Pyebaek set: a wedding guide

Your wishlist

Answer these before you meet anyone.

• How would you like to come by the pyebaek set?

  Many pyebaek tables are set with the family's own pieces.

• Where would you like the hanbok to come from?

• When would you like the pyebaek to happen?

What to ask each one

• Where does the pyebaek set come from?

  Many pyebaek tables are set with the family's own pieces and a grandmother's recipe for the foods. The cup the couple offer is wine — cheongju — by the rite; some families pour tea instead, as a Korean tea ceremony.

• Where do the hanbok come from?

  Rental sets ship the pyebaek pieces — a hwarot or wonsam with the jokduri for the bride, the samogwandae for the groom — and a family's own hanbok serve as well.

• Who prepares the pyebaek foods?

  By custom the foods are the bride's family's — the jujube tower, chestnuts, yukpo or a whole pyebaek chicken, gujeolpan, and the wine. The dates and chestnuts do double duty: table display first, then the toss by the groom's parents, which the couple catch in the bride's skirt or a cloth held between them.

How it’s usually priced

Usually priced as one flat amount.

Possible extras: Pyebaek set rental, Hanbok rental, Pyebaek attendant.

What you settle once booked

• How many elders take part in the pyebaek?

  Many couples now bow to both families.

• When does the pyebaek happen?

• Is the pyebaek photographed?

What to look over

Correct these details as needed.

• Bow order

  By the rite the bows go to the groom's family; many couples now bow to the bride's parents too.

The day-of sheet

Confirm arrival, finish, who to call, access, a meal, and what is due.

Across the whole day

Choose which moments to include.

• Pyebaek setup
• Hanbok change
• Pyebaek