After the wedding date is determined, it is necessary to purchase furniture, household appliances, decorate new houses, buy wedding dresses, choose wedding dresses and take wedding commemorative photos. Both parties designate the best man and maid of honor, notify relatives and friends, and the host (usually the man) will book hotels and vehicles, and hire the host and guest to make video recording, photography, salute, band, wedding venue and other matters. Generally, the following preparations should be made before the wedding ceremony: four bride price gifts: keeping the mother meat; 4 green onions; 2 kg of vermicelli; Two bags of cotton and sugar. The four bride price is a gift that the groom must take to the woman's home when he picks up the bride. It takes a knife to leave two ribs of the mother's flesh and blood to show that although the daughter left her mother and got married, she was still connected with her mother's flesh and blood and did not leave her mother. Green onions should take root and sprout, indicating that life is rich and children are smart and reliable. Pink and sugar indicate a sweet and long marriage. Among the four kinds of betrothal gifts, there are carp (2-4 pieces), rice flour (2 pieces), wine (2 bottles), sugar (2 packets), cigarettes (2 pieces) and tea (2 generations), which are not considered as four kinds of betrothal gifts because they must be taken from the mother's meat and green onions. Red carpet (1): used when the bride changes makeup and sits happily. Red ribbon (2): When the bride wears makeup, the bride and groom tie each other. Red shoes (1 pair): The bride likes to wear them in the car. Wedding flowers: flowers for groom, bride, groomsman, bridesmaid, witness, host and guests 1, flowers for wedding ceremony (parents of both parties), and some flowers for guests. Flowers (3 bunches): The groom presented 1 bunch of flowers to the bride, and 2 bunches of flowers were presented to the bride and groom during the ceremony. Wax-loving (4 pieces): used for bride's makeup and wedding night. Whip (not less than 8 hooks): put/kloc-0 hooks in the car, and put 2 hooks in the woman's house, new house, hotel and ceremony. Salute (18-21): The bride and groom will fire their guns when they get off the bus or get married. (Generally, wealthy families have this arrangement. ) happy characters: large size-two at the new entrance and two at the hotel entrance; Zhong-welcome car 1 car1; Trumpet and artistic words-a few, posted indoors in the new house. Wedding couplets (2): used in new houses and ceremony venues. Flower raising (6th generation) colored strips (6 barrels): used by the bride and groom when getting off at new houses, hotels and wedding ceremonies. Head flower (several): the bride makes up. Mother-in-law flower (1): The bride wears it for her mother-in-law. Hairpins (several): spare when mother-in-law wears flowers. Flower Basket (1): used for ceremony venue. Red paper (10): used to cover manhole covers and fruit bowls. Fruit candy, cake, melon seeds, cigarettes: used for reception of new houses, rostrum of ceremony venues, and gift tables. Double happiness cigarettes and matches (several): used by the bride and groom when toasting. Le Ballon Rouge (20 cars): 2 trailers for 1 cars. Photo albums (at least 4): used for photography of the whole wedding process. Axe (1): The bride and groom change their makeup and use it when they are sitting happily. The axe is preferably mahogany, and red paper can also be cut. ) 1-2 sets of gift books, pens and gift account pockets. Red envelopes for the man's family: the bride changes her mouth, presses the kang, presses the car, changes shoes for the bride, hangs the door curtain, hangs the clock, lights the bride, rewards the dowry, and is used by newly-married children, car lovers, chefs, photographers, cameramen, groomsmen, bridesmaids, children offering flowers, owners and guests. Prepare some mobile phone red packets. Red envelopes for the bride's family: the groom will change his mouth to light a cigarette, hold the bride's waist down, enjoy the happy car, give the bride gifts, and reward the chef when adding vegetables. The bride will give them to her sister-in-law and brother-in-law at the same time, and prepare 1 pack of coins to use when catching the word fu. The woman has fruit candy cakes and melon seeds at home; 1 noodles, 2 poached eggs (for the bride and groom); 1 Hang the whip and like to enter; 1 cornucopia and 1 red scarf; A number of red handkerchiefs (if you throw a car, give it); There are 1 door curtain, 1 wall clock, 1 weight (for hanging door curtain and wall clock). Souvenirs exchanged by the bride and groom. Before the wedding, the man's house and the host will pay a courtesy visit to the woman's house to communicate and ask for advice. Matters that need to be communicated and agreed by the families of both parties are: (1) the person who will marry the bride (led by an elder), the number of people who will see her off, and the number of children. (2) How to get rewards when there are several vehicles to see relatives off. (3) Agree on the time for seeing the bride off, vehicle route, bridal chamber (bridal chamber), wedding ceremony and agenda. Make it clear that the ceremony of changing makeup and taking photos in the woman's house and sitting on the bed in the bridal chamber should not exceed 1 hour; The ceremony lasts 