用英語說中國家庭生活 第13期:新娘"上頭"後

After Her Hair Was Styled

新娘“上頭”後

After her hair was styled，the bride emerged from her retreat.

當新娘“上頭”後，她從閨房裏出來。

She was carried to the main hall on the back of the “good luck” woman or her most senior sister-in-law.

她被喜婆或者嫂子背去主廳。

There she donned a jacket and skirt and stepped into a pair of red shoes, placed in the center of a sieve.

在那裏她穿上上衣和裙子，並且穿上一雙放在篩子中間的紅鞋。

The bride's face was covered with either a red silk veil or a “curtain” of tassels or beads that hung from the bridal Phoenix crown.

新娘要麼被紅絲巾蓋着要麼是一“簾”流蘇或鳳冠上得珠子。

After completing her wedding preparations, the bride bowed to her parents and to the ancestral tablets and awaited the arrival of the bridal procession from the groom's house.

完成婚禮準備儀式後，新娘向她的父母和祖堂鞠躬，然後等待新郎家的接親隊伍的到來。