When we got engaged. The wedding gift is a traditional marriage custom in China. It is a gift given by the man to his wife when they make a marriage contract, symbolizing the completion of the marriage contract.
Dowry is one of the traditional 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, when the marriage contract is initially reached, according to the traditional customs of our country gifts to the woman's property. China's ancient men and women from the discussion of marriage to the completion of marriage need to go through the "collection, ask the name, naji, Na levy, please period, pro-welcome" six stages, of which the "collection" is the man to the woman to send the betrothal gift symbolizing the achievement of the marriage contract, also called "big ding", evolved to today is the "bride price".
The bride price given by the man to the woman usually includes a certain amount of money and some gifts, such as chicken, duck and fish, sweet cakes, and four-color sugar, which means that the couple will live a rich, sweet and happy life in the future.
It should be noted that the amount of the bride price should avoid the number "4", because the meaning of "4" is not very good, if the families of both sides care about these, try to avoid. The gifts in the bride price should also be sent twice, which means that they are in pairs.