Female purchase
There is an ancient saying in China that a man should prepare a bride price when he marries a daughter-in-law, and a woman should also prepare a corresponding dowry when she is ready to marry. The dowry prepared by the woman is usually something commonly used in married family life, such as washbasins, pots and pans, etc. The red washbasin represents happiness. Red washbasin has another implication in marriage culture, that is, cornucopia. Because it is a basin, all kinds of things will be put in it, so it is also called a cornucopia. When the bride enters her husband's house with a cornucopia, it also means bringing wealth.
Male buyer
In some places, the wedding pots are bought by the man and sent to the woman's house in advance, and the enamel material is better. On the wedding day, the red basin was carried by the bridesmaid to the groom's house and taken over by the man's relatives and elders. Moreover, the bride washed her face at the man's house on the wedding day, so the man prepared in advance. Generally, in addition to buying bowls with festive colors, you should also use porcelain bowls with good quality, which is more weighty to carry, and it also shows that the man's family attaches importance to the bride. If the man buys it, it also shows that this husband will live and will take care of the family after marriage.
The two sides discussed
Although the washbasin used for marriage in most places is brought to the man's house as the dowry of the woman and should be bought by the woman, the woman does not have to buy it. In some places, there is no washbasin for a woman's dowry, and both parties can discuss which one to buy. Washballs are not expensive. In fact, either party can buy it or not. In addition to being used in later life, some ceremonies will be used on the wedding day, so a wedding is incomplete without a basin. One party buys, and the other party doesn't have to prepare.