The second part is to look at the eight characters. After that, men usually send gold, silver, tea fruits and so on as dowry. According to the conventional practice, there is a silver ingot and a Jin Ruyi to show a certain degree of satisfaction, and litchi, longan, chestnut, candied dates, or fragrant ribs, dragon and phoenix cakes and so on to show wealth. Tea is also the main dowry, commonly known as tea gift, because tea seedlings can not be transplanted, let alone brought back to life, which embodies the moral concept of women in the old society.
After the ceremony, just before the wedding 10, the man's family held a "salute" ceremony, and the clothes and gifts for the woman's family should be honored. Among them, four pieces of clothes are essential: hair clasp, ear steak and white, purple and red skirt. At the same time, the woman uses needle and thread or Four Treasures of the Study to "reply", which is the so-called "reply"
Let's roughly convert the price. 1 gold in the Ming dynasty is about 4000 now, half of the average person's 500, and nearly 1 10,000, so marriage in the Ming dynasty is very expensive.