What gifts do men bring to the door to propose marriage
The ancient custom of proposing marriage must be, the man's family personally door to door to the woman to propose marriage to the man's family expressed the respect of the woman's family, the door to the gifts must be an even number, such as cigarettes and alcohol, candy, pastries, jujubes, Lotus seeds, sweet things (not limited to the type), the round type of cake (on behalf of the thing can be rounded off), the apple gift box table Auspicious and joyful and so on.
After the marriage proposal, set the date for marriage, to be held before the wine to the woman's home to send the bride price, this is generally heavier.
To propose marriage to the bride price (usually before and after the marriage of the woman will be playing to the man or send the equivalent of the dowry), and then the woman's parents of the red packet and other things, the woman if there are relatives in the also want to send a red packet.
Overall, the bridegroom's gift should be more expensive than the usual gifts to the family guests, it is best to be able to have a certain volume, more variety, look rich. Before the gift should consider both the prospective father-in-law's preferences and can take into account the prospective mother-in-law's preferences, it is best to be able to discuss carefully with the other half of the choice of what kind of gift in advance, she knows more about her parents than you do. This can be done enough to pitch in, things go a little smoother and everyone is happy.
Finally, the woman must be prepared to return the gift, so that the man can take away when he leaves, so that show courtesy.
If the marriage proposal coincides with the festival, you have to be polite with holiday gifts, for example: Mid-Autumn Festival to send Mid-Autumn Moon Cake, Dragon Boat Festival to send rice dumplings and so on.
What gifts to bring to the door of the man proposing marriage What gifts to prepare for proposing marriage
Six gifts
Famous cigarettes two (such as China), the famous liquor two bottles (such as the Wuliangye), two boxes of high-grade tonic (such as ginseng, Cordyceps sinensis). If the woman's family grandpa, grandma living together, need to buy some elderly drinks, food, fruit and so on, to show love and respect for the elderly. If the woman's family has brother and sister-in-law children, but also need to bring a children's educational toys, or small bags, or children's books.
Eight gifts
Traditional marriage proposal to bring eight gifts: cigarettes, wine, tea, sugar, cakes, noodles, fish, meat.
Special note: noodles, generally choose noodles (including noodles); fish, generally choose carp; meat, generally choose the pig's hind leg;
Special note: cigarettes, wine, tea, sugar, cakes, noodles must be good quality, upscale, buy a double to do. Some of the old rules of some places also bring money, is the male parents need to buy clothes for the woman, buy three gold money. There are also some places of the old rules, newcomers change their mouths, the male parents to the female 10001, said one in a million; female parents to the male 9999, said long time. These old rules, need to respect the views of the woman, and depending on the situation.