At this time, the young fiancée and fiancé would present to their beloved ones some small portable items such as fans, handkerchief, small ornaments that can remind him/her of their love. Ancient scholars prefer to use "read beans" to pledge love, so it's also called the "love seed". Nowadays, the popular way of love pledging include the exchange of rings, taking a photo together and some romantic way such as planting tree as the eyewitness of love. .
On the Tian Du Peak of the Huangshan Mountain in central China, there is an astounding view that thousands of locks tied on to the safety chains of the passage way, they are called the lock of love. The young people in love would hook two locks onto each other and then on the iron chains, and throw the keys down the valley, symbolizing that the two locks will stay locked forever and so will their love.
Meeting of the Parents.
When the young people in love start to talk about the wedding, it is a custom that the parents from both sides will hold a formal meeting around the love pledging day, which means that both families approve and confirm this love relationship of the two young people. Meanwhile, it is also a good time for the two families to get to know each other and get acquainted. The ceremony is called "meeting of parents". In contemporary China, many Chinese families have only one child, the marriage of son and daughter really means forging a long-term relationship between two families. So it is of great importance to them all. The other tangible function of the meeting is to discuss and determine the details of the wedding date, the division of responsibilities of the wedding ceremony and the share of cost. When an agreement is reached, the two families will start working on the preparation of the wedding for their children.
Pre-Marital Medical Examination.
Normally, the young people would go to hospital and undergo a marital health check-up before the wedding in case of any disease unsuitable for marriage as people pay high attention to reproductive capability and quality of children.
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