Is it okay to just go to college but want to get engaged? Is it necessary for the school to go through formalities? What do you want for a college engagement? Pay the bride price? Do you need a party?

1. Sacrifice to Ancestors Before leaving, men worship their ancestors and pray for a happy marriage.

2. On the day of engagement, the man carries engagement gifts (six or twelve gifts) and sets out for the woman's house with a cannon.

Those who go to the woman's house should be received by the man's older relatives and friends (preferably boys); Parents and groom-to-be plus 2, ***6, 8.

The number of people/limousines must be even, but avoid four or eight people. The number of limousines is generally six.

Both parties should pay attention to the time of wearing the ring (usually before 1 1:00 in the morning), and the man should arrive one hour in advance.

3. When the motorcade hired by the welcome man drove to the front of the woman's house about 100 meters, the woman "shot" and the woman "shot" back.

The matchmaker gets off first, and others get off next; Finally, the groom was invited out by the younger generation of the woman's family, and the groom gave red envelopes to the younger generation (opening ceremony).

4. Introduce the man's relatives and friends into the woman's house in turn, and the matchmaker formally introduces the relatives and friends of both parties; Introduce the man to the woman first.

5. Recruit the man's staff to bring Chunsheng (now called red wooden box) into the woman's living room, and the woman will accept the bride price and give a red envelope (a gift with her husband/driver), and show the bride price one by one.

The matchmaker sends gifts such as bride price and gold ornaments to the woman's parents, and the woman's relatives and friends collect the bride price and display sacrifices on the altar.

6. The elder of the woman who served the sweet tea asked the relatives of the man to sit down according to their age, with the groom at the bottom.

At this time, the bride was led out of the hall by a blessed woman and offered tea to the man's guests one by one with sweet tea. The number of cups is the same as the number of people drinking tea, neither more nor less. The matchmaker reads auspicious words and wishes.

7. Press the tea out. Later, the lucky woman will lead the bride out of the hall with a tea tray and get a tea cup. The relatives and friends of the man will put the red envelope and the teacup (the red envelope is rolled up and put in the teacup) on the tea tray one by one.

8. Hanging finger ring: gold ring, bronze ring (sound, indicating concentricity. You can also use a diamond ring instead.

It's time for the blessed woman to lead the bride into the hall.

In the presence of parents and relatives of both parties, the bride-to-be sits in the high chair in the hall facing outward, with her feet on the low chair (if she is an supernumerary, she faces inward).

When wearing a ring, wear the bride's middle finger first, then the groom's middle finger (usually only the second knuckle, both men and women are left-handed), and the matchmaker reads auspicious words.

The groom pays official money (red envelopes) to the bride, and the matchmaker reads auspicious words.

The prospective mother-in-law put a necklace on the bride as a gift.

After putting on the engagement ring, the matchmaker suggested that both parties change their names and address them one by one.

9. Sacrificing ancestors requires the bride's uncle to light candles to burn incense, and the woman will hold a "candle ceremony" for her mother's uncle (provided by the man).

Order two pairs of incense, one for the woman's parents and four for the prospective couple.

The matchmaker reads auspicious words, and then the woman's parents worship the gods and ancestors, suing for marriage and blessing. When inserting incense, be sure not to insert it all at once. (taboo: the possibility of bigamy)

10 The gift that the woman gives back to the man is called "Rebirth" (also called "Squirt"). Take out the man's "employment gift" and put it into the empty life.

The woman returned a part of the "employment gift" sent by the man.

The bride prepares personal belongings (6 pieces or 12 pieces) for the groom from head to toe in advance.

Tradition returns.

If the engagement fee is refunded or the amount is small, the woman will leave a red note, and the matchmaker will take it from her parents and give it to the man's parents.

1 1. After the engagement ceremony, the woman hosted a banquet.

At the end of the dinner, the man's parents gave out "table pressing ceremony" and "sister table" red envelopes.

The woman should also prepare chicken legs with red paper and attach red envelopes to the young man.

A young woman washes her hands with washbasin water (with towels in it) for a man's visitor (the man gave her a red envelope of "taking washbasin water as a gift"). If she entertains guests in a restaurant, she can omit this red envelope.

The man also sent a red envelope to all the people who helped him as a thank-you gift.

When the banquet is over, don't say goodbye when the man leaves, so as not to breed complications.

The prospective father-in-law gave the new son-in-law a "face-seeing gift" (omitted).

The prospective mother-in-law sends a "face gift" to her new wife (omitted).

12. The woman who delivers the cake will distribute the engagement wedding cake to relatives and friends, and the bride is not allowed to eat her own wedding cake.