Can newly engaged couples meet during Qingming Festival? What is the engagement process?

Can newly engaged couples meet during Qingming Festival? What is the engagement process?
Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival for ancestor worship. On this day, people have the custom of going out for an outing and sweeping tombs. Can newly engaged couples meet on Qingming Festival? What is the engagement process? In the third month of the lunar calendar, light footsteps pass through the soft raindrops, and in the bright smile, the willow branches turn green and the grass becomes green. Come with Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn more about the third month of the lunar calendar in 2020.

What is the engagement process like?

Engagement process - tribute officer, family sacrifice, departure, red envelope "1" tribute officer: commonly known as "Mr. Ya'an", is responsible for delivering gifts and engaging.
——The tribute officer must control the number of people (make it an even number), the number of vehicles (six or twelve), the betrothal money (an even number and properly wrapped in red paper), and the six gifts.
《2》Home Worship: Before leaving for the woman's home to ask for the bride price, the man will first perform a ceremony to worship his ancestors at home;
——At this time, the "box cake" or big cake used for the betrothal gift will be used to burn incense and offer sacrifices to the ancestors, and the couple will go to the girl's family somewhere to propose marriage, asking the ancestors to bless this marriage to be happy.
《3》Departure: After the family sacrifice, the tribute officer is responsible for loading all the betrothal gifts into the car. The groom and the matchmaker ride together and go to the bride's house.
《4》Red envelopes: Before departure, the Gongli Palace not only takes care of the number of people, the number of cars, and the betrothal gifts, but also reminds the groom to prepare more red envelopes.
——For example: the uncle who comes to open the door of the groom's car, the "table-holding person", and the six accompanying relatives all need to prepare a gift for meeting the bride, a gift for the bride's new friend who brings water for washing her face, and a gift from the matchmaker.
】Introduction to the engagement process:
Choose some gifts and red envelopes.
Prepare sweet tea.
Prepare sweet dumplings and snacks.
Reception banquet.
Give the groom 6 or 12 items in return (hat, tie, fabric, cufflinks, etc.).
Some matchmaker gifts.

Can newly engaged couples meet during Qingming Festival?

——According to the festival’s meaning and activities: Qingming Festival is not a good time to get engaged, but newly engaged couples can meet each other during Qingming Festival.
The custom of visiting the man’s house during engagement: The woman’s visit to the man’s house (1) is one of the Han Chinese marriage customs and an important procedure in rural marriage negotiations.
(2) Also known as guarding the house and checking the house. It is popular in most counties and towns in Guangxi.
(3) The woman and two girls called "accompanying girls" will then visit the man and woman's home accompanied by more than 10 relatives and friends (sometimes the woman herself may not go).
(4) The man hosts a banquet to entertain the bride. The matchmaker introduces the two parties to each other. The bride's relatives and friends make requests for the dowry on the bride's side, and the groom usually agrees to all of them and gives "travel money" to the guests.
(5) The next day, the two parties discussed the matter in detail through a matchmaker.
(6) In some places, it is allowed to enter the man’s inner room to search through his belongings and find out the truth about his marriage, and then arrange the marriage through a matchmaker.

—— Qingming Festival: Spring Festival <br /> Qingming Festival is a traditional major spring festival. Tomb sweeping and commemorating ancestors is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times. It is not only conducive to promoting filial piety and family affection, awakening the common memory of the family, but also can promote the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation.
The Qingming Festival integrates natural solar terms with human customs. It is the unity of the right time, the right place and the right people. It fully reflects the Chinese nation's ancestors' pursuit of the harmonious unity of "heaven, earth and man", and their emphasis on adapting to the time and place and following the laws of nature.
The Qingming Festival has rich customs. Tomb sweeping and ancestor worship and outings are the two major ritual themes of the Qingming Festival. These two traditional ritual themes have been passed down in China since ancient times and continue to this day.

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