Chinese traditional wedding custom
1 .3 Books: According to the traditional etiquette in China, it refers to the documents exchanged during the wedding engagement, that is, the engagement book exchanged at the time of engagement: the gift list, which lists the types and quantities of gifts, and the "welcome book" exchanged at the time of big gifts: the book to welcome the bride, which is used when the bride enters the door on the wedding day.
2. Six rites: refers to the process from finding relatives to matchmaking to getting married. They are "talented people"-commonly known as matchmakers, that is, the man's family asks the matchmaker to propose marriage to the woman's family. After the woman's family proposed marriage, the man's family prepared a marriage proposal gift: "Ask the name"-commonly known as the eight characters, ask the matchmaker to ask the woman's date of birth and name, and prepare the wedding ceremony "Naji"-that is, after the man's family has a good omen, prepare a gift to inform the woman's family, and the marriage is initially agreed. The man chooses an auspicious day to hold an engagement gift at the woman's house: "invitation"-choose an auspicious day to get married. In the past, auspicious days of the zodiac were usually bimonthly and bimonthly. I don't like to choose March, June, November or Saturday, because I don't want a half-life marriage. November means endless meaning. "Kissing"-On the wedding day, the man personally went to the woman's house with a congratulatory letter to marry the bride.
3. Bedding: A few days before the wedding, choose an auspicious day, spread bedding and sheets on the new bed, then spread a dragon and phoenix quilt, and sprinkle all kinds of happy fruits on the quilt, such as peanuts, red dates, longan and lotus seeds. It means that the couple will have a baby early. The person who lifts the bed. The people who make the bed and scatter happy fruits are all carefully selected "lucky"-parents are alive, brothers and sisters are complete, and marriage is harmonious. Pairs of children naturally hope that such people can bring good luck to the couple.
4. Making trouble in the bridal chamber: Earlier, it was stipulated that the groom's brother of the same age could make trouble in the bridal chamber. Old people think that "the couple don't make trouble, the more they make trouble, the more they make trouble", which can exorcise evil spirits and avoid disasters for the couple, and they will be blessed after marriage.
5. Dowry: The dowry of a woman's family is a symbol of her family status and wealth. The dowry will be delivered to the in-laws at the latest the day before the wedding. In addition to clothes and accessories, dowry mainly refers to things that symbolize good luck, such as scissors, which means butterfly Qi Fei: spittoon, also known as children's bucket: vase, which means flowers are rich; Shoes mean to grow old together; Ruler means fertile land, and so on. Of course, local customs are different.
6. Above: Both men and women should have premarital ceremonies. It is also a good day to choose. Men and women comb their hair in their own homes and say loudly at the same time: comb it to the end, comb it to Qi Mei with white hair, comb it to the children and grandchildren, and comb it to four silver bamboo shoots.
7. Take a red umbrella: On the wedding day, the bride's sister or maid of honor helps her stand outdoors. Sister or maid of honor holds a red umbrella on the bride's head, which means "lush foliage" and scatters rice into the sky and the top of the umbrella.