Ancient wedding etiquette process

There are six complete wedding customs in ancient China: receiving gifts, asking names, Naji, receiving gifts, inviting guests and welcoming relatives. The following is the knowledge about China ancient wedding etiquette summarized by studying Bian Xiao, hoping to help you!

Marriage Etiquette in Ancient China

One, three books and six gifts

Engagement letter: a letter from a man and a woman formally concluding an engagement. When Najib (Guo) is used.

Gift book: Gift book, that is, gift list, lists the types and quantities of gifts in detail. Use it when receiving gifts.

Marriage book: a book for marrying a bride. For picking up the bride on the wedding day.

Nacai: In ancient times, the first wedding ceremony was to ask the matchmaker to act as matchmaker. It was called Nacai, and now it is called "marriage proposal".

Seeking a name: the man asks the woman's name and date of birth, which is called 1 and the auspicious name. Now it is called "eight characters".

Najib: If the name is auspicious, the matchmaker gives a small gift, it is called Najib, and now it is called Guo or Guo.

Levy: Giving gifts such as cash gifts, cakes, gifts and sacrifices is a formal bride price, which is called levy, and now it is called "gift".

Invitation: The man asked the fortune teller to choose a date, which is called invitation, also known as "begging for an appointment", and now it is called "choosing a date".

Kissing: The groom takes a limousine to the bride's house to pick her up. This is called kissing.

Bedding: Choose a good day. A few days before the wedding, the lucky guy will move the new bed to the right place. Then, before the wedding, a good woman is responsible for making the bed, spreading mattresses, sheets, dragons and phoenixes on the bed, and sprinkling all kinds of happy fruits, such as red dates, longan, dried litchi, red mung beans and red envelopes. After the bed is installed, no one is allowed to enter the new house and touch the new bed before the newlyweds enter the room.

Second, the bride's dress

Color: China people can't get away from a big red wedding, and they are used to using bright colors to set off the atmosphere. Therefore, the color of women's wedding dresses in the past dynasties is big red, which has become customized to show celebration, set off new people and indicate prosperity and happiness in the future.

Style: The bride's dress is a wide-sleeved double-breasted dress with a beaded crest on her head. It is worth noting that Zhai Yi's model is very special. Duijin itself has a complete sense of symmetry. In China culture, it represents the meaning of symmetry and beauty. On the other hand, the symmetrical golden pheasant pattern on it symbolizes the beauty and harmony of husband and wife's life in China traditional culture.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the traditional wedding dresses in China were robes, mandarin jackets and robes with crowns. The official dress of the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty is a symbol of power and status, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Because it is covered with brilliant jewels, it is extremely graceful and gorgeous, expressing the people's admiration for dignitaries, and it has gradually evolved into a wedding dress for giants. Generally, when a daughter gets married, she can only wear a big red dress, add a red hijab and embroidered shoes and carry it into her husband's house in a red sedan chair. Note that it is a "red" word.

Headdress: The bride usually wears a bun on the wedding day, which is different from unmarried women.

Red headgear: The bride wears a red headgear on the wedding day, symbolizing virginity, youth and purity. After the wedding, the groom personally unveiled it.

have a bath

Generally speaking, taking a bath doesn't mean celebrating anything, but taking a bath before marriage in China is not as simple as soaking in the bathtub for 20 minutes as you usually think. The smell of Wendan (grapefruit) is dissolved in water, or the smell of flowers and plants such as bamboo, pine or mugwort. After the bride takes a bath, she washes away the "evil spirits" on her body, which also means auspiciousness, longevity and prosperity. In addition to these spiritual functions, the smell of flowers and plants also helps to make her skin smooth and tender, which many women hope.