Choose a good one.

After the bride price is given, it is necessary to set a wedding date, which is called "choosing a good day" and "proposing marriage" by the people. Marriage is mostly from November to December in the lunar calendar, and the specific month and date depend on the zodiac signs of both men and women.

It is considered that chickens and rabbits are suitable for marriage in the first month and July; Snakes and pigs are suitable for marriage in March and September; Horses and mice are suitable for marriage in May and November. Dogs and dragons are suitable for marriage in February and August. According to custom, any day before the end of the twelfth lunar month is an auspicious day for the kitchen god to get married after saying a good word to God. After choosing an auspicious day, the man will send the selected post to the woman's home. Once the post is selected and sent, it can be easily changed, thinking that "once selected, it is not allowed to be changed." After that, it will move to the dead woman and move to the dead man. " Actually, I'm afraid my wife will haunt me and miss the auspicious day. Every spring break is the peak of folk marriage, especially before the Lunar New Year. In order to avoid the "black spring year", this couple is considered unlucky. The general choice is decided a few days before the wedding, so that both parties can get ready. The man wants to find two or four women to sew clothes and bedding, and pregnant women and widows are forbidden to participate. Whole grains are scattered in the mattress, and the four corners of the quilt are wrapped with red dates and walnuts. I wish my family a bumper harvest and an early birth. At this time, the woman is in a hurry to make a dowry, and the conditions of the female red are the same as those of the man. There is nothing in the dowry.

marriage customs

Wedding is a "lifelong event" in a person's life and plays an important role in the turning point of life, so people all over the world attach great importance to this life ceremony. Accompanied by this life ceremony, a colorful and distinctive marriage custom culture has emerged. The marriage custom culture in China has a long history. According to the Supplement to the Biographies of Historical Records of Huang San, it is recorded that: "Taiping sacrificed his surname, named him, and replaced Sui as king. ..... So I started to get married, taking skin as a gift. " Visible, in the era of ancient myths and legends, China's marriage custom culture has already appeared.

The wedding ceremony was clearly outlined in the basic framework of the Zhou Dynasty. There are "six gifts" in the Wedding Ceremony: receiving gifts, asking names, receiving gifts, inviting guests and welcoming relatives. Nacai is the preliminary agreement of marriage intention. Asking the woman's name, Naji is the divination of whether the marriage is auspicious, and Nacai is the right day to accept the bride price invitation. Finally, the man personally went to the woman's house to marry the bride.

Although the name of "Six Rites" was preserved and changed by later generations, the content remained unchanged, and many trivial details were added in the whole process, making the traditional marriage the most beautiful but cruel poem in life.