Hair dressing ceremony
In modern marriage custom, before the Escorting date, bridegroom & bride will be hold hair dressing ceremony separately at their own houses. Hair dressing ceremony is normally being held one day before the marriage or at the same date. Hair dressing is symbolizing the couple officially entered into adult stage, & going to have their new life & families. According to Feng Shui mastery, choose auspicious hour for the ceremony. The bridegroom’s ceremony should be started earlier half an hour than bride’s. First, both of them need to be bath with pomelo leaves (symbol luck and decontaminate evil spirit), wears new pajamas and sit beside a window which is able to see the moon. A “Lucky men/women” who is the elder of bride or b.groomand have a harmony life in his/her marriage) or the b.groom or bride’s parent helps to dress the hair. It is an important part of wedding custom because it represented that parent’s blessing to their child and hoped them to have a happiness family after married.
上头仪式用品 -男家The bridegroom’s Hair dressing items:
龙凤礼烛 Dragon&Phoenix Candles
圆镜 Round Mirror
子孙尺 Red Wedding Ruler
剪刀 Red/Gold color Scissors
上头梳 Comb
红绳 Red thread
上头衣 Pajamas, Double Happiness Face Towel, Bath towel & slipper
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Hair dressing ceremony has to be done at midnight before the "Big Day" or the wedding day.
The usual procedures are as follows :
Before the time, the groom should clean himself usually by bathing with some pomelo leafs or just with with some flowers. This is believed will clean the body from all the evil spirit. After that, you will need to put on all the new clothing that usually comes in white color for the hair dressing ceremony. Next, you will have to pay a respect to your ancestor and need to tell them that your name, the date that you will be marrying and invite them to come for the banquet. This is very important. As long as I know, without them, you won't be here in this world. No matter how, we need to inform our ancestor that we are getting married. For some people that who don't worship ancestral any more might still need to prepare a "Temporary Ancestor's Worshiping" After that, the Groom will have to sit down facing inside the house or the back will be facing the front door. Just keep in mind that the boy will be always facing inside before you start the ceremony. Start by having your mother to help you to comb your hair by saying a few phrase of auspicious words for example like this. First comb is combing from the beginning down until the end of the hair. Second comb is for wishing them living until the ripe old age or to the age of gray hair. The third come is for them to have lots of children after they got married. Once the combing is done, just use the scissors to trim a little bit of the hair to drop down to the floor the the ceremony can be considered as completed.
Note: The Bride side can only start the ceremony half an hour after the Groom has completed his ceremony.
上头仪式用品 -女家 (Bride's hair dressing preparation) (Items Needed)
上头梳 Wedding Comb
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圆镜 Round Mirror
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子孙尺 Wedding Ruler
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红绳 Red Thread
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剪刀 Red Scissors
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双喜巾 Double Happiness Face Towel
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龙凤礼烛 Dragon&Phoenix Candles
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海棠粉(女) Perfume Press Powder (Bride)
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针线(女) Sewing Kit(Bride)
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多仔福(女) 8Boys Pin Cushion (Bride)
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上头衣 Pajamas, Double Happiness Face Towel, Bath towel & slipper
The very first step of bathing and wearing new clothing is exactly the same as the groom's. The only different is this process has to start at least half a hour later after the groomcompleted his. Worshiping the ancestors also is a must and it is very important by letting them the name of yours and the date that you will get married on and invited them to give you the good blessing. Next will be the facing position while doing the ceremony. The bride will have to face out of a window from the house or the back will have to face inside of the house. This position is totally opposite from the groom's side. Keep this in mind. After this, the process will be similar to the grooms. The bride’s hair should be dressed to hair updo. Hair updo style represents the bride prepared to become the Groom’s wife.
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