In Guangdong marriages, the groom usually pays for the wedding banquet. However, this is just a common wedding custom. Specifically, based on the groom's family's actual economic situation, both parties will pay for the wedding banquet together. After all, the wedding banquet is a significant wedding expense, so when planning the wedding, it is important to pay attention to the budget. Both parties should discuss together or write down which part of the joint wedding banquet the man will attend and which part the woman will attend, in order to avoid misunderstandings and unpleasantness.
Guangdong Marriage Customs and Habits
1. Send a betrothal gift. Before the wedding, the groom's family should send the wedding gift to the bride's family.
2. Install the bed. On the night before the wedding, the bride will invite a lucky man to come to the house and change into a new bed. She will also place foods such as red dates, peanuts, longan, lotus seeds, etc. on the bed, symbolizing early birth of a precious child.
3. The dowry. The groom should put the dowry prepared by the family into a red box before getting married, and take it with him the next day when he comes to pick up the bride.
4. Up there. On the night before the wedding, the bride's family will choose an auspicious time to worship the gods and pray for happiness, and colleagues will notify the groom's family to worship the gods at the same time.
5. Comb your hair. On the day of the wedding, an elder will comb the bride's hair and say wedding combing blessings, sending the blessings to the newlyweds.
6. Eat rice dumpling. It implies that the wedding can be successfully held and the marriage is happy and fulfilling.
7. Welcome, my dear. On the day of the wedding, the groom's welcoming team will arrive at the bride's house in the morning.
8. Find red SHOES. The bridesmaids will hide the bride's red shoes. The groom needs to find the red shoes in the room and then put them on for the bride before picking her up.
9. After arriving at the groom's house. The matchmaker should help the bride out of the wedding car and accompany her into the house.
10. Kneeling and bowing to parents. This is also the worship hall in traditional weddings. Newcomers need to worship their parents, worship heaven and earth according to the matchmaker's words, and finally worship each other before completing the worship ceremony.