What are the six rites proposed by Duke Zhou?

Six gifts, that is, the six gifts of ancient weddings, include receiving gifts, asking names, Naji, receiving gifts, inviting parties and welcoming relatives.

(1) accepting talents, that is, a man proposes to a woman, is equivalent to today's "blind date, matchmaking".

(2) Ask the name, that is, the man's matchmaker asks the woman's name and date of birth, and then divines good or bad luck in the ancestral hall. Only when the result is auspicious can we move on to the next step, and the fierceness stops here.

(3) Najib decided to get married after divination.

(4) Zhao, the man sent someone to send the bride price to the woman's house.

(5) invitation, that is, asking the woman to set a wedding date.

(6) wedding banquet. On the wedding day, the man must meet the woman in person, and then the man will go back first and meet him outside the door.

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Historical origin

It is said that the Six Rites originated in the Zhou Dynasty. Some scholars believe that there were six rites in Zhou Wenwang's time, but some people didn't follow them.

In the third year of Emperor Ping of Han Dynasty, Liu Xin and others arranged the wedding, and the fourth assistant, Dr. Lang Junqing, told the family of Qianlang to marry him personally. The next year, the queen was also appointed to accept Cai and Buji. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the wedding of the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess came uninvited, and from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, many people did not follow the six rites to get married.

After the Tang dynasty, the crown prince began to marry, and the prince's wedding would follow six rites. Later, the premise of "asking names" was "acceptance", and the premise of "invitation meeting" was "acceptance"; Therefore, although the concept is still in accordance with the Six Rites, in fact there are only four Rites, namely, accepting talents, accepting the pole, Zheng Na and kissing. Zhu Xi's family gifts combined "Naji" and "Zheng Na" into one, so there were only three gifts.

In the Yuan Dynasty, there was a ceremony to discuss marriage.

In the first year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, the wedding was held according to Zhu Xi's family ceremony.

In the Qing Dynasty, according to the Book of Rites, officials in the Han Dynasty had nine ceremonies, but they were all merged into adult ceremony and adult ceremony. In ancient times, there were only five gifts left: discussing marriage, receiving color, collecting money, inviting parties and welcoming guests. Other literati and marriage are relatively simple, while folk weddings are generally carried out in accordance with Zhu's family law.

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