What are the traditional wedding agendas in China?

The traditional wedding agenda in China includes proposing marriage, betrothal, getting married, paying attention to the marriage, sitting in a sedan chair, opening a face, getting on the sedan chair, paying homage to the bride, having a cup of wine and getting married.

The initial wedding form began at the end of primitive society, and the engagement ceremony, which was said to have started in Fuxi era, gradually evolved.

The wedding form from the Xia and Shang Dynasties to the complete "Six Rites" in the Zhou Dynasty has initially laid the foundation for Chinese traditional weddings.

First, propose marriage

At the order of parents, through the matchmaker, it is considered that the door is right, and the exchange of "Geng Tie" (age, birthdates) is pressed on the bottom of the clean cup in front of the kitchen god statue to test the divine will.

second, look at the dowry

the man goes to the woman to move the dowry (dowry), and the woman puts the dowry in the hall for people to watch, which is called "looking at the dowry". The utensils are hung with red color lines, the clothes are fumigated with sandalwood, and several silver dollars are placed at the bottom of the box, commonly known as "box money".

Third, get on the sedan chair

Before getting on the sedan chair, the bride was urged to make up three times by the man's mother, pretending that she didn't want to get married and was too lazy to dress up, and then she sat on her mother's lap, and the mother fed her daughter sedan chair rice, which meant not to forget the kindness of feeding.

Fourth, pay a visit to the church

When the sedan chair enters the door, the male family plays music and sets off firecrackers to welcome the sedan chair.

After stopping the car, unload the car door. A five-or six-year-old makeup girl (commonly known as "little girl getting out of the car") welcomes the bride out of the car, and pulls the bride's sleeve three times with her hand before getting out of the car.