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What is the traditional letter of appointment in Shandong?

In ancient times, everyone paid great attention to etiquette and related etiquette. Marrying a wife and having children must be the words of the matchmaker. If you fall in love privately, you are suspected of adultery in ancient times, unlike our modern freedom. Next, I would like to introduce "Three Books and Six Rites" and "Three Media and Six Certificates".

"Three Books": ① Engagement Letter: commonly known as engagement letter, it is the formal engagement of men and women, which is equivalent to our marriage certificate. The gift book, commonly known as the bride price list, is our present bride price. Generally speaking, people still have a bride price list. The marriage certificate, commonly known as the book of marrying the bride, may be equivalent to the guarantee letter we write to the bride when the man picks up the bride now. In fact, we have not lost these traditional cultures. "Six Gifts": ① Accepting a gift means proposing marriage; ② Asking the name means asking the woman's name and date of birth; ③ Naji means divination and auspicious date; ④ Receiving a gift for the woman; ⑤ Informing her of the wedding date calculated by divination; ⑤ Receiving a marriage means what we call picking a wedding. This word is not easy to understand now.

"Three media": the matchmaker of the man, the matchmaker of the woman and the matchmaker of both sides, which is unique in ancient times. The man's matchmaker is responsible for handling the handover between the man and the woman, and the woman's matchmaker is responsible for handling the matters discussed by the young couple. In ancient times, unmarried men and women could not meet in private, so it was necessary in ancient times. It's not so strict now. "Six certificates": six things: bucket, ruler, scale, scissors, mirror and abacus.