Bride price is one of the traditional marriage customs in China, which is usually given to the woman at the time of engagement. In the old marriage, the bride price is the man in order to establish a husband and wife relationship with the woman, living together, at the time of the marriage contract, according to the custom of gifts to the woman.
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. 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".
The bride price given by the man to the woman generally 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 have a rich and sweet 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, to try to avoid. The gifts in the bride price should also be sent twice, which means that they are in pairs.