In terms of marriage, the customary procedures of "three books" and "six rites" are basically followed in all parts of Guangdong. Among them, the "three books" refers to the "book of engagement" for men and women to formally conclude the marriage contract, the "book of gift" for the bride price, detailing the types and quantities of gifts, and the "book of welcoming" for the day of marriage (welcoming). The "letter of welcome" on the day of the wedding (the welcoming of the bride).
"Six rites" refers to the six steps before the wedding: first, nacai, ask the name, naji, nazhou, please period, meet the wedding: one said nacai, the male family to ask the matchmaker to bring gifts to the female family to propose marriage; two said ask the name, after the proposal of marriage, the exchange of men and women, "the eight characters of the birth of the two sides; three said naji, in fact, is the engagement of the marriage, and the marriage of the two sides of the family. said Naji, in fact, is the engagement ceremony, to invite wine congratulations;
4 said Naji, commonly known as the "line recruitment" or "over the gift", this time to send the gift than the Na Cai when the gift of thick, the ceremony is also more grand; 5 said please period, the next gift, the two sides agreed to the date of the wedding! ; six said to meet the bride, that is, the last important procedure before the wedding, the male family sent a representative to the female family to meet the bride, the female family to receive part of the gift and return the gift of thanks.
"'Three books', 'six rituals' after the bride officially to the male family", the bride and groom worship heaven and earth, worship ancestors, worship parents, both pairs of worship. Afterwards, the bride to the male parent elders and friends and relatives to offer "heart embrace" (i.e., daughter-in-law) tea.
Before entering the bridal chamber, the bride and groom should also drink lotus seed sugar water (to take the "even birth" good intentions), drinking "lily tea" (to take the "hundred years of good luck",
What's different about weddings in China and the West: the difference in dress code
In traditional Chinese weddings both the bride and the groom wear red gowns, and even the bride's clothes are red from inside to outside. And the main pursuit of Chinese weddings is festive, so the wedding supplies are used to bright red to set the mood, wedding supplies are invariably big red.
But in the Western wedding, the bride is wearing a pure white dress, because the Western white is a symbol of wealth (aristocrats can wear), white also represents purity, white in the West has a very good meaning. After the idea of the aristocracy disappeared, the white wedding dress became the ordinary bridal gown in the West.
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