Hokkiens/ Hainanese
If your husband is Hokkien and Hainanese
Things to buy for the bride:
2 pair of Dragon & Phoenix candles
2 bottles of hard liquer
12 to 18 Pig trotters/ pig trotters cans
12 Oranges
12 Apples
1 pair of red cloth 9ft by 9 ft to announce the wedding ceremony
Pin Jin red packet
Wedding cakes
1 pair of Charcoal
Nappy money red packet (can be given during Guo Da Li although most give during actual day)
5 types of seeds symbolizes prosperity, growth and perpetuation of the family (green beans, red beans, mug beans, yellow beans, mug beans and black beans) the beans MUST be planted in potted plants 12 days after Guo Da Li ceremony

Returning to the groom
1 pair phoenix candle
1 teaset
Usually to return 1/2 of what he has give you
2 bottles of orange juice
2 stalks of yam (the yam MUST be planted in potted plants 12 days after Guo Da Li ceremony) (optional)
2 stems of ginger plants (optional)
2 stalks of chives (optional)
Some red dates (optional)
1 bunch of green banana
1 pair of charcoal
A red packet for the groom to buy 4 items (shoes, tie, wallet, shirt, pants, tie clip which ever you prefer)
A red packet will also be given to the groom’s parents to buy shoes.
The bride will need to present 2 sets of towels to the parents
1 Sugarcane red packet