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# ''[[Bride price|Bridewealth]] (betrothal gifts):'' At this point the bridegroom's family arranged for the matchmaker to present a bride price (betrothal gifts), including the betrothal letter, to the bride's family.
# ''Wedding gifts:'' The groom's family would then send an elaborate array of food, cakes, and religious items to the bride's family.
# ''Arranging the wedding:'' Before the wedding ceremony, two families would arrange a wedding day according to Chinese ''[[tung shing]]''. Selecting an auspicious day to assure a good future for the couple is as important as avoiding what is believed to be an unlucky day. In some cases there may be no auspicious dates and the couple will have to review their potential date range.
# ''Wedding ceremony:'' The final ritual would be the actual wedding ceremony where bride and groom become a married couple, which consists of many elaborate parts (see below):
#* ''Wedding procession:'' The wedding procession from the bride's home to the groom's home consists of a traditional band, the bride's sedan, the maids of honor's sedans (if there are maids of honor), and bride's [[dowry]] in the forms other than money.
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