mr ma is Cantonese so i guess we'll just stick to following the customs for dialect to make things easier.
it's ok, right?
Groom side must give:
- A basket of 12 oranges
- A medium size roast pig with pig's head and legs
- A big piece of roast pork
- 2 bottles of hard liquor
- Boxes of cakes (depends on the number of boxes requested by the bride's side)
- 2 sets of 龙凤 (Long and Feng) candles
- 娉金 (Ping Jin) for bride's mother (amount depending on how much the bride's side request )
- A pair of gold bracelets or a 利是 Lai See for the bride to buy jewellery
- 利是 Lai See for " Shoe Gold" please write " shoe gold" on the back of the Lai See
- 利是 Lai See for Grandparents, Godparents and siblings
- A packet of 发菜 (Fa Cai), Chinese mushroom and 发糕 Fa Gao
Bride side to return to groom:
- Chop off the middle section of the roast pig leaving the head and the legs of the pig. Replaced the chopped off section with a pair of pants (wrapped in plastic) for the groom. (This will bring 大富大贵 (Da Fu Da Gui) to the groom
- Return portion of the 娉金 ( Ping Jin) to the groom side
- Return even number of oranges
- 2 bottles of Rose Syrup or F&N orange
- Give a teapot set with red dates and lotus seeds inside the teapot (to bring descendant luck)
- Give a packet of ginko nuts, lotus seeds, red dates and dried longans
- Pass a pair of 凤 (Feng) candles for groom to bring back
- A pair of trousers (裤 = 富 or prosperity) for the groom
- Bride must give 利是 Lai See to groom's parents, siblings and nephews/niece (for buying new clothes)
Bride's family should also prepare dowry items such as:
- Jewelry
- Bridal bedsheet set
- Towels
- Toothpaste / toothbrush
- Sewing kit
- Powder
- “Buckets” of off-spring (pail, baby potty, tumblers, all in red).
All these to be tied with red ribbons
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