When the emcee finished speaking, Jia Yapeng and Zhu Qiushui, the newlyweds, walked to the center of the main stage, towards an object covered by a red cloth.
To be honest, many people had already noticed the object covered by the red cloth. The object inside had also attracted everyone's curiosity. Everyone was trying to guess what was under the red cloth.
However, when Boss Jia lifted the red cloth, everyone couldn't help but be shocked. Because what was under the red cloth was actually a bronze cauldron!
It was a gigantic bronze cauldron about 1.5 meters tall and 1.5 meters in diameter.
"Oh my god!" Everyone had only seen bronze cauldrons in historical documentaries on television. When had they ever seen such a gigantic bronze cauldron in real life?
Most importantly, why would you bring out a bronze cauldron on such a festive occasion? Were you going to burn incense and worship Buddha?
Yes, that's right. In the minds of most Hua Xia people, things like cauldrons were used to burn incense and worship Buddha.
The cauldron was filled with ashes, and incense sticks were placed on top of the ashes. It was enshrined in front of a Buddha statue. This seemed to be the most correct way to use a cauldron.
However, what they didn't know was that when cauldrons first appeared, they weren't used to burn incense and worship Buddha. Even the worship of ancestors was only a derivative function. At the very beginning, cauldrons were actually a type of cooking utensil.
In other words, they were used to cook!
When the red cloth on the bronze cauldron was lifted, most people saw the bronze cauldron itself. However, some people noticed that there was actually a pile of wood under the bronze cauldron.
"Pour in the soup!" The emcee shouted. A flatbed cart was pushed in front of the bronze cauldron by four or five people. On the flatbed cart, there were several pots of boiling milky white soup that was constantly emitting steam.
This flatbed cart had an ascending function. Under constant pressure, the flatbed cart slowly ascended until it reached the same height as the bronze cauldron. The two people standing on the cart immediately poured the soup from the cauldron into the bronze cauldron.
"What are they doing?" Seeing someone pour the boiling soup into the bronze cauldron, the guests were dumbfounded.
"Fire!" The emcee shouted again. Then, people holding torches walked out from the back and lit all the wood under the bronze cauldron. In an instant, the whole cauldron was simmered by the raging fire.
Very quickly, the steaming soup began to boil. After which, a rich meaty aroma began to spread in the vicinity.
"Enter the flesh!" After the third announcement from the emcee, a second cart appeared. However, this cart had a whole pig on it.
Of course, the pig had already been killed and dissected. All of its internal organs had been cleaned, leaving only the meat on its body.
In fact, if one looked closely, they would find that the meat of this big fat pig was already cooked.
Soon, a few strong men in heat-resistant suits dragged the big fat pig to the top of the bronze cauldron. Then, they threw the whole pig directly into the cauldron and into the boiling soup.
The soup splattered everywhere. Fortunately, these strong men were wearing heat-resistant suits in advance. Their bodies were well protected. Otherwise, they would have been scalded by the boiling soup.
"This cauldron is actually used to stew meat!" Seeing this, the guests finally understood why a bronze cauldron was placed at the wedding. It was used to stew meat. This was too f * cking refreshing.
If the Hua Xia people were like this, then the foreigners present were even more so. When they saw that the huge bronze cauldron was actually used to stew pork, Alan Adehan and the others were stunned. They had never seen such a domineering way of cooking.
In fact, when Boss Jia first saw the plan given by the experts, he was also shocked. Then, the experts very clearly stated that using a large cauldron to stew pork at the wedding was a necessary part of the wedding between the nobles of the Shang, Zhou and Han dynasties.
Moreover, it was not troublesome to use modern technology to make a bronze cauldron. It was only a matter of tens of thousands of yuan. Therefore, Boss Jia custom-made this bronze cauldron at a bronze factory a month in advance.
Boss Jia estimated that this was definitely the first time that someone used a bronze cauldron to stew meat since the liberation of Hua Xia.
Because the soup and meat were already cooked, after a symbolic five minutes, the strong men in heat-resistant suits grabbed the rope that was tied to the pig in advance and lifted the whole big fat pig out of the cauldron. At the same time, someone used a small cauldron to fill a bowl of fresh meat soup. Finally, the whole big fat pig was placed on the altar table.
"Same cell!"
Under the guidance of the master of ceremonies, Boss Jia and Zhu Qiushui each held a small knife and cut the fattest part of the pig's body. They cut off a piece of meat and stuffed it into their mouths to eat together.
This was the "same cell" part.
Then, it was the "same" part. Each of the maids held a glass of wine and appeared behind Boss Jia and Zhu Qiushui. The so-called "same" part was actually the exchange of glasses of wine. The two of them held each other's wrists and drank the wine in the glass. The "same cell" part was considered complete.
Then, three chefs with large knives appeared and began to cut the whole big fat pig on the spot. They cut a small piece of meat and put it into a small bowl together with the fresh meat soup that was scooped out of the cauldron. Then, they handed it to the row of maids.
These maids carried the small bowls of meat and broth and placed them on the tables of the guests below the stage. This was the legendary sharing of food in the same cell.
At the same time, the entire wedding banquet finally began to be served. The first dish was naturally the fresh meat soup.
Of course, the fat pig on the stage could not be shared by the tens of thousands of guests below the stage. The fat pig on the stage could only be eaten by the distinguished guests sitting in the first few rows.
In fact, Boss Jia had killed a total of 50 pigs this time. They were all stewed in advance. After the "same cell" part was over, the pork soup that had been cut up long ago was delivered to the table in front of the guests one by one.
And what was very extravagant was that, no matter if they were workers or friends, every guest enjoyed a bowl of pork soup alone. There were no situations where more than a dozen people ate a bowl with chopsticks.
It made people feel very upper-class.
"Eight, untie the tassels and tie the hair!" The guests below the stage had already started eating, but the wedding banquet on the stage still continued. Under the command of the master of ceremonies, Boss Jia slowly untied the tassels that bound Zhu Qiushui's hair. Then, he cut a strand of long hair from a small pair of scissors.
At the same time, Zhu Qiushui also cut a strand of hair from Boss Jia's head. The maids who had already been prepared by the side immediately tied the two strands of hair together with a string of red tassels. This was the meaning of the hair tie.
"The ceremony is complete!" The master of ceremonies finally shouted out the words that made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. At this point, the main process of the entire Han wedding was over. Boss Jia and Zhu Qiushui were considered to be a real married couple.
What? You're asking why there's no step of first bowing to heaven and earth, then bowing to the parents, and then bowing to each other?
Sorry, those were all shown on TV. In a real classical wedding, there were no such steps.
Of course, there were steps of bowing to the parents, but the problem was that Jia Yapeng and Zhu Qiushui did not have parents. They were also not interested in finding people to be their parents, so naturally, this step was omitted.
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