Why do people in China have to follow the crowd when they get married and have funerals?

Also called "follow-up" and "collection". Marriage customs. Before men and women get married, relatives and friends pay the money according to the agreed amount, and then make a gift for each man and woman who are going to get married. In the past, gifts were limited to relatives and friends of the man's family, and relatives and friends of the modern woman's family have since become vulgar.

Outside a notary office in Istanbul, Turkey, coins presented by relatives and friends are hung on a newly married couple. According to the custom, when friends and relatives congratulate newly married men and women, they should pin money on the ribbons hung by men and women.