What are the traditions of Chinese weddings?

First of all, the traditional wedding process

1, wedding ceremony

On the morning of the wedding, the man will take the wedding team to the woman's house to pick up the wedding. Picking up the bride is definitely the climax of the whole wedding. First of all, we must "get started". It is not so easy for the groom to take the bride back from the door. He must pass the test of his sisters, not only intellectually, but also physically. If required, he has to sing love songs and say love words, but these are not the most important things. Giving red envelopes is likely to impress the bride's sisters. This is the so-called opening red envelope. Moreover, the groom will also use the flower ball to marry the bride (the bride should not make the flower ball herself).

Step 2 look for red shoes

The groom can't take the bride away immediately after entering the door. He has to find the red wedding shoes prepared for the bride in the bride's room and help the bride put them on before he can take the bride away.

Step 3 serve tea

Newlyweds should bow to their parents and serve tea until their elders finish drinking. In the past, newlyweds stood at the woman's house to serve tea because they had not visited Weng Gu at the man's house. But now there is not so much pressure, and both sides bow to show the same respect.

4. Hold a red umbrella and scatter rice

When the bride and groom go out, they should be accompanied by bridesmaids holding red umbrellas, and at the same time, they should sprinkle rice on the roadside, which means that chickens should not peck at the bride.

Step 5 bypass the auspicious road

The couple can't reach their destination directly after boarding the wedding car, so they must drive around all the auspicious roads in the area.

Step 6 walk through the door

In other words, when the bride is received by her husband's family, she will visit Weng Gu and other family elders.

7. Wedding

Similar to a western-style wedding, a ceremony is held in the hotel and the master of ceremonies is invited to preside over the wedding.

8. Respect guests

After the wedding, the banquet officially began. When the fish is served, the bride should put on the traditional dragon and phoenix robe and offer tea to each table with the groom. The guests should say some words of blessing.

9, into the bridal chamber

The bride and groom will take their good friends to visit the new house or do some entertainment. Bian Xiao reminded everyone not to go too far in making trouble in the bridal chamber. If the happy event is unpleasant, that's not good.

10, Three Dynasties Federal Gate

It means that on the third day after marriage, the bride will go back to her parents accompanied by her husband, bring a roast pig and gifts to her parents, and worship her ancestors.

Second, the custom of traditional wedding in China

1, dowry

Before marriage, the man should send the bride price to the woman's house. In every place, gifts will be different, usually gifts, chickens, wedding cakes and so on. The wedding cake is sent from the man's house to the woman's house, and the woman's house will give it to relatives and friends to make them happy.

Step 2 return gifts

When the woman receives the bride price from the man, she should return it to him. In some places, the woman's parents will give her an engagement ring. Some places will return some betel nuts, indicating that it is a hammer to the end.

3. A bed

The night before the wedding, choose a man from the woman's house with a harmonious family, living parents and a son to install the wedding bed and let the couple sleep. Then put on the new bed: walnuts, lotus seeds, red dates and peanuts, meaning early birth.

4. Dowry and above

The bride's family will prepare some dowries for the bride, and all the dowries will be packed in red boxes and taken to her husband's family.