What are the "Three Books and Six Gifts" in traditional weddings in China?

The three books and six gifts in the traditional wedding in China refer to the letter of appointment, the letter of gift and the letter of welcome; Accept, ask the name, Najib, accept, invite, welcome.

One or three books

1. Letter of appointment: a letter of appointment. When Naji (a man and a woman are engaged), the man's family gives the book to the woman's family.

2. Gift Book: a document used in the gift ceremony, which lists the items and quantities of the gift ceremony.

3. Welcome book: that is, the document to marry the bride. It is the certificate that the man gave to the woman when he came in to greet the bride.

Second, six rites

1, that's it: when the child gets married, the parents of the man's family find a matchmaker to propose marriage to the woman's family. When accepting gifts, the man's family needs to send about 30 kinds of auspicious gifts to the woman's family; The woman's family also asked the matchmaker about the man's family at this time.

2. Ask the name: that is, after the woman's parents accept the proposal, the woman's family will bring her daughter's age eight characters back to the man's family, so that men and women are right and good luck will be good.

3. Naji (also known as Guo): After receiving the Geng Tie, he will put it in front of the gods or ancestors and ask for good or bad luck to confirm that the characters of the two sides do not conflict. After learning that there are no signs of contradiction between the two sides, they have initially agreed to get married.

4. Requisition (also known as gift): that is, the man's family sends the letter of appointment and gift to the woman's family. One month to two weeks before the wedding, the man's family will ask two or four female relatives (must be Quanfu) to make an appointment with the matchmaker and bring the bride price, gift money and dowry to the woman's family; At this point, the woman needs to return the gift.

5. Invitation day (also called begging day): it is a good day for the man to choose to get married and get the consent of the woman.

6. Wedding (or wedding): On an auspicious wedding day, the groom in formal dress will personally take the matchmaker, relatives and friends to the bride's house. Before the groom goes to the woman's house, he needs to go to the ancestral temple of the woman's house and then send the bride to the man's house in a sedan chair. After the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, land and ancestors, the male family was sent to the bridal chamber.

The Cultural Significance of Traditional Wedding in China;

Chinese traditional weddings have a history of thousands of years and unique traditional wedding cultural characteristics. Asian wedding culture is developed on the basis of China traditional culture. The changes of the times, although some etiquette has gradually faded out, the essence preserved is still unique.

The traditional wedding in China originated from the cultural accumulation of China for thousands of years. People in China like red and think it is a symbol of good luck. Good luck wishes. Filial piety has become the theme of weddings, and almost every etiquette in weddings is permeated with the philosophy of China people.