1. What is the eight-color engagement gift
It is a local custom to give the eight-color engagement gift. These eight-color rituals are generally: a ritual; The ritual stripis to cut apiece of meat from thepig’s loin nest, and it has to be cut long from thepig’s ridge with suet, weighing about threepounds; There is another square, which is equivalent to two ritual strips connected, and a shallow cut is needed in the middle. There is also apair of fish, that is, two fish. This fish is bigger, at least two or three kilograms, two bottles of white wine, and fourpig legs with trotters; A leg of lamb, the leg of lamb is bigger, with a hip; And a handful of vermicelli. This sendingpig leg and lamb leg symbolizes that they often walk around each other, and the sending vermicelli is long silk, which symbolizes that the two families are relatives who have beenpulling for a long time.
Second, what are the eight kinds of betrothal gifts
The eight kinds of betrothal gifts are customs handed down from thepast. When a man and a woman are engaged, the man will take them as gifts for her. The eight kinds of betrothal gifts mainly include wine, candy, red dates, herring,pork legs and money. The remaining two kinds are not specified, so you can choose meaningful ones to make up.
Eightpopular engagement gifts recently:
1. Comb: When you are engaged, you will be given a comb engraved with dragons andphoenixes, which means that you are married to your husband and wife, and there is a meaning that “you should get married and know each other, and you should grow old together”.
2。 Copper basin: I want to buy a thick cooked copper basin with antique color, which will contain some cosmetics, soapboxes, sewing boxes and other things. This is one of the gifts given by the bride at the wedding. In someplaces, red basins with happy characters are also used. Newpeople should not abandon vulgarity, which means that the bowl is full and the marriage is rich.
3。 Luggage: It is one of the wedding gifts for the woman to send instead of the ancient money box. At that time, it was filled with some gold and silver jewelry, which means that the woman’s family is rich by custom. Now we onlyput some women’s clothes in it.
4。 Three golds: In the traditional sense, the three golds refer to gold necklaces, gold earrings and gold rings, all of which are round in meaning and will never be separated. And now Sanjin is also a measure of the importance attached by her husband’s family as a couple. In fact, it is unnecessary. Neither Sanjin nor others can measure your love.
5。 Mirror: it also representsperfection andperfection, and implies that the bride’s face is beautiful, which is a sweet and happy wish for the bride’s married life; Even though time haspassed, it is still beautiful and moving, and the beautiful sustenance of beauty and beauty.
6。 Doudou: seen at weddings in someplaces in the south, it was originally a vessel for measuring grain. It was used in wedding etiquette to show that the man was rich and his family was well-off, and his daughter could live a well-fed and carefree life after she married.
7。 Scissors: It is one of the “six certificates” in traditional weddings. It is used to make clothes in life. In marriage, it means that the bride’s life after marriage is full of silks and satins, and her future is bright, so that she can share theprosperity of life.
8。 Abacus: used in ancient times to settle accounts, the abacus in weddings is generally an abacus with thousands of gold, which implies the vision andplanning of the new couple for a complete andprosperous life in the future, and they can make reasonable financial investment and roll in financial resources
