Ten Miles of Red Makeup
"Ten miles of red makeup" is the scene of marrying a daughter in the old days. People often use "a thousand acres of good land, ten miles of red makeup" to describe the richness of the dowry. According to the old custom, on the day before the wedding, in addition to bedding, clothes, shoes, jewelry, quilts, and women's needlework supplies and other delicate items sent with the sedan chair when welcoming the bride, the rest of the red boxes, from beds to thread boards and spindles, are sent to the man's house by porters and laid out by bridesmaids, commonly known as "making the bed". The winding red makeup team often extends from the woman's house to the husband's house, as if it is a golden dragon in a red robe, full of auspiciousness and festivity, showing off the wealth of the family property, so it is called "ten miles of red makeup". Yuchang Guo was first built during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. The original site was located in Fengqiao, an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River. The founder was Luo Gongchenglin. In order to revitalize their ancestral business and protect the ancient culture of Yue, the descendants of Luo Gong have collected a large number of Ming and Qing furniture, Shili Hongzhuang, plaques, calligraphy and paintings, Yue embroidery silverware, bamboo art tinware and various wood carvings, stone carvings, brick carvings, copper ornaments and other crafts after decades of unremitting efforts. More than 10,000 pieces, fully demonstrated the excellent cultural heritage of the ancient Yue land, all permeated with the outstanding wisdom of folk artists, and tried their best to show the magnificent and exquisite style of Zhuji-style furniture and crafts. Since 2001, Zhuji City's "Yuchanghao" has invested 3 million yuan to collect more than 1,000 wedding etiquette utensils, and has established the "Shili Hongzhuang" exhibition hall in Dongbaihu Town, Zhuji City, and opened it to the public. In 2012, "Shili Hongzhuang" was included in the fourth batch of Zhejiang Province's intangible cultural heritage list. The collections of Yuchang Guo Folk Art Museum have been exhibited in Shaoxing for a long time. Party and state leaders -, -, Li Peng, -, -, -, -, -, etc. have visited and highly praised them, leaving many precious historical photos. In particular, President Xi Jinping visited and guided the museum many times during his tenure in Zhejiang! In June 2012, it was included in the fourth batch of Zhejiang Province's intangible cultural heritage list.