In former times, rich families would use a bridal sedan to welcome the bride, while poor families which couldn't afford a sedan would use a cart instead. Whether a sedan or a cart, it was customarily accompanied by a piping and drumming procession. There were set rules over the route, with the return trip never being the same as the departing one. Meanwhile, the two trips should be carried out anticlockwise, with the departing trip to the right and the return one to the left. If two trips were repeated, people generally would think that the couple would only have boys and no girls, or the other way round.