用英語說中國家庭生活 第14期:新郎"上頭"

The "Capping" Ritual

新郎“上頭”

Dressed in a long gown, red shoes and a red silk sash with a silk ball on his shoulder, the groom knelt at the family altar while his father placed a cap decorated with cypress leaves on his head.

穿上長禮服，紅鞋和帶繡球的紅綢肩帶，新郎跪拜祖堂，同時新郎的父親將帶有柏葉裝飾的帽子戴在新郎頭上。

The groom bowed first before the tablets of Heaven and Earth and his ancestors, then to his parents and the assembled family members.

新郎先在供着天地神明和列祖列宗的桌前鞠躬，然後再向父母和現在的親戚們鞠躬。

His father removed the silk ball from the sash and placed it on top of the bridal sedan chair.

新郎的父親從肩帶上解下繡球然後將其放在新娘轎子的轎頂上。