自古以来婚礼就是礼俗中的重要内容，结婚是人生大事。旧式婚姻讲究父母之命，媒妁之言，有着严格的等级制度。传统婚姻，首先讲究的就是门当户对，家庭地位和面子永远放在第一位。议婚是婚姻双方最初确立关系的环节。男女双方父母通过媒人介绍，有了结婚的意向后，要过户帖又叫过门帖，上书结婚人祖宗三代的名号、籍贯、民族等等。下一步是男女双方交换庚帖，批八字。定婚是通过喜宴、仪礼把婚姻关系确定下来，得到家族、亲朋的公认。

Since ancient marriage was regarded as the important content of folk costumes, also marriage was the critical event of one’s life. The old marriage was under the command of parents and the words of match-makers. Even more old marriage had strict hierarchy system. In traditional marriage both sides were fairly well matched at the first position, family status and prestige were put in the most important position. Discussing marriage was the initial phase to establish marriage relationship. The both parents were introduced to each other by matchmaker, when they reached an agreement on marriage; they would require an exchange of Guomen invitation or Guohu invitation with the names, native place and nationality of three generations of the both sides. The next step was to exchange invitations of both sides and judge whether the boy and girl were a good match. Marriage relationship was confirmed by the banquet and ceremony of engagement and accepted by relatives.