The significance of changing posts

The significance of changing posts: one of the old customs in China. In the old days, friends with different surnames became sworn brothers and exchanged names, ages, places of origin, family background and other posts. ?

The custom of becoming sworn has a long history in China: after men and women express their engagement, they choose auspicious days to exchange posts. The post is printed on red paper with dragon and phoenix patterns, with the name, cousin and date of birth written on it. After the job change, the marriage relationship was established. So it is commonly known as Longfenggang.

How to change jobs: 1. About appellation: Compared with both parents, the male family is more than the female parent, calling himself a waiter. The male family is later than the female family, claiming to be born late. Men and women are equal, calling themselves in-laws and brother-in-law, regardless of age, collectively referred to as brother-in-law.

2. Choose a certain day, month and year, and order someone to see him in person. Writing "meet in person" means that the man goes to the woman's house to propose marriage. At the same time, it implies the meaning of seeing the bride off. If the man's family is an elder, write: marriage orders a son and a grandson to pick him up personally.

Auspicious time is an auspicious day calculated by divination. Da Deming knows an Weng whose first name is not his surname, and the last word is the surname of the married woman.

Format and writing of engagement exchange post: the post should include: ancestral temple, surname, date of birth, zodiac sign, lunar month, time, etc. After marriage, the two sides will combine the eight characters together, which means that they are perfect and have a happy marriage. The red paper is folded in half, which reads "A match made in heaven" and "Dragon and Phoenix are auspicious" below. Then expand, there is the text of the letter of appointment.

Format 1: man: XXX XXX village people witnessed by their parents, relatives, friends and references. On the auspicious occasion of today's good woman: XXX XXX village people, Both parties enter into the marriage contract voluntarily, freely and independently: on X-month, X-month, X-month, X-month, X-month, X-month, X-month, X-month, X-month, X-month, X-month, X-month, X-month, X-month, X-month and X-month. X month X day, X day, X month X day, X day, X month X day Male parent: XXX XXX Introducer: XXX female parent: XXX XXX (lunar calendar) X year X month X day.

Format 2: written vertically on red paper, about 30 cm long and about 12 cm wide. The bottom two boxes on the right say: X year, X month, X day (Lunar calendar), the man xxx is engaged to the woman xxx, and the top box in the middle says: Luan war, Daji fool's in-laws xxx and son xx bow.