Chinese wedding customs three worship nine kowtow

Chinese wedding a lot of attention, to do a real traditional style wedding, you should carefully understand his customs.

1, three books and six rituals: according to traditional Chinese etiquette, men and women need to get married "three media six recruitment", also known as the "three books and six rituals", "three books" refers to the process of rituals and recruitment of documents, respectively, "bridegroom" and "six rituals", "three books" refers to the "three books and six rituals". The "three books" refer to the documents exchanged in the process of rituals and engagements, which are "book of engagement" - exchanged at the time of betrothal; "book of rites" - exchanged at the time of The "welcome letter" is given to the woman by her boyfriend when she meets her husband. The "six rites" refer to the formalities from marriage proposal, matchmaking to marriage and consummation of marriage, specifically:

Na Ri: the man's family invites someone to prepare to propose marriage to the woman's family, matchmaking.

Ask for the name: the male family in the red gung stickers written on the man's name, ranking, birth date, sent by the matchmaker to the woman's home, the woman's family, if you are interested in marriage, the girl's name written on the eight characters to ask people to account for.

Naji: If the men and women of the eight characters do not collide with each other, the marriage is initially agreed upon, ask the name of the divination of good omen, the man sends a thin gift to the woman's home, the discussion of the marriage to continue, also known as the over the text of the final or a small fixed.

Na Hui: the official bride price to the woman's home is also known as "over the big gift", similar to today's engagement.

Please: choose an auspicious day to get married. In the old days, the choice of auspicious day is generally more bimonthly double day, do not like to choose three, six, November. Three has a loose sound; do not choose six because you do not want the new couple only half a lifetime of karma; November implies the meaning of endless.

Personal welcome: officially married, welcome the bride expressed the man asked from the husband's strong desire to the wedding day, the man with the bride book personally to the woman's home to marry the bride.

2, bed: a few days before the wedding, choose a good day, the new couple's new bed will be placed in the new room, will be bedding, bedsheets, and then lay the dragon and phoenix quilt. All kinds of fruits are spread on the quilt, such as peanuts, jujubes, cinnamon, lotus seeds, etc., which means that the new couple will have a son soon. The person who carries the bed, the person who makes the bed and the person who spreads the fruits of joy are all carefully selected "people with good destiny" - parents are alive, siblings are all complete, marriages are harmonious, children It is natural to hope that such people will bring good luck to the new couple.

3, the bridal chamber: in the old days, the groom's family brothers of the same generation can make the bridal chamber. The old people believe that "the new man does not make no hair, the more the more hair". And can drive away evil spirits for the newcomers, after the wedding as auspicious.

4, dowry: dowry is the woman's family accompaniment, is the woman's family status and symbol of wealth. Dowry at the latest one day before the wedding to the husband's family, the dowry in addition to clothing and jewelry, mainly some symbols of good omen things, such as: scissors, meaning butterflies fly; spittoon, also known as the children and grandchildren barrels; vase, which means that the flowers blossomed in the rich and powerful; shoes, meaning that the white head to grow old together; ruler, meaning that the good land of ten thousand hectares

5, on the first: on the head of the men and women have to be carried out on the pre-wedding ceremony. It is also to choose a good day. Men and women in their respective homes by the combing woman combing the head, one side comb, one side to say aloud: a comb comb to the tail, the second comb comb to gray hair eyebrows, three comb comb to children and grandchildren all over the place, the fourth comb comb to the four silver bamboo shoots to the end of the standard Qi.

6, red umbrellas: the day of the bride, and the bride's sisters or bridesmaids to help out of the mother's door, standing in the open air, sisters or bridesmaids in the bride's head open a red umbrella, meaning "open branches and spreading leaves". And to the sky and scattered fans.

7, step on the fire pot: the bride's step lightly, step over the fire pot after the wedding life is a sign of red-hot.

8, across the saddle: the use of harmonics to send blessings, predicting that after the wedding two people live in peace and security.