婚礼六礼

China.There are in every legal marriage in China six ceremonies (六礼): first, (问名) asking for the name, i.e., formal proposal; second (纳彩) receiving the silk presents, i.e., betrothal: third (定期) fixing the day of marriage; fourth (亲迎) fetching the bride; fifth (奠雁) pouring libation before the wild goose, i.e., plighting troth, so—called because the wild goose is supposed to be most faithful in connubial love; sixth (庙见)— temple presentation.