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Fujian engagement custom
Marriage between a man and a woman is an important part of life, and the conclusion of marriage has always been regarded as the beginning of a "proper family" and a major event in life. Therefore, the relevant customs and habits are naturally concerned, and the red tape is very elegant. In ancient China, the most important thing was the words of a matchmaker. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, the "Six Rites" in the wedding procedure were established, namely, accepting the ceremony (proposing by ceremony), asking the name (asking the woman's name and date of birth), Najib (betrothing by ceremony), accepting the ceremony (betrothing by ceremony), inviting (agreeing on the wedding date) and welcoming the groom personally (getting married in person). With the northern residents moving south to Fujian, the "Six Rites" in weddings spread all over Bamin. Since then, although these six kinds of etiquette have changed slightly, they have basically continued. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, women's concept of chastity was gradually strengthened, and Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty had a great influence on Fujian, so that the phenomenon of discriminating and binding women in Fujian's marriage customs became more and more obvious. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was further strengthened. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the name and content of "Six Rites" in Fujian have changed, and the customs and habits in different places are not the same, but the meaning of "Six Rites" is still widely adopted. Usually, from marriage proposal to marriage completion, we have to go through the steps of marriage proposal, marriage, blind date, engagement, employment offer, appointment offer, marriage persuasion, makeup promotion, wedding reception, wedding, cooking and going home. Among them, marriage proposal and marriage contain the contents of accepting and asking names; Engagement and employment are equivalent to Najib and Zheng Na; The delivery date contains the meaning of invitation; Sending a bride is similar to sending a bride, but whether the groom himself goes to the woman's house to get married varies from place to place. In addition to these general marriage customs, there are many special marriage forms and ceremonies in Fujian, such as child-rearing marriage, uxorilocal marriage, service marriage, exchange marriage, transfer marriage, cousin marriage, finger-belly marriage, bigamy, hiring husband, renting wife, robbing marriage, passing marriage, filial marriage, celebrating marriage, ghost marriage, living in the mother's family and so on. Some are bad marriage customs. Fujian is a mountainous province. Since ancient times, the traffic is blocked, the commodity economy is underdeveloped, and the closed and self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy is typical, so the customs and habits are primitive and feudal. In ancient Fujian, the population was small and the labor force was scarce. At the beginning of immigration, the work of adapting to the new environment and transforming nature is very heavy, which breeds the idea of preferring sons to daughters, which in turn leads to the phenomenon of more men than women, leading to the prevalence of high-priced marriages and arranged sales. In order to show off their wealth, show off their wealth and be competitive, some wealthy families spend a lot of money when they marry women, and also spend a lot of money on makeup. As a result, they followed each other's habits and imitated each other, forming a custom of paying attention to makeup and luxurious weddings. During the Republic of China, the atmosphere gradually opened up. Civil servants and intellectuals first reformed the marriage customs and started a new type of wedding, called "civilized marriage", and the status of women also improved. However, the changes in the vast rural areas are not obvious, the old marriage customs are still widespread, and many bad habits have not been broken. After 1949, the people's government vigorously advocated changing customs and customs, and the reform of marriage etiquette deepened day by day. Although many traditional customs continue to exist, most of them are either eliminated, simplified or exist in name only. The concept of marriage autonomy and equality between men and women has been recognized and accepted by most people, especially before the 1980s, wedding etiquette was generally simple. After the 1980 s, the atmosphere of complicated ostentation and extravagance in the old marriage customs rose again. She, Hui, Hakkas, Hui 'an women and Christians in Fujian are relatively independent social groups due to their different cultural backgrounds and religious beliefs, and have also formed their own unique marriage customs.