The first thousand two hundred and ninety-seven chapters One person attains the Tao, and the chicken
The bridal chamber ended soon. Because everyone was very restrained, although Zhao Chaogang was troubled by some difficulties in the bridal chamber, no unpleasant things happened. The bridal chamber ended successfully.
After the wedding, some guests were ready to go back. Of course, those close relatives, or Pingping and Jingjing, were very good friends, did not go back immediately. Such a good opportunity to visit the Wulin Secret Land, how could these people miss it? If it weren't for the visit, it would take a lot of time to visit the Wulin Secret Land, Shi Zhengming and Zheng Qiushi would stay to visit the Wulin Secret Land.
Whether they are going back now or planning to stay and visit the secret realm of the martial arts world, Zhao Chaogang, Li Liping, and Liu Jingjing, all have to prepare for a wedding return gift.
A wedding return gift is a folk custom of marriage. It means that in a few months after the wedding, you will visit your relatives and friends who are better at attending your wedding and give some things as a gift. After getting married, visit relatives and let your wife get familiar with the kind friends around you, which is conducive to future communication and harmony.
The wedding gift is a gift specially given by the newlyweds to thank the guests. Usually the gift does not include wedding candy. Coming to the guests and relatives and friends who failed to participate are all the objects of the newlyweds to give the wedding gift. The newlyweds use this method to express everyone's gratitude and is also a manifestation of gratitude.
A wedding return gift is a folk custom, which means that in a few months after the wedding, you will visit the homes of relatives and friends who are better at the wedding and give some things as a gift.
Nowadays, these etiquettes are no longer so troublesome. On the day of the wedding, relatives and friends present will receive a prepared gift. For example, a thank you card or badge printed with wedding photos, the easiest way is to send wedding candies.
In foreign countries, people often send thank cards to guests after getting married. Some of the unique designs can also leave a deep impression on people and let everyone share the joy of your marriage.
The origin of the wedding return gift: There are many different opinions on the origin of the wedding return gift. One of the more reasonable explanations is that the return gift is a marriage custom that has been passed down by the people for a long time. Several months after the wedding, relatives and friends who attended the wedding need to visit the host's residence, and the host needs to buy something or make homemade desserts and cakes to give to relatives and friends to thank them for their visit. This feeling is called "return gift".
The object of wedding gift: 1. From the total number of invitations sent or the number of wedding tables, a rough estimate is made, and the purchase gift is purchased.
2. When writing an invitation, write the guest's name into the return gift list at the same time.
3. On the wedding day, you can ask your family to help calculate the number of guests at the wedding banquet, and then prepare the gift to be distributed.
4. Carefully recall relatives and friends who cannot attend weddings in the distance. In order to avoid omissions, newlyweds can use the method of eliminating them. Start listing from relatives in the distance, and then calculate good friends and classmates. After sorting them out, write the names into the return gift list.
5. You can prepare 10 to 15 more portions within the budget on the wedding day to avoid residual leakage.
Choose gifts: Different areas, the gifts are also different. For close relatives, you can have a meal together in your spare time; when giving gifts, you should consider the other party’s age and preferences; giving gifts to elders, it is more appropriate to choose tableware.
Preparation for wedding gifts: First of all, you have to determine the number of gifts. 1. Estimate the number of guests: Estimate the number from the total number of invitations, check for omissions, and then buy gifts. On the wedding day, you can ask your family to help calculate the number of guests present, and then prepare the gifts to be distributed.
2. Make a list of return gifts: When writing invitations, write the guest's name into the list of return gifts, and carefully recall relatives and friends who cannot attend the wedding in the distance. In order to avoid omissions, newlyweds can use the method of eliminating them, starting from relatives from afar, and then counting good friends and classmates. After sorting out, write the name into the list of return gifts. You can prepare 20 more copies within the budget on the wedding day to prevent it from being omitted enough!
Then choose the gift method and time:
1. Newcomers who have purchased gifts can choose to give them to guests on the wedding day. During the wedding preparation period, newlyweds who have no time to prepare for gifts can be given to guests within 1 month after the wedding.
2. If you choose the gift on the same day, you can place the gift on the wedding table or deliver it to the guests in person when toasting. If you choose the gift after the wedding, you can choose different delivery methods according to the family address of your relatives and friends. You can go there in person or express delivery methods.
How to give gifts to wedding gifts: Newcomers who have purchased gifts can choose to give them to guests on the wedding day. Newcomers who do not have time to prepare for gifts during the wedding preparation period can give gifts to guests within 1 month after the wedding.
If you choose to give a wedding gift on the same day, you can place the wedding gift on the wedding table or deliver it to the guests in person when toasting. This method is suitable for newcomers who are not afraid of drinking.
For newlyweds who choose to return gifts after the wedding, you can choose different delivery methods according to the family address of relatives and friends, go there in person or express delivery methods. If you use mailing method, it is best to attach a thank you letter to the package.
Marriage return gift purchase: There are usually two ways to buy a marriage return gift: one is to purchase a unified purchase, and all guests will give the same gift. Although this method is labor-saving, it always makes people feel a bit perfunctory.
