When a man secretly loves a girl, with the consent of his parents, parents will entrust a matchmaker to inquire at the woman's house. The matchmaker brought two bags of dried noodles to the woman's house, and if the woman's parents agreed to this marriage, they would accept the dried noodles. Otherwise, you will retire afterwards.
After a while, the man's family will ask the matchmaker to bring a few close relatives, take a piece of poria tea, a "four-color" gift and a piece of materials, and send them to the woman's family for formal engagement. This kind of visit is called "ordering tea". If the woman accepts "ordering tea", it means recognizing her relatives. If she refuses to order tea, it means that she doesn't want to get married. During the period from the recognition of relatives to the formal marriage, the man will give gifts to the woman's family every festive festival or the Spring Festival harvest.
Later, the man went to see Nash off again. Giving Nash is also called giving a small gift. That is, I sent the girl a box of rouge, a box of silver powder, a pair of earrings, a hair band, two pieces of cloth and two pieces of poria tea. Finally, the bride price is the bride price. When both parents think that marriage can be concluded, the woman sends a matchmaker to inform the man of the amount of bride price and so on. After the two sides agreed on the appropriate number of bride price, the man's matchmaker and three or four brothers in our family brought clothes, powder cakes, rouge, soap and jewelry to the woman.
Nowadays, with the improvement of living standards, the number and types of bride price have changed. In the past, big items such as watches, bicycles and sewing machines were gradually replaced by high-end appliances such as televisions and refrigerators. After the man accepts the bride price, the woman's family will hold a family banquet and invite all her in-laws to the banquet, which is called "inviting guests".