Nowadays, there are different customs around marriage. What are the customs of ancient people getting married?

In ancient times, "wedding night" was called "quiz", which was equivalent to the first place. And "wedding candle" is the proper meaning in the wedding title, so it is an extremely important moment for a person.

Wedding has gone through a long historical period from birth to perfection. According to the research of relevant scholars, in primitive society, people practiced group marriage and often did not have a fixed spouse. Later, with the further improvement of productivity and civilization consciousness, there was a pairing marriage. In the period from group marriage to husband-and-wife marriage, in order to obtain mating rights, men often take the way of robbing relatives. However, the bride-snatching is usually carried out at night, and the bride who is snatched back gets married immediately. Over time, a wedding ceremony at a fixed moment is formed. This kind of wedding ceremony experienced the inheritance of Xia and Shang dynasties, and formed a complete wedding ceremony in the "depressed and elegant" Zhou Dynasty.

The so-called six gifts include six procedures: "winning the lottery, asking the name, Najib, receiving the salary, inviting guests and welcoming people".

Nacai: It means that the man makes people accept the gift of choosing this woman to show the significance of choosing this woman as a marriage. In addition, it should be emphasized that there is a "give" ceremony before winning the lottery, that is, the man first sends the matchmaker to the woman's house to propose marriage, and the woman's house allows it, and then the man sends the matchmaker to the woman's house to win the lottery, which is to give the bride price.

Name-asking: refers to the ceremony immediately after receiving the lottery on the day of winning the prize, that is, asking the hostess for the woman's name.

Najib: I want to ask the name because I want to go back and predict to the man's master whether I am lucky to marry the woman. With luck, the man will send a matchmaker to the woman's house to inform her that this is "Naji".

Sign: After Naji comes a sign, that is, the man asks the matchmaker to give the bride price to the woman's home, indicating the formal establishment of the marriage relationship between the two sexes, and the gift money received is also the heaviest.

Invitation: After the conscription, the man should choose a good day to get married through divination. After the date is set, he must send a matchmaker to report to the woman's home. However, at the time of reporting, the matchmaker first asked the hostess for the wedding date on behalf of the man's master. This is to show modesty and not dare to specialize, so it is called "invitation". In the case of repeated refusal by the hostess, the matchmaker told the hostess the date chosen by the man. Then it's the wedding day.

Kissing: refers to the agreed wedding date, and the man will personally go to the woman to marry the bride.