China's traditional concept of marriage

The ancients in China believed that dusk was auspicious, so they would get married at dusk, so the etiquette of combining husband and wife was called "faint ceremony", which later evolved into a wedding. People in China like red and think it is a symbol of good luck. Therefore, traditional wedding customs always use big red to set off a festive and warm atmosphere. Auspicious, blessing and filial piety have become the main theme of the wedding, and almost every etiquette in the wedding is permeated with the philosophy of China people. According to legend, the earliest marriage and wedding in China began with Fu's marriage and Nu Wa's matchmaking. As "Jing Hua Yuan Wai Ji" said: "There was no difference between men and women in ancient times, and Tai Hao began to set up a wedding ceremony, with the skin of the couple as the gift." Since then, Lippi has become one of the classic wedding gifts. After that, in addition to the "wedding ceremony", we must also "tell our parents"; During the Xia and Shang Dynasties, there were festivals of "before welcoming the court" and "before welcoming the court". The Zhou Dynasty was an era of etiquette. At that time, a complete set of wedding etiquette was gradually formed. There are detailed regulations in "Yili", which combine the whole set of rituals into "six rituals". From then on, the making of the six-ceremony wedding became the template of the traditional wedding in China.