Na Zheng, also known as Na Yin, is the fourth of the six traditional wedding rites in ancient times, which is also known as the modern excessive gift and dowry. The act of the groom delivering the dowry to the bride's home after Najib is called collection. The items in the dowry are mostly even numbers, and singular numbers are taboo. The amount of the dowry depends on the woman's wealth and status. After this etiquette, the engagement was fully established.
What are the ancient betrothal gifts
1. Earnest money
The man acknowledges and thanks the parents of the woman for their nurturing of the daughter.
2. Pin Bing
One load, about fifty kilograms.
3. Seafood
There are four styles, six styles, or eight styles, and the style and quantity depend on the man's financial situation. Each style is divided into two packages. Common ones include seaweed, abalone, scallops, shiitake mushrooms, shrimp, squid, etc.
4. San Sheng
Two pairs of chickens, two males and two females. If the parents are not complete, one pair is sufficient; Three to five pounds of pork, symbolizing abundance and sincerity; Big fish or mud carp indicate having a head and a tail, with surplus every year.
5. Coconut
Two pairs, not all parents can use one pair, indicating the meaning of having a father (coconut) and a child.
6. Alcohol
Four bottles represent strong love.
7. Sijing Fruit
Longan dried, lychee dried, walnut dried, and peanuts are used to bless the new generation with prosperity, completeness, and abundance.
8. Four-color sugar
Rock sugar, orange cakes, winter melon candy, and golden dates represent sweetness and sweetness, which means growing old together.
9. Tea, sesame
Planting tea requires seeds, so using tea as a gift symbolizes that once a woman enters into a marriage agreement, she must keep her promise.
10. Gift box
There are lotus seeds, lilies, betel nut, sesame seeds, red beans, dried longan, jewelry, dragon and phoenix candles, couplets, etc. inside.
11. Dou two meters
The man prepared twelve jin of glutinous rice and three jin of sugar for the woman to make rice dumpling, which means perfect sweetness.