What is the old red rope for?

The old man under the moon is a fairy who specializes in marriage in China myths and legends. He comes from The Story Characters in the Engagement Shop written by Li Fuyan in the Tang Dynasty, and later refers to the matchmaker, referred to as "the old man under the moon" for short. The wedding book held by the old man under the moon embodies China's traditional concept of marriage and love, and the HongLing it led later evolved into a "red scarf" in Chinese wedding ceremonies.

In the traditional culture of China, the elder under the moon refers to the immortal who is in charge of the marriage between men and women. According to Shen's "Six Chapters of a Floating Life", the image of the old man under the moon says: "Holding HongLing in one hand and hanging a marriage certificate with a stick in the other, the child is like a crane, galloping in the smoke."

In the Tang Dynasty, Li Fuyan's "Continued Mystery Record Engagement Shop" was published. In the Tang Dynasty, Wei Gu was young and unmarried. One night, he stayed in Song Cheng. He met an old man in a hotel, leaning against a cloth bag, sitting in the moonlight, turning over a book, as if looking for something. Gu Wei asked the old man what he was reading, and the old man replied, "Everyone's marriage book in the world." Wei Gu asked what was in the bag, and the old man said, "There is a red rope in the bag to tie the couple's feet. Although it is the home of an enemy country, the disparity between the rich and the poor, the ends of the earth, and a foreign land in Wu Chu, this rope will not move for life. " Because of the spread of this story, everyone believes that the combination of men and women is tied by the old man under the moon with a red rope, so later generations call the matchmaker "the old man under the moon" or "the old man under the moon" for short.