What are all the Korean marriage customs?

Marriage among the Koreans is monogamous. According to the traditional custom, close relatives, the same clan, the same surname do not marry. It is a common custom that "the man is the master of the house and the woman is the master of the family".

Korean marriage customs from matchmaking to marriage to go through six rituals, namely, "Na Cai", "asking for the name", "Na Ji", "Na Cai", "Invitation", "Invitation" and "Invitation".

There are six ceremonies from the wedding to the marriage, namely, the "Nacai", "asking for the name", "Naji", "Najin", "Invitation" and "Welcome".

The contact between the girl and the boy to spread the word, need a "matchmaker". First of all, the man's family to let the matchmaker to the woman's home "to see good", and the Han's "matchmaking" similar, such as satisfaction, the boy formally proposed to the girl, the woman also agreed, the man's family to the woman to send "four pillar ". Four columns is written on a piece of paper with the name and star constellation (birth year, month, day and hour) the female party and then take the girl's four columns and the right "dome", the so-called "dome" means that men and women's phases of the genus whether they are compatible with each other and do not contradict each other. If the two zodiac signs match, the woman will notify the man's home through the matchmaker, said the two "dome" relative, the man can "choose the day" to determine the date of the wedding and send bride price to the woman's home, generally to have "green satin ", "red satin" and so on. "Nacai" gift is the bridegroom's family to the bride's family to propose marriage gifts. The "asking for the name" ceremony is the ritual of inquiring the name of the mother of the bride to divine her future good or bad luck. The "Naji" ceremony is when the groom's family informs the bride's family of the auspicious date. The "Naji" ceremony is the bridegroom's family to the bride has sent the green satin, red satin and other financial gifts, "please date" ceremony is the groom's family to select the wedding date in writing to the bride's family for advice, the bride's family according to the girl's specific circumstances to reply. "The bridegroom's family sends the chosen wedding date in writing to the bride's family for advice, and the bride's family responds according to the girl's specific situation. The ceremony of "welcoming the bride", where the groom welcomes the bride, is also the most solemn.

The Korean wedding ceremony is very complex, in Yanbian, the wedding is generally divided into two sections: first held in the bride's home, after the groom's home. Held in the bride's home is called the "groom's wedding", held in the groom's home is called the "bride's wedding".

The bridegroom's wedding is generally performed according to the order of the ceremony of laying down the wild geese, handing over the rite of passage, the room and the rite of passage, the banquet rite and so on. Before the groom goes to meet the bride, he has to say goodbye to his father and elders. The bride's family prepares a sumptuous wedding banquet for the groom. When the groom sits down in front of the table, he has to drink three cups of wine first. The most eye-catching thing on the wedding table is a cooked chicken with red chili peppers on its beak. According to folklore, red is yang, which can drive away evil spirits, and the custom of letting the chicken carry chili peppers originates from this, which also symbolizes the meaning of giving birth to a son early. Bowl to be buried on the eggs, rice eggs in the wish for children, life is full of meaning, generally buried three eggs, the groom ate half, the other half to be left for the bride to eat. After the bride and groom exchange gifts, to perform the "worship".

The bridegroom in the bride's home to live for three days, then go home alone, and then the bride to wait for the chosen auspicious day to be welcomed to the groom's home, the groom's home is also set up Jiao Li Hall, for the bride to set up a wedding, the next day the bride with her husband's family to recognize, salute, was invited to entertain, and thus, the wedding is over. Koreans generally do not divorce after marriage, they held in the wedding ceremony to offer the wooden goose, symbolizing the desire of the couple to live forever.