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2. Chinese ghost marriage - Wikipedia

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   In Chinese tradition, a Ghost Marriage ( Chinese: 冥婚; pinyin: mínghūn; lit. 'spirit marriage') refers to a marriage in which one or both parties are deceased. [1] : 99 In mainland China, the practice of ghost marriages involves two deceased individuals. Meanwhile, in special administrative regions, Taiwan and South East Asia, it involves ...

3. Posthumous marriage - Wikipedia

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   Posthumous sealings can be performed to eternally wed a living person and a deceased spouse (with a live church member standing as a proxy for the deceased), or, more commonly, between two deceased persons (with a living man and woman standing in as proxies). In either case, the couple must have been married while alive.

4. Chinese funeral rituals - Wikipedia

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   Chinese funeral rituals comprise a set of traditions broadly associated with Chinese folk religion, with different rites depending on the age of the deceased, the cause of death, the deceased's marital and social statuses. [1] Different rituals are carried out in different parts of China, many contemporary Chinese people carry out funerals ...

5. The Four Ceremonial Occasions - Wikipedia

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   The procedure of sending funds to the bride's house to cover wedding expenses, accompanied by a marriage letter in the ham, is an expression of gratitude for the approval of the marriage. Chinyeong (친영; 親迎) describes the bridegroom going to the bride's house, where the ceremony is held, and bringing the bride with him. This is the first ...

6. Bride and groom shave their heads at their wedding to honor ...

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   Meghan Holohan. July 11, 2024 at 9:58 PM. In 2020, Jony Lee faced both joy and heartache. As she was anticipating her wedding to Alistair Lee, her family learned that her mom’s ovarian cancer ...

7. Traditional Chinese marriage - Wikipedia

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   Traditional Chinese marriage. A Qing dynasty wedding. The groom's parents are seated. The bride is the one in the centre wearing a red dress and blue headpiece, presenting tea to her mother-in-law. The groom usually wears a sash forming an "X" in front of him. Sometimes the "X" includes a giant bow or flower, though not in this picture.

8. Bride releases butterflies in honor of her late father. But ...

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   Rosie Colosi. June 28, 2024 at 6:04 PM. Amy Rose Perry always knew she wanted to release monarch butterflies at her Cape Cod wedding in honor of her father, Nathaniel Machain, who died on Aug. 5 ...

9. Levirate marriage - Wikipedia

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   Anthropology of kinship. Levirate marriage is a type of marriage in which the brother of a deceased man is obliged to marry his brother's widow. Levirate marriage has been practiced by societies with a strong clan structure in which exogamous marriage (i.e. marriage outside the clan) is forbidden.