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The significance of offerings in engagement trays
Betel and areca: Betel leaves blended with lime will create a vibrant red color, symbolizing loyalty and longevity in married life.
Fruit: Symbolizing gifts from nature, implying a married life that is always sweet and fresh.
All engagement offering trays carry the meaning of wishing blessings upon the future couple.
Cakes: 'Phu the' (husband and wife) cakes are a wish for the couple's love to be passionate and profound. Typically, weddings use a pair of cakes: 'Com' cakes (green rice cakes) – masculine, and 'Phu the' cakes – feminine.
Wine and cigarettes: Symbolizing the request from the groom's family to the ancestors to witness the joyous day of the young couple. The pungency of the wine also implies that married life will always be warm and complete.
Candied lotus seeds: The sweetness of the candied fruit is a blessing for the couple's relationship to be sweet and harmonious. The yellow color of this offering also symbolizes wealth, prosperity, and fullness for the couple.
How to arrange engagement trays according to Northern wedding customs
How to arrange engagement trays for a 5-tray ceremony
Betel and areca tray: Place the areca cluster in the basket, then decorate with betel leaves or cycad leaves to be as round and evenly spread as possible, noting that the number of leaves must be an even number.
Cake tray: Besides modern and expensive wedding cakes today, 'Com' cakes and Husband and Wife cake are still indispensable cakes on the engagement day. The cakes are wrapped in cellophane, placed in square boxes, and arranged into a tray.
5-tray engagement ceremony
Candied lotus seed tray: Usually arranged in a pyramid shape, decorated with red flowers and a 'Hỷ' (happiness) character – a lucky signal for the wedding.
Wine and cigarette ceremony: Place the wine bottles upright or slightly tilted, as long as they form a beautiful shape. Then add fresh flowers, bows, or paste 'Hỷ' characters.
Five-fruit tray: Usually arranged into a dragon-phoenix tray or simply placed so that the fruit tray is the roundest. Note that hard-skinned fruits should be placed at the bottom, and soft, easily bruised fruits should be placed on top.
You do not necessarily have to choose high-value offerings, but you need to arrange the items properly, carefully, and meticulously to show your sincere heart and respect for the bride's family and the bride.
How to arrange engagement trays for a 7-tray ceremony
An engagement ceremony with 7 trays usually includes: betel and areca tray, tea tray, 'Com' cake tray, wine and cigarette tray, lotus seed tray, 'Phu the' cake tray, and green bean cake tray.
7-tray engagement ceremony
The trays of 'Phu the' cakes – 'Com' cakes, green bean cakes, and lotus seeds will be decorated in a round pyramid shape, accented with red bows and 'Hỷ' characters. Meanwhile, the remaining offerings are placed in red lacquer and gold-inlaid trays; the decoration style will depend on each family's aesthetic taste.
All offerings should be placed in trays to show formality and neatness. Then, the groom's family should cover the trays with red velvet cloth when bringing the offerings to the bride's family.
How to arrange engagement trays for a 9-tray ceremony
An engagement ceremony with 9 trays usually includes: betel and areca tray, tea tray, cake tray bánh cốm, wine and cigarette tray, lotus seed tray, 'Phu the' cake tray, green bean cake tray, dragon-phoenix fruit basket, and roasted suckling pig tray.
The dragon-phoenix engagement fruit tray is combined from natural fruits, decorated to be balanced and beautiful. The highlight of this engagement tray is a dragon shape on one side and a phoenix shape on the other.
9-tray engagement ceremony
After being roasted to a golden brown, the suckling pig is placed on the offering tray. Then, the roasted pig is decorated with bows, ribbons, fresh flowers, and 'Hỷ' characters to create solemnity and aesthetics for this engagement tray.
To ensure the introduction ceremony takes place smoothly and neatly, in addition to the ways of arranging the engagement fruit trays above, the groom's family needs to prepare the offering items to be beautiful and ensure quality. For traditional 'Phu the' and 'Com' cakes, you should buy delicious cakes in advance, with beautiful packaging designs, without using borax to ensure food hygiene and safety.
If you want to buy 'Phu the' cakes to arrange engagement trays, visit the address at No. 12 Hang Than – Ba Dinh – Hanoi or reputable large supermarkets such as: BigC, VinMart, Coopmart, ... to buy the brand Bao Minh confectionery. Here, we provide wedding and engagement cake products produced using modern technology, with longer preservation times while still maintaining the traditional flavor true to Hanoi in every cake.
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