What does matchmaking mean?

Matchmaking is also called matchmaking, which is to negotiate a marriage through a matchmaker so that both men and women can marry Qin and Jin.

Meaning:

The traditional concept in feudal society is that men and women "don't get married", emphasizing that "no clouds in the sky, no rain, no matchmaker on the ground, no marriage"; "parents' orders, The matchmaker's words."

This "matchmaker" refers to the matchmaker. Recruiting a matchmaker is generally the man's business. If the woman is also interested in marriage, the two parties can send people to visit each other. Sometimes, if the woman's conditions are advantageous, she can even entrust a matchmaker to introduce her, and let the man "step into the door" and call her "in-law".

In ancient times, matchmakers were also called "Yue Lao" and "Matchmaker". According to records in Tang Dynasty novels, a scholar named Wei Gu was walking through the city at night and met an old man sitting on the side of the road leaning on a big bag, reading a big book in the moonlight. Wei Gu curiously asked him what book he was looking through, and the old man replied that it was the marriage book of all people in the world.

Wei Gu asked the old man what was in the big bag. The old man replied: "It contains red ropes. Just tie the feet of a man and a woman to a red rope, even if they are not ** * Dai Tian's enemies, or strangers thousands of miles apart, will definitely get married." Later, there was a saying that "a thousand miles of marriage is tied by a thread."

"Matchmaker" was first seen in a legendary story "The Story of Yingying" written by Yuan Zhen, a talented scholar in the Tang Dynasty. After long-term circulation, "Matchmaker" has become a household name and a well-known figure. Therefore, the term "matchmaker" became more popular. At the same time, this kind of address is more complimentary, showing the importance, friendship and praise of the matchmaker.