Brief introduction
Please period is one of the six marriage rites in China, commonly known as "send the sun" or "mention the sun". That is to say, the date of marriage is decided by the man's family, and the date of marriage is written on red paper. This is called the letter of invitation. It is carried by the media to the woman's family to discuss the date of marriage with the woman's master. With the consent of the woman's reply, the man sent the letter, candle and gun to the woman's family. The woman gave the gift cake to relatives and friends and told the date of Yu's return
After the employment of the man, Bode auspicious day, so that the matchmaker went to the woman's home to tell the date of marriage. In the form, it seems that the man's family asks the woman's family for instructions, so it is called "request period". "Yili · Shi hunli": "please use wild geese." Zheng Xuan's note: "the husband's family must first divine it. If he gets a good day, he will send his emissary to leave and tell it." The ninth volume of the second quarter of the story is amazing: "here, councilor Jin knows that his nephew is coming back soon, so he has a good wedding day. First, he goes to the Feng's house to give a big gift for the invitation of the hairpin ring." "There are six rites in the ancient Hun rites," says Zhang Ju of the Qing Dynasty in his essays on tui'an family rites. "Now, in Zhu Zi's family rites, we omit to ask about the name, the auspiciousness, and the date of application, and stop using the methods of collecting, receiving coins, and welcoming."
Marriage custom
Also known as the notice period, commonly known as the election day. Chinese marriage etiquette. The fifth of the six rites. It's the man's family that sends people to the woman's house to inform the wedding date. "Yili · Shi Hun Li" says: "please use wild geese in time, the host's words, the guest's permission to inform the time, such as accepting the ceremony." The invitation ceremony is the same in the past dynasties, that is, the envoys from the men's family go to the women's home to invite them, give gifts, and then make a speech to explain the date of marriage. The female Father accepts it, and finally the envoys return. In the Qing Dynasty, it was often referred to as correspondence, that is, the red paper of men's family, which stated the wedding day, wedding day and other related matters one by one, and sent to the women's home by the matchmaker or in person, and discussed the wedding matters with the women's home. "The book of rites · Hunyi" said: "accept, ask name, accept auspicious, please period, pro welcome, all use wild goose." After the gift from the simple, often with red paper to write the wedding date, that is, please gift book, or oral notice, commonly known as send day. At the same time, some of them have completed the application procedures.
In Chinese folk, it is commonly known as "choose a date" and "set a auspicious date", that is, the wedding day. If a man wants to marry a bride, he must choose the auspicious time in advance. First of all, he must ask his wife for her life. The customary time for her life is on the second day of the second lunar month. When you want to live, you should use a mahogany box (about 25 cm long, 15 cm wide and 12 cm high), put a piece of red paper in it, and wrap it with a yellow package. If the woman agrees to marry, you should write her age and birthday on the red paper in the box, put it in the box, and tie the two red belts together in the middle of the box, which means that you agree to marry the man. If the woman does not agree, ask the matchmaker to carry the original box back. When the woman's life is coming, the man should ask Yin Yang or fortune teller to calculate according to the zodiac and birth date of both men and women, and decide to marry the lucky day.
When calculating, we should first look at the male and female zodiac of daliyue or xiaoliyue. The songs are as follows: Welcome chickens and rabbits in the first and seventh months; tigers and monkeys in the second and eighth months; snakes and pigs in the third and ninth months; dogs and dragons in the fourth and seventh months; cattle and sheep in the fifth, eleventh and sixth months; and mice and horses in the twelfth month. The song formula is as follows: Jian, man, Ping, Shou Hei (these four days are underworld days), Chu, Wei, Ding, Zhi Huang (these four days are auspicious days), Cheng and Kai (these two days are OK), but Guan and Po are not equal（ I can't use these two days.
After choosing the auspicious date, the man entertains the matchmaker, writes down the wedding date with red paper, prepares gifts, and sends them to the woman's home. For the sake of good luck, the delivery time must be two days and two months.
Other meanings
Agreed date. In the fourteenth year of Zhaogong in Zuozhuan, it is said that "nankuai was invited for five days, so he ran to Qi." The biography of Yu Yi in the book of Jin states: "the envoys were sent to Liaodong in the East and Liangzhou in the West. They wanted to give to both sides, and they wanted to make a great effort together. Murong Shuan and Zhang Jun both reported the date of application. "