The second method is that the guests give different gifts according to different importance or age groups. If you choose the first method to give the same gift, it is generally recommended to purchase gifts at a unit price of 20-50 yuan. If you choose the second "targeted" method to give gifts, you can choose wedding rewards of different prices according to the importance of the guests.
The purchase of wedding gifts can be divided into two periods: one is one month before the wedding, and when other wedding preparations are all done, you can start buying them one after another. The other is to buy gifts about one month after the wedding and then distribute them to guests.
Of course, there is also the most important point. The taboos of returning gifts from marriage are the most needed. Otherwise, there will be big problems, and once there is a problem, marriage will not be festive and the signs are not good.
There are taboos when choosing a wedding gift. You should consider the overall situation. If there are friends from other ethnic groups participating, do they have special taboos? In addition, do not choose a gift that is not enough, as this is too rude.
1. Fragile products are not conducive to transportation during purchase, and are not convenient for guests to take away, and are even more unlucky.
2. Gifts with a short shelf life can easily expire and deteriorate. Don’t waste the thought and time you spend carefully selecting gifts.
3. The time for returning the gift should not be too late. Otherwise, it will feel that it is not valued for others.
Wedding return gifts are not only because we Chinese have a long history, but also in the Western world. Wedding return gifts also have a long history.
In Western traditions, there is a profound tradition of returning gifts to get married. In ancient times, couples would prepare some snacks such as cookies before the wedding so that guests could enjoy them at the wedding; later, some wealthy Italians would give some precious scarves to their guests. At that time, these were used to show off their wealth!
In ancient times, newcomers in Europe would also give some sugar cubes to guests in small exquisite boxes. At that time, sugar cubes were some very expensive things. Of course, the boxes containing sugar were not ordinary boxes, and those boxes were filled with precious gems; of course, these were all done to show off their wealth.
The wedding gift is different in different places. The wedding gift is to express gratitude to relatives and friends who have been given a gift but have not been able to come to eat the table. The wedding gifts selected are also more practical, such as to be happy, to be happy, or to eat meat. The starting point is to make relatives and friends enjoy the joy, and it is also a kind of "compensation" for the inability to come to eat. The guests who come to attend the wedding banquet do not need to prepare a gift for them.
As a customary custom, the return gift reflects a simple and kind folk custom, a real sincerity. In fact, during the entire wedding, the return gift is only a small part of it, and there are also many things to pay attention to when sending invitations.
For example, if you want to hold weddings at home, you should invite relatives and friends. You should not go empty-handed to send wedding invitations. You have to bring "gifts", such as white flour, eggs, etc. (This is a custom in the past, but now it is unfortunate, and what you send now is something more practical), reflecting a kind of respect and care.
Nowadays, people's living standards have been higher, but human feelings have generally faded. Especially reflected in these traditional etiquettes, simplification is simplified, removal is removed, and people are invited to meet people, and send a text message in a group; even if you send invitations at the unit, it is like doing wholesale, without much emotional connotation.
The fast pace of contemporary life and people's impetuous hearts filter out what we were originally simple and kind, and some beautiful feelings disappeared forever in this fast pace.
Only in the lost narrative of the older generation can we see young dolls listening carelessly and unaware.
What to choose as a gift seems to be a trivial matter during the entire wedding process, but it is not. When relatives and friends receive your gift, they can appreciate your cultural taste, life values, aesthetic style, sincerity, strength and other information.
Therefore, this matter should not be despised or ignored, but should be taken seriously, carefully designed, and used gifts to tell guests that you are unique and noble, outstanding, loyal, sincere and enthusiastic, and value friends... The development of these qualities is crucial for a society, especially a newcomer who is still in the early stage.
Don’t be afraid of troubles, don’t think it’s cumbersome. People are born to experience all kinds of troubles. Don’t be too small to see some things. The result is definitely different from that of doing something or not. There is also a difference between doing it well and doing it poorly.
As for what to give, it ultimately depends on strength. There are two standards for reference: one is unique monumentality; the other is specific practicality.
Zhao Chaogang, Li Liping and Liu Jingjing attached great importance to the wedding return gift. Moreover, the wedding return gift they chose was prepared in accordance with the unique commemorative and specific practical standards.
Based on these two standards, the choice of marriage return gift was very clear. Soon, Zhao Chaogang, Li Liping and Liu Jingjing chose the specific things for the marriage return gift.
A calendar of detailed wedding banquet scenes on the wedding day (everyone who receives the calendar has his own photos in the calendar. Of course, these photos are very beautiful and there will never be any embarrassing scenes), a large wedding candy and wedding cake gift box, and a crystal necklace carved based on the guests' zodiac signs.
A calendar for the specific situation of the wedding banquet is definitely a good choice for wedding return gifts, and every family is indispensable to the calendar. Some beautiful calendars can even be regarded as collections and are collected. The calendar prepared by Zhao Chaogang is definitely worth collecting.
