1, Nacai
When the children get married, the parents of the man's family ask the matchmaker to propose marriage to the found woman's family. When accepting gifts, the man's family needs to send about 30 kinds of auspicious gifts to the woman's family; The woman's family also asked the matchmaker about the man's family at this time. Marriage customs of ancient Han nationality.
Step 2 ask the name
That is, after the woman's parents accept the proposal, the woman's family will bring her daughter's age to the man's family, so that men and women are right and good luck will be good.
3. Najib
That is, after the man retrieved the woman's name and eight characters, he performed divination in the ancestral hall. After getting a good omen, he prepared a gift to inform the woman's family and decided to get married.
4. Zheng Na
(also called gifts): that is, the man's family gives the letter of appointment and gifts to the woman's family. One month to two weeks before the wedding, the man's family will ask two or four female relatives (must be Quanfu) to make an appointment with the matchmaker and bring the bride price, gift money and dowry to the woman's family; At this point, the woman needs to return the gift.
5. Please make a date
The man's family chooses the wedding date and informs the woman's family with a gift for approval.
Step 6 welcome in person
(or wedding banquet): On the wedding day, the groom in full dress will personally take the matchmaker, relatives and friends to the bride's house. Before the groom goes to the woman's house, he needs to go to the ancestral temple of the woman's house and then send the bride to the man's house in a sedan chair. After the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, land and ancestors, the male family was sent to the bridal chamber.
Second, meeting the bride etiquette:
After the bride and groom enter the door, they will then "worship the church", also known as "worship heaven and earth" Generally, the place to worship the church is in front of the bridal chamber. There is an altar with the tablets of the monarch and the teacher of heaven and earth on it, and the curtain of the ancestors is hung behind the altar. After the bride and groom are in place, they are guided by two male guests, kneeling three times and knocking nine times to pay homage to heaven and earth, ancestors and parents. Then the woman is east, the man is west, and the husband and wife pay homage. In the Datong area of Yanbei, the bride doesn't worship when the groom visits the wedding, which is quite different from the usual custom.
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Origin:
The traditional marriage custom of "Three Books and Six Rites" has a long history and can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. The "Six Rites" of the Western Zhou Dynasty had an important influence on the marriage form of later generations.
Six rites began in slave society. Although the marriage procedure in feudal society changed several times, it basically did not break away from the scope of the six rites, and the Tang law and the Ming law also had similar provisions. This marriage procedure is a unique custom and traditional culture in China.
Chinese ancient books "The Book of Rites" and "The Book of Rites" all discuss this. According to the book Book of Rites and Rites, "There are six gifts when confused, such as receiving gifts, asking names, receiving gifts, inviting parties and welcoming guests". It can be seen that this traditional marriage custom originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty. It is generally believed that this marriage custom was established in the Qin Dynasty and then used in the Han Dynasty.
Reference source; Baidu Encyclopedia-Six Gifts
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