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2. Traditional Chinese marriage - Wikipedia

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   The wedding ceremony consisted of six basic procedures: making a proposal of marriage (nacai), requesting the bride's name and date of birth (wenming), sending news of divination results and betrothal gifts (naji), sending wedding presents to the bride's house (nazheng), requesting the date of the wedding (qingqi), and fetching the bride in ...

3. Chinese pre-wedding customs - Wikipedia

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   The betrothal (Chinese: 過大禮; pinyin: guo dàlǐ, also known as 納彩 or nàcǎi) is an important part of the Chinese wedding tradition. During this exchange, the groom's family presents the bride's family with betrothal gifts (called 聘礼 or pìnlǐ) to symbolize prosperity and good luck. [3]

4. Wedding customs by country - Wikipedia

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   Most regional Chinese wedding rituals follow the main Chinese wedding traditions, although some rituals are particular to the peoples of the southern China region. In most southern Chinese weddings, the bride price is based on the groom's economic status. The idea of "selling the daughter" or bride is not a phrase that is used often.

5. Chinese proverbs - Wikipedia

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   In the preface and introduction to his 1875 categorized collection of Chinese proverbs, Wesleyan missionary William Scarborough observed that there had theretofore been very few European-language works on the subject, listing John Francis Davis' 1823 Chinese Moral Maxims, Paul Hubert Perny's 1869 Proverbes Chinois, and Justus Doolittle's 1872 Vocabulary and Handbook of the Chinese Language as ...

6. Marriage coin charm - Wikipedia

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   Marriage coin charms can display various symbols related to marriage. [1] They may depict dates and peanuts symbolising the wish for reproduction, lotus seeds symbolising "continuous births", chestnuts symbolising male offspring, pomegranates symbolising fertility, brans symbolising sons that will be successful, "dragon and phoenix" candles, cypress leaves, qilins, bronze mirrors, shoes ...

7. 20 of the very best mother of the bride gifts for the wedding day

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   The best wedding gifts for couples who already live together, from under $50 to over $500 13 of the very best wedding gifts for older couples 15 mother-of-the-bride outfit ideas, from dresses to ...

8. Bride criticised for ‘throwing a tantrum’ over wedding guests ...

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   According to wedding website Zola, the price you spend on a wedding gift can vary depending on your relationship with the couple. However, the publication noted that “whether you’re a coworker ...

9. Qungua - Wikipedia

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   Qungua (Chinese: 裙褂; Jyutping: kwan4 gwaa3), also known as longfenggua (traditional Chinese: 龍鳳褂; simplified Chinese: 龙凤褂), [1] or longfeng qungua (traditional Chinese: 龍鳳裙褂; simplified Chinese: 龙凤裙褂), [2] or guaqun (Chinese: 褂裙; Jyutping: gwaa3 kwan4), [3] is one type of two-piece ceremonial traditional Chinese wedding set of attire, which is composed of a ...