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2. Chinese pre-wedding customs - Wikipedia

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   The bride's parents may include the 嫁妝 gaa jòng (bride's dowry) (jiàzhuāng) along with the reciprocal gifts on the day of betrothal, or may present the bride's dowry separately a few days before the wedding ceremony. Chinese dowries typically include: bedding (e.g. pillows, bolsters, comforter set, blankets, bed sheets)

3. Jiaobeijiu - Wikipedia

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   Jiaobeijiu (Chinese: 交杯酒; lit. 'cross-cupped wine'), also known as Hejin (Chinese: 合卺; pinyin: héjǐn; lit. 'to join nuptial wine cup') in ancient times, is a traditional Chinese nuptial ceremonial rite where newlywed couples interlinking and crossing their arms to sip jiu (Chinese: 酒; lit. 'wine') from two separated cups to their future marital happiness, to promise their ...

4. Traditional Chinese marriage - Wikipedia

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   Wedding gifts: The groom's family would then send an elaborate array of food, cakes, and religious items to the bride's family. Arranging the wedding: Before the wedding ceremony, the two families would arrange a wedding day according to Chinese tung shing. Selecting an auspicious day to assure a good future for the couple was as important as ...

5. 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.

6. Honggaitou - Wikipedia

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   A honggaitou (Chinese: 紅蓋頭; pinyin: hónggàitou), also shortened to gaitou (Chinese: 蓋頭; pinyin: gàitou; lit. 'head cover') [1] and referred to as red veil in English, [2]: 37 is a traditional red-coloured bridal veil worn by the Han Chinese brides to cover their faces on their wedding ceremony before their wedding night.

7. Wedding invitation - Wikipedia

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   As the bride's parents are traditionally the hosts of the wedding, the text commonly begins with the names of the bride's parents as they use them in formal social contexts, e.g., "Mr. and Mrs. John A Smith" or "Dr. Mary Jones and Mr. John Smith". The exact wording varies, but a typical phrasing runs as follows: A modern wedding invitation

8. Chinese wedding door games - Wikipedia

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   A groom is made to drink an unpleasant concoction by his bride's aunt, just before receiving his bride at her family home, in a public housing apartment in Singapore.. In Chinese communities, especially in China, [1] Hong Kong, [2] Malaysia, and Singapore, [3] wedding door games are challenges set up by the bridesmaids for the groom as a ceremonial demonstration of the groom's love for the ...

9. Wedding reception - Wikipedia

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   Wedding reception in 17th-century Russia by Konstantin Makovsky Wedding dance of an Azerbaijani married couple. A wedding reception is a party usually held after the completion of a marriage ceremony as hospitality for those who have attended the wedding, hence the name reception: the couple receive society, in the form of family and friends, for the first time as a married couple.