Good Morning!
Saggiegirl & Freegoer> I see i see. Got a clearer idea how the bs works. You two are really helpful.
Cherie> GDL is Xia Ping. Like what saggiegirl mentioned its presenting the gifts something like put deposit. Hee..
Tiqing is different, its like asking for the hands. If not wrong, I think for the olden days, as the bride and groom has never met before, they usually use a meipo who will intro alot of girls to the groom family. And from the pool of girls, they will match their birthdays etc and select 1. After which, they will send the meipo over to Ti Qing which is to notify the bride family of their intent. And of course the ladies family can reject the offer and also at the same time, there may be more than 1 male family that is doing it, meaning they received like 5 offers from different families.
I think most couples doesn't really practise this as most will just inform their parents on both side that they are getting married. Some will booked a table at a restaurant and invite both parents to lunch / dinner and announce their intention of getting married.
I think its better that you check with the elderly of both sides to see if they have any preferences. Like ours, they just tell us to do the modernized way as they are not really that traditional to follow everything which is good for us. Hee..
