Guo Da Li

Guo Da Li 过大礼

This is the one of the most important part for Chinese traditional Wedding.
First is the Wedding Gifts Presentation (下娉）
The groom and a friend or matchmaker will pay a visit to the bride's family, bearing the "bride price 娉金" and betrothal gifts (娉礼) in sets of even number.
Recommend that all betrothal gifts are done 1 month before the actual wedding day and at least 3days before wedding.

 Have run thru many recommendation from friends and website, below are some recommended items for betrothal gifts:

Groom to the Bride's Family	Bride's Family return to the Groom
Two bottles of hard liquor	Bride’s family will return two bottles of Orange Juice
Oranges – in even numbers	Bride’s family will return some Oranges
Canned pork legs – in even numbers	Bride’s family will return some of it
Two pairs of dragon and phoenix candles 龙凤烛	Bride’s family will return a pair of Phoenix candle 凤烛
Bride’s Dowry 娉金 wrapped in Red Cloth or slotted into Ang Pow	Bride’s family will return some amount from the red packet. Some will return more money because they have asked for more dinner tables, it all depends on individual families.

Most of the other common Betrothal Gifts still applicable presently and not required to be returned to the groom’s family, this differs among different Dialect Groups:

Applicable to most Dialect Groups:

Cakes with Cream Toppings come in small square pieces and mostly eight to ten pieces in a box (depending on how many boxes are being requested by the bride’s family)

Cantonese

A whole roasted pig

A pair of bangles carved with Dragon and Phoenix龙凤琢

Teochew

Packets of Peanut Candies

Four types of Gold accessories 四点金 – for example, necklace, pendant, a pair of ear rings, bracelet / bangles

Hokkien

Chinese baked Cakes (Big Biscuit)

Packets of Rice Candies

A bunch of Bananas

Pineapple

The entire Betrothal gift items will be packed into a big and round multi-tiered bamboo basket that is used for wedding occasions. The bride’s family will place the items to be returned into the bamboo basket and return it to the groom to bring home.