The history of betrothal system can be described as "a long history", which was recorded as early as the Han Dynasty. Due to frequent wars, a large number of people can't live by themselves. "Han Jia's Donation Biography" records: "Marrying a wife and selling children can't be banned, and righteousness can't stop." "The Biography of Zhufuyan in Hanshu" records: "Men are not paid enough to plow the fields, and women are not good at spinning. The people are embarrassed, and the old and the weak can't help each other. "
Selling a wife is buying and selling a wife as a commodity. Although it was not a complete wife marriage, it prepared for the later wife phenomenon. Although a wife is a temporary way of marriage, it is also very ceremonial. Generally, you have to go through media certification, contract signing, employment and marriage.
In fact, the standard wife system, to put it mildly, is to carry on the family line. In fact, it is no different from buying and selling marriage. During this period of marriage, although women don't have to worry about worries in life, they have done great harm to themselves mentally. Although the standard wife is a temporary way to get married, it is also very ceremonial. Generally, it has to be certified by the media, signed, hired and married. The other party can make conditions to the woman, such as whether she is fertile or not, and she can't have sex with her ex-husband during this period.
Therefore, when renting a wife, sign a contract and specify the time limit, or two years, three years or have a son. After that, you can't stay for a day. In Qing Dynasty, Gansu also had the custom of renting a wife. According to records, this style was popular in Yong and Gan dynasties in Qing Dynasty, including long-term rent and temporary rent. Some families want to have offspring because they are too poor to get married.
Flying pigeons is called "flying pigeons" in Shanghai, and there is a story about flying into the yellow crane never revisited earth. As for some places, a woman got married several times and then fled home. At that time, it was called "standing up pigeons", which was a trick of cheating money in marriage and had little to do with the marriage custom itself.