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- Cash gifts are acceptable but they must be given in even number amounts, for example, $20, $60, $80, etc. Odd number amounts are to be avoided.
- Amounts with the number `4’ should also be avoided as the Chinese word for the number `4’ sounds like death.
- It is best to put the cash gifts in a red packet (hongbao) as red is considered an auspicious colour.
- Avoid giving clocks or other time pieces. These represent the ticking of time and the inevitable.
- Avoid giving knives, scissors or other sharp-edged items as they are considered bad luck.
- Avoid giving gifts in a set of four as the number `4’ sounds like `death’ and bad luck in Chinese
- Avoid wearing black, blue and grey to a Chinese wedding.
- Gifts with a fish motif are considered auspicious as the fish is a symbol of abundance and prosperity.
- Gifts with dragon and phoenix motifs are also welcome as they signify the universal balance between yin and yang forces, which is highly valued among Taoists.
- red wedding dress brings good luck. Red wedding invitation is also a sign of good luck
- new bed and sheets and all related items means a bow to fertility and hopes that the couple will have many children
- kids jumping on the new bed appeases the fertility gods
