What is the engagement custom in Xingyang, Zhengzhou?

Usually "engagement" pays attention to the woman's customs and habits, and "marriage" pays attention to the man's customs and habits. In modern times, both men and women reach an agreement through consultation. The following are general customs, which can be increased or decreased according to actual needs or local customs. 1. On the day of engagement, the man will put the "dowry" in two, six or twelve red boxes. 2. The man's relatives and friends will drink the sweet tea and put the red envelope in the cup. 3. The bride-to-be goes out to collect tea cups (the process is the same as tea worship). 4. After tea, put on an engagement ring (or finger); Tie the gold ring and the copper ring together with a red line, indicating that the husband and wife are the same body or change to a diamond ring. 5. The woman prepares a high chair and a low chair, and the woman prepares a high chair and a low chair. 6. The bride-to-be sits with her face facing the living room door, sitting outward and her feet on the low chair. 7. The groom-to-be stands on the right of the bride-to-be and faces the bride-to-be. 8. The bride-to-be holds out her right hand, and the groom-to-be holds the ring in her right hand. On the day of engagement, the traditional Taiwan Province province custom "engagement gift", whether using "big bride price", "small bride price" or "rice fragrance" as a gift cake, not only uses the gift cake as the main gift of engagement, but also uses other gifts to express solemnity. General gift: 1, cooked sacrifice: a chicken, which means getting married. 2, four-color sugar: orange cake, winter melon candy, rock sugar, candy, symbolizing sweetness, growing old together, and infinite happiness. 3. Incense gun and candle gold: incense (boneless), firecrackers (big firecrackers and cannons) and candles (dragons and phoenixes in pairs) are used to tell ancestors, bless each other, be auspicious and safe, increase happiness, get close and revitalize the cause. 4. Face line: it symbolizes the marriage of two surnames, a happy marriage, long-lasting blessings and endless happiness for future generations. 5. Fuyuan: Longan and dried longan are used to bless future generations. Special gift: 1, half pig: half pork or foreign ham (eighteen or thirty-six) to show rich and sincere respect. 2, raw chicken: six capons, indicating that the marriage foundation will always be solid, peaceful inside and outside, full of vitality. 3, fresh fish: six rare fresh fish, indicating that there is more than one tail every year. 4, good wine: 24 bottles, indicating that 24 solar terms a year are safe and full of love. Modern engagement gifts The man should prepare gifts 1, engagement money 2, gold ornaments (rings, bracelets, necklaces, etc. ) and watches. 3. Gift cake 4. Four-color sugar (orange cake, winter melon candy, rock sugar and candy), tea, a pair of dragon and phoenix candles, a pair of incense, a pair of ancestral paper and a pair of dragon and phoenix cannons. 5. Sacrifice wine (one bottle of wine, one hand-washing chicken). The gift that the woman wants to prepare is 1. Gift: Give a red envelope to the person who helps the woman with the man's gift. 2. Sweet tea. 3. Tangyuan, snacks. 4. Banquet for male guests. 5. Five-shell seeds, raw charcoal, wicks, cotton, silk scarves (made into bags), brown sugar, lead money, lead powder, and abdominal circumference. 6. A pot of pomegranate and a pot of osmanthus. 7. Return gifts to the man (shoes, belts, wallets, etc.). )