The gift items that men need are as follows:
Two boxes of hardcover Longfeng cakes and a box of western-style cakes.
Double Happiness Eight Kinds of Fruits ji zi Basket (Life is Intense)
Two pairs of coconuts (grandfather and son) and two pairs of long hardcover dragon and phoenix candles (long Guangdong bride)
Hardcover bronzing, one pair of couplets for men and women, two boxes of hardcover tea and sesame seeds (women are faithful)
Double happiness gilding two big gift seals (engagement fee)
A century of harmony, three sacrifices and two seals (chicken, fish and pork gifts can be replaced by three sacrifices)
Double happiness stickers (walnuts, lotus seeds, lilies, red dates, shelled peanuts, dried lychees, dried longan, red beans, mung beans, sesame seeds, tea leaves, eleven auspicious Guo Jing)
A pack of cypress, double happiness bronzing and two packs of city seal are gifts from the woman to the man! The bride's family responded as follows:
Golden lotus boat (love is like oxygen) and a pair of pomegranates (many children are more blessed)
Add Ding Jiang, taro (add Ding to make a fortune), hibiscus hibiscus, Platycladus orientalis (seek good fortune and avoid bad luck), oranges (good luck), two packages of double happiness bronzing and a pair of double happiness towels, a big tea ceremony (big muffins, money, long profits, fried piles, red envelopes, etc. ) {Ma You Tea Ceremony} After receiving the gift, the woman's family needs to get married at the latest. Dowry is a symbol of a woman's status and wealth. In the past, Cantonese people liked to send dowry with camphor wood to show their durability. Dowry can be divided into makeup and makeup.
Sending makeup means that the woman's family sends the dowry to the man's family. In addition to people with makeup, the woman's family will also invite several relatives and friends to take care of it together. The more people there are, the thicker the woman's house is. Welcome makeup is to carry the dowry to the man's house, and the man's house will invite relatives and friends to meet him. In the dowry, besides precious jewelry and gold ornaments, there are many things that symbolize good omen. With Tan Meng as the bucket for children and grandchildren, I wish my daughter lush foliage and a full house of children and grandchildren. Take the red ruler as the future ruler, which means fertile land; Vases represent rich flowers; Copper plates and shoes mean to grow old together; Silver foreskin is rich; Scissors refer to butterflies flying in pairs; A pair of dragon and phoenix quilts, sheets and pillows, wishing the couple love and lingering; A piece of candy is a metaphor for sweet happiness; Longfeng bowl chopsticks are used as food and clothing chopsticks (there is a profitable market in the bowl, which can replace 72 sets of dowry), and the bride's dowry supplies are as follows:
Centennial tea set (one plate, one pot and four cups)
A bowl of century-old food and clothes (a pair of bowls, chopsticks, plates and spoons)
Cups with a lid (a pair)
Embroidered silk double sets of concentric chopsticks, fighting double happiness, full of children (Tan Meng)
A few days before the wedding, on the auspicious day of the zodiac, a good-natured woman will spread a new bed in an auspicious place that is beneficial to the couple, then spread a dragon and phoenix quilt and sprinkle red mung beans, lotus seeds, red dates, longan, walnuts and other happy fruits. Relatives are not allowed to sleep in a new bed after they are put in bed. Pregnant women, people with filial piety and women with moonlight clan are not allowed to enter.
In addition, after going to bed, let the children jump out of bed to eat happy fruit, which is called pressing the bed in ancient times, which means opening branches and spreading leaves.
