was officially produced in the Southern Song Dynasty, when many scholars did not accept this kind of marriage ceremony, most of the weddings before the Song Dynasty were more serious, but in the later period gradually developed into a more lively atmosphere, but also absorbed some foreign influences, in the beginning the red hijab was not red, but purple, the bride married to wear red was in the Ming Dynasty, before that, pure red only the queen in the palace was qualified to wear.

Second, the bride wore red in the middle and late Ming Dynasty only began to be a common attire of ethnic minorities, at the beginning of the more practical use, that is, it can block the wind and sand, and later took the lead to become the standard configuration of the wedding, because at that time the woman married to cross a considerable journey, so it is necessary to wear a hijab to prevent the wind and sand on the way, this hijab is a kind of horse attire, the Tang Dynasty from the Western Regions to the Central Plains, became the headdress of some noble women, in the Song Dynasty, the folk also began to like this kind of decoration that can cover the face.

3. The origin of the red hijab There are many origins of the red hijab, for example, about Zhuge Kongming's wife Huang Yueying, who was worried that her husband was a person who coveted beauty in marriage, so he let the other party know that his appearance was mediocre, and then put on the red hijab when he got married, and then found that the husband did not let himself down, and then there was a saying that the bride wore a red hijab, and most of the ancient marriages were when the candle night was spent in the cave room, and the bride and groom could only see it, so the groom saw the bride's face when he lifted the red hijab, Most are symbols of goodness.

In ancient times, when brides got married, they would wear a red hijab, but in modern times, this custom of red hijab has gradually decreased, but it is still retained in some areas. So does the bride have to cover her head when she goes out?

1. Does the bride have to cover her head when she goes out?

1. Now the custom of brides going out to cover their hijabs is relatively rare in many places, so there are also many brides who do not cover their hijabs when they go out, of course, if there is a local custom of covering their heads, they still need to be covered separately.

2. If there is a custom of covering the hijab in the area where the bride is located, then it is necessary to choose the hijab. If there is no such attention in the local area, or the family does not care, you can also leave the hijab uncovered, and it is up to the newcomer to choose.

Second, it's okay to get married without a hijab

1. In ancient times, when getting married, it was necessary to cover the head of the bride, which was used for the bride to cover her shame, and there was also a saying to ward off evil spirits, which was also more auspicious.

2. However, in modern society, this kind of custom is relatively rare, if there is no such folk custom in the local area, or the family itself is not particular, it doesn't matter if you don't cover your head.

3. If there is a custom of covering the hijab in the local area, then the bride needs to cover the hijab, if not, it is not needed, even if there is no hijab, it doesn't matter.

There are a lot of weddings now, and there have been a lot of weddings before, which makes the current weddings messy! It will only make people have a deep fear of getting married! I don't want to get married!

But the previous wedding was still very particular, even the poor people would hold a lively wedding! And even if the marriage is very troublesome now, it still retains an ancient custom, that is, to put a red hijab on the bride's head! The origin of this red hijab can be traced back directly to the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties!

In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the role of the red hijab at that time was only to keep out the cold, there was no special meaning, but it developed to the early stage of the Tang Dynasty, the red hijab evolved into the role of shaming, the Tang Ming Emperor at that time in order to show his maverick, directly ordered the bride to cover a small turban in the hijab, the meaning is to break the old and welcome the new! But if you want to trace back to why you want to hijab, you can go back to the Nuwa period, when there were only two Nuwa brothers and sisters in the world, and they wanted to get married, but they felt ashamed, what should they do? They prayed that the oak would go up to the sky, and when the heavens saw it, they would help them, so they brought a few clouds and spread them directly over Nuwa's head, so that the two of them would not be embarrassed.

And no matter how the hijab has evolved from ancient times to the present, there is no way to escape the fact that the red is red, this is because red represents festivity, and in ancient times, red can ward off evil spirits, even if there are wild monsters who want to snatch the bride, they will be directly blocked by the red hijab, which can be inviolable! So the red tradition continues to this day! And at that time, women could not see people casually, and it was ethical to cover it with a hijab, so that even if the person carrying the sedan chair would not be embarrassed after seeing it, and the hijab of other colors would be transparent, Liang Luying let others see, and the backward productivity in ancient times would not have other colors except red, and if there were any, it was also available in large households, and finally selected the economical and multi-functional red!

Because in ancient times, men and women were not allowed to see each other on the day of marriage, just to ask for a good omen, so they would put on a hijab.

Because the woman's face and makeup cannot be seen by others, only by the groom, otherwise it will be impure.

