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Chinese Wedding Traditions

« on: December 13, 2006, 10:04:43 AM »

Feel free to post chinese wedding traditions


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Re: Chinese Wedding Traditions

« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2006, 05:30:34 PM »

On the day of the wedding, two families performs "hair dressing" ritual and "capping" ritual for the bride and groom respectively. Then the groom sets out to the bride's home, and he will inevitably be blocked at her door by her friends, and the bridesmaids will play door game with the groom and his attendants. The bride and groom will then leave her home and proceed to meet the groom's parents for Tea Ceremony. The wedding date ceremony ends with a feast which features elaborate Chinese wedding food.


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Re: Chinese Wedding Traditions

« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2007, 04:08:48 PM »

Double Happiness

Each half of the symbol is the standard character for happiness, written "hsi" or "xi," and pronounced something like "she" in Mandarin (high level tone –; the first tone). Therefore, two "hsi" graphs together represents the wish for the two young newlyweds to have happiness together.

The double happiness graph (pronounced "shuang-hsi" in Mandarin) is a special Chinese character used for marital happiness. It’s not used in regular Chinese writing or printing.

(Source: Chris Jochim, Comparative Religious Studies Program, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA)


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