Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-21
First Time in History Spa
cious Court Is Opened to
Occident Eyes - Many
Gifts Received
BY WILLIAM r. GILES

Especial Cable to The Atlanta Journal and
Chicago Daily News-Copyrght, 1929
PEKIN.-The first of the final
stages of the deposed boy EN-
peror's royal wedding took place in
the forbidden city at 2 o'clock Sat
urday morning when he legalized
the position of his secondary
wife, whom he married last Thurs
day or the day before the more i'm.
perial wedding of Friday, by send
ing for her to come to the palace
from her home and by issuing an
edict by appointing her as his
eastern consort." When the royal
yellow cart carrying the youthful
emperor's edict arrived at the home
of his secondary wife, her whole
family kowtowed nine times before
the imperial edict and the second
airy wife then was transported to
the palace, where she was received
Will pSl@ol AlOllOl
The reason that the youthful eX-
emperor married a secondary wife
one day before marrying the young
woman who was to be his empress
is due to particularly strange phases
Of Chinese etiquette and also to
the fact that she is his real choice
as a royal consort.
When shown by relative a pho
tograph of the girl who later be-
came his secondary wife, the youth
full Hsuan Tung Immediately fell
in love with her and informed the
imperial family that he would marry
only her.
The imperial family was aghast.
While she was the daughter of
Duke Tuan, of an old and we'll
known Manchu family, she was
poor. The, imperial family being
broke, due to the Republican gov
eminent being unable to pay the
royal allowance granted when the
abdication agreement was made,
they pointed out the necessity of
the boy emperor marrying into a
rich family.
Compromise Reached
A compromise was finally reach
ed by his being allowed to marry
the girl of his choice as a second
airy wife and by marrying the
daughter Of a well-known and rich
MAnchu named Yung, as his more
regal consort.
The new empress is the grand
daughter of Prince Tan. AS a part
Of the etiquette attending the two
wedding ceremonies, the real en-
press whom the boy emperor mar
ried at 8 o'clock on the morning
of December 1, will subsequently
return to the imperial throne hall
finally to consummate the royal
nuptia1s. At that time the secondary
wife will be on her knees in the
throne hall, thereby indicating that
she not only acknowledges the rule
of the deposed emperor, but also
the supremacy of the empress.
AS a part of this ceremony the
imperial yellow cart will proceed
from the palace to the home of the
future empress, carrying a royal
edict making her Hsuan lungs re-
gal consort. The empress, after kow-
towing with members Of her family
before the edict-which is customary
any time that edicts are issued by
the emperor, will proceed to the pal
ace where she will enter by the
front gate, the secondary wife hav-
ing been compelled to enter by the
back gate, the final nuptial cere-
m 1nies will then he carried out. This
correspondent had d special invita-
ton from the imperial family to at
tend this ceremony.
A few selected fo;o '":,"r$ i,nd roD-
rescntatiNes of t." =. '"'''o"N GOV
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