Because men and women can't meet before there is no cave house, otherwise it is not very auspicious, and the two may not be able to have children.

There are many customs in China that have been around since ancient times, such as the bride wearing a red hijab at a wedding, so why does the bride wear a red hijab? Why can't the bride see the pregnant woman? Let's take a look!

The custom of the ancients to put a red hijab on the bride when she got married is said to be related to ancient Chinese myths and legends.

Legend has it that when the universe first opened, there were only two brothers and sisters in the world, Fuxi and Nuwa. In order to reproduce the human race, the brother and sister discussed that they should be married as husband and wife. But they felt shy, so the brother and sister went up to the top of the mountain and prayed to the heavens

If the heavens agree that my brother and sister should be husband and wife, let the clouds in the sky converge; If not, let them disperse. As soon as the words fell, the clouds moved closer and closer, and finally converged into one. So, Nuwa married her brother.

In order to cover her shame, Nuwa made grass as a fan to cover her face. Fan and Toma have the same sound. Toma, cover also. And using a fan to cover the face is not as soft, simple and beautiful as silk fabric. Therefore, the fan covering the face is gradually replaced by the hijab and covering the head.

But this is, of course, just myths and legends. The earliest red hijab appeared in the Xiao Qi Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and by the early Tang Dynasty, it had evolved into a kind of hood draped from head to shoulder. It is rumored that Tang Xuanzong, that is, Emperor Li Longji of Tang Ming, in order to be different, deliberately broke through the old habit and instructed the palace maids to cover their heads with "through the forehead", that is, women in the early Tang Dynasty covered their faces with a piece of thin gauze on their hats as a kind of decoration.

From the Later Jin Dynasty of the Five Dynasties to the Yuan Dynasty, the hijab was popular among the people and became an indispensable festive decoration for the bride. In order to express the festivities, the bride's hijab is always red.

In a traditional Chinese wedding, the bride is obliged to wear a large red hijab on her head, which is only unveiled by the groom after entering the cave room.

The earliest hijab appeared in the Qi Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, when it was used by women to shelter from the wind and cold, and only covered the top of the head. By the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it evolved into a kind of hood draped from head to shoulders to cover shame. According to legend, during the Kaiyuan Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Ming Dynasty deliberately broke through the old habits in order to be unusual, and instructed the palace maids to cover their heads with "Tou Forehead Luo", that is, women covered their faces with a piece of thin gauze on their hats in the early Tang Dynasty as a kind of decoration.

From the Later Jin Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, the hijab was popular among the people and became an indispensable festive decoration for the bride. In order to express the festivities, the hijabs are all red.

As the saying goes, "Xi Chong Xi". If you are pregnant, you will be "happy", and if you participate in a wedding or other people's happy events, you will be happy, and "offence" will bring bad things. However, there is no scientific basis for this.

In traditional weddings, the bride will wear a red hijab, why did the bride wear a red hijab in ancient times?

This origin can be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, which we all know in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

At this time in the Wei and Jin dynasties, the domestic family was in a very turbulent period, and at that time, it was very cumbersome for the people to hold a wedding, so usually everyone would pick a good day and an auspicious day, and then get married in a hurry, and under normal circumstances, the banquet would only have three days, but because this kind of simple wedding was really not in line with some of the past etiquette, so they would cover the bride's head with gauze, so that there would be nothing embarrassing for the two families to meet together. Others don't know whose family is marrying their daughters, in fact, it was just a way to alleviate embarrassment at that time, but it was at this time that this custom was formed, which also allowed the later brides to have a buffer in the process of getting married, so it became a custom at the wedding.

The function of the head cover is mainly used to cover shame, and the bridal cover should be red to represent festivity.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the hijab was used to cover shame. From the Later Jin Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, the hijab was popular among the people and became the decoration of the bride, and the red color was chosen because in ancient times the red represented festivity, and the hijab was also related to the legend of Nuwa and Fuxi.

In order to cover her shame, Nuwa made grass as a fan to cover her face. Fan and Toma have the same sound. Toma, cover also. And using a fan to cover the face is not as soft, simple and beautiful as silk fabric. Therefore, the fan covering the face is gradually replaced by the hijab.

Weddings are great celebrations. And red represents festivity. The woman covered it presumably to cover her shame and to arouse a curiosity and shock to the groom.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the red hijab was only because he wanted to avoid the cold. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, this kind of hijab gradually became larger and longer, in order to cover shame. When getting married, the bride puts on a red hijab and is lifted by the groom in front of the cave house to ask for good luck.

The first is because red represents festivity, and there should be red on the head, and secondly, because ancient women were very shy, so they had to cover their faces with red hijabs.