Traditional Chinese Wedding
盛学民 古代文学 2013020025
纳采
问名
纳吉
Six kinds of etiquette
纳征
请期
亲迎
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part one 纳采
It commonly known as matchmaking, the man ask matchmaker to went to the woman's home to propose marriage , when the woman's family agreed to the marriage proposal, then the man went home to prepare gifts to the proposal
part two 问名
It commonly known as the horoscopes, asked the matchmaker to ask the woman birth and name, so that they will know if they are suitable for each other
part four 纳征
Also known as a big etiquette, the groom's side selected auspicious day to hold a engagement with the bride.
part five 请期
Choose an auspicious day to get married, In ancient times, generally we regard bimonthly and doubleday as auspicious, and people don't like to choose three, six and November, because three sounds like separate, six means they only have half of the life together, in short, those days are unlucky
part three 纳吉
The groom's side divines there will be a auspicious fortune, then they prepare gifts for the ceremony, and make a notice to the bride's side, the wedding tentatively agreed
part six 亲迎
At the wedding day, the man with a welcome letter to the woman home to marry the bride personally.
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