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2. Chinese pre-wedding customs - Wikipedia

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   Decorations with the double happiness symbol will be placed on all wedding items such as the betrothal gifts, dowry, the couple's toiletries and cosmetics. The bridal room furniture, especially the mirror and cupboards, will also be decorated with double joy or other wedding paper cutouts such as pairs of mandarin ducks, dragon and phoenix, etc ...

3. Bridal shower - Wikipedia

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   A bridal shower traditionally involves giving gifts to the future wife. A bridal shower is a gift-giving party held for a bride-to-be in anticipation of her wedding.. The history of the custom is rooted not necessarily for the provision of goods for the upcoming matrimonial home, but to provide goods and financial assistance to ensure that the wedding may take place.

4. China service of the Lincoln administration - Wikipedia

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   Pieces of the 1861 Lincoln "solferino" state china on display in the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.. The china service of the Lincoln administration generally refers to a set of purple-banded china dishes used for serving and eating food at the White House, home of the president of the United States for state dinners.

5. Bride price - Wikipedia

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   Some of the marriage settlements mentioned in the Iliad and Odyssey suggest that bride price was a custom of Homeric society. The language used for various marriage transactions, however, may blur distinctions between bride price and dowry, and a third practice called "indirect dowry," whereby the groom hands over property to the bride which is ...