What does consummation mean?

Consummation, a Chinese word, pronounced yuán fáng, means husband and wife sleep together. Generally, consummation occurs on the night of the couple's wedding. From "Book of Rites·Gongfangji".

① The newlyweds began to have sex: Although they were married, they did not consummate the marriage.

② Refers to the child bride and her fiancé starting to have sex: when she became a child bride, the man was only eight years old, and it took ten years for the marriage to be consummated.

Speciality in China:

Marriage? In the old society, marriage was decided by parents. "The orders of parents and the words of matchmakers" are a vivid summary of old-style marriage, so it is said: "There is no matchmaker between men and women." No handover, no money, no meeting." "Book of Rites·Gongfangji". After the matchmaker proposes marriage, he or she will predict whether the marriage will be "positive or negative" based on the boy's and girl's birth dates, which is called "combined year fortune".