Chapter 386: Beauty paired with peach blossoms rejected by channels
The specific date of Li Chengqian's wedding has not been set.
But before that, there are still a lot of big things to do.
Marriage in ancient times was no different than in modern times and required many procedures.
In ancient times, the wedding process was divided into six stages, which were called "six rites" in ancient times, namely accepting, asking for names, accepting gifts, accepting invitations, asking for dates, and welcoming in person.
After accepting the proposal, the groom's family invites a matchmaker to propose marriage to the woman's family. After the woman's family agrees to propose marriage, the groom's family prepares a gift and goes to propose marriage.
To ask for the name, the groom's family asks the matchmaker to ask for the woman's name and date of birth.
Naji, the man retrieved the woman's name and horoscopes, and performed divination in the ancestral temple.
Nazheng, also known as Naqi, is a betrothal gift given by the man's family to the woman's family.
During the request period, the man chooses a wedding date, prepares a gift and informs the woman's family, asking for their approval.
In the wedding ceremony, one or two days before the wedding, the woman delivers the dowry and makes the bed, and the next day the groom comes to the woman’s home to marry her in person.
Now, Nacai, asking for names, and Naji have all been completed.
From now on, it will be nothing more than the so-called betrothal gift that has existed in ancient and modern times.
Betrothal gifts exist in ancient and modern times, and they have a long history, which can be traced back to ancient times.
After all, there is a saying that if there is a dead elk in the wild, cover it with white grass; if there is a girl pregnant with spring, use good luck to lure it.
The general meaning of this sentence is that when a man proposes, he should give a wild deer to the girl.
This is probably the earliest record of betrothal gifts in history.
Of course, there are others besides wild deer.
For example, in later times, birds and geese were sacrificed, and they were decorated with deer skins.
This means that if a man wants to embrace a beautiful woman, he must hold the goose as a courtesy.
If you have a big family, you need to add a deerskin.
Of course, compared to deerskin, wild goose is the real necessity.
After all, in the eyes of the ancients, geese are loyal to their partners. If one dies, the other will never live alone. This is the best symbol of unswerving love between men and women.
During the Zhou Dynasty, the ancients lived In order to have a relatively stable farming life and learn how to weave, the betrothal gifts have changed.
That's right, you need to give a piece of cloth, and the cloth must be black, that is, a blend of black with red and red and yellow.
In the Zhou Dynasty, people had great respect and admiration for heaven and earth, with Xuan representing heaven and Xun representing earth.
The two are the two most respected colors by the Chinese nation, and they also symbolize good luck and good luck.
The betrothal gifts mentioned just now, except for the wild geese, which may be a little difficult to obtain, are quite easy to find.
Before the Zhou Dynasty, the types of betrothal gifts were indeed relatively simple.
Probably starting from the Han Dynasty, men's difficulties really began.
In the early Western Han Dynasty, the country adopted a policy of recuperation and recuperation, and people's living standards improved significantly, so the cost of marriage also increased with the tide.
And just like now, the trend of marriage comparison has become popular, such as the powerful official Wang Mang in the late Western Han Dynasty.
When her daughter married Emperor Ping of Han Dynasty, he asked Emperor Ping of Han Dynasty for 20,000 gold as a bride price.
The point is, the unit behind the 20,000 yuan is not "two", but kilograms.
When Wang Mang married Du Lingshi's daughter as his queen, it was even more outrageous. He gave the woman a betrothal gift of 30,000 catties of gold.
Apart from other things, as long as we buy gold now by grams, and people pay betrothal gifts by pounds, it is enough to show the cost of marriage at that time.
It can be said that this trend of comparison has indeed harmed many people.
In the Han Dynasty, there was a small official named Zhan Yun. Because he could not afford a decent betrothal gift, he was over fifty and had to rely on the five-fingered girl every day.
It wasn't until later that relatives and friends couldn't stand it any longer, so they teamed up to raise funds for this guy, and this guy was able to successfully get out of single life at the age of fifty-one.
Therefore, Wang Fu, a thinker of the Eastern Han Dynasty, said, "The rich are in competition with each other, and the poor are too shameful to catch up."
’ That’s understandable.
It was only in the later Northern and Southern Dynasties that this phenomenon changed slightly due to the poverty of the people.
However, even if this is the case, it still prevents many people from marrying wives.
Of course, in this life, Li Chengqian definitely does not need to worry about betrothal gifts.
After all, he is the richest and most powerful person in the world today.
Moreover, because of the emergence of the two frugal emperors Li Yuan and Li Shimin, the Tang Dynasty had already banned those extravagant and comparison-based trends.
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February of the sixth year of Zhenguan.
Li Shimin came to take Li Chengqian with him and went to the Su Mansion personally carrying the betrothal gift.
From this, it is not difficult to see how courteous Li Shimin was to the Su family and how seriously he attached importance to this marriage.
As for Su Dan himself, he was moved and felt lucky.
I really gave birth to a good daughter.
Without Su Qingling, how could he be so lucky?
After entering Su Mansion.
Su Dan led Li Shimin into the main room, and then asked someone to go down and bring out the tea that had been prepared.
After Li Shimin took a sip of tea, he smiled like an old chrysanthemum.
He said bluntly: "Besides other things, the tea from our martial arts hometown is really good."
"I thought that Your Majesty, having lived in Chang'an for so long, had forgotten the taste of his hometown."
Su Dan smiled and said: "If Your Majesty likes it, you can come here often in the future. If you don't have time, I will ask someone to bring more to Your Majesty and send it to the palace."
"That's the best thing to do."
Li Shimin also looked up and laughed: "When the time comes, don't think I've come over too many times and drank you to death."
How much is this tea worth?
How could the huge Su family be impoverished?
Furthermore, if Li Shimin comes to drink tea, it will be a disaster for the Su family. A great honor.
Even if you're drunk to the bone, it's still worth it.
Of course, Su Dan also knew that Li Shimin was joking.
They also told him secretly that the marriage between the two families was finalized.
The two of them smiled and exchanged polite greetings, while Li Chengqian sat next to him.
At this moment, his face was full of despair.
After all, the chat content between these two old foxes was really boring.
Moreover, the conversation between the two of them was different from ordinary people. Every word they said was a play on the meaning.
This really made Li Chengqian feel uncomfortable.
After all, he still likes to be straightforward. Wouldn't it be tiring if he talks like this every day?
However, what can he do?
Of these two, one was his father and the other was his soon-to-be father-in-law, so he could only accompany them with a stiff smile on his face.
In the end, Su Quan was very considerate and called the servant and asked him to lead Li Chengqian around the house.
Although he knew that this old fox must have wanted him to meet Su Qingling 'by chance'.
But Li Chengqian had no other choice.
If you don't want to listen to the polite pleasantries of these two old foxes.
He could only go to see Su Qingling.
And it would be better to meet Su Qingling, at least she is her ideal beauty.
As soon as the servant led him into the backyard, a refreshing fragrance hit his face.
Li Chengqian smelled the fragrance of the flowers and looked up, only to see that several peach trees beside the courtyard wall had begun to bloom.
At this time, a slim and beautiful girl was stepping on a small bench and playing with the flowers.
Such a beauty, paired with falling peach blossoms, such a beautiful scene, even Li Chengqian couldn't help but stare straight at it.
Almost uncontrollably, she slowly uttered two words: "So beautiful..."