What's the name of a man as a matchmaker?

Men are called matchmakers, matchmakers and coal men.

The origin of matchmakers is very early. In the Book of Songs, there is a poem about the book of quarrels between matchmakers: "How to marry a robber is not allowed", which shows that matchmakers have become an important element of marriage as early as the Zhou Dynasty. In the etiquette of later generations, marriage must have the words of a matchmaker.

According to the ancient etiquette system, a standard marriage has to go through six stages: recruiting relatives, seeking fame, Naji, recruiting relatives, inviting relatives and welcoming relatives, and each stage requires a matchmaker to thread the needle. There are other names for matchmakers, such as matchmaker, Lao Yueyue, Yueyue, matchmaker, matchmaker, Iceman, matchmaker and so on.

Marriage in ancient China was about the words of matchmakers. Therefore, if you get married without a matchmaker, it is inconsistent with the ceremony. Although it's two of a kind, she will go to the door to fix the matchmaker's words, the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, and then she will get a wedding present.

The matchmaker will act as a middleman from the moment of marriage proposal to the moment of engagement and marriage promotion. He will run errands between men and women, contact and coordinate the details, create an atmosphere, say auspicious words and wish the couple happiness until the wedding is over. The matchmaker is voluntary and may not ask for compensation.

Ancient book records

According to the novel of the Tang Dynasty, a scholar named Wei Gu passed by Song Cheng in the evening and met an old man sitting on the side of the road, with a big pocket in his hand, reading a big book in the moonlight. Wei Gu asked him what book he was looking for. The old man replied that this is the marriage certificate of everyone in the world. Gu Wei asked the old man what was in his big pocket.

The old man replied, "If you tie men's and women's feet with a red rope, as long as you tie a man's and a woman's feet on the red rope, even a sworn enemy or a stranger thousands of miles away will definitely form a husband and wife." Therefore, people say that "a thousand miles of marriage is a thread." "If the elderly don't need the red line under the moon, they can't go to another place." It can be seen that people are in awe of the matchmaker.