Before engagement: Parents discuss the engagement ceremony and details, and prepare the items needed for engagement. The day of engagement: Prepare the engagement wedding, greet the guests, the matchmaker speaks at the engagement wedding, the men and women introduce and greet the elders, exchange engagement tokens, parents make speeches and toast to all the guests.
1. Before engagement
1. The parents discuss the details of the engagement
Before the couple is engaged, the parents of both sides will have a meeting, which is not only a chance to discuss the engagement and marriage matters, but also the run-in of the two families. In this family exchange, the parents discuss the engagement, the dowry amount, the wedding day and some customs. But the two families will always have their own ideas, so the new person needs to adjust in this link to avoid the quarrel between the two families.
2. Get everything you need for the engagement
After the two parties have discussed the engagement, they can begin to prepare the items needed for the engagement. Such as engagement rings, the couple's clothes, etc.
The day of engagement
1. Greet guests
Inform the guests in advance of the time and place of the engagement party, and personally greet the guests on the day and welcome them to the corresponding location. After welcoming the play guests, the couple and their parents are seated.
2. The matchmaker speaks
If both men and women are introduced by a middleman, then you need to let the matchmaker give a speech on the day of the engagement, because he is the witness of the love of the two of you, and let the third party express the good wishes of the couple's love history.
3. Greet your elders
During the engagement ceremony, there is a part of greeting the elders, that is, the man introduces the bride-to-be to his parents, and the woman introduces the groom to her parents. After the introduction, the prospective couple will also change their tea to the parents of both sides, and the parents of both sides will give the new couple a red envelope. However, in some areas, the custom of changing the mouth is on the wedding day, so the change link needs to be determined according to their local customs.
4. Exchange engagement tokens
The exchange of tokens is also the exchange of tokens of love, which now generally refers to the exchange of engagement rings, of course, if the two people have other tokens of love, it is also possible.
5, parents speech
Looking at their children engaged, parents must have a lot of feelings, so in the parents' speech, parents can express their complex feelings, and send good wishes to the couple.
6. Toast
When the traditional engagement ceremony is over, there is a toast. As the host, the prospective couple must have a table to toast and accept the blessings of the guests.