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4.Select the Wedding Date(請 期)

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1.Request for Marrying the
Bride (提親)：
☻matchmaker
☻negotiation (persuation)
between the two families
2.Request for Bride and
Groom’s Birth Dates(問名)：
☻eight letters(八字，the year,
month, day, and hour of the
groom and the bride’s birth)
算:reckon
算命的人
A fortune teller

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3. Formal Gifts for the Bride's
Family(過大禮)：
☻bridal cakes
☻cash, wine, tobacco,
☻sacrifices for ancestors
4.Select the Wedding Date(請
期)：
☻contacting with the fortune
teller
(according to the groom and
bride’s birthdates)
bridal 英[ˈbraɪdl]
美[ˈbraɪdl]
adj. 新婚的，婚礼的; 新人的，新娘的;
n. 婚礼，结婚仪式; 〈古〉喜筵;

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5.Set up the Bridal Bed(安床)：
☻moving the bridal bed to the right place
☻place certain good
fortune food and
fruit on the bed
☻untouched till the wedding day
枣Jujube 花生Peanut 桂圆Longan 莲子lotus [ˈləʊtəs]

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6.Dowry(嫁妝)：
☻the bridal gift for the groom
(arriving in the groom’s home
before the wedding day)
☻dowry list:
♥24K gold or jewelries
♥1 pair of chopsticks to
indicate “fast son”
♥bed spread, pillows, quilt
with dragon- phoenix design

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♥lucky money
　　　♥maid (wealthy family)

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7.Combing Hair(上頭)：
☻finding a good fortune woman and man with living children and spouse

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☻combing the couple’s hair 4 times：
♥first: from beginning to the end（从一而终）
♥second: harmony from now till old age（白头偕老）
♥third: sons and grandsons all over the place
　（儿孙满堂）
♥fourth: good wealth and long-lasting marriage
（富贵长久）
寓意：implied meaning

15. banquet 英[ˈbæŋkwɪt]
美[ˈbæŋkwɪt]
n. 筵席; 宴会，盛宴; 宴请，款待;

16. chamber 英[ˈtʃeɪmbə(r)]
n. 室，卧室，会客室; 内庭; [多用于英国] 律师的办公室; 议事厅;