What are three teas and six gifts?

In ancient times, many people paid the most attention to the tea ceremony when they got engaged, except for things like eight sedan chairs and ten miles of red makeup, and even marriage could be simplified, but the tea ceremony could not be omitted; Therefore, the tea ceremony became an important form for men and women to establish marriage relations, which was the most popular in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a custom and etiquette in the process of traditional marriage in ancient China, and now it is also used to refer to business, transaction and cooperation. Without the process of three teas and six rituals, marriage will not be recognized as marriage by the media.

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Tea: refers to the ginkgo given by the man when a man and a woman are engaged, which means a hundred years of harmony.

Ordering tea: when getting married, the man takes lotus seeds and red dates as gifts, which means that children are connected and have a baby early.

Tea: After the wedding, the husband and wife drink a cup of tea together to show that they will share joys and sorrows in the future.

Six rites

Nacai: that is, the man sends a bride price to the woman to propose marriage.

Ask the name: the man matchmaker asks the woman's name and date of birth, and then goes to the ancestral temple to predict good or bad luck. Only when the result is good can we proceed to the next step, and the intensity will stop here.

Najib: Make a good omen before you get married.

Conscription: The man sent someone to send the bride price to the woman's house.

Date of invitation: Ask the woman to set a wedding date.

Kissing: On the wedding day, the man must meet the woman in person, and then the man will go back first and meet him outside the door.

Origin of custom: Three teas and Six Rites Tea Ceremony is a grand ceremony in ancient China; Originally, because of the ancient people's understanding of the habits of tea trees, they thought that tea trees could only germinate from seeds into plants and could not be transplanted, so they regarded tea trees as a symbol of perseverance; Therefore, people regard tea as a tea gift for men and women's engagement.

Modern evolution: different nationalities have different marriage customs about tea; With the changes of the times, the ancient "tea ceremony" wedding etiquette has been gradually simplified, and today's wedding ceremony is a continuation of this custom.