Ruyi scale: take the meaning of Ruyi scale.
Mirror: a symbol of perfection or the beauty of the bride.
Doudou: a measure of food, which shows that the man's family is rich in marriage etiquette.
Scissors: It is one of the "six certificates" in traditional weddings. Used for tailoring in life, it means that the bride has a beautiful life and a bright future after marriage.
Abacus: a calculating tool used to calculate income and expenses in life. The golden abacus in wedding etiquette symbolizes the ideal and planning of the newlyweds for a peaceful and prosperous life in the future.
Embroidered shoes: shoes are homophonic with "thank you", which means that husband and wife love each other and grow old together.
Comb: You Baicheng Xiangcun means that the husband and wife love each other until they are old.
Ruler: a measuring tool, which is extended to measure the happiness in marriage, and also refers to the grandchildren. Happiness flows far and wide.
Jiubao Band, the first band in Nine Treasures, is a cash box, which is one of the wedding gifts given by the woman to show that her family is rich, and it is also used to collect treasures after marriage.
Extended data:
In ancient China, marriage was regarded as the most important thing of "combining the interests of two surnames, serving the temple and inheriting the future generations". Traditional marriage etiquette is one of the most solemn and enthusiastic ceremonies in China folk customs.
Traditional marriage etiquette began to form a complete "six rites" from the Zhou Dynasty.
These "six gifts" are: receiving gifts, asking names, receiving gifts, inviting guests, and welcoming relatives.
Na Cai is the man who asks the matchmaker to propose to the woman, indicating that he wants to marry the other party.
The traditional marriage is arranged marriage, and young men and women have no autonomy in their own marriage. At marriageable age, the man's parents invited the matchmaker to propose marriage to the woman's house. Na Cai should bring gifts.
If the woman accepts the betrothal gift from the man, she agrees to get married. So we have to implement the second step-ask the name. Seeking a name means asking the matchmaker to exchange the names, birthdays, places of origin, names and official positions of three generations of men and women.
Najib is the third step of the plan, that is, to take good luck.
The traditional marriage in China is based on "parents' orders and matchmakers' words". After asking the names, the two sides explored the possibility of marriage in various ways. These activities are called "marriage", which is called "eight-character approval" in modern times, that is, the modern "engagement".
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