What is the format of traditional marriage documents?

write a "marriage list" immediately: the "marriage list" is drawn up according to the married person's eight characters. Generally, when Mr. Yin Yang is invited to "see the day", he will "infer and understand" and copy it out as a "guide" for men and women to get married on the same day, and all relevant actions should be carried out according to the provisions on the "marriage certificate".

Attachment: the old "wedding list" style (red paper is listed in strips)

Wedding list

On the one hand, it faces a certain party at a certain moment; on the other hand, it faces a certain party at a certain moment; on the other hand, it faces a certain party; on the other hand, it faces a certain party; on the other hand, it avoids three phases; on the other hand, it faces a certain party; on the other hand, it avoids three phases

Note.

② wearing a crown: the moment when wearing a rockhopper and "welcoming clothes" ("welcoming" is commonly pronounced as "ning" here);

③ avoid the three phases: every relative should avoid the three phases that contradict each other in the relevant year, which is an old folk custom. When a new person gets on or off the sedan chair or carries a dowry, the relative he avoids, otherwise, it will be bad for both parties. The general precepts are: snake, chicken and cow in the year of Shen Zichen, tiger, horse and dog in the year of ugliness, pig, rabbit and sheep in the year of Yinwu, and dragon, mouse and monkey in the year of Haimao. When you know, you should consciously avoid it.

5. send a good day: after the man chooses the wedding date, he should choose an auspicious day to send it to the woman's house, which is commonly called "send a good day". In the past, it was all done in the form of "exchanging posts", indicating that both parties agreed, and if there was no objection, they could prepare separately and get married as scheduled. This form has long been abolished, and later it was only verbally told to the woman and agreed.

The following marriage documents are the most direct and original materials held by the parties to the marriage as evidence. They show us the real relationship between the parties to the marriage, between the parties to the marriage and social morality and national laws, which is difficult for us to understand concretely and systematically in any other historical materials. According to the available data, folk marriage books originated in the Tang Dynasty. In the early days, there were many rhetorical functions in the writing of marriage documents, but this situation became more and more simplified in the Qing Dynasty, especially in the contract marriage documents, which often went straight to the point from the beginning, indicating that people paid more attention to the form of marriage than to the essence. With the increasing complexity of social life, many previously unseen or rare phenomena have appeared in marriage relations, highlighting the characteristics of the expansion of the "profit" factor in marriage relations in the Qing Dynasty and the subsequent degradation of women's status. There are many kinds of marriage documents in Qing dynasty, but the main contents and forms of marriage documents are basically unchanged from the longitudinal observation of history.