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I wonder where the word matchmaker comes from in traditional marriage. Are matchmakers and matchmakers the same thing?

The matchmaker originated from the maid in the drama The West Chamber. The maid matchmaker has been secretly fixing Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying, so later there was a matchmaker's story. The traditional matchmaker refers to "the life of parents, the words of matchmakers", and the word media itself has the meaning of intermediary and transmission.

Older women, who take advantage of middlemen and are sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued, have always been regarded as derogatory roles in traditional society. Compared with the matchmaker, the matchmaker is more respectful, and young people who don't make a living are often called the matchmaker.