The most important ceremony and etiquette before the wedding is to go to the cabinet and go to the top. Going to court means that the bride-to-be stays in a corner of her home for a period of time before getting married, usually in the boudoir or attic, accompanied by a group of sisters and close friends in the boudoir, to temporarily get rid of her usual living habits and prepare herself psychologically so as to adapt to the unfamiliar living environment of her husband's family in the future. The bride will stay until the wedding day and leave the attic. So it is generally known that girls get married and become brides. Modern people also have activities similar to going to the counter. The bride invited her sisters and close friends to her daughter's house the night before the wedding to tell each other their worries and prepare for another stage of her life tomorrow. Although there are occasional occasions when sisters are emotional and cry, the overall atmosphere is still full of joy. In modern wedding etiquette, before the wedding ceremony, both men and women will still take the head ceremony separately. The ceremony was held the night before the wedding or on a suitable day. It symbolizes that a couple has officially entered the adult stage, and they want to form a new family and shoulder the mission of spreading branches and leaves. Choose a good time, the man should take a bath half an hour earlier than the woman, and both men and women should take a bath first. The blessed person (commonly known as the blessed man/woman, the elders of both men and women's families, need parents and children to be alive, and the husband and wife are harmonious) should bathe himself with pomelo (pomelo leaves are said to be able to remove dirt and move). Then I put on brand-new underwear and pajamas, sat by a window where I could see the moonlight, and a lucky guy or a lucky woman combed my hair. The bride's hair will be combed into a bun to show that she will enter adulthood after marrying a woman. When a good person or a good woman combs her hair, she should say rhyming and auspicious sentences, such as "one comb to the end, two combs with white hair, Qi Mei, three combs with children and grandchildren, four combs with four silver bamboo shoots." It means wishing the newlyweds a happy marriage. Finally, the lucky guy or lucky woman needs to tie the cypress and the red rope to the bride or groom's head, so as to complete the ceremony. Because the gyro is a ceremony for parents to bless their children, it is more important.
On a man's head: Take a bath with green pomelo leaves before wearing it, then put on brand-new underwear and pajamas and start over. Prepare three bowls of glutinous rice balls (nine in each bowl), mirrors, red ropes, pointed combs, rulers for children and grandchildren, and dragon and phoenix scissors before the case. When you are lucky, you should be put on your head by a good person (combing your hair) and sincerely worship the sky. When the head is ready, you can eat dumplings with your family and brothers. Lucky items on the man's head: (pointed comb, mirror, dragon and phoenix candle, successor ruler, red rope, dragon and phoenix scissors, etc. ).
On the woman's head: first take a bath with green pomelo leaves, then put on brand-new underwear and pajamas, and then choose a window where you can see the moon. After lighting the dragon and phoenix candles, three bowls of glutinous rice balls, raw fruit, barbecue and chicken should be used to worship the sky, and wooden combs and grate combs should be prepared instead of pointed combs, sewing kits, dragon and phoenix candles and red scarves. Dragon and phoenix scissors represent advantages, and children's ruler and mirror take their bright future, that is, the so-called faucet mirror and hinged scissors ruler. Lucky headgear for the woman: (comb, grate, needle, thread, dragon and phoenix candle, dragon and phoenix scissors, mirror, red rope, children's ruler, etc.). ). Getting married requires a new house and a new bed, which is necessary as a man's family. The time to make the bed is the day before the wedding. The bed should be made by a good woman. What is a good woman? Refers to a woman who has given birth to many children, especially sons. She not only raised her sons well, but also worked smoothly and had a happy family. Of course, in this era, many of them are paved by big-breasted girls. Sister Dajin refers to an important person who helps to preside over the wedding. )
After laying new sheets and quilts, put lotus seeds, even peanuts and even dates under the bedspread. This is used to press the bed on the wedding day. Of course, we have to put two interest letters at the end of the bed and put a pile of interest on the bed with plates, so that on the wedding day, we can get a new house for our married brothers and sisters. On the morning of the wedding, the man's reception team will go to the woman's house to receive relatives. Nowadays, picking up the bride is the climax of the whole wedding. The first level is "getting started". If you want to successfully get the beauty back, you must go through a series of intellectual and physical tests, and if necessary, add love songs, but the most important thing is a rich "good start". Sisters will not open the door if they are not satisfied. The groom should bring a bouquet to marry the bride (the bride should not make her own bouquet).
The groom will look for red shoes for the bride in the room where she will be picked up, and put them on before taking her away. After the wedding, the bride and groom sit on the bed, and the brothers and sisters will push the couple to roll on the bed, with the intention of crushing the peanuts and lotus seeds under the bedspread to make a good start.