Hair Dressing -The "Hair Dressing Ritual of the bride

The "Hair Dressing" Ritual of the bride and the "Capping" Ritual of the groom symbolized their initiation into adulthood.
The "Hair Dressing" Ritual
At dawn on her wedding day, the bride bathed in water infused with pumelo, a variety of grapefruit, to clean her of evil influences. She put on new underclothes and sat before lit dragon-and-phoenix candles.
A ‘good luck woman’ attended the bridal preparations. She spoke auspicious words while dressing the bride’s hair in the style of a married woman. After her hair was styled, the bride emerged from her retreat. She was carried to the main hall on the back of the ‘good luck’ woman or her most senior sister-in-law. There she donned a jacket and skirt and stepped into a pair of red shoes. The bride’s face was covered with a red silk veil or a ‘curtain’ of tassels or beads that hung from the bridal Phoenix crown. After completing her wedding preparations, the bride bowed to her parents and awaited the arrival of the bridal processions.
The "Capping" Ritual
Dressed in a long gown, red shoes and a red silk sash with a silk ball on his shoulder, the groom knelt at the family altar while his father placed a cap decorated with cypress leaves on his head.