The wedding ceremony in ancient times was held in the evening of the day. In ancient times, the wedding ceremony was a morning greeting and evening procession, where the groom went to the bride's house to marry the bride in the morning and held the wedding ceremony at dusk. According to a large amount of historical records, in ancient China, weddings in sedan chairs were usually held after dusk. Secondly, the word 'marriage' is the combination of 'woman' and 'dusk'. In ancient times, the word 'marriage' was written as' dusk '. Finally, there is a proverb that goes, 'Pick up the bride in the morning and pay respects at night,' which is also the best example of ancient people getting married after dusk.
According to historical records, "Those who get married pay their respects at dusk, hence the name 'marriage'. That is to say, holding a wedding at night is a long-standing wedding custom of the Chinese nation. There has always been a saying in ancient times that goes' pick up the bride in the morning and pay respects at night '. In ancient China, brides were usually married after dusk. The homophone between "marriage" and "dusk" in the evening is also an example of ancient people getting married at night, indicating that women changed their surnames after getting married at dusk.
In the line inscription of the Book of Changes, it is recorded: "Tun is like a spear, riding on a horse carriage. Banditry, marriage, and women's chastity are not the characters, and ten years is the character. Xiang says: The difficulty of the 62nd year, riding on the Gangye. Ten years is the character, abnormal." This means that a group of seemingly bandit like cavalry came to snatch women, and the women who refused to obey cried and shouted desperately. Later, the custom of snatching women and forcing them to get married was abandoned, but some of the rituals were preserved.
So, getting married in the afternoon became the mainstream of ancient people. After the groom paid his respects to heaven and earth, he drank heartily with his relatives and friends. After getting drunk, he could return to his room and spend the night with the bride, just in time.
There is also a saying that goes, 'pick up the bride in the morning and pay respects at night', and 'marriage and fainting' sounds the same. This is also the best example of ancient people getting married after dusk, indicating that after a wedding is held at dusk, women need to change their surnames.