page_title: Chinese pre-wedding customs
section_title: Delivery of the bride's dowry
hierarchical_section_title: Chinese pre-wedding customs / Delivery of the bride's dowry
context_page_description: Chinese pre-wedding customs are traditional Chinese rituals prescribed by the 禮記 [láih gei], the 儀禮 [yìh láih] and the 白虎通 [baahk fú tùng] condensed into a series of rituals now known as the 三書六禮 [sàam syù luhk láih]. Traditionally speaking, a wedding that incorporates all six rites is considered a [daaih chéui].
context_section_description: The bride's parents may include the 嫁妝 [gaa jòng] (bride's dowry) (jiàzhuāng) along with the reciprocal gifts on the day of betrothal, or may present the bride's dowry separately a few days before the wedding ceremony. Chinese dowries typically include:
  bedding (e.g. pillows, bolsters, comforter set, blankets, bed sheets)
  new clothing for the bride, delivered in a suitcase (in the past, wardrobes or wooden wedding chests were used)
  tea set for the wedding tea ceremony
  a tub filled with baby items (子孙桶, which may include a baby bathtub, baby potty, washbasin, tumblers, toothpaste and toothbrush, mirror, comb, etc.)
  two pairs of red wooden clogs, wedding slippers or bedroom slippers
  a sewing basket (with even numbered rolls of colourful thread, needles, pincushion, scissors, and sewing wax with auspicious words on it)
  gold jewellery given by bride's parents
caption: Traditional bridal bed, early 20th century, Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw
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