Today, I would like to share with you a group of heavy old photos. This is the video record of the whole process of the Tibetan Mongolian intermarriage ceremony in Labrang Temple, Xiahe, Gansu Province, which took place on March 18, 1943. Part of the text in this article comes from Travel Magazine in June 1947. Why Mr. Zhenghuang wrote about his visit to Labrang
This ceremony records that Mr. He Zhenghuang (female) went to Labrang with the art and literature delegation in 1943 to participate in the Tibetan Mongolian marriage ceremony. He Zhenghuang was born in a scholarly family. In 1937, he felt that the Japanese invaders had invaded China, and the mountains and rivers were broken. He returned home angrily. He joined the Central Military Cadre Training Group held in Wuhan by the government of civil affairs of the People’s Republic of China. He was ready to join the army. Soon after the fall of Wuhan, he was transferred to the capital of Chongqing. In September 1940, he participated in the Ministry of Education’s Art and Cultural Relics Investigation Mission and worked as a writer. He had a lot of documents and archives. He is good at calligraphy, painting, art and archaeological prose writing, etc. After 1950, he worked in Shaanxi Provincial Museum (Xi’an Stele Forest) for a long time and wrote dozens of related works
Now let’s invite netizens to watch the grand wedding ceremony 77 years ago
Why is Shanda that? First, look at the identity of the bride and groom
新娘札喜才郎,即扎西才让亲王。父亲为第八代蒙古和硕特部(成吉思汗嫡绪)青海黄河南前首旗亲王(河南亲王),哥哥为第九代河南亲王。
她出生于1920年,1941年时年仅22岁的扎西才让继承河南亲王爵位,为第十代河南亲王,身份显赫。
“新娘札喜才郎,是一位标准的蒙古小姐。”,“她穿一件浅枣红色长缎袍,滚的獭皮边,项上带了好几串珊瑚珠,顶大的足有碗口大,并于胸前悬一金镜。”
看看这身打扮,先不说多么金贵,就这一身装饰的分量也不轻啊。
而且此次结婚,扎西才让不是出嫁,而是招婿入赘。入赘的丈夫黄文源(贡保朗吉)也是有头有脸的人物,他将以扎萨克之衔共同治理旗务。
注:1966年,扎西才让辞世,年仅47岁,扎西才让亲王的灵塔供奉在拉卜楞寺白度母佛殿内。
接下来我们看看新郎的身份。
新郎恭宝郎嘉君(汉名黄文源),他的父亲是大权在握的黄正清司令,而他的叔叔是夏河拉卜楞寺众心所归的嘉木样活佛。
“新郎恭宝郎嘉君(汉名黄文源),已由其父母打扮停当,着黄缎暗花大袍,滚宽貂皮边,高底藏靴,头戴覆盆式高顶藏帽。容仪不仅端整,简直可以称得起轩昂。”何正璜形容道!
新郎新娘合照
“恭宝朗嘉君,有游牧民族的雄健体魄,同时又有受过良好教育的举止,确是藏族的英俊,并精通汉语,不知者初不信其为藏人。”
这场藏蒙联姻,为嘉木样世系家族与河南亲王家族的姻亲联盟,喜帖上所印的联姻介绍,一个是“淑懿温恭,蒙民倾心爱戴”,一个是“精通汉藏文语,思想新颖,英勇有为”,“蒙藏两族,既以同奉佛教,感情雍睦,复以历世秦晋相连,今又新缔婚姻,必能通力合作,建设边区,其意义尤为深长也。”
“子云为新人合画了一张像,并且送给他们。新郎高兴地举了起来,新娘也开颜一笑,这位蒙古的伊丽莎白公主,总算难得笑了。”
这段描述原载 《旅行杂志》1947年6月,为何正璜先生回忆访问拉卜楞往事所写。
以下为送亲的仪仗队伍送亲过程记录
仪仗起动,三面缎制大三角旗领路,长号短笳,一齐吹奏入队,接着十三庄所属番兵三四百名,每人背长枪一支,也排成行列。新郎骑上一匹高头白色大马,由其叔(另一叔非活佛)在后骑马随送,父母送至门前,其母频频拭泪,我们才知道是入赘,公子从此要从蒙习了。”
其实女家的王府就在司令部不远的地方,互相可以望见,但因要表示新郎是从外面来的,特沿夏河向西绕行了十里,在返回时,王府也派蒙兵百余人及女家亲属多人,远远相迎。全寺喇嘛以黄伞长号出动,在王府附近迎接。
王府门外道上,均以红白颜色画成图案,颇为美观,让新郎在图案上走过去。入门铺大红毯,由红毡步入大厅,厅内布置华丽,灯彩四射。”
以下为新郎父亲保安司令黄正清府邸的婚宴现场记录:
“黄氏所居,亦为寺境内之一座大厦,名保安司令部。
前院中,见喇嘛持长短喇叭吹奏鸣鸣之乐,藏装少女多人,更作各式舞蹈,以娱客人。
客人络绎不绝,所送礼品大约均是现洋、豹皮、狐皮、猞猁皮、貂皮、獭皮及藏人手工所织之“褐子”等,我们立于廊下静观,一藏民自提名贵之皮毛捆,后随一衣着破旧之藏人,背一桶状物,内满盛雪白之银元,由接待送礼者引至大厅中,送这礼人将物放下后,即由招待在院中为其置一碗羊肉,一碗酒,几根似油条之食物,送礼者即坐下休息,一面吃酒,一面看舞蹈,吃毕即辞去,临行由招待拿出一只生羊腿,送礼人即藏入怀中,欣辞而去。
出门后,看见一路向司令部送礼的,不绝于途,我心中不觉非常难过,藏民背着沉重的现洋,提着名贵的皮毛,毫无表情地进去。现洋既未点数,皮毛也未开视,送多送少,送好送坏,实无人得知,并且始终没有留下姓名,送与未送也无人查问。
在这种情形中,他们并不考虑少送,甚至不送,相反的,他们仍旧抱着能开金石的虔诚,自动的、陶醉于宗教感召的,将几十年甚至于一生的辛苦储蓄,默默地都倾倒在那大厅里。然后用褴褛的衣服,拭着污秽的手,抱了一只全世界最昂贵的羊腿,回到那破旧的帐篷中。那帐篷远在“草地”,穷困随着他一同跋涉归去。”
关于这场藏蒙通婚大典大家有什么看法那?