用英语说中国家庭生活 第9期:安置新床

Installing the Bridal Bed

安置新床

Preparation on the part of the groom involved the installation of the bridal bed on the day before the wedding.

其中一个新郎方需要准备的部分包括在婚礼的前一天安置新床。

A propitious hour and a “good luck woman” or “good luck man”, that is a man or woman with many children and living mates, were selected to install a newly purchased bed.

吉时和命好的女人或命好的男人，即这个男人或女人有许多孩子和亲友，被选来安置新床。

(The installation ceremony consisted of merely moving the bed slightly；the actual work was done by servants or friends.)

（安置仪式只包括轻轻地移动新床；真正的安置由仆人或朋友完成。）

After the bed was in place, children were invited onto the bed as an omen of fertility；the more, the merrier.

等到新床安置好了以后，作为多子多孙的吉兆，孩子将被邀请去跳床；越多孩子气氛越欢乐。

For the same reason，the bed was scattered with red dates，oranges, lotus seeds,peanuts, pomegranates and other fruits.

同样的，床上会洒满红枣，橙子，莲子，花生，石榴及其他水果。

Part of the fun was watching the children scramble for the fruit.

其中一个乐趣就是看着孩子们抢水果吃。