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Naji (one of the ancient traditional marriage customs)

Naji, one of the Chinese marriage etiquette. The third of the six rites. It is the etiquette that the man informs the woman of the auspicious omen of the divination marriage and gives gifts to express his engagement.

Basic steps

Naji is the best one. The temple divination, such as auspicious divination, sent envoys to report to the female family, still use wild goose for Zhi ceremony, the female family treated each other with courtesy.

One of the Chinese marriage etiquette. The third of the six rites. It is the etiquette that the man informs the woman of the auspicious omen of the divination marriage and gives gifts to express his engagement. In ancient times, Naji also had to lay a Yan ceremony.

Historical development

Zheng Xuan's note: "return to divination in the temple, get auspicious omen, reply to emissary to tell, marriage is settled." In Song Dynasty, most of the people engaged themselves in the form of marriage. In the Ming Dynasty, it was replaced by the media's general script and marriage. In the Qing Dynasty, Naji Yiyi had been integrated into the process of name asking and marriage. During the period of the Republic of China, there was no najiyi, only a simple bujixiyi. Most of them put the woman's Geng paste in front of the kitchen god. If nothing happened in three days, they thought it was smooth, so they took the men's and women's Geng paste to get married.

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