What is wedding umbrellas?
The wedding umbrella is not an ordinary commercial umbrella. In fact, it is a kind of love token. After marriage, the bridal umbrella cannot be thrown away. It must be collected and preserved. It is the best wedding memorial for a new life. Preserving the bridal umbrella can not only bless the marriage Love is everlasting, and always encourages the husband and wife to support each other, stay in the same boat through storms, and advance and retreat together.
There are three legends of “marriage” and “umbrella”：
1. Don’t compete with the sky
2. Red umbrella instead of red hijab
3. Other legends
1. Don’t compete with the sky
In ancient weddings, the bride should be protected by the female elders of Fugao Deshao and walked to the sedan chair (little car) with a black umbrella, because the bride had a great position on the wedding day, but could not compete with the sky.
2. Red umbrella instead of red hijab
In ancient weddings, the bride had to wear a red silk and satin hijab, which was lifted by the bridegroom when entering the bridal chamber. The earliest hijab appeared in the Southern and Northern Dynasties to cover shame.
3. Other legends
Xu Xian and Bai Niangzi use umbrellas to make love, and Yunnan ethnic minority weddings use umbrellas. Extraordinary: Beijing’s old wedding customs, no matter how heavy the rain is nowadays, you can’t hold an umbrella when picking up the bride. Traditionally, “opening an umbrella” is a homonym for “breaking up”, that is, “banging up a mandarin duck”.
