Why is the ancient wedding ceremony so complicated, but the present ceremony is so simple?

Marriage is a lifelong event for a person. China has had a whole set of wedding system since ancient times, and there are various wedding ceremonies. It is much easier for people to get married now. I think modern weddings are more influenced by western culture than ancient weddings. Coupled with the fast pace of modern life, people don't have time to take care of so many etiquette.

Our country has attached importance to ceremony since ancient times, and there are all kinds of etiquette to do when getting married. Ancient marriage paid attention to the orders of parents as matchmakers. When a man wants to get married, he prefers to find a matchmaker. Before marriage, all kinds of complicated etiquette also need a matchmaker. The matchmaker is equivalent to the middleman between the woman's husband's family and her mother's family. First of all, the man needs a matchmaker to propose marriage to the woman's house, then the matchmaker will tell the man the woman's name, and the man will find someone to calculate whether he can marry this woman. If there is no problem, the man will ask the matchmaker to send the bride price to the woman's house again, and then the man will let the fortune teller calculate a good day and let the matchmaker tell the woman. Of course, the woman will refuse each other with the matchmaker, and finally the woman's family will tell her the date of marriage. Finally, the man can pick up the bride on the date, and when the bride arrives at her husband's house, she will marry the bride and enter the bridal chamber. The marriage is finally finished.

The pace of modern society is fast, and the ancient marriage is no longer applicable to modern weddings. After the demise of the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty advocated people to simplify marriage customs. Coupled with the influence of western culture, the wedding ceremony is getting simpler and simpler. In modern times, people's pace of life is accelerating, and they don't have much time to do all kinds of etiquette, so getting married becomes easier and easier.

Every era has its own characteristics. In ancient times, complicated wedding ceremonies were also influenced by that era, and our modern society was also influenced by modern society. It doesn't matter if the wedding ceremony is complicated. It is important that two new people can create a better life together.