The bride price is given at the time of engagement. Bride gift is one of the ancient marriage customs in China, which is the property that the man gives to the woman when the marriage contract is initially reached in order to establish the husband and wife relationship. In addition to money, gifts such as chicken, duck and fish, cake and sugar, gifts need to buy double meaning in pairs.
1. When will the dowry be paid
Dowry is one of the ancient marriage customs in China, in the old marriage, dowry is the man in order to establish a husband and wife relationship with the woman, living together, in the initial agreement of marriage, according to the traditional customs of our country gifts to the woman's property. In ancient China, men and women from marriage to marriage need to go through six stages of "collecting, asking names, naji, collecting, requesting period, and welcoming", of which "collecting" is that the man sends the bride gift to the woman in order to get married, which has evolved to today is "bride gift". Nowadays, the bride price is usually given by the man to the woman at the time of engagement.
Second, pay attention to the bride price
When sending betrothal gifts, the amount of betrothal gifts should avoid the number "4", because many people think that the meaning of "4" is not very good, so try to avoid "4".
When a man gives a bride price to his wife, there are not only money, but also other gifts. The general gifts are chicken, duck and fish, tobacco and wine, cake, four-color candy, hope that the new life is rich, sweet and happy. It should be noted that the gifts in the bride price are to be bought in double, which means that they are in pairs.