Why did ancient women get married at dusk?

The ancients thought that dusk was a time for communication between yin and yang, and so was the combination of men and women, so it was carried out at dusk. In ancient times, there were many etiquette in marriage. A letter of appointment refers to a book in which a man proposes to a woman. The gift book is the list of the bride price of the man, and the document is the document that the man gives to the woman when he comes to marry her. This is the so-called three books.

I. Wedding Etiquette Six Rites Marriage must go through six rites, that is, six rites, in order to be counted. This ceremony consists of six ceremonies: accepting gifts, asking names, Najib, accepting gifts, inviting dates and welcoming people. After the man completes the preparation of the premise of proposing marriage, the man's family needs to prepare a gift for the woman, and then the girl's birthday will be used for divination. If the divination comes out and there is no problem between the two sides, the bride price will tell the woman that her home is Naji, and there will be bride price, gift money and dowry at her home before the wedding, which is called expropriation. All of the above is done, that is, choose an auspicious day to get married and call an invitation date, and take the mother into the man's house with a sedan chair to complete the sacrifice to heaven and peace.

2. Bride's sedan chair In ancient traditional weddings, almost all have sedan chairs. Except for some poor families or concubines, the bride is usually brought to the man's house. In ancient times, there were carriages, horses and other means of transportation, but after the Tang Dynasty, it was clearly stipulated that carriages were not allowed to get married. There were flower eaves in the Northern Song Dynasty. This method has been used all the time, and more and more people are using it slowly.

Third, bridal chamber etiquette was really complicated in ancient times. Wedding etiquette also includes taking accounts, dispersing accounts and dispersing blessings. What's the point? Early Gigi Lai? In ancient times, this was a very important etiquette. Secondly, the etiquette of marriage, that is, drinking a glass of wine, and some dynasties also tied the hair belonging to the newlyweds with a rope, indicating that the husband and wife are happy.