The custom of marrying women in Cixi, Zhejiang Province

Discuss relatives before engagement, then discuss "small gifts" and bargain in the age of buying and selling marriage. Generally speaking, it is "four magenta" or "six magenta" (four to six silks and satins), two gold rings, a pair of gold earrings, 36 betrothal gifts, 64 medium gifts, 20 big gifts (silver dollars)/kloc-0, and the number of dishes is "sixty-four", that is, 64 pairs of baotou, 64 oil bags, 64 biscuits, etc. , and 2 to 8 loads of old wine.

So students are called "old wine bottles". After the engagement, the man carried the above gift to the woman with a barbell. The woman's gifts are mostly gold balls, oil bags and embroidery made by her daughter. The engagement certificate is given by the man as a "book", commonly known as "red and green book paper" (two layers of paper are red outside and green inside), and the woman recognizes it as "reply", commonly known as "Wen Ding".