In the past, women's dowry was very particular. In the old society, women did not have the right to inherit family property, so when they got married, they tried their best to buy dowry as their own property and provide everything. Because the dowry is delivered by lifting the table, the amount of the dowry is calculated by "lifting", generally in even numbers, ranging from 4 to 100. The dowry of wealthier families mainly includes 1 set of porcelain, including 1 large bottle (with 1 feather duster inserted in the bottle), 1 vase, 1 bottle cap, 1 teapot, 2 bowls and 2 teapots. Wood products 1 set, including 4 boxes of camphor wood or beech wood and 2 pairs of silks (the boxes are filled with clothes of the four seasons, and some exquisite boxes are filled with copper coins at each corner, which is called "pressing the bottom of the box", or 1 double gold shovel is used to press the bottom of the box, which is called "treasure for future generations". There are several sets of clothes in the four seasons, including single clothes, jackets, leather clothes, cotton, yarn, silk, satin, silk, wool, woolen cloth and so on. 1 underwear with the same color, 1 coat with gown, skirt and mourning clothes (gown is very bright, mostly red and purple). Most clothes are sky blue. Skirts are mostly red). There are many kinds of leather clothes, such as sheepskin, cold sheepskin, fox skin, squirrel skin, silver mouse skin, lynx skin, mink skin and so on. All kinds of clothes should be folded into squares, stretched with red lines and put into boxes (if the boxes can't hold them, you can send them in boxes); A complete set of bedding 1, including 4 or 8 sets of bedding, each set is also equipped with 1 pairs of pillows, and there is nothing in the pillows. A whole string of auspicious fruits such as chestnuts, dates, dried lychees and longan should be nailed to each corner; 1 set of jewelry, including real gold, jade-touched and gem-set jewelry (silver is not allowed), all of which are stretched on a red tray called "stretched plate" and packed in boxes when giving dowry. In addition, there are many odds and ends of daily necessities, such as brushes, hair combs, rags and so on. In the dowry, there must also be some exquisite hand-embroidered products, such as wallets and handkerchiefs made by the bride for her mother-in-law and sister-in-law. And the patterns are mostly goldfish, lotus flowers, eight treasures and so on. On the one hand, it reflects the exquisiteness of her own needlework, on the other hand, it also strengthens the harmony with her husband's family. In particular, there must be two items in the dowry, namely the bucket and the lamp, commonly known as the "bucket lamp". Even if a poor family hires a daughter, they have to have these two things as a dowry. Happy bucket should be carried by someone (apples, red velvet flowers, cloth shoes, etc.). ), and the man's family wants to give him double pay, so there is a folk saying that "you earn double with a bucket." "There is a pair of cloth shoes with a thousand clouds in the barrel, which was given to the groom by the bride's family. Before making shoes, the woman's family asks the man's size first, and the man must say that it is bigger than his actual size. It is said that I am afraid that my husband's family will "give little shoes to wear." The name of this kind of shoes is "toe shoes", which is worn by the groom after he goes to church and takes off his boots, which means "going up the hill step by step". Xidou should be placed under the quilt compartment of the new house (the cabinet where the quilt is placed on the kang). Usually, it is only used to store feminine hygiene products and take them out when giving birth. As a mascot, lanterns have an auspicious saying that "golden lanterns often burn thousands of generations of fires, while jade lanterns last forever".