用英語說中國家庭生活 第8期:接新娘出閨房

Retreating to the Cock Loft

接新娘出閨房

In preparation for her impending departure, the bride-to-be retreated from the ordinary routine and lived in seclusion in a separate part of the house with her closest friends.

爲了準備將至的離別，準新娘將脫離平常的生活軌跡並和她的閨蜜住進隱蔽的隔間。

During this period，the young women sang laments, mourning the bride's separation from her family and cursing the groom's family and even the girl's own parents.

在這個期間，女孩們會哭着哀嘆新娘將離家，咒罵新郎家甚至是新娘的父母。

Since this extended ‘sleep over' often took place in the cock loft, the bride's emergence on her wedding day was sometimes referred to as "coming out of the cock loft."

因爲這種過夜經常發生在閨房裏，新娘出現在婚禮上有時被稱作“接新娘出閨房”。