Why is the ancient wedding in China called "Three Books and Six Rites"?

The wedding procedure in ancient China is "Six Rites", which refers to winning lots, asking names, Naji, accepting levies, inviting guests and welcoming relatives. The other five gifts, except the wedding reception, are all prepared before marriage. According to the traditional etiquette in China, men and women need "three media in six" to get married, which is the so-called "three books and six rituals".

"Three Books" refers to the documents exchanged during the engagement, namely: "Letter of Appointment"-exchanged during the engagement; "Gift Book"-handed in at the time of the gift; "Wedding Book"-the man gives it to the woman when he marries her.

"Six rites" refers to the process from finding relatives and matchmaking to getting married and finishing marriage. Specifically:

Li Na: The man asked someone to prepare a gift to propose marriage to the woman's family.

Name asking: The man's family wrote down the man's name, ranking and date of birth on a big red letter, and the matchmaker sent it to the woman's family. If the girl is going to get married, write the girl's name in eight characters and ask someone to count it;

Najib: If there is no contradiction between men and women, the marriage is preliminarily agreed;

Zheng Na: Also known as the bride price, similar to today's engagement, it refers to the etiquette that the bride price is formally sent to the woman's house at the man's house after the marriage relationship is confirmed.

Invitation: Choose an auspicious day to get married. In the old days, auspicious days of the ecliptic were generally bimonthly and bimonthly, and most of them did not choose March, June and November;

Wedding ceremony: On the wedding day, the man personally goes to the woman's house with the marriage certificate to marry the bride.