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Wedding jargon?

Although many people are no longer superstitious now, when it comes to such an important event as marriage, it is still necessary to look up the zodiac to find an auspicious day. But how do young people understand many ancient technical terms in the zodiac? Therefore, Bian Xiao has collected explanations of various wedding terms for prospective couples, so that you can easily understand the lunar calendar.

Na Cai: Propose marriage. One of the six traditional weddings in China is the first step of marriage, that is, the man prepares gifts and proposes to the woman's family.

Question Name: One of the six traditional wedding ceremonies in China, the second step of marriage. The man handed a letter asking the woman's name to the matchmaker and took it to the woman's home. The woman returned a book with her name, birthday and birth mother's name on it. Naming and asking names are usually continuous, also called naming or short naming.

Naji: One of the six traditional wedding ceremonies in China, the third step of marriage. After asking the names, the man gave the birth dates of the man and the woman to the fortune teller. After the fortune teller figures out that the two are suitable, the man goes to divination, and he must predict good or bad luck, and then inform the woman that the marriage is fixed.

Conscription: also known as paying money, engaging in employment, signing alliances, exceeding definition, writing, completing employment, (modern) engagement, (modern commonly known as) small employment. One of the six traditional weddings in China, the fourth step of marriage, after Naji, the man prepares a bride price and gives it to the woman.

Invitation: One of the six traditional weddings in China, the fifth step of marriage. After the recruitment, the man chooses the wedding date, informs the woman and obtains her consent.

Kissing: One of the six traditional wedding ceremonies in China, it is also the sixth and last step of marriage. After the invitation period, the groom should wear a formal dress to meet the bride at the woman's house and pay homage at the groom's house on the set day.

Cutting: mainly refers to cutting the bride's dress.

Install a bed: refers to placing a bed. It is also divided into new beds and old beds for resettlement. The placement of a new bed refers to the bed that the man placed between husband and wife before marriage. The old bed was moved because of bad luck or the woman's long-term infertility. In order to change the traffic or the woman's pregnancy, the position and direction of the bed were rearranged.

Account: Create an account. When sewing mosquito nets for the bride and groom, bed and tent are usually combined, sometimes called bed and tent.

Face-lifting: In ancient times, the bride was asked to pull out the hair on her face with a thread before getting married. Modern can refer to the beauty or makeup of the bride.

Xu Na: A husband. Contrary to the fact that women marry men as wives.