Six cards means: put a bucket, a ruler, a steelyard, a pair of scissors, a mirror and an abacus on the table of heaven and earth.
In the old society, marriage was arranged by parents and had to be introduced by a matchmaker to show solemnity.
From: The second discount of Yuan Wuhan Chen's "Golden Pavilion": "I have a big tea gift, I have three media and six certificates, and I personally married a wife."
I prepared a lot of tea gifts and married myself with six items through three matchmakers.
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The origin of three media and six certificates:
A long time ago, three cobblers met a young man and wanted to try his talents: one said, please make a bun as big as the sun; One said, please put a can of oil as big as the sea; Another said, please knit a piece of cloth as long as the road. The young man said, "Please take off the sun and I'll make buns." : Please weigh the sea water and I will fill it with oil according to the quantity. Please put the handed ruler away and I will distribute it according to the quantity. Three shoemakers were stumped by the young man.
Young people ask them, what are the "six certificates"? None of the three shoemakers understood. One day, they met a girl and asked what the "six certificates" were.
The girl took a lifter, scissors, ruler, mirror, scale and abacus from home and said, "To know how much food there is, it is a certificate of promotion;" Whether the clothes are cut well or not is the certificate of scissors; How much cloth there is, as evidenced by the ruler; What it looks like, as evidenced by the mirror; The weight of things is proved by scales; Whether the accounts are clear or not is proved by abacus. This is the' six certificates'. "
The cobbler told the young people "six certificates". The young man appreciated the girl's talent very much, so he asked the cobbler to act as a matchmaker, and the girl was willing. Three cobblers naturally become "three matchmakers". When a wedding is held, rulers, scissors, glasses, scales and abacus are placed on the table, which is called "six cards", so there is the saying of "three media and six cards".
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