What do you mean, "Three Books and Six Rites, Matchmaking"

After completing the process of three books and six rituals, marriage will be recognized as marriage by the Ming media.

"Three Books" refers to the documents used in the process of "Six Rites", including appointment books, ceremony books and welcoming books.

"Six Rites" refers to the whole marriage process from marriage proposal to marriage. "Six Rites" means accepting gifts, asking names, concubinage, accepting gifts, inviting parties and welcoming relatives.

When the man got the eight characters generated by the woman, Najib asked people to predict whether the eight characters of men and women matched. If there is no conflict between men and women, he will prepare gifts for the matchmaker to inform the woman and prepare for engagement. At this point, the marriage between men and women has been preliminarily determined, and this process is also called "crossing Wen Ding".

Three Six Rites:

Modern marriage process generally refers to the etiquette held on the wedding day, and the marriage process of three books and six rituals includes documents and etiquette from marriage talk, engagement to marriage. Similar to modern times, the whole traditional marriage customs and etiquette are informed to relatives and neighbors in order to gain social recognition and protection.

In addition, traditional marriage customs and etiquette enable married couples to gain the recognition of their ancestors and promise to fulfill their rights and obligations to their parents and relatives. Whether the wedding ceremony is complete directly affects the auspiciousness of marriage. However, in different dynasties in China, wedding customs and etiquette are also different.