1, bride price and dowry have different meanings.
(1) Bridal price refers to that the man respects the gifts and gifts given by the woman's family when the two parties are in love or before engagement. Generally, the bride price is mainly based on gift money, supplemented by gift money.
(2) Bridal gifts are gifts and gifts given by men and women when they are engaged. After the groom gives it to the woman, it is generally used for preparing the wedding, arranging dowry, wedding supplies, married life and so on.
2. The amount of bride price and dowry is different.
(1) The bride price is used as a deposit for the engagement. Generally, the amount is relatively small.
(2) The bride price is the money that a man gives a woman when she gets married. The amount is usually much larger than the dowry.
Essential items of folk dowry: 1. Comb: The so-called "one comb to the end, two combs of white hair, three combs of children and grandchildren" means "knotting hair", especially Prime Minister Zhuang, which means that husband and wife love each other for life and grow old together.
2. Ruler: a measuring tool, which is extended to measure happiness in married life. It refers to a hundred children and thousands of grandchildren. Happiness has a long history and is also a blessing for a new life and career in the future.
3. Cashbox: It is one of the wedding gifts given by the woman, indicating that the woman is well-off, and it is also used to collect her beloved baby after marriage.
4. Ruyi Scale: Ruyi Scale is used by the groom to unveil the bride's red veil based on the traditional wedding ceremony. Now it is one of the nine wedding bands that parents give to their married daughters. I hope that my daughter's future life will be satisfactory and husband and wife will be United.
5. Mirror: It represents perfection, fullness and the beauty of the bride. It is a sweet and happy wish for the bride's married life; Even if time passes, it will still retain the beautiful sustenance of youth and beauty.
6. Doudou: It was originally a device for measuring food. It was used in wedding etiquette to show a person's wealth and family's wealth, indicating that a person can live a carefree life after marriage.
7. Scissors: It is one of the "six certificates" in traditional weddings, and it is mainly used for clothing tailoring in life. Wedding etiquette implies that the bride will live a luxurious life after marriage, with a bright future and enjoy the splendor of life.
8. Abacus: a calculation tool used to calculate income and expenditure in life. The golden abacus in wedding etiquette symbolizes the couple's ideal and plan for a peaceful and prosperous life in the future, which can reasonably invest in financial management and win broad financial resources.