There are three Six Rites in marriage. What do you mean?

"These three books are engagement book (engagement letter), gift book (gift list) and wedding book (bride's wedding book).

"The six gifts are: receiving gifts (proposing relatives), asking names (including eight characters), Naji (passing on the text), receiving gifts (giving gifts), inviting dates (choosing dates), and welcoming relatives (welcoming relatives).

Gift-giving Modern people don't pay attention to "three books and six gifts" for a long time, but usually only do "gift-giving" gifts.

Matters needing attention in gifts:

"The items in the bride price are auspicious, but the number must be in pairs, not in singular.

"The bride price needs to be packed in five China gift boxes, which is a gift. In order to get even numbers, a mailbox and six gift boxes are attached.

"The man chooses an auspicious day (before marriage 15 to 20 days or so) to prepare gifts and gifts to the woman's house.

"The woman received the man's dowry, not all of them were accepted, and the items that belonged to the man's blessing needed to be returned.

Gifts include:

1. Gift cake: two pairs of dragon and phoenix gift cakes, one pair of men and one pair of women. A load of gift cakes can be divided into four kinds, six kinds and eight kinds, all of which are even.

2. Coconuts: Parents use two pairs when they are alive, or use one pair.

3. Tea, cheese? .

4. Two pairs of betel nuts. 5. Three kinds of animals: two pairs of chickens or geese, two females and two males (only one pair is needed when parents are not alive). Pork flies in pairs, that is, a few kilograms are split in two and the bottoms are connected together. A pair of fish, usually big fish.

6. Seafood: Usually four kinds of seafood, abalone, sea cucumber, shark's fin, fish belly and scallop, the advanced ones can be used; More economical can choose squid, dried shrimps, mushrooms and oyster sauce. Prosperity depends on people, but there must be seaweed.

7. Guo Jing: Xiang lotus seed, lily, jujube, longan and litchi? Peach or peanut, choose four.

8. Postbox: Of course, there must be gifts in the gift box, and the rest should be filled with lotus seeds, lilies, clams, shoulder poles, betel nuts, sesame seeds, red beans, mung beans, four Beijing fruits, red ropes, Li Li and gold ornaments.

9. Others: cigarettes, wine, fruit, whatever you want. Two pairs of dragon and phoenix candles, don't miss them, and there are two pairs of couplets.

Women's home gifts include:

1. More than half of the bride price of the man's family must be in pairs.

2. Tea, cheese and fruit.

3. A pair of lotus roots and taro pomegranates.

4. He Wei towel (that is, towel).

5. A suit or cloth for the son-in-law, a belt, a wallet (with built-in benefits), a pair of shoes and two pairs of socks.

6. A betel nut.

7. A cart full of tea, including money, fried piles, muffins and so on.

Anchuang

"Choose a good day, lucky guy will move a new bed; Then a good woman makes the bed and sprinkles all kinds of happy fruits, such as red dates, longan, litchi, red mung beans and Li Li.

"After the new bed is put on the bed, no one can touch it until the couple gets married and enters the room.

"When a couple enters the house, they can let their children eat happy fruit in bed. This is called' pressing the bed', which means taking a hundred children and grandchildren.

"Breaking up new houses is considered to be more and more troublesome and more and more auspicious.

dowry

"Because the dowry project is complicated, some outdated things can be replaced by profits, and the bride can choose what she wants.

"After receiving the bride price, the woman's family will send the dowry to the man's family the day before the wedding at the latest.

Dowry includes:

1. descendants bucket: that is, the toilet, where money, cypress and profit run through the red line. Change the toilet into a spittoon.

2. Bowl chopsticks: two bowls of chopsticks for children and grandchildren are tied with red ropes.

3. Longfeng bedding: sheets, pillowcases, quilts, etc. should be embroidered with patterns such as mandarin duck, double happiness and dragon and phoenix.

4. Scissors and rulers.

5. Silver pants headband.

6. Copper pots and shoes. 7. A few pieces of sugar.

8. Tea sets: including trays, teapots and teacups.

9. Clothes cloth: put the new clothes in the suitcase, with cypress, lotus seeds, longan and so on. And let them make a profit.

10. Gold and silver jewelry.

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"Choose an auspicious day to hold a ceremony before the wedding.

"Good or bad luck" (that is, those whose parents and children are alive and their marriage is harmonious) is carried out by relatives and friends in their respective homes.

"The couple took a bath with grapefruit leaves and put on brand-new pajamas and underwear.

"The woman should light a dragon and phoenix candle on a table by the window, a wick, three bowls of lotus seeds and red dates soup pills, six or nine pills in each bowl, and other fruits, barbecue and chicken, and sincerely offer sacrifices to heaven.

"Men's household necessities are: mirror, red rope, pointed comb, ruler for children and grandchildren, and a pair of dragon and phoenix candles. Women's home: wooden comb, bi comb, scissors, sewing kit, red silk scarf.

"Auspicious" relatives and friends said while combing the couple's hair: "comb it to the end", "comb it to Qi Mei with white hair", "comb it to the children and grandchildren" and "comb it to four silver bamboo shoots".

"Then tie cypress and red rope to the couple's hair.

Pick up the bride (in a sedan chair) for the wedding.

"The groom took flowers to the bride's house to pick up the bride.

"Before opening the door, the groom should open the door for the sisterhood.

After opening the door, the bride is led out by Dajinmei or the maid of honor, handed over to the bride's father, and then handed over to the groom.

"A couple who exchange mesons.

"The couple worship heaven and earth first, and then worship their ancestors.

The couple served tea and bowed to their parents.

"The bride prepared two gifts, one for Wei Wangjin and the other for the full house, and handed it to her aunt after the door.

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"Sister Daikin or maid of honor holds a red umbrella to protect the bride from going out.

"Sister Daikin and sisters spread rice while walking (red beans can also be added).

"Must be an unmarried woman to accompany the bride to the man's house.

"The bride's brother shall not accompany the bride into the door.

Passing the door (back to the man's house) "The couple went back to the man's house, first worshiping heaven and earth, then worshiping their ancestors.

"The couple bowed to Weng Gu with tea. Wenggu congratulated the couple and gave them gifts and jewels.

"The couple offered tea to other elders and relatives.

"The couple shook hands with their peers, brothers and relatives." The couple stayed at home and had lunch with Weng Gu and other elders. Wenggu needs to prepare nine dishes.

San Chao hui men

"On the third day after marriage, the newlyweds went back to their parents' home to worship their ancestors and even stayed overnight.

"Optional return on the same day, saving time and money.

Men's home return gifts include:

1. Roast a pig (never use profit or barbecue card instead).

2. Two bottles of foreign wine.

3. Two boxes of cakes.

4. bear fruit.

Women's home gifts include:

1. Burn a pig's head, a pig's tail and a pig's hand, and put half of the pig on the pig pot.

2. A bottle of foreign wine.

3. A box of cakes.

4. bear fruit.

5. Count cocks, hens and chickens.

6. Two bamboo poles.

7. Lettuce with roots.