"Matchmaking" is a local dialect, which originated from a special term for driving in rural areas of Northeast China. In early years, in rural areas, horses and mules were used as power to haul goods or people. Usually two animals are used, one is driving the shaft, and the other is pulling the rope in front of the shaft. One end of the rope is tied to the body of the carriage, which the driver can control at any time, and the other end is fixed on the animal's shoulder with a wooden splint. This carriage sometimes pulls a lot of goods. When going uphill or the animals are exhausted, the owner of the carriage often adds a rope and a horse to the outside as the auxiliary force to pull the carriage, thus solving the problem that two horses can't walk. The horse added after everyone is in charge is called pulling people.
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Reasons for "try-on":
In the past, the Great Northern Wilderness was a wasteland and deserted. Hunting roe deer to catch fish, and pheasant flying into the rice cooker, was a portrayal at that time. Poor farmers in Shandong, Hebei, Henan and other places in the Shanhaiguan pass are unbearable. They heard that the Great Northern Wilderness was undeveloped, and it was a treasure-house with vast territory and abundant resources, and food was scarce. They began to move their families northward, which became the "crossing the Kanto". Locals call these people "Shandong Bangzi" or "wandering blindly".
After these people came to the Great Northern Wilderness, it was very difficult. Some families have become extremely poor because of illness or disaster, and many people are too old to be wives. People call these people "running errands". In other families, the husband is sick and can't do heavy work, so he has to rely on his wife to support his family. My wife can't do farm work, so she has to ask a bachelor for help. Singles often take care of these poor families in their lives. In return, the woman has been in love for a long time and offered sexual demand for "running errands", so the so-called "matchmaking" appeared.