In Chaoshan weddings, the groom chooses a lucky day and time to arrange the bed. The four legs of the wedding bed should have grass seeds and coins placed underneath, forming a "ding" shape, while also reciting four sentences. This symbolizes wealth and prosperity. The day before the wedding, the groom must perform an important "bed arrangement" ceremony when setting up the new room. Choosing a lucky day for the bed arrangement is essential, as well as the direction the bed faces. After arranging the bed, the red envelope should be placed in a "ding" shape under the bed legs, symbolizing having children soon.
① When arranging the bed, it should be placed in the correct position, and it is forbidden for it to face the sharp corners of tables, wardrobes, or any other objects.
② From the time the bed is arranged until the night before the wedding, the groom-to-be must not sleep alone on the new bed. He can invite a male child with a big zodiac sign and who has not yet reached adulthood, such as someone born in the Year of the Dragon, to sleep with him.
③ Bedding items are generally chosen in red. It is required that there should be four blankets (from the bride's family dowry), four mattress pads, two pairs of pillows, two pairs of bolster cushions, and other 18 items.
Complete list of auspicious sayings for wedding bed arrangements
1. Press the four bed heads, and your son will become a county official; tidy the four bed heads, and your son will become a president.
2. A golden house spreads two beauties, and stars form pairs in the Milky Way; with shared aspirations, they create great achievements, and together they move towards a prosperous life.
3. The bridal chamber is as red as fire, and the couple's love lasts forever; the newlyweds work hard, and one year is better than decades.
4. This year we arrange the bed, next year we will have a top scholar; sprinkle some red dates, and you will have a son soon and gain strength.
5. Filial piety above and below brings family happiness, and harmony between husband and wife brings health to all generations. New marriage, new joy, new atmosphere, happiness and prosperity for eternity.
7. The bride's family makes a red silk cover for the bed, while the groom's family makes an ivory bed frame. Flowered pillows are placed on both sides, and flowered blankets are placed in the center.
8. Embroidered curtains are hung high, and ten-colored blankets fill the bed;鸳鸯 (mandarin) pillows are placed on the bed, and silks and brocades fill the boxes.
9. Blessing and wealth are both complete, and always auspicious; men marry women, and the wedding chamber is lit.
10. Early birth of a noble son, planting in pairs; one son and one daughter, dragon and phoenix auspiciousness.
11. Today we arrange the bed, everything is auspicious; respect parents-in-law, do not forget parents.
12. Arranging the bed, joyous and cheerful; everything is happy, and happiness and auspiciousness are everywhere.
13. Arranging the bed, rich and grand; gold and silver spread across the ground, rice and grain fill the storehouse.
