Taboos of ancient weddings. What are the stresses of ancient marriage?

Introduction: Since people's thoughts are constantly changing, different times have their own unique sense of ceremony. For example, there were many stresses about marriage in ancient China. So, how much do you know about the taboos of ancient weddings? Let's see what's important about ancient marriage.

Taboos of ancient weddings

1, taboo of marriage time:

Try to avoid these three months when you get married: June, March and July. Traditionally, brides who get married in June of the lunar calendar are also called "half-moon wives", because June is half of a year, and the bride in June is equal to half a bride, which means that couples are prone to divorce after marriage. In addition, March and July are the days when ghosts appear more and more. For elders, it is not good to get married in these special months, so try to avoid it.

2, the taboo of the wedding ceremony:

After the new bed is installed, the groom-to-be had better find an underage boy to sleep in the new bed, otherwise it is forbidden to sleep in an empty bed. When the groom marries the bride at the bride's house, the bride should cry with joy when she leaves home, and the sooner she cries, the louder the better. This is called leaving a girl's home with a strong head, which means that the more you cry, the more you cry. If you meet another wedding motorcade on the way to the wedding, this situation is called "beaming", which will offset each other's blessings, so you must set off firecrackers or exchange flowers prepared by the matchmakers in advance to resolve it. When the bride enters the man's house, Weng Gu, pregnant women and filial daughters should avoid each other to prevent conflicts.

3, taboo things in the wedding:

All dresses, wedding dresses, shoes, etc. The bride should wear a brand-new dress on her wedding day, and the dress should avoid pockets, because many pockets will take away her family's wealth, so it is best to choose one without pockets. Brides holding flowers avoid choosing flowers, which are easy to wither and are taboo in marriage. If you want to choose, you'd better choose lotus flower and pomegranate. Even recruiting flowers means getting married, and pomegranate means having a full house of children and grandchildren. Newly-married couplets should be hung on the eve of marriage at the latest, and taken down one month after marriage, and both men and women should distinguish their own couplets when buying couplets.

Introduction of Ancient Six Rites

1, Nacai: This is the first stage of proposing marriage. After the man asked the media to propose, the woman agreed to propose. The man prepared a gift to propose to the woman's family. The gift is a goose, and all geese must be alive. Why use geese? Wild goose is a migratory bird, symbolizing the meaning of yin and yang. Later, it came up with a new idea, saying that the geese lost their spouses and would never pair up for life to gain their loyalty.

2. Ask the name: After proposing marriage, ask the matchmaker about the date and name of the woman's birth and prepare for the wedding ceremony.

3. Najib: It is a ritual to inform the woman of the good news of marriage after asking the name, also called "engagement". This is the main ceremony at the engagement stage. In ancient customs, geese are used as a token of marriage as usual. Later, it was developed to use rings, jewelry, colored silk, gift cakes, gift candles, and even sheep and pigs, so it was also called sending or hiring.

4. Conscription: After the engagement, the man will send the bride price to the woman's house, which is a ceremony at the wedding stage. This kind of wedding is also commonly known as the end of employment or big employment, big gifts and so on. Later, this ceremony also adopted the practice of returning gifts, returning part or all of the food in the dowry; Or after being hired, the wife will give the man a coat, hat, shoes and socks as a gift. The number of betrothal gifts and the names of items are auspicious and wishful, and the number is double taboo table.

5. Invitation date: After the bride price is delivered, choose the wedding date, prepare the gift to the woman's home and get the consent. Goose is used as usual in ancient customs, and gifts are generally simple. Bridal gifts are often combined with bride price, and the wedding date and gift money are decided at the same time.

6, pro-welcome: it is a ceremony for the newly married husband to go to the woman's house to meet. This ceremony is often regarded as the main procedure of the wedding, while the first five items are regarded as transitional etiquette such as marriage negotiation and engagement.