Many people mostly from Northen part of Malaysia has never heard of lao hui (Hokkien) which is a common guo da li item for Hokkien people. Even people who claimed they are of Hokkien clan doesn't know the existance of this. So, I am showing you what is in the "zhuo zhi" biscuits package that we gave to our relatives with a piece of roast pork. Other than the rice candies (lao hui), we have 2 types of sweet biscuits, one is tao sa pia and another is sweetened maltose round biscuits. Since my family is Hokkien, so we did this our way. This gift was given to each relative's family as a message to inform them that my family is sending a daughter off marriage, whom was me! Hope you guys have better idea now.
From
http://www.chinese-wedding-guide.com/betrothal.htmlBetrothal gifts 娉礼
The betrothal gifts are packed in a multi-tiered wedding basket that is borrowed from a chinese wedding cake shop and typically include:
western and chinese wedding cakes,
two bottles of brandy,
even numbered of tangerines or oranges,
peanut candies for a teochew bride and
rice candies for a hokkien bride, at least six tins of canned pork legs or a whole roast pig for cantonese bride,
two pairs of dragon and phoenix candles 龙凤烛,
betrothal jewellery from the groom’s parents to the bride.
Cantonese will have the dragon and phoenix bangle 龙凤琢 and the teochew four items of gold 四点金.
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The poor pig!
Have you ever heard a pig cry before being slaughtered?
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