Hanfu flower
Hi, thanks for the question! “Historically, what was the color of wedding dress in China? ” – please check it out! I also recommend the following two articles: 1) What is Traditional Chinese Wedding Dress? So as you can see, you are correct – the bride wore green during the Tang and Song dynasties (while the groom wore red). In fact, there is a saying for this tradition – “红男绿女” (Hong Nan Lv Nv), which literally means “red man, green woman”. 2) Dress and color of Wedding Hanfu. 2) Song dynasty wedding hanfu (1, 2) – Note: in past years, modern wedding hanfu came in only three styles – Zhou/Han, Tang, and Ming. It’s only very recently that authentic Song dynasty wedding hanfu has come onto the market. It’s now become an idiom meaning “young men and women in beautiful clothes”. 1 – Song wedding hanfu for brides includes a long accessory worn over the shoulders called Xiapei/霞帔. Although the color coordination is the same, Song wedding hanfu differs from Tang wedding hanfu in style & accessories. 2 – Men’s headwear is different. Xiapei was a component of women’s formal clothing during the Song and Ming dynasties, and was therefore a part of Song and Ming wedding hanfu. For more visual examples & references, please check out my wedding hanfu tag. For commoners a lot of the time it could just be “the best clothes one could afford”. I think they could up a rank in their clothing, mid autumn festival hanfu especially for the bride. I want to address: “I was reading your post… I had never seen those in a wedding context”. Like a non-scholar could wear a scholars’ robe for their wedding that kind of thing. As stated in this post, in the Ming dynasty, official uniforms were divided into three ranks: the highest rank was red, the middle one – blue, and the lowest rank – green. So, during the Ming dynasty, depending on the groom’s social status, he could wear either green (in most cases), or blue – if he were an official of the middle rank, or red – if he were a high-ranking official.