Chapter 202.1
Weddings and funerals are major events in life. Among them, marriage ranks first.
It can be seen that since ancient times, weddings have been the most important event in life for most people.
At the earliest of times, the ancients believed that a wedding was a very serious matter that needed to be treated with caution.
Weddings first began during the period of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
“In ancient times, there was no difference between men and women. Taihao began to set up marriages, using the ribbon as a gift.”
The ribbon is buckskin, which is the earliest betrothal gift. Later, on this basis, the wedding added the etiquette of “must tell the parents.”
After several developments, the Xia and Shang Dynasties added the etiquette of “welcoming the person at the court.” By the time of the Zhou Dynasty, weddings began to be completed, with systematic processes and etiquette.
Today’s Chinese weddings mostly began during the Zhou Dynasty.
In other words, the country’s marriage etiquette has a history of five thousand years. Even counting from the time of systematic marriage regulation, it has a history of more than three thousand years.