Who are the immortals in charge of marriage?

The fairy in charge of marriage is Yue Lao.

Yue Lao, also known as the elder under the moon, is the red XiShen who is in charge of marriage in China folklore, that is, the media god and the immortal in the sky.

The image of Yue Lao first appeared in The Engagement Shop by Li Fuyan, a novelist in the Tang Dynasty. According to records, in the second year (AD 807), Tang Chaoyuan happened to meet an old man under the moon. Song Cheng county magistrate named Wei Guyuan's hotel "betrothal shop" after learning about this incident. Old people come from this, passed down from generation to generation, and are known throughout the ages. The old man under the moon later became another name for the matchmaker.

Under the moon, the old man tied men and women with red ropes to fix their marriage, which reflected the Tang people's cognitive attitude towards love and marriage. For the previous marriage, we must talk about the concept of suitable marriage, and Yue Lao's marriage concept has obviously made great progress.

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The elderly under the moon, referred to as "the elderly under the moon." It is the red XiShen who specializes in marriage in China folklore, that is, the media god. There was no record of Yue Lao's deeds before Tang Dynasty. The earliest record of Tai Sui comes from Li Fuyan's Continued Secret Record Engagement Shop in Tang Dynasty. Description: During their two-year trip to Song Cheng, Wei Gu and Yuan He met an old man sitting on the steps with a cloth bag to collect books from the moon. When asked what book he was looking for, Gu replied, "The world is a wedding." He asked what was in the bag and replied, "red rope ears." In order to tie the feet of husband and wife, they will use each other for their lives. Although the enemy's home is separated, and heaven remains our neighbourhood, while Wu Chu is a foreign land. This rope is tied together and cannot be broken. "

Later, it was often used as a synonym for matchmaker. The old man who leaned against the cloth bag, sat on the steps and looked up books from the moon was later regarded as the god of marriage among the people. As long as he tied the feet of men and women together with the red rope in his bag, even if he went through the torture of "the enemy's revenge, the difference between high and low, the end of the world being an official and a foreign land in Wu Chu", he would resolve everything and eventually get married.

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