"Gift Book"-a list of gifts, which lists the types and quantities of gifts in detail and exchanges them when giving gifts.
"Wedding Book"-a book for marrying the bride, which is used when picking up the bride on the wedding day.
Six rites: refers to the process from finding relatives and matchmaking to getting married.
"Nacai"-commonly known as matchmaking, that is, the man's family asks the matchmaker to propose marriage to the woman's family, and the woman's family promises to propose marriage, and the man's family prepares gifts to propose marriage;
"Ask the name"-commonly known as the eight characters, ask the matchmaker to ask the woman's date of birth and name to prepare for the wedding ceremony;
"Naji"-that is, after the man's family has a good omen, he will prepare a gift to inform the woman's family that the marriage is preliminarily agreed;
"Zheng Na"-also called a gift, 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, and I didn't like to choose March, June, November and Wednesday with scattered voices. I don't choose six because I don't want this couple to have a half-life marriage. November means a lot.
"Kissing"-On the wedding day, the man personally went to the woman's house with a congratulatory letter to marry the bride.
Dowry: A woman's dowry 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 ornaments, dowry is mainly a symbol of good omen, such as scissors, which means butterfly Qi Fei; Spiton, also known as the children's fight; Vase, meaning flowers bloom with wealth; Shoes mean growing old together; Feet, meaning fertile land and so on. Of course, customs and pay attention to different places.
Bedding: A few days before the wedding, choose an auspicious day, spread bedding and sheets on the new bed, then spread dragon and phoenix quilts, and sprinkle all kinds of happy fruits on the bedding, such as peanuts, red dates, longan and lotus seeds. In other words, the couple will have a baby early. Those who lift the bed, make the bed, and sprinkle happy fruits are all carefully selected "lucky"-parents are alive, brothers and sisters are complete, marriage is harmonious, and children are in pairs. Naturally, I hope that such people can bring good luck to the newcomers.
wedding ceremony
Wedding reception: On the morning of the wedding, the man will come to the woman's house with the wedding reception team.
Looking for red shoes: The groom needs to find a batch of prepared red wedding shoes in the bride's room, help the bride put them on, and then take the bride away.
Serve tea: Newcomers should bow to their parents and serve tea until their elders have finished drinking.
Scatter rice with a red umbrella: When the bride and groom go out, they should be accompanied by bridesmaids holding red umbrellas, and at the same time, they should scatter rice on the roadside, which means that chickens should not peck at the bride. Note that the bride's feet should not touch the ground, and the sister-in-law should not send her away.
Pass by someone's house
Get off: The ground is covered with a red carpet, and the bride's shoes don't touch the ground.
Passing brazier: a symbol of prosperity.
Worship the church: worship heaven and earth first, then worship the high hall, and husband and wife worship each other. The worship of heaven and earth represents the worship of the god of heaven and earth; And worshipping Gaotang is the embodiment of filial piety; As for the worship of husband and wife, it means that husband and wife respect each other as guests.
Lift the hijab: Take off the bride's hijab with a scale.
Cheers: lovers will become one from now on.
Change your mouth to tea: change your name to "parents".
Entering the bridal chamber: On the wedding day, the bridal chamber was filled with flowers and candles, and there was a ceremony to disturb the bridal chamber before, mainly to celebrate and have fun.
(of a newlywed wife) going to her parents' home with her newlywed husband.
Going back to the bride's family in the three dynasties means that the newlyweds go back to the bride's family hand in hand after marriage, put on new clothes, prepare gifts, go to the woman's house in the morning to thank their parents and elders and have dinner with guests.