Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Lucky day inquiry - Did the man hold a farewell party the day before people got married in ancient times?

Did the man hold a farewell party the day before people got married in ancient times?

In ancient times, the man needed to help decorate at home the day before the wedding, and would not go out to drink and get together with friends. The bachelor party is a ceremony that only existed before modern people got married, but not in ancient times.

In the traditional wedding etiquette in ancient China, the choice of wedding date is very important. The ancients believed that the date of marriage would affect the happiness of newlyweds. Mate selection day is also called "auspicious choice". This task is entrusted to fortune tellers, and some educated parents will also read the almanac to calculate the date themselves.

After the auspicious day is chosen, both parents will send invitations to relatives and friends to invite them to the wedding. Some people may have something to attend, so they will choose a gift and write their greetings to the newlyweds on it.

In ancient rural areas of China, relatives and friends usually gave the woman some practical things, such as boxes, cabinets, new beds, bedding, clothes and cloth. After choosing gifts, these people can give them directly to the woman without waiting for invitations, because people at that time needed to determine the scale of the banquet according to the number of givers.

The day before a man and a woman get married, the woman's family will arrange some people to go to the man's house to help decorate the new house. This custom is also called "building a house". The things on the bed are also very particular. Generally, they will choose very auspicious red, and the pillows will be embroidered with mascots such as dragons and phoenixes. In addition to sending people to help pave the house, the woman's family has to prepare gifts and put them in the new house to become a "greenhouse", and also send people to guard the new house and prevent others from entering the house.

To sum up, the ancients had many customs and things to do before getting married, but there was no such custom as holding a bachelor party.