In ancient times, marriage was called getting married, getting married, worshipping in the hall, getting married, getting married, getting married, mourning ceremony, tying knots, tying hair, Qin and Jin's favor, giving marriage, etc. From the perspective of both men and women in marriage, the man is called "marrying" and the woman is called "getting married". According to different social situations, for example, in the royal family it is called "gift marriage", in ordinary households it is called "marriage", and marriage alliance is called "Qin Jin Zhi Hao".
The process of ancient weddings
1. Na Cai
This is the first step in discussing marriage, which refers to the groom inviting a matchmaker to propose to the bride. If the bride agrees to discuss marriage, the groom must prepare a gift for the proposal and go to the bride's house to propose. The gift for betrothal must be a living goose, as geese will never look for a mate again after losing their mate, representing loyalty.
2. Ask Name
After proposing, the matchmaker needs to inquire about the bride's birth date, eight characters, and name in order to prepare for the wedding ceremony.
3. Najib
It refers to the process of telling the bride the news of marriage after divination, also known as alliance making, which is an important ceremony for engagement.
4. Na Zheng
After delivering the dowry to the bride's home, the wedding ceremony can be held. At this point, the bride's family also needs to prepare some gifts to be sent to the groom's family.
5. Welcome personally
It refers to the ceremony in which the man marries the woman into the house, and is the main form of presentation for weddings. As soon as the auspicious day arrives, the groom needs to personally go to marry.
6. Worship Hall
It refers to the bride being supported by bridesmaids after getting off the sedan chair, and her feet must not touch the ground. Then the bride needs to cross the saddle and walk through the brazier. After completing all these procedures, the wedding can be held before the ceremony, commonly known as "worshiping heaven and earth".
7. Drink toast
It refers to the custom where during the wedding ceremony, both the bride and groom need to rinse their mouths with alcohol, which later evolved into drinking "toasting wine".
8. Playful bridal chamber
This segment is the climax of the entire wedding, not only can it regulate the atmosphere, but there is also a saying that there are often ghosts and monsters in the bridal chamber, so disturbing the bridal chamber can enhance people's yang energy and drive away the feeling of loneliness in the bridal chamber, so disturbing the bridal chamber is also known as warming up.