Cultural Revealing: The Silkworm Kissing Ceremony hosted by the Empress of Qing Dynasty.

Lead the concubines to worship the silkworm god and pick mulberry leaves to feed the silkworms.

In order to encourage people to pay attention to textile etiquette,

Instead of the first farming ceremony presided over by the emperor.

As recorded in the story of Gu Liang Chunqiu:

"The emperor cultivates the fields and the queen raises silkworms".

According to Zhou Li's request, every spring,

The emperor will go to the Xiannong altar to worship the god of agriculture and pray for good weather.

The queen will go to the first silkworm altar to hold a "pro-silkworm" ceremony.

This ceremony of attaching importance to agriculture and sericulture,

It lasted for thousands of years in China.

According to feng shui,

Empress governs yin, belongs to water, and governs north,

So the first silkworm altar was in the northern suburb of Beijing.

Xiannongtan is in the south.

Historically,

The most famous silkworm kissing ceremony

It was hosted by Fu Cha during the Qianlong period.

This is also the first ceremony to worship the silkworm god since the founding of the Qing Dynasty.

Fu Cha is the first heir to Qianlong,

That is, the filial and virtuous queen

She was thrifty all her life and was the favorite woman in Qianlong's life.

After she died,

With grief, Gan Long wrote a touching ode to the bosom.

In the eulogy,

Qianlong wrote endless thoughts and sorrows.

Also wrote about Fu Cha's excellent character and style:

The queen ant "thrives at home and begins to cultivate cocoons;"

If you are diligent in the countryside, you will know that it rains and classes are sunny. "

It means "simple life, taking the lead in picking mulberry and raising silkworms;"

Worry about the country and the people and pray for good weather. "

Qianlong nine years (1744),

The Qing court held the first sericulture ceremony since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

This spectacular scene was also recorded in

It was painted by the Italian court painter Lang Shining at that time.

In "The Silkworm Home of Empress Xiao Xianchun".

The ceremonies such as altar, altar, mulberry picking and cocoon offering were displayed.

The whole process of Fu Cha's participation in the "Silkworm Kissing Ceremony" was recorded.

The fourth day of March is the day of the ceremony.

On this day, Empress Fucha was here.

Accompanied by concubines, princesses, Fujin and female officials, they went down to the first silkworm altar.

The ritual procedure is complicated,

Besides bowing down, burning incense and offering sacrifices,

The most distinctive feature is that the queen, known as the "bow mulberry", picks mulberry as a gift.

The next day, a bow sang was held.

The queen has a gold hook and a basket (others can only use silver hooks).

Accompanied by him, he went to the mulberry forest in the silkworm farm to pick mulberry.

Although it is nominally the queen's bow,

In fact, the queen only picked three mulberry leaves.

Then he went to the mulberry platform to see the throne and see the concubines picking mulberry.

Finally,

The silkworm moth send that picked mulberry leaf to the silkworm house to feed the silkworms,

At this point, the whole ceremony is over.

Finally,

These silks will be made into dragon robes,

Royal costumes such as phoenix robes.

Among these royal silk products,

The most precious thing is.

It was recorded in the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival in Qing Dynasty.

Ruth ~

today，

In the Palace Museum in Beijing, it is still a complete collection.

There are more than 50 pieces of Lu Si articles for the wedding of the Ming and Qing emperors!

From Tribute to "Imperial Tribute" in the Five Hundred Years of Ming and Qing Dynasties

To the "national brocade quilt cover" that is popular all over the country.

From Empress Dowager Cixi's Production Exception

To "The Prince of England loves Ruth"

The original intention of Lusi people to inherit the traditional culture of China remains unchanged!

at present

Ruth is the only inheritor.

Gillier Bride Lu Choubei

Not only become synonymous with high-end wedding culture

It is also following the footsteps of the country's "Belt and Road"

Go to many countries and regions in the world,

Inheriting and developing the traditional marriage quilt culture in China,

Much attention! ! !