What does it mean to form an alliance with the Gregorian calendar?

Gregorian calendar engagement is a kind of wedding custom ceremony in China traditional culture, which is accompanied by the formal civil wedding. Engagement in the Gregorian calendar means that before marriage, both men and women sign an engagement agreement in the presence of the clergy of the temple fair or their elders and relatives, record their names, places of origin, ancestral homes, birthdays and wedding dates, and seal the marriage papers with yellow paper to show their sincerity in getting married.

In China, it was very popular in ancient feudal society, but some people still believe in the mystery and traditional significance of this custom in some rural areas. As a part of China's culture, the engagement of the Yellow Calendar represents the values of marriage loyalty, family harmony, humanity and morality in China's traditional culture. The engagement in the solar calendar is called a sacred way of marriage, which was once regarded as an important way of marriage in ancient China. It conveys the essence of China's ancient marriage system, family ethics, virtue and morality.

With the development of modern society, social concepts and values have changed, and the traditional custom of alliance in the Yellow Calendar is no longer common. The autonomy of marriage is valued and the engagement agreement is legalized. Both parties have the right to choose whether to follow this custom or not. Nowadays, modern forms such as broadcasting marriage proposal and taking engagement photos have become mainstream. Although it is no longer implemented, the traditional culture and ideas it represents have been deeply imprinted in the traditional culture of China, which has had a great impact on the way of thinking, behavior habits and lifestyle of China people.