What are the procedures for people to get married in the Tang Dynasty?

In the Tang Dynasty, people's weddings had to go through six procedures: accepting gifts, asking names, accepting gifts, inviting parties and welcoming relatives, before both men and women could enter the marriage capital. These six items are the so-called six rites. Among them, three books refer to the letter of appointment, gift letter and welcome letter, all of which are used in the whole wedding negotiation process.

What was the first process of engagement between men and women in the Tang Dynasty? Nacai? . The man first invited the matchmaker to propose marriage to the woman's house. If the woman's family agrees, can the man? Nacai? , just take it? A gift? Send it to the woman's house. Na Cai is like our proposal ceremony now. In the Tang Dynasty, the gift was a wild goose, because the wild goose symbolized it at that time. Loyalty? . This gift not only represents the sincerity of the man, but also expresses the beautiful yearning of men and women in the Tang Dynasty for marriage loyalty. The woman agrees to the man's proposal, and then the man will ask the woman's date of birth and see if the man and woman are married according to the date of birth. We still have this custom when we get married now. After calculating the date of birth, you must inform the woman. What is this process? Ask the name? And then what? Najib? . After that, the man will give a letter of appointment and a gift to formally inform the woman that they have established an engagement, just like our engagement ceremony today.

You can't marry a girl for nothing, but you must give her a dowry. To send a bride price, you need to use a gift book to record the number of bride price and the name of the gift. After the bride price is delivered, the man sets the wedding date and tells the woman's family whether they agree to this wedding date. What is the process? Date of invitation? . What is the last process after the woman agrees? Kissing? . The man came to the woman's house with a welcome book and took her away with an eight-lift bridge. After that, the bride and groom held a wedding, and they got married in their new house.

The above is the process for people in the Tang Dynasty to get married. Although complicated, it also represents the sincere attitude of the groom to marry the bride. Symbols of various ceremonies also pin the bride and groom's longing for a better marriage life, as well as the parents, relatives and friends of the couple's good wishes for their marriage life.