Why did an ancient man propose to the woman with a live goose?

In ancient times, when a man proposed, he had to bring a live goose to the woman's house to propose, because the ancient wedding was divided into six stages, commonly known as "six rituals." The wedding customs in Sichuan also have these complicated procedures.

"A General Examination of Five Rites" once said that since the end of the Qi Dynasty, regardless of the emperor and the people, the wedding ceremony "is one of acceptance, the other is roll call, the third is acceptance, the fourth is acceptance, the fifth is request and the sixth is welcome. This is the six stages of ancient wedding, commonly known as the "Six Rites". Sichuan wedding customs also have these complicated procedures. That's it: this is the first stage of marriage negotiation. After the man proposed to the matchmaker, the woman agreed to talk about marriage. Men prepare gifts to propose to women. The gift is a wild goose. All geese should be alive.

Ask the name: After marriage, ask the matchmaker to ask the woman's date of birth and name to prepare for the wedding. Najib: After asking the good news about the wedding, say the bride's wedding. Also known as the "warring alliance". This is the main ceremony at the engagement stage. Traditionally, geese should be used as wedding souvenirs. Later, it was developed to use rings, jewelry, colored silk, gift cakes, gift candles and even sheep and pigs, so it was also called "sending" or "renting". That's right: after the engagement, the man's family will give the bride price to the woman's family, which is the wedding ceremony. This kind of wedding is also called final engagement or big engagement, excessive engagement, etc. Later, the wedding also adopted the practice of returning one or all of the food in the dowry; Or after being hired, return the clothes, hats, shoes and socks given to the man by the woman's family. The number of engagement gifts and the names of items should be auspicious, and the number should be avoided.

Yingying: The new son-in-law wants to marry his daughter. This kind of ceremony is usually regarded as the main wedding procedure, while the first five items are regarded as transitional ceremonies such as negotiation and engagement. Some of these forms are for the needs of social relations, such as the "make-up" of the woman's family and the "opening the bow" and "making holes" of the man's family, all of which are rituals to establish social relations. This is a ceremony to welcome guests. Generally speaking, it is a sedan chair with two or one top. The requirements of "seeing the bride off" in a sedan chair are different from those of "welcoming the bride" in accompanying the groom to meet the bride.

After the "Six Rites" of marriage, the bride returned to her family "safely". Later, the bride entered the reproductive period, and the second generation held a fertility ceremony again. Since then, the wedding has only been held once a year as a family anniversary until the end of the year.