The metropolis of Hong Kong is an oriental pearl of China. It inherits the ancient Chinese traditions and also integrates some Western culture of Britain. The traditional customs of Hong Kong's marriages combine the spirit of Chinese and Western cultures, which is both traditional and fashionable. Sending off the bride and the sister group On the eve of the wedding, the bride's girlfriends gather at the bride's home and form a sister group, which is lively all night long. This is called sending off the bride. Because in ancient China, women rarely go out of the house after marriage, so this is a farewell ceremony to their friends. Now Hong Kong is a dual-income family, so the phenomenon that women no longer go out of the house after marriage no longer exists, but this custom is still preserved. There are other customs the night before the wedding. One of them is called "shangtou", which is the ceremony of combing hair. Every mother has to comb the hair of her daughter and son who are getting married. "Combing it to the end" means forever. Another custom is to eat glutinous rice balls. Grind the rice into powder, add sesame filling, make thumb-sized glutinous rice balls, and then cook them with sugar juice. It is very sweet, which means that the newlywed life is sweet, round, and happy. The wedding day is busy from morning to night. First, the groom goes to the bride's house to marry the bride. This is the first little 0. Like the bride's sister group, the groom's family also forms a brother group and goes to greet the bride together. The sister group blocks the way at the gate of the bride's house. If you want to enter the door, you need to pay a toll, which requires negotiation between the two parties. The number "nine" means forever, so the gift money was initially discussed at 99,999 yuan and 90 cents. After the negotiation, the brother group paid the bill in cash, and the gift money was shared by the sister group. This originated from the ancient Chinese custom of buying and selling marriages for thousands of years, and now it has become an interesting game. Pouring tea and worshipping ancestors The groom who finally enters the bride's house must first stand side by side with the bride and offer tea to the bride's parents. This ceremony is called "pouring tea". The groom offers tea in the order of father and mother, and the bride follows in turn. The person responsible for pouring tea at this time is called "big sister," a middle-aged woman in a black dress. After the ceremony, go to the groom's house to pour tea again. The bride and groom, as well as the sisters, brothers, aunts and other family members, all take the cars tied with ribbons to the groom's house. When they arrive at the groom's house, the first ceremony is to worship the ancestors, offering tea and snacks to the ancestors on the altar, then worship the land god at the gate, and then pour tea for the parents. After the mahjong and Xishao ceremony, the wedding banquet called "Xishao" begins. Before that, it usually starts around five in the evening, and groups of three or five start playing mahjong, poker, singing karaoke, and chatting. Red envelopes are usually given in cheques called gift certificates. Due to the poor security in Hong Kong, giving cheques is a wisdom people have learned from life. But some people think that giving cash is more convenient. Red envelopes are generally determined by the degree of intimacy and the location of the wedding, usually 400-500 Hong Kong dollars. During the wedding, the bride and groom have to greet guests and take photos, which is very busy. Generally, around nine in the afternoon, the bride and groom can take their seats, the dishes are served, and the banquet can begin. At the beginning of the banquet, there is no speech or lecture, just eating. When the shark fin soup is served in the middle of the meal, the host starts to give a speech, and each table starts to toast, and it is time to "teasing the newlyweds". The wedding usually lasts until 11 o'clock at night.