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gift to Chinese bride's parents
Jun 16, 2006 22:20
TULLCOV Points: Join Date: Jun 16, 2006 Status: offline	I am an Australian who will be going to Jiangmen, China next year to marry a Chinese girl. For the gift to the bride's parents I need to give them a red envelope with money. My question is, how much money am I supposed to put in the enevelop.

Jun 17, 2006 00:13	#1
GRIZ326 Points: Join Date: Jun 12, 2006 Status: Offline	I cannot answer, but your post is of interest to me too.

Jun 17, 2006 00:20

PINETREE
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Congratulations !!
Are you getting married there in China ? Will there be a reception of some sort - wedding banquet, etc ?
Basically the man needs to foot the cost of such a reception.
If u foot the above separately, then the lucky money (in a red envelope) need not be too substantial. If the lucky money that u are giving is to incl the cost of the reception, wedding banquet, then it has to be at least enough to cover the cost of them.
It is perfectly proper to discuss with your future wife on this.
If in doubt, do give more.

Jun 19, 2006 19:46	#3
TULLCOV Points: Join Date: Jun 16, 2006 Status: Offline	Thanks for your reply, Pinetree. I will be getting married in China and there will be a wedding banquet. I will be paying for the banquet separately. My fiancee says that it will cost about 2000 yuan per table and there will be 10 tables so that's 20,000 yuan for the banquet.

Jun 19, 2006 20:17	#4
MAY001 Points: Join Date: Sep 28, 2005 Status: Offline	Hi, congratulations! Gift to birde's parents is the Betrothal Gifts. Generally, groom-to-be should give at least 10,000 rmb in Xian. But the custom may change because China is big, you know. :P So you'd better discuss this with your wife. You can also read some custom about marriage at: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/marriage/index.htm Good luck!

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