The "Capping" Ritual
新郎“上头”
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.
穿上长礼服，红鞋和带绣球的红绸肩带，新郎跪拜祖堂，同时新郎的父亲将带有柏叶装饰的帽子戴在新郎头上。
The groom bowed first before the tablets of Heaven and Earth and his ancestors, then to his parents and the assembled family members.
新郎先在供着天地神明和列祖列宗的桌前鞠躬，然后再向父母和现在的亲戚们鞠躬。
His father removed the silk ball from the sash and placed it on top of the bridal sedan chair.
新郎的父亲从肩带上解下绣球然后将其放在新娘轿子的轿顶上。