According to the custom of Xiapu people, the woman needs one meal and the man needs two meals when she gets married. A table is usually between 100 yuan and 300 yuan.

Xiapu, affiliated to Funing Prefecture, is located in Ningde City, Jinli, in the northeast of Fujian Province. It was once the political, economic and cultural center of eastern Fujian. The long coastline and numerous islands and harbors have become the geographical features of Xiapu.

It is a port city in the northeast wing of the economic zone on the west coast of the southeast coast of China, an open coastal county approved by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council, the earliest trade port with Taiwan in Fujian, "the hometown of kelp in China" and "the hometown of laver in China".