20-25 minutes. (4) Reward communication: the bride and groom exchange money and pay for the kang, the bride's shoes, the bride's car, the curtain and the wall clock, the bride's children, the dowry, the bride's gifts and the bride's food. (5) Executive witnesses, wedding celebration spokespersons, children offering flowers, and flower flogging personnel. (6) Return: 2 green onions and 2 waxes. (7) The deacon of the woman's house and the guest of the man's house shall communicate with each other directly. Emphasize that the best man carries gifts for the groom and opens and closes the door for the bride and groom to get on and off; Bridesmaids assist the bride in making up and changing clothes; The groomsman and maid of honor laid a red carpet for the bride, lit candles, made preparations for exchanging tokens and toasting, and took care of gfd of the bride and groom at any time. (8) Issues involving customary communication, taboos or precautions of both parties and other related matters. On the eve of the wedding, the groom spends the night in the newly decorated house, accompanied by unmarried brothers or nephews, commonly known as "pressing the bed" and "warming the house". On the wedding day, from the early morning, gongs and drums were played in front of the man's house, red couplets were posted on the door, and the word "Xi" was posted on indoor and outdoor doors, windows and furniture. Set up fireworks and firecrackers in the shape of "88" or "99" in front of or outside the gate. Early in the morning, the flower shop installed the bridal shower car. The word "Xi" was pasted on the windshield of the bridal shower car, and "Le Ballon Rouge" was hung on both sides of the door of the bridal shower car. The bride gets up early to make up and is accompanied by a bridesmaid to wait at home. (1) The groom changes clothes. The groom changed his clothes in the new house, wearing red and flowers. The mother entrusted her son to a family. At the wedding (the groom's parents), both the host and the guests wear wedding flowers. The wedding motorcade set off. The groom, led by his elders, accompanied by the best man, introducer, relatives and friends and the wedding host, took flowers, four bride price and money for shoes to the wedding reception by bus. One person is responsible for taking the flowers of the bride and groom, the flowers of the best man and bridesmaid, the flowers of the bride's parents, two red belts, a pair of red shoes, a red carpet, four wedding candles and a whip. The best man sat down to pad the groom with an axe and set off a set of firecrackers. If you have a drum team, please play together. Every village across the bridge along the way set off firecrackers. Close people deliberately detour to show their glory. The wedding team walked near the woman's house and set off firecrackers to inform her. The woman's family greeted her outside the gate, and the wedding service staff got off. (3) the groom changed his mouth and called the door. The groom walked ahead with a gift in his hand and changed his name to "Mom! Open the door ",be sure to call it several times (called" hold your temper ",and so does the woman when she goes to the man's house). After the mother-in-law opened the door, the groom bowed to his father-in-law. Mother-in-law took the gift, changed her mind to reward her son-in-law, and then asked the guests to wait in the living room, where they were served with rock tea candy, and the introducer introduced the kinship between the two sides. When welcoming the guests into the house, the groom asked the bride to open the door and presented her with flowers. (4) The bride changes makeup. The bride's parents wear wedding flowers. The best man and bridesmaid put on the red carpet, lit candles and put green onions. The best man put money on the red carpet, and the bride put on makeup on the red carpet. After the bride wears makeup, the bride and groom tie red ribbons and wear flowers for each other. The best man and the bridesmaid wear flowers for each other. The bride's family took a group photo with the bride and groom. (5) eat happy noodles. The bride's mother cooks a bowl of noodles, puts two poached eggs, and the bride and groom share a bowl of noodles. (6) The groom lights a cigarette for the elder of the woman's family, and the elder rewards it with money; The elders rewarded the bride with money to press her waist. (More picky people have this arrangement) (7) Bride's blessing: The bride's family scatters coins on the red carpet, and the bride grabs the money and puts it in a washbasin wrapped in red cloth, commonly known as the "cornucopia". The bride carries the basin, and the mother entrusts her daughter. (8) Happy Car Return. The groom gets on the bus with the bride on his back, changes the bride's shoes, the bride's brother picks up the old shoes, and the groom gives a red envelope. The wedding staff brought back the red carpet and two love waxes and two green onions. The woman's family rewarded the wedding car with money and set off firecrackers in return. Along the way, the bride's parents, rickshaw drivers and other relatives accompanied her to her husband's house. When a girl gets married, the woman's family will usually accompany several large dowry items, such as high-end furniture and household appliances. All dowries should be tied tightly with red cloth strips and arrive with the car.