All the pictures in the calendar are directly imprinted on it by Zhao Chaogang with his spiritual sense. Therefore, the aesthetic level of the pictures is absolutely extraordinary. Moreover, since the pictures of these calendars are all imprinted by Zhao Chaogang with his spiritual sense, these calendars are already considered treasures.
Since the paintings on these calendars were all imprinted by Zhao Chaogang with his spiritual consciousness. Therefore, these calendars contain a trace of Zhao Chaogang's spiritual consciousness. Although this trace of spiritual consciousness can be said to be almost zero. However, spiritual consciousness is only possessed by cultivators after reaching the third level of Qi Refining Stage. There are no acquired warriors or innate warriors. Therefore, even the rare spiritual consciousness is a treasure for ordinary people or warriors.
Moreover, most importantly, the spiritual consciousness on these calendars was originally left by Zhao Chaogang.
Today, those who came to attend Zhao Chaogang's wedding are relatives and good friends of Zhao Chaogang's family. Therefore, Zhao Chaogang has to give these people some benefits.
As the saying goes, one person has attained the Tao. The chicken and the dog have ascended to heaven! This is an idiom, meaning that a person has attained the Tao and the immortals, and the whole family even the chicken and the dog have ascended to heaven.
The source of this idiom is based on a story. It is about the time of Emperor Wu of Han. Liu An, the King of Huainan, believed in practicing Taoism and alchemy. He met eight old men with crane hair and faces at one time. He became a teacher and learned to practice Taoism and alchemy. After the elixir was refined, Emperor Wu of Han sent someone to arrest him. He drank the elixir in desperation and became an immortal. His relatives and friends also quickly drank medicine and became an immortal. The chickens and dogs of the Liu family also became immortal because of taking the elixir in the alchemy pot.
Zhao Chaogang is now a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and he is also the master of a small world. Therefore, of course, Zhao Chaogang has to give his relatives and friends some benefits. This is human nature.
However, if Zhao Chaogang directly gives benefits to these relatives and friends, it will give people a sense of nouveau riche and even affect their family affection. This is not good, Zhao Chaogang will have great trouble in the future. Therefore, even if he wants to give his relatives and friends benefits, Zhao Chaogang has to come in secret.
Therefore, Zhao Chaogang chose to leave a trace of his spiritual consciousness on the calendar.
Because these calendars contain a trace of Zhao Chaogang's spiritual consciousness, all Zhao Chaogang's relatives and friends will like this calendar from the bottom of their hearts after they get this calendar. Therefore, they either hang the calendar in a very conspicuous place so that they can often see it, or collect it directly, and then take it out and take it out to take a look.
No matter which method Zhao Chaogang's relatives and friends chose, they all have one thing in common, that is, they will often read this calendar. In this way, the trace of spiritual consciousness left by Zhao Chaogang on the calendar will work.
As long as Zhao Chaogang's relatives and friends often read the calendar, the trace of spiritual consciousness left by Zhao Chaogang on the calendar will unknowingly condense their mental power, making their mental power stronger and stronger. In this way, it will be very easy for Zhao Chaogang's relatives and friends to break through the realm after they start practicing martial arts in the future, because their mental power has been tempered into "smartel" by the trace of spiritual consciousness left by Zhao Chaogang on the calendar.
For a warrior, when improving his cultivation, the most critical factor is whether the mental power in his mind is the strength of his mind. Especially when those acquired warriors above the sixth level of the sky break through the realm, the mental power factor is more important than other factors.
Once a warrior is ready to break through the innate realm from the acquired realm, the mental power of this warrior is the most important part. Only when an acquired warrior is strong enough and condensed, can he have the opportunity to break through to the innate realm. Otherwise, even if this warrior has a strong true qi cultivation and fails in mental power, he will never want to break through to the innate realm.
This is why many warriors no longer practice all day after reaching the acquired stage of Great Perfection, but start doing things that are very wasteful in the eyes of ordinary warriors.
For example, starting to read some scriptures, or studying some chess scores, music scores, etc. In the eyes of many warriors, these things are actually a waste of time. However, in fact, these warriors who have reached the acquired Great Perfection Realm do this, in fact, are tempering their spiritual power.
Reciting scriptures, studying chess scores, and music scores can all exercise a person's willpower well.
The trace of spiritual consciousness on the calendar that Zhao Chaogang gave to his relatives and friends can well condense the spiritual power of his relatives and friends. In this way, when they break through the realm of warriors in the future, they can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
It can even be said that as long as Zhao Chaogang's relatives and friends focus all their attention on practicing martial arts, these people will become innate warriors in the past ten years.
Zhao Chaogang's spiritual consciousness is a treasure for those warriors!
Of course, Zhao Chaogang's relatives and friends will definitely not all start practicing martial arts in the future. However, that's nothing. If a person's mental power is strengthened, no matter what he is doing, he will feel very comfortable, and his confidence will become more and more strong. Therefore, even if someone among Zhao Chaogang's relatives and friends does not choose to practice martial arts, he will still do something in the future. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!