In "Knowing Whether", when the Sheng family's eldest girl got married, why did she receive live geese as a bride price?

In Zhi Fu, Sheng Hualan, the eldest girl of the Sheng family, received a bride price from her in-laws, a pair of geese. Sheng Hualan's acceptance of the pair of live geese signified her agreement to the marriage,the geese represent harmony between husband and wife, keeping faith with each other, and being faithful to each other. In ancient times, the mother-in-law's family to the mother's family bride price,wooing will send a pair of live geese, on behalf of the mother-in-law's family to the woman's family of the importance of , the two families of the family is equivalent to the door, so the Yuan family came to Sheng's family to lay the bride price, the scene is very grand.

A, Yuan family hired to send live geese, representing the husband and wife harmony, keep faith with each other

Goose is a very long-lasting love birds, autumn geese will fly south, in line with the characteristics of the life of the geese, spring to autumn, the geese are always so repeatedly migrate, never too much trouble. Therefore, the ancients commonly used geese to represent faithful love, the in-laws go to the woman's home under the employment will bring a pair of live geese. In the drama, this pair of geese was caught by Sheng Hualan's future husband, so this pair of geese is a beautiful foreshadowing of each other's relationship. The Sheng family also almost lost the pair of live geese when the Yuan family came to offer the bride price because Lin Xiaoniang's son and Gu Tingye were competing in a pot-throwing contest and nearly lost the pair.

Second, the customs of the ancients, the proposal, the next hire to bring live geese

Yuan family is a marquis family, Sheng family is a family of books, the two families are equivalent, so the marriage of the deceased is very much about the relationship between the family. At that time, Sheng Hualan was raised in Sheng old lady room, zither, chess, calligraphy and painting all through, Sheng Hualan know books and reasoning, siblings to take care of especially thoughtful, treating people quite a bit of Sheng old lady in the year of the appearance. Therefore, Sheng Hualan's reputation, many people have come to propose, and finally decided to choose the Yuan family, which is also considered to be his family picked up the baby, and later Sheng Hualan became his family's head of the family, but also helped the in-laws a lot of favor. Sheng family's daughter knows the book, Sheng Vast into the court as an official, Sheng old lady is also from a famous family, so the two families are right for each other, the Yuan family is also sent to the live geese to give as a bride price, which is the importance of the Sheng family. Ancient people to welcome the wedding ceremony is very important etiquette, so this Yuan family hired is also very grand, to see the Sheng family is also taken seriously.

Conclusion

Ancient times, under the bride price to the geese is very important, for the woman this is more important than gold and silver treasure. Hualan married well, which is also the honor of the Sheng family.