Talking about showing off your wife's dowry

Compared with ancient marriage customs, modern marriage customs are much simpler. Although ancient women were in a low position, they still had to prepare a dowry for their daughters, and the dowry was a daughter-in-law's personal belongings, so there was no reason for her husband's family to possess it. In the ancient dowry, one thing is essential, that is, the white handkerchief, which is also what the husband cares most about, and the wedding dress is also the dowry that the husband cares most about, because these two things can represent the husband's face.

When watching TV series, you can find that the bridal chamber uses a white handkerchief. The next day, someone from the husband's family came to check if there was any red. What's even more amazing is that they will show it the next day, and even send people to tell stories at their daughter-in-law's mother's house. Neighbors, relatives, and friends around you have congratulated them. This custom was formed because in ancient times, women's chastity was very important. Once the white handkerchief turns red, it means that the woman is still there. Showing off will make her husband's family particularly proud. On the other hand, there is no red, so this woman's life in her husband's family is particularly sad.

Secondly, the wedding dress, ancient women don't wear wedding dresses like we do now, but wear their own wedding dresses, so that guests who come to the wedding can see the bride's craftsmanship on the wedding day. If the bride's craftsmanship is good, it will make her husband's family and her family particularly proud and pay tribute to them. Therefore, in ancient times, women's needlework became a compulsory course before the bride got married. If you do well, you will easily win the favor of your mother-in-law and have a higher position in the family.

Compared with modern women, ancient women were really luckier. It is precisely because the ancient wedding ceremony was complicated and demanding that the ancients began to prepare dowry for their daughters very early. Therefore, in the dowry of ancient women, nothing else is needed, but white handkerchiefs and wedding dresses